Eating Out ; an historical dissertation ; James Laver : The Tea Centre ; London ; 1947 : artwork by Stanley Clarke Hutton
This small booklet was issued in connection with an exhibition of "300 years of Catering" held at the Tea Centre on Regent Street in London during November 1947 and even the appearance of such a small publication must have been a flicker of hope in the dark winters of post-war austerity. The text is a dissertation by James Laver that covers the span of time described in the title and ends with such then High Street stalwarts such as Lyon's Tea Shops, ABC Cafes and fish and chip shops!
The booklet is printed at the Curwen Press in Plaistow, East London, and the cover is by Stanley Clarke Hutton ( 1898 - 1984). Clarke Hutton started his career as a stage designer but joined the Central School of Arts & Crafts studying lithography under A. S. Hartrick and when the latter retired Clarke Hutton taught the subject himself until retirement. His illustrative work using lithography bore fruit in many of the Puffin Picture Book series, produced by Penguin Books, and I recall the series of Picture Histories he illustrated for Oxford University Press.
Eating Out ; an historical dissertation ; James Laver : The Tea Centre ; London ; 1947 : artwork by Stanley Clarke Hutton
This small booklet was issued in connection with an exhibition of "300 years of Catering" held at the Tea Centre on Regent Street in London during November 1947 and even the appearance of such a small publication must have been a flicker of hope in the dark winters of post-war austerity. The text is a dissertation by James Laver that covers the span of time described in the title and ends with such then High Street stalwarts such as Lyon's Tea Shops, ABC Cafes and fish and chip shops!
The booklet is printed at the Curwen Press in Plaistow, East London, and the cover is by Stanley Clarke Hutton ( 1898 - 1984). Clarke Hutton started his career as a stage designer but joined the Central School of Arts & Crafts studying lithography under A. S. Hartrick and when the latter retired Clarke Hutton taught the subject himself until retirement. His illustrative work using lithography bore fruit in many of the Puffin Picture Book series, produced by Penguin Books, and I recall the series of Picture Histories he illustrated for Oxford University Press.