Antique Redferns of Ripley Drapery Shop Metal Office Sign Plaque Sewing thread and museums

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These blocks were essential tools in traditional hat-making workshops

1900–1920

model 1028

Antique Redferns of Ripley Drapery Shop Metal Office Sign Plaque Sewing thread and museumsAntique Redferns of Ripley Drapery Shop Metal Office Sign Plaque A long antique metal company plaque for Redferns of Ripley Ltd, a drapery and soft furnishings business established in 1871 and operating into the 1930s. The plaque reads Redferns of Ripley Ltd. Registered Office, with recessed lettering cut into the surface rather than raised. It has a wonderfully aged coppery brown patina with areas of verdigris, tarnishing and surface wear, giving it