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Archive Collection:
MS 2241
MS 2241
c.1680-c.2017
Private library of archive and printed material relating to all aspects of furniture history and design belonging to the antiques dealer John (Victor) Bedford (1941-2019).
The archival collection...
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MS 2241/1
MS 2241/1
c.1900-c.2010
Reference files collated by John Bedford on various subjects and makers relating to furniture, including design, trade, architecture and history of the buildings in the UK and abroad.
Files mainly c...
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MS 2241/10
MS 2241/10
c.1950-c.2017
Papers of Edward T. Joy, furniture historian and author.
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MS 2241/11
MS 2241/11
c.1900 - c.2010
Papers, photographs and personal items relating to John Bedford his business William Bedford PLC and his earlier motor racing activies.
Includes:
1) Personal Diaries
2) William Bedford PLC.
3) Pr...
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MS 2241/12
MS 2241/12
c.1950-c.2017
Papers relating to the administration of the collection including correspondence and accounts as well as indexes on the John Evan Bedford Library of Furniture History books, periodicals, archive items...
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MS 2241/13
MS 2241/13
c.1700-c.2017
Art work and objects collected by John Bedford.
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MS 2241/14
MS 2241/14
c.1680-c.2017
Print items (books, journals etc) as collected by John Bedford.
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MS 2241/2
MS 2241/2
c.1900-c.2017
A-Z files of cabinet makers, upholsterers or related trader/craftspersons, as collated by John Bedford.
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MS 2241/3
MS 2241/3
c.1680- c.2017
Original Bills, Billheads and Accounts relating to furniture makers as bought and collected by John Bedford.
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MS 2241/4
MS 2241/4
c.1680-c.1999
Original trade cards and trade labels/plates (added to pieces of furniture) relating to furniture makers as collected by John Bedford.
Includes:
1) 3 boxes of trade cards relating to metalwork and...
Archive Sub-collection:
MS 2241/6
MS 2241/6
1815-1994
Auction catalogues, accounts of sales and a poster for auctions of houses and their contents including Morecombe Paddox, Little Holland House and The Piazza Hotel.
Archive Sub-collection:
MS 2241/7
MS 2241/7
c.1700-c.1949
Original archive material relating to furniture, sales of furniture or furniture makers as collected by John Bedford.
1) inventories and valuations
2) indentures, legal agreements and papers.
3) ...