Tag: Design register Archives and archivistsCatalogue Week 2024Monday 25 November 2024It's that time again: our annual celebration of cataloguing projects at The National Archives....Records and researchFive little-known inventors of the Victorian eraTuesday 8 August 2023Explore the stories of five people who protected their unusual designs...Records and research1920s fashion and design in The National Archives’ visual collectionsTuesday 12 April 2022The registered design collection at The National Archives offers us a unique insight into...Records and researchCast-iron cosiness: Designs for the Victorian hearthFriday 4 December 2020Cold, black metal might not be the first thing that comes to mind when...Archives and archivistsThe pannotype mystery: Part 2 – identifying rare historic photographic processesTuesday 12 November 2019In our previous blog, we talked about finding rare historic photographic processes in one...Archives and archivistsThe pannotype mystery: Part 1 – historic photographic processes in Design RegistersFriday 25 October 2019The Designs Registers, part of the Board of Trade (BT), contain almost three million...Records and researchTrade marks: making their markWednesday 23 January 2019For hundreds of years, traders have put their particular marks or symbols on their...Behind the scenesX-rays and wallpapers: the hunt for arsenicThursday 23 February 2017Our Collection Care department hunted for arsenic within historic wallpaper samples…...Records and researchInventions that didn’t change the worldMonday 13 October 2014The nineteenth century saw amazing advances in science and technology. Many inventions – such...Behind the scenesKeeper’s Gallery: registered designsTuesday 16 September 2014Our Keeper’s Gallery currently features a display of the registered design series held here...Records and researchCoffin handles and cricket belts: registered designs down underTuesday 26 August 2014It’s always interesting and often surprising to find out how our records are being...Archives and archivistsArchives for artistsThursday 3 July 2014Two weeks ago I was part of an initiative to invite a small group... 1 2 »