Foster, Son & Duncum, The hand book on making paper flowers ... , [approximately 1851]
- Title(s):
- The hand book on making paper flowers ... / by Foster, Son, & Duncan, of 16 Wigmore Street, artificial florists & plumassiers, importers & manufacturers of materials used by artifical flower makers.
- Published/Created:
- London : Foster, Son & Duncam, [approximately 1851]
- Physical Description:
- 2, 6 leaves, [1] leaf of plates : illustrations ; 26 cm.
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsTT892 .F67 1851+ OversizeYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund[Request]
- Copyright Status:
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/11374207
- Classification:
- Books
- Notes:
- "With plates of patterns of the following flowers: 1. The rose. 2. The garden poppy. 3. The hollyhock. 4. The carnation. 5. The convolvulus. 6. The China aster."--Cover title.
Foster, Son & Duncam is listed in the Official descriptive and illustrated catalogue of the Great Exhibition of the works of industry of all nations, 1851 (v. 3, p. 794).
"Foster, Son & Duncum have always in stock a large assortment of French and English papers, hearts, petals, calices, leaves and every article required by the makers of either paper or muslin flowers ..."--Leaf 1.
Cover title.
Lithographed throughout.
BAC: British Art Center copy bound in publisher's original blue printed paper wrappers. - Subject Terms:
- Amusements -- Great Britain -- 19th century.Artificial flowers -- Great Britain.Decorative arts -- Great Britain.Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.Paper flowers -- Patterns.Paper sculpture -- Great Britain.Paper work -- Great Britain.
- Form/Genre:
- Lithographs -- 1851.
Manuals (Handbooks)
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