Martin Best
with examples of his work in the permanent collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum
Extensively illustrated in b/w and colour (h/b 130 pages)
Commercial Art magazine rated Paine as “one of the most highly gifted designers in the country” and especially praised “the richness of textile design” displayed in his posters for Morton Sundour Fabrics (1927)
Original shipping luggage label for Stoomvaart Maatschappij Zeeland Line
Album of provincial theatre memorabilia, c. 1928-34 Artwork Martin BestAn historically interesting scrap book put together by a theatre set builder, c. 1928 1934. The album contains pasted in mementoes relating to the career of Louis Walton (aka Louis Johnston), including contracts, playbills, posters, letters, newspaper cuttings etc. The documents cover a wide range of provincial theatres, including Cambridge, Aldershot, Cardiff, Margate, Folkestone, Eastbourne, Windsor, Brighton, Bootle, Southampton, Scarborough,