Author: HABERDASHER
Title: Peter Robinson, Haberdasher, Hosier, Laceman & Glover. 103 Oxford Street, London.
Description: c. 1840. Trade card, 60 x 90 mm. Peter Robinson was founded in 1833 and opened a separate mourning shop in 1840, so this card is likely to be from between those dates. Eventually they expanded to a chain of department stores, being taken over by Burton's in 1946. In the 1850s, John Lewis, founder of the firm which bears his name, worked for Peter Robinson as a drapery assistant, later turning down an offer of a partnership to set up his own shop.

Keywords: Ephemera


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