Doll's pram
Tansad Chair Co. [1931] Ltd
Category
Dolls' accessories
Date
circa 1935
Materials
Metal, fabric, Rexine, braid and rubber
Measurements
670 mm (length); 480 mm (width); 695 mm (height)
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Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 670793
Summary
A circa 1935 doll's pram with a body covered with a blue-grey painted fabric or Rexine, with a folding hood made of the same material. It has a clever folding mechanism. The body of the pram is supported on a grey-painted metal chassis which is attached by springs to two grey-painted metal axles each supporting a pair of grey-painted metal spoked wheels with white rubber tyres. All the wheels are the same size, each is topped by a grey-painted metal mudguard, and there is no brake. The curved metal handle is painted grey but much of this is worn away along the handrail part. The interior is lined (and the head and foot sections of the base upholstered) in the same blue-grey fabric as the exterior and hood. The central section of the base is a blue-grey painted piece of wood which lifts out to form a footwell. There is grey braid around the hood. Total number of items is 2.
Provenance
Donated to the Museum of Childhood by Mrs Bailey in July 1980.
Marks and inscriptions
Around each side of each tyre: 'HUGHES BUOYANT TYRE' (JOINTLESS) 8~ x 1 1/8~ TO FIT 6~ E/E RIM PATENT 242802 MADE IN ENGLAND' Below 'BUOYANT' on the previous inscription: '(TRADE MARK)'
Makers and roles
Tansad Chair Co. [1931] Ltd, maker