Pitter and Slipper, lacemen and embroiderers…

Pitter and Slipper, lacemen and embroiderers : No. 39 Strand, London : an elegant assortment of foiles, foil, shapes , &c.

[London, not before 1792?]

File 66 792 P688

A design for a trade card, with text in manuscript. 1 drawing on laid paper : pen, ink and watercolor ; 10 x 7 cm.

Pitter and Slipper, lacemen...On the verso are notes, presumably to the engraver of the plate being commissioned?

Detail of versoSubjects (Library of Congress): Lace industry–England–London.

Lewis Walpole Library new acquisition: October, 2010

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