Benjamin Cole English School 18th.Century exceptionally rare Rococo Engraved Trade Card for Shudall and Stone Robe Makers at the Parliament & Judges Robe In Holywell Street near the New Church in the Strand London.
Advertising Shudall and Stone, Robe Makers to His Majesty and their Royal Highnesses the Duke of York and Cumberland at the Parliament & Judges Robe in Holywell Street near the New Church in the Strand...Makes & Sells all Manner of Robes for Bishops, Peers & Peeresses, Coronation & Parliament-Robes, Judges & Serjeants Robes, Clergymens Gowns & Cassocks, Kings-Counsel, Barristers, Attorneys & Liverymens Gowns, for any Corporation in Grt. Britain. And the Best Supr. fine Scarlett, Purple & Black-Cloths, Prunelloos Princess Stuffs, Black-Silks, Allopeens and Bombazeens, Oxford-Crape, Hair Cambletts, &c. N.B. Any Gentleman may be Furnished with Gowns & Cassocks for what time they please, which will save them a great deal trouble in bringing their own up to Town.
Copper engraving on laid paper engraved by Benjamin Cole 1697-1783. BM.Ref.Heal. 101.9.
Provenance: Sir Ambrose Heal. Chairman of Heals furniture shop Tottenham Court Road. An authority on London shops and trades.
18.8 by 23.4 cms Sheet. 16.5 by 21 cms Pl
In 1689, Martha and William Shudall of London opened a tailoring business in the area now known as Aldwych. The business would later become Ede & Ravenscroft.
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