Trade card for furniture with an illustration of a chair, location unknown, undated

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Ephemera

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GUSN-170046

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Ephemera collection
Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
Furnishings
Furniture
Furnishings - Furniture - Chairs
Furnishings - Furniture - Chairs - Folder 1
Trade card for furniture with an illustration of a chair, location unknown, undated
(current record)

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Ephemera collection
- Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
  - Furnishings
    - Furniture
      - Furnishings - Furniture - Chairs
        Furnishings - Furniture - Chairs - Folder 1
        Trade card for furniture with an illustration of a chair, location unknown, undated (current record)
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        Trade card for William Nichols, wholesale dealer in cane & wood seat chairs, No. 91 Cross Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Trade card for the Wakefield Rattan Co., rattan furniture, 417 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Trade card for the Wakefield Rattan Company, manufacturers of rattan furniture, 115 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Trade card for the Wakefield Rattan Company, manufacturers of rattan furniture, 115 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Trade card for V.P. Parkhurst, manufacturer of cane seat chairs, East Templeton, Mass., undated
        Trade card for the Wakefield Rattan Co., manufacturers of rattan furniture, No. 115 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Trade card for the Wakefield Rattan Co., manufacturers of rattan furniture, No. 115 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Trade card for Pettingill & Pear, folding chairs to loan, 30 Brattle Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Trade card for the Marks Chair, Marks Adjustable Folding Chair Co., 850 Broadway, between 13th & 14th Streets, New York, New York and 234 S. Clark Street, Chicago, Illinois, undated
        Trade card for the Marks Folding Chair, Marks Adjustable Folding Chair Co., Ltd., 850 Broadway, New York, New York, undated
        Advertisement for Braman, Shaw & Co., furniture, 27 Sudbury Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Billhead for Lawrence, Wilde & Hull, drawing room, parlor, and chamber furniture, Nos. 42 to 48 Cornhill, Boston, Mass., dated January 11, 1873
        Billhead for William B. Phelps, furniture and upholstery goods, Nos. 17 to 27 Brattle Street, Boston, Mass., dated July 21, 1862
        Billhead for Haley, Morse & Co., furniture and interior decorations, 411 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., dated January 26, 1875
        Billhead for The Carey Chair Mfg. Co., rattan, reed, and splint seat chairs, Victoria Street, Keene, New Hampshire, dated May 24, 1922
        Billhead for Shaw & Applin, manufacturers of and wholesale dealers in parlor, church and lodge furniture, 27 Sudbury, 69 and 71 Portland Streets, Boston, Mass., dated May 15, 1879
        Billhead for Merriam & Holden, cane and wood seat chairs and settees of every description, Westminster, Mass., dated May 14, 1860
        Circular for Law & Parker, cane guard, 229 1/2 Tenth Street, South Brooklyn, New York, New York, undated
        Billhead for F. Peirce & Co., wholesale chair warehouse, corner of Richmond & North Streets, Boston, Mass., dated January 8, 1861
        Trade card for Furniture Specialties Corp., chair, 318 East 61st Street, New York, New York
        Exact re-creations of old Hitchcock Chairs, Paine Furniture Company, 81 Arlington Street, Boston, Mass.
        Sav-A-Chair rung fastener, Fulton Products Co., New York, NY, circa 1935

Description

A trade card for furniture. The illustration presents a chair with an eagle back, sabre legs, and a rush seat in the center of a wreath. "Rest for the weary" appears on a banner above the illustration.

Details

Descriptive Terms

chairs (furniture forms)
furniture
humor
rush (material)
seats (furniture components)
backs (furniture components)
trade cards (advertising)
advertisements

Additional Identification Number

Digital ID 000502

Physical Description

1 trade card : illustration

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.050.02.03.01.001

Places

New England (United States) [general region]

Record Details

Material Type

trade cards (advertising)
advertisements

Description Level

Item

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