cardboard box love

Selfridges

 regular readers of my blog will know i'm a bit of a cardboard box nerd. here is a selection of what i call 'shop shirt boxes'. These were all found in car boot sales and house clearances. Originally produced by high end retailers to present or post goods, garments and alterations to customers. Always constructed from a hard-wall cardboard with metal stapled joints, never from cheaper corrugated cardboard. often, but not always designed with an area to label the recipient's address. double click images to view larger.

Burberrys

John Lewis 

Jenners

Asprey

Harrods 

Harrods

Harvey Nichols

Liberty

Liberty

Simpson - great carry handle detail

Garrard & Co Ltd

Peter Jones (John Lewis)

Anderson & Sheppard, Savile Row

Tobias Bros

Beale & Inman Ltd 

Marshall & Snelgrove

Schofields Ltd 

Lovely telephone number change/correction on the Schofields box

Detail on John Lewis box: 'Must arrive Wednesday, Customer going on holiday'