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Creator:
Holmes & Griffin (Firm : London, England)
Title(s):
[Bill of receipt for the purchase of a sedan chair by W. Murdoch of Madeira, London, 1788]
Published/Created:
London, 1788.
Physical Description:
1 sheet ; 21 x 31 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Eph Hg 23
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
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Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Full Orbis Record:
http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/11676826
Classification:
Archives & Manuscripts
Notes:
Bill for a sedan chair purchased by W. Murdoch from Holmes & Griffin dated May 1st, 1788. The bill is for a sedan chair with green baize cover and all packing and shipping costs to Murdoch in Madeira totalling £39/9/0/. Receipt of payment made to Thomas Gordon on July 29, 1780 recorded on back of bill.
In pen and black ink.
Subject Terms:
Decoration and ornament -- Great Britain.
Furniture -- Great Britain -- Early works to 1800.
Furniture making -- Great Britain -- Early works to 1800.
Holmes & Griffin (Firm : London, England)
London (England) -- Social life and customs -- Early works to 1800.
Murdoch, W., active 1788.
Sedan chairs -- Great Britain -- Early works to 1800.
Form/Genre:
Receipts (financial records)
Ephemera.
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