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| Keywords: Tradecard.jpg Trade card 1730-1742 V A Museum no 14435 60 Techniques - Etching ink on paper Artist/designer - Unknown Place - London England printing Dimensions - Height 17 2 cm unmounted Width 21 cm Object Type - This object is a printed trade card Trade cards were business cards and advertisements Tradesmen often also used them to write receipts or bills on Subject Depicted - The trade card depicts the interior of Christopher Gibson's upholstery shop in St Paul's Churchyard London Little is known of Christopher Gibson's upholstery business which is recorded from 1730 to 1745 except that on two occasions he supplied chairs to the East India Company for furnishing East India Company House in leadenhall Street London Several upholsterers can be seen at work around the shop and a wide range of goods is displayed There are several cane chairs chairs with upholstered seats rolls of fabric a mirror and an angel bed a bed with a canopy which attaches to the back wall Funerary 'hatchments' the coats of arms on black backgrounds can also been seen hanging near the stairs Although the trade card is probably not an accurate representation of the interior of Christopher Gibson's shop all the objects included would have been chosen to show the range of goods that Gibson could supply The fact that the funerary equipment is included therefore suggests that Gibson's business included the furnishing of funerals alongside the upholstery of furniture The well-dressed man in the centre is possibly meant to be Christopher Gibson himself showing a chair to two the two women likely customers http //collections vam ac uk/item/O77410/trade-card/ 1730 1742 author PD-art-100 Original upload log en wikipedia Quadell CommonsHelper en wikipedia Tradecard jpg 2008-01-02 10 52 VAwebteam 691×576× 129891 bytes <nowiki>Trade card 1730-1742 V A Museum no 14435 60 Techniques - Etching ink on paper Artist/designer - Unknown Place - London England printing Dimensions - Height 17 2 cm unmounted Width 21 cm Object Type - This object is a printed trade card Trad</nowiki> Etchings in the Victoria and Albert Museum 18th-century etchings Trade cards Commerce in art Upholstery 1730 Shops in London London in the 18th century | ||||
