The waiting is over (for now) and my Finchley's have arrived. They came special delivery, along with not one, but two deskfaxes.
I won't go into full details about pocket layouts etc, as most people are pretty au fait with them.
Here is a link to Alice's blog if you want to see more detailed shots.
I think these two complete my Finchley family - I don't think I need any more. The colours of the Finchleys complement each other beautifully. I will do a brief post about my Finchley family in the not too distant future.
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The flash has washed the green out a bit, it's a slightly
darker colour than this... |
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Waiting to go in their new home, where I have saved them
space next to their sister, Miss Vintage Rose |
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One of the reasons why I love the Finchleys, the lovely
stitching, including on the clasp |
For today we will continue to the desk faxes, Richmond & Windsor. Both are brown, although the Windsor is a much warmer shade, unfortunately the picture doesn't show that very well.
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| Richmond Deskfax |
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| Windsor Deskfax |
The Richmond is much sturdier than the Windsor. Both have clearly seen a fair amount of usage, as witnessed by the various marks from general wear and tear (nothing big).
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| Windsor with minor (and slightly odd) marks |
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Internal layout of the Windsor - secretarial pocket on the left,
complete with ID slot and 8 credit card slots, and large zipped
pocket, notepad slot on the right |
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| The clasp & pen loops (two) have seen some work :-) |
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| No gaps in these rings... |
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Internal layout of the Richmond - 2 open pockets, a zipped
8 credit card slots and a smaller pocket on the left, with a
notepad slot and a further full length pocket on the right |
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Richmond's clasp and pen loops (two again) - Richmond
arrived with a few inserts. |
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| Again, good rings with no gaps |
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| A few rust marks |
The ring mechanism on the Richmond has small amounts of rust, so needs a little TLC, and I have given both a little love with some beeswax polish when they arrived, just to give them a bit of a treat.
I was (and still am) amazed at the lovely condition that these vintage babies arrived in...
LJx
