Card-rack
Category
Household and miscellaneous
Date
circa 1820
Materials
Cardboard, paper and cotton
Place of origin
France
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Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 610047
Summary
A pair of cardboard card-racks, each with a red shield-shaped backplate and triangular pocket to front. Grisaille illustrations decorate the front triangular pocket. Applied stamped gilt paper borders. Hung on cotton tape loop. Made in France, circa 1820.
Provenance
Attingham collection; bequeathed to the National Trust with the estate, house and contents of Attingham by Thomas Henry Noel-Hill, 8th Baron Berwick (1877-1947) on 15th May 1953.
References
Kay 2011: Sarah Kay, "Social Networking 19th-Century Style", National Trust Arts/Buildings/Collections Bulletin, Autumn Issue, October 2011, pp.6 - 7