Stories
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The chymist’s trade card
An 18th-century trade card reveals far more than its owner may have intended.
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Homes for the hives of industry
By building workers’ villages, industry titans demonstrated both philanthropy and control. Employees’ health improved, while rulebooks told them how to live ideal lives.
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Would you like to buy a unicorn?
The story behind why somebody tried to sell Henry Wellcome a unicorn head in 1928.
Catalogue
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The principles of ornament / by James Ward ; edited by George Aitchison.
Ward, James, 1851-1927.Date: 1896- Pictures
Grotesque ornament. Engravings by or after J. Androuet du Cerceau.
Androuet du Cerceau, Jacques, active 1549-1584.Date: [1562?]Reference: 3183067i- Pictures
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The manufacture and use of carton-pierre and papier-mache: floral and heraldic decorative panels, the whole lettered and numbered for a key. Engraving by Le Canu after L.J. Goussier.
Goussier, Louis-Jacques, 1722-1799.Reference: 40507i- Books
Decorative designs of Alaskan needle-cases : a study of conventional designs, based on materials in the U.S. National Museum / by Franz Boas.
Boas, Franz, 1858-1942.Date: 1908- Pictures
Cabinet-making: a decorative baluster and swags of foliage. Pencil drawing.
Reference: 42543i