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To Read & Sutters, dr. Chair manufacturers, S.W. cor. Front & Green Streets, No. 536 North Front St., ware room second story. [graphic].
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Contributor
Smith & Borden, associated name.
Title
To Read & Sutters, dr. Chair manufacturers, S.W. cor. Front & Green Streets, No. 536 North Front St., ware room second story. [graphic].
Publisher
[Philadelphia]
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1860
Date
[ca. 1860]
Physical Description
1 print: relief; 15 x 18 cm. (5.75 x 7 in.)
Description
Billhead containing a vignette showing a menagerie of furniture, including chairs, a sofa, and ottoman surrounded by an ornamental border and captioned "Old Chairs Re-Caned and Varnished."
Notes
Title annotated: Read [crossed out]; No. 536 North Front St. [crossed out].
Year altered in pencil from 186_ to 187_.
Completed in manuscript to Mr. Smith & Borden on November 8, 1870 for "1 doz 1/2 of bell 17.00 a doz, 8.50, 25.50: $15.00 on a count.
Manuscript note on recto: Received Payment. Recvd payment 10.00. Mr. Sutter.
Contains punched hole in center.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Gift of Helen Beitler and Estate of Helen Beitler.
Subject
Sutter, Christian.
Chair industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Furniture.
Genre
Billheads -- 1850-1860.
Relief prints -- 1850-1860.
Provenance
Smith & Borden, associated name.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Receipts [P.2011.10.144]
Accession number
P.2011.10.144
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