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Call Number:
MSS 4
Creator:
Harcourt, Edward, 1757-1847
Title(s):
Letter: Bishopthorpe, York.
Date:
1838 August 31
Classification:
Archives and Manuscripts
Part of Collection:
1, folder 75
Provenance:
Acquired April 2005, Paul Mellon Fund.
Conditions Governing Access:
The materials are open for research.
Conditions Governing Use:
The collection is the physical property of the Yale Center for British Art. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the Curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts.

Scope and Content:
Reporting that the pieces of chintz he received did not match the fabric he already had, but that he will use it anyway to cover the backs of some furniture.
Genre:
Correspondence and Letters
Subject Terms:
Carpets
Chintz
Decoration and ornament
Draperies
Furniture
Interior decoration
Merchants
Social life and customs
Textile fabrics
Upholstery
Associated Places:
Great Britain
Associated People/Groups:
Charles Hindley & Sons (London)
Miles & Edwards (London)
Finding Aid Title:
Miles & Edwards and Charles Hindley & Sons correspondence
Archival Object:
https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/3/archival_objects/2974
Metadata Cloud URL:
https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/2974?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1