Miss K Rutherford Library 631pc The Betrothal Pauline Baynes Style of Tres Riches Heures of Duc de Berry DSC02640
Miss Rutherford Library 631pc The Betrothal by Pauline Baynes. Line-cut around the main figures and push-fit.
In 1961 Macmillan London released Macmillan's History Picture Books, Book 2A, Lancastrian and Yorkist Times, edited by Edward John Stanley Lay. It was released in the US by St. Martin's Press. Pauline has 11 illustrations in the book. They are based on the classic Tres Riches Heures manuscript illuminations. Macmillan also released the illustrations as individual 21" x 17" color lithographs. They were called Macmillan's History Class Pictures, and were intended for display in classrooms.
See the rest of the series on this tribute site to illustrator Pauline Baynes.
www.paulinebaynes.com/?what=artifacts&cat=88
Nicki's text about the Rutherford Library:
Rutherford Jigsaw Library/The Parkfield Library, Liverpool 1950s
Run and cut by: Miss K Rutherford, (Cutter) 10A Parkfield Road, Liverpool 17.
Later known as the Parkfield Puzzle Library, 2 Parkfield Road, Liverpool, then 10 Parkfield Road, Liverpool..
Box: large flat rectangular box in brown card with 2 small labels on one end, a printed one showing puzzle library address and a handwritten one showing the title, no of pieces and size of the puzzle
Cut: Push fit in a somewhat angular style. Well cut, semi-interlocking, CLC.
Examples:
No 442 piece “Dutch Flower Market”
No 488 2The Fishing Fleet” 17” x 13.5”
No 464 960pc The Gift of Flowers 18x24in
No 552 1000 piece “Princess Elizabeth” 18” x 26”
No 400pc Gathering Tea Crop
No 822 400 piece “The Party” 18” x 19”
No 875 “Sweet Peas” 122 x 16”
No 1200 piece “Friends” (owned by John Hyde)
No 912 513pc A Woodland Glade by E Haslehurst 14.5x18in
No 994 540 piece “Knights Jousting”16” x 20”
Comments: A large and well patronized club with over 1000 puzzles. The puzzles were for the most part cut by Miss Rutherford, but an example on www.thejigasaurus “The Party” suggests that Miss Rutherford’s Liverpool Library may have taken over, absorbed or purchased the nearby Rochdale “Studio Jigsaw Library” which existed earlier in the 1920s and 1930s. If this is the case then some of the library puzzles may have been cut by Rablah. A testament to the popularity of Miss Rutherford’s Library is that many of her puzzles show replacement pieces and much wear to the piece and image edges."
Miss K Rutherford Library 631pc The Betrothal Pauline Baynes Style of Tres Riches Heures of Duc de Berry DSC02640
Miss Rutherford Library 631pc The Betrothal by Pauline Baynes. Line-cut around the main figures and push-fit.
In 1961 Macmillan London released Macmillan's History Picture Books, Book 2A, Lancastrian and Yorkist Times, edited by Edward John Stanley Lay. It was released in the US by St. Martin's Press. Pauline has 11 illustrations in the book. They are based on the classic Tres Riches Heures manuscript illuminations. Macmillan also released the illustrations as individual 21" x 17" color lithographs. They were called Macmillan's History Class Pictures, and were intended for display in classrooms.
See the rest of the series on this tribute site to illustrator Pauline Baynes.
www.paulinebaynes.com/?what=artifacts&cat=88
Nicki's text about the Rutherford Library:
Rutherford Jigsaw Library/The Parkfield Library, Liverpool 1950s
Run and cut by: Miss K Rutherford, (Cutter) 10A Parkfield Road, Liverpool 17.
Later known as the Parkfield Puzzle Library, 2 Parkfield Road, Liverpool, then 10 Parkfield Road, Liverpool..
Box: large flat rectangular box in brown card with 2 small labels on one end, a printed one showing puzzle library address and a handwritten one showing the title, no of pieces and size of the puzzle
Cut: Push fit in a somewhat angular style. Well cut, semi-interlocking, CLC.
Examples:
No 442 piece “Dutch Flower Market”
No 488 2The Fishing Fleet” 17” x 13.5”
No 464 960pc The Gift of Flowers 18x24in
No 552 1000 piece “Princess Elizabeth” 18” x 26”
No 400pc Gathering Tea Crop
No 822 400 piece “The Party” 18” x 19”
No 875 “Sweet Peas” 122 x 16”
No 1200 piece “Friends” (owned by John Hyde)
No 912 513pc A Woodland Glade by E Haslehurst 14.5x18in
No 994 540 piece “Knights Jousting”16” x 20”
Comments: A large and well patronized club with over 1000 puzzles. The puzzles were for the most part cut by Miss Rutherford, but an example on www.thejigasaurus “The Party” suggests that Miss Rutherford’s Liverpool Library may have taken over, absorbed or purchased the nearby Rochdale “Studio Jigsaw Library” which existed earlier in the 1920s and 1930s. If this is the case then some of the library puzzles may have been cut by Rablah. A testament to the popularity of Miss Rutherford’s Library is that many of her puzzles show replacement pieces and much wear to the piece and image edges."