HEALS CATALOGUES, 1844-1950
Contents of Fiche
The dates given next to each fiche indicate the approximate years covered. A few sample catalogues have been briefly described to provide an idea of the content.
Fiche 1 1844-1857
1844 Catalogue for F Heal & Sons, Tottenham Court Road.
“We have entered as minutely and fully as possible into the particulars of every article described.”
Includes descriptions of English bedding, French bedding, servant’s bedding etc.
1857 Catalogue – new patent toilet glass (for showing the front and back of the face at the same time).
1923 retrospective booklet looking at Heal’s at the time of the Great Exhibition in 1851.
1855 booklet concerning charity blankets.
1854 Catalogue concerning an officer’s equipage for campaigning. Explains how a trunk, bedstead and other items can be loaded on a horse. Well illustrated.
Fiche 2 1858-1879
Includes:
1858 Catalogue – complete furniture for bedrooms and dressing rooms.
Fiche 3 1879-1884
Includes:
1870 Catalogue (for India, China and the Colonies).
1884 Catalogue – Dining Room, Library & Drawing Room Furniture. Well illustrated.
Fiche 4 1880-1884
Fiche 5 1880-1884
Fiche 6 1880-1894
Includes:
1881 Catalogue – Sitting Room Furniture. Also covers Dining Room, Drawing Room, Library, Hall, and Kitchen Furniture, Carpets and Curtains. Illustrations of whole rooms.
Fiche 7 1894
Fiche 8 1894
Fiche 9 1894-1895
Fiche 10 1895
Fiche 11 1895-1897
Includes:
1896 Catalogue – children’s cots, cribs and nursery furniture.
1896 “Some illustrations of Heal & Sons show rooms.” Photographs.
1897 Catalogue – A vast index of goods from baskets to writing tables. Pictures of their factory are included.
Fiche 12 1897
Fiche 13 1897
Fiche 14 1897-1898
Fiche 15 1898
Fiche 16 1898
Fiche 17 1898-1899
Fiche 18 1899-1900
Includes:
1899 Catalogue – With an essay on “Simplicity of Design” by Gleason White and illustrated with Woodcuts. “Simplicity of design has been said to be the final refuge of the complex.” “To be simple in decoration is always in good taste.”
1900 Catalogue – with 600 illustrations.
Fiche 19 1900
Fiche 20 1900
Fiche 21 1900-1901
Includes illustrations of Heal & Sons ‘Guest’s Room’ as featured in the Paris Exhibition of 1900.
Fiche 22 1901
Fiche 23 1901-1902
Fiche 24 1902-1903
Fiche 25 1903
Fiche 26 1903
Fiche 27 1903-1904
Fiche 28 1904
Fiche 29 1904-1905
Fiche 30 1905
Fiche 31 1905
Fiche 32 1905
Fiche 33 1905-1907
1907 Catalogue – Furniture for Asylums, Hospitals, Sanatoria, Nursing Homes, etc.
Promotion of handmade pottery – the legend of the ‘Willow Pattern.’
Fiche 34 1907
Fiche 35 1907-1908
Fiche 36 1908
Fiche 37 1908
Fiche 38 1908-1909
Fiche 39 1909
Fiche 40 1909-1910
Incorporating photographs of display rooms.
Fiche 41 1910-1911
Fiche 42 1911
Fiche 43 1911
Fiche 44 1911
Fiche 45 1911-1912
Fiche 46 1912
Fiche 47 1912
Fiche 48 1912-1913
Fiche 49 1913
Fiche 50 1913
Fiche 51 1913
Fiche 52 1913
Fiche 53 1913-1914
Fiche 54 1914-1915
Fiche 55 1915-1916
Fiche 56 1916-1919
Fiche 57 1919
Fiche 58 1919-1921
Fiche 59 1921-1922
Fiche 60 1922
Fiche 61 1922-1923
Fiche 62 1923
Fiche 63 1923-1924
Fiche 64 1924-1925
Fiche 65 1925-1926
Fiche 66 1926-1927
Fiche 67 1927-1928
Fiche 68 1928-1929
Fiche 69 1929
Fiche 70 1929-1930
Fiche 71 1930
Fiche 72 1930-1931
Fiche 73 1931
Fiche 74 1931-1932
Fiche 75 1932
Fiche 76 1932-1933
1933 Catalogue - Including ironmongery, table ware, bins, water cans, steps and ironing boards.
Fiche 77 1933
Fiche 78 1933
Fiche 79 1933-1935
Fiche 80 1935
Fiche 81 1935
Fiche 82 1935-1936
Fiche 83 1936
Fiche 84 1936-1937
Fiche 85 1937
Fiche 86 1937-1938
Fiche 87 1938
Fiche 88 1938
Fiche 89 1938-1939
Fiche 90 1939
1939 Catalogue – Description of new shop and full range of wares:
3rd Floor – Carpets & Rugs
2nd Floor – Pottery, Glass & Toys
1st Floor – Upholstery & Electrical
Gd Floor – Linens & General
Basement – Wood & Metal wares.
Fiche 91 1939-1940
Includes:
1941 Catalogue - Presents that go easily by post and Presents for the Housewife.
1950 Catalogue – Furniture.
Fiche 92 1940-1946
Fiche 93 1946-1948
Fiche 94 1948-1950
Fiche 95 1950
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