Edison Phonograph Tapestries
Description: Vintage Thomas A. Edison Phonograph patent drawing from 1891. This patent is just one of the more than a thousand patents Edison was granted for his inventions. The phonograph was developed as a result of Thomas Edison's work on two other inventions, the telegraph and the telephone. In 1877, Edison was working on a machine that would transcribe telegraphic messages through indentations on paper tape, which could later be sent over the telegraph repeatedly.
Description: Thomas A. Edison invented the phonograph, the first device for recording and playing back sound, in 1877. After patenting the invention and benefiting from the publicity and acclaim it received, Edison turned their attention to the development of electric lighting, playing no further role in the development of the phonograph for nearly a decade. Edison’s improved phonograph was released in 1888. The original records were wax cylinders which were later replaced by Blue Amberol cylinders, and finally, vertical-cut Diamond Discs, which would be the format that would lead to modern-day vinyl records. Until 1910 the recordings did not carry the names of the artists, making it all the more important to keep the record and the sleeve together.
Description: Edison Bell was an English company that was the first distributor and an early manufacturer of gramophones and gramophone records. The company survived through several incarnations, becoming a top producer of budget records in England through the early 1930s until, after it was absorbed by Decca in 1932, production of various Edison Bell labels ceased.
Description: Edison Bell was an English company that was the first distributor and an early manufacturer of gramophones and gramophone records. The company survived through several incarnations, becoming a top producer of budget records in England through the early 1930s until, after it was absorbed by Decca in 1932, production of various Edison Bell labels ceased.
Description: Nipper (c. 1884 – September 1895) was a dog from England. He is best known as the subject of His Master's Voice (1898), painted posthumously by his second owner, Francis Barraud. The painting became an international entertainment trademark, with Nipper's likeness used across record labels, consumer electronics and entertainment retail.
Description: Celebrate the invention that changed the world of audio forever. This vintage circular design honors the first phonograph, invented by Thomas Alva Edison in 1877, featuring a detailed illustration of the historic device with elegant typography and a timeless antique aesthetic.
Description: Celebrate the invention that changed the world of audio forever. This vintage circular design honors the first phonograph, invented by Thomas Alva Edison in 1877, featuring a detailed illustration of the historic device with elegant typography and a timeless antique aesthetic.
Description: Nipper was a dog from England. He is best known as the subject of His Master's Voice (1898), painted posthumously by his second owner, Francis Barraud. The painting became an international entertainment trademark, with Nipper's likeness used across record labels, consumer electronics and entertainment retail. In 1898, three years after Nipper's death, Francis Barraud, the brother of Nipper's original owner, painted a picture of the dog listening intently to an Edison-Bell cylinder phonograph. He had recalled that Nipper had often appeared "puzzled ... to make out where the voice came from" when a phonograph was playing.
Description: In 1908 Edison Bell introduced the "Discaphone", a machine that would play both laterally and vertically-cut disc records. This model was made into the 1920s, and has the distinction of being one of the few gramophones of the era with a British-made motor mechanism. The laterally-cut Edison Bell disc label first appeared May 1908. These had a diameter of 10.5 inches and were until the original series was discontinued November 1912 just shy of 500 issues. A few months after the 1908 introduction of the Edison Bell disc records, another disc record label was introduced. Phonadisc Records were vertically cut, and were smaller in diameter at 8.75 inches.
Description: Nipper was a dog from England. He is best known as the subject of His Master's Voice (1898), painted posthumously by his second owner, Francis Barraud. The painting became an international entertainment trademark, with Nipper's likeness used across record labels, consumer electronics and entertainment retail. In 1898, three years after Nipper's death, Francis Barraud, the brother of Nipper's original owner, painted a picture of the dog listening intently to an Edison-Bell cylinder phonograph. He had recalled that Nipper had often appeared "puzzled ... to make out where the voice came from" when a phonograph was playing.
Description: Guitars and Instruments: Used by manufacturers like Taylor Guitars as a synthetic compound mixed with ebony shavings for tuning machine buttons, and by National in the 1930s as a black celluloid finish or fingerboard substitute.Early Audio Recordings: Refers to the 5-minute phonograph cylinders and rare 10-inch disc records produced by the Premier Manufacturing Company (associated with Clarion) around 1909.Plastics and Bakelite: Historically used to describe hard black plastics, similar to Bakelite or vulcanized rubber, utilized in items like vintage pipe stems and trim.
Description: Celebrate the invention that changed the world of audio forever. This vintage circular design honors the first phonograph, invented by Thomas Alva Edison in 1877, featuring a detailed illustration of the historic device with elegant typography and a timeless antique aesthetic.
Description: Ebonoid is a synthetic or trade material used historically as a black, hard substitute for ebony wood or celluloid, and as a brand name for early 20th-century phonograph records. Guitars and Instruments: Used by manufacturers like Taylor Guitars as a synthetic compound mixed with ebony shavings for tuning machine buttons, and by National in the 1930s as a black celluloid finish or fingerboard substitute.Early Audio Recordings: Refers to the 5-minute phonograph cylinders and rare 10-inch disc records produced by the Premier Manufacturing Company (associated with Clarion) around 1909.Plastics and Bakelite: Historically used to describe hard black plastics, similar to Bakelite or vulcanized rubber, utilized in items like vintage pipe stems and
