Paul Nash: Wonderfully particular
I had my beady eye on this book coming out. Paul Nash is an artist and designer I always find...
Tag: 1930s
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May we help you?
Shelf Appeal likes the outsides of shops. And the insides. This photographic postcard is one of a very few images...
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They stay up
Socks are famously a Christmas present for men. Along with, or instead of, a Boots gift box of Old Spice...
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Moderna Mytholmroyd
The industrial landscape of West Yorkshire, much of it to do with 19th and 20th century textile history, is still...
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Perfect for sensitive skins
The ‘smooth to the sensitive skin’ promise of this Meridian underwear booklet is borne out in a small sample of...
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Slip it in
Whilst I try not to collect Penguin and Puffin books, the paper things that advertised them creep on to the...
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Costume Books
Typical Shelf Appeal, this. Have the paper ‘list’ catalogue but not the books listed. Although I have, over the years,...
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For the little people
Shelf Appeal normally likes an oldish book or booklet. A bit of rust around the staples and a bit of...
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Life-like snaps
An envelope is a nice thing in and of itself. An envelope for a special purpose is perhaps even nicer. This...
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Summer’s catch
Among lots of other tasty exhibits in the V&A; Surrealism exhibition there is the iconic lobster dress of 1937, designed...
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Perfect in its bloom
What to buy for your Spring wardrobe? In 1935 from May 18th to 23rd, London store D H Evans (once...