Bookbinding — Blotter cover, England, 1850s?
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1850s?
Bookbinding — Blotter cover, England, 1850s? is an object recorded by Victoria and Albert Museum, dated 1850s?. The museum's brief description reads: Blotter cover, [England], [185-?].
Museum description: Blotter cover: papier mache with mother-of-pearl inlay and painted lily of the valley design, The museum record gives material recorded as papier mache, mother of pearl; place associated: England. These details come from the holding museum's own record; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- papier mache, mother of pearl
Technical characteristics
- Place recorded
- England
Identification
- Museum object name
- Bookbinding
- Museum object number
- L.1334-1914
- Museum system number
- O1317962
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
- Research required: confirm materials, dimensions, maker and wider type against the museum record and a specialist reference.