https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/07/02/more-trade-cards-of-old-london-i/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Tue, 02 Jul 2024 13:06:21 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/07/02/more-trade-cards-of-old-london-i/#comment-1586049 Tue, 02 Jul 2024 13:06:21 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=200117#comment-1586049 I’m obsessed. And envious. As much as I “thought” I liked my own business card, I see how
woefully inadequate it really is. It lacks the atmospheric story-telling, not to mention the
gorgeous flowing typography of these examples. I was scanning through, lost in thought about the book sellers………and then my eye caught the mention of “papier mache” and THEN I was totally
sidetracked. I imagine entering the shop, taking in the unmistakeable aroma of printed papers, and ducking through a draped doorway, to find the workroom full of sample books, curls and snippets of various papers, towers of boxes waiting to be covered, and trimmings. (Oh how I would love to examine the “mock India paper”, indeed. Just imagine the array of colors and patterns?) Big wooden work tables, high stools, bins of supplies, perhaps a ladder. “The Nobility may be served……….”
(gasp) ………. alas, I am not worthy. All of these imaginings spurred by a tiny trade card. Sigh.

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/07/02/more-trade-cards-of-old-london-i/#comment-1586013 Tue, 02 Jul 2024 09:26:06 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=200117#comment-1586013 These trade cards are wonderful and how fantastic that someone saw fit to keep them. Sadly, I have no such treasures behind my sofa cushions, only dust.

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/07/02/more-trade-cards-of-old-london-i/#comment-1585994 Tue, 02 Jul 2024 07:48:09 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=200117#comment-1585994 Often heard the word Chimbley years ago, but always thought it was someone just being funny. I can see now that it was a ‘real word’.

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