Collection including 'The story of the Davis Cup' by Wallis Myers [London, 1913]; 'How to Play Tennis' by Harry Hopman [Melbourne, 1937]; 'The Davis cup Story' [Sydney, 1947]; postcards (19) 2 signed by Evonne Goolagong-Cawley & Martina Hingis; signed covers (8) comprising rod Laver, Margaret court, Lleyton Hewitt, Todd Woodbridge & mark Woodforde, John McEnroe, Monica Seles, mark Philippoussis, also squash champion Heather McKay, FDCs (2); trade cards (2); ephemera 'Tennis Coach'; poster '1933 Victorian Championships, Dunlop Perdriau tennis balls used Exclusively' with images of Jack Crawford V Fred Perry match at Kooyong, size 7.48 in. x 39.76 in.; vintage brass bookend. (quantity 37 items)
- Victorian Period - The Victorian period of furniture and decorative arts design covers the reign of Queen Victoria from 1837 to 1901. There was not one dominant style of furniture in the Victorian period. Designers used and modified many historical styles such as Gothic, Tudor, Elizabethan, English Rococo, Neoclassical and others, although use of some styles, such as English Rococo and Gothic tended to dominate the furniture manufacture of the period.
The Victorian period was preceded by the Regency and William IV periods, and followed by the Edwardian period, named for Edward VII (1841 – 1910) who was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India for the brief period from 1901 until his death in 1910.
- Ephemera - Ephemera is written or printed matter not meant to be retained or preserved, such as Christmas cards, cigarette and other trade cards, postcards, posters and Valentines.
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