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[[File:Inside Decker's.jpg|thumb|300px|Two customers in Decker's]] [[File:Deckers.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Young ladies are not the only people who shop at Decker's]] | <table class="infobox" align="right" bgcolor="#E1E1E1" style="width:300px; font-size:90%; text-align:left; border: 1px #f18c77 solid;"> | ||
<caption style="text-align:center; font-size:140%;"><i><b>Decker's Bookshop for Young Ladies</b></i></caption> | |||
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<td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="#f18c77">[[File:Deckers print.jpg|250px]]</td> | |||
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<td colspan="2" bgcolor="#f18c77" style="text-align:center;">Customers browsing in a bookshop</td> | |||
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<th>Type of Establishment</th> | |||
<td>Bookshop</td> | |||
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<th>Proprietor</th> | |||
<td>Mr Decker</td> | |||
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<th>Location</th> | |||
<td>Bond Street</td> | |||
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[[File:Inside Decker's.jpg|thumb|300px|Two customers in Decker's]] [[File:Deckers.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Young ladies are not the only people who shop at Decker's]] [[File:Browsing in Decker's.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Lady Olivia Fitzgerald and Lord Coniston shopping in Decker's]] | |||
'''Decker's Bookshop for Young Ladies''', more informally known to its patronesses as 'Decker's' is a bookshop | '''Decker's Bookshop for Young Ladies''', more informally known to its patronesses as 'Decker's' is a bookshop founded in 1782 which caters specifically to the young ladies of the Ton. It supplies various books from poetry to novels, including the recently published novel ''Sense and Sensibility'' and those books written by the gentleman author [[Adam Lane]]. It also supplies printed sheet-music for those whose bent runs to musical accomplishments. | ||
[[Category:Important Locations]] | ==Known Patrons== | ||
*Colonel [[Robert Fitzgerald]] | |||
*Miss [[Sybilla Grenfell]] | |||
*Lady [[Matilda Grenfell|de Grave]] | |||
*Mrs [[Frederica Haverleigh]] | |||
*[[Rawdon Montgomery]], the [[Earldom of Alderhan|Earl of Alderhan]] | |||
*Miss [[Diana Osbourne]] | |||
*[[George Hackett]] [[Viscountcy of Selwyn|Viscount Selwyn]] | |||
[[Category:Important Locations]] [[Category:Retail Establishments]] | |||
Latest revision as of 14:46, 10 October 2017
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| Type of Establishment | Bookshop |
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| Proprietor | Mr Decker |
| Location | Bond Street |
Decker's Bookshop for Young Ladies, more informally known to its patronesses as 'Decker's' is a bookshop founded in 1782 which caters specifically to the young ladies of the Ton. It supplies various books from poetry to novels, including the recently published novel Sense and Sensibility and those books written by the gentleman author Adam Lane. It also supplies printed sheet-music for those whose bent runs to musical accomplishments.
Known Patrons
- Colonel Robert Fitzgerald
- Miss Sybilla Grenfell
- Lady de Grave
- Mrs Frederica Haverleigh
- Rawdon Montgomery, the Earl of Alderhan
- Miss Diana Osbourne
- George Hackett Viscount Selwyn