About this objectAn advertising postcard used by F.W. Phillips of The Manor House on Bancroft in Hitchin. The Phillips antique business existed between 1884 and 2020 and was operated by generations of the Phillips family. Phillips specialised in Georgian era antiques (particularly furniture) displayed within their Georgian era Manor House which was purchased by F.W. Phillips the founder of the business, in 1883.
This postcard was designed to both advertise the business and allow F.W. Phillips to keep track of design patterns that had been sent to potential customers. This may have been used for things like the chintzes referred to in 2020.30.8.
The objects 2020.30.1-10 were donated in March 2020 by the final Phillips to operate the business.
