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Canberra: the swimming-poolColour illustration depicting the swimming pool of P&Os super-liner Canberra. Designed by architects Casson and Rendle, the pool was of white mosaic and set within tiers of sunbathing terraces
No. 2 (Battle) War Hospital, Reading, BerkshireStaff and patients in Ward A13 at the No. 2 War Hospital, Reading, Berkshire - the First World War deployment of Battle School, Cranbury Road, Reading
A Present from Caesar by Fortunino MataniaA Present from Caesar, a Vision of Imperial Rome. Painting by Fortunino Matania, exhibited at the R. I. Galleries, 1926. Date: 1926
Treloars Inlaid Linoleum - it never looks shabbyWhy is this girl like Treloars Inlaid Linoleum? Because she never looks shabby" !! Date: circa 1890s
Harborne Bus Depot, south-west BirminghamIronite Flooring laid at the Harborne Bus Depot, Serpentine Road (off High Street), Harborne, south-west Birmingham for the City Corporation - May, 1926. Date: 1926
Tilo-Leum AdvertisementAn advertisement for Liberty & Co. promoting Tilko-Leum, a flooring product, which, in the picture, gives an old-world effect on a tiled floor, of a tudor interior. Date: circa 1919
Advert for Linovent, which could be laid under carpets and linoleum to create extra spring and deaden noise. Date: 1932
Advert for Treloar carpets 1918Trevoar carpets in Ludgate Hill. Date: 1918
Mosaics from Palermo Cathedral and Monreale Cathedral in Sicily, 12th century. Handcoloured lithograph after an illustration by Wilhelm Zahn from his Ornament of All Classical Art Eras
Antique painted floor in the Villa di Arrio Diomede, Pompeii, excavated 1771-1774. Handcoloured lithograph by Konter after an illustration by Wilhelm Zahn from his Ornament of All Classical Art Eras
TESTING THE CONSTRUCTIONTroops from the nearby Knightsbridge barracks are made to run in step, to test the strength of the flooring in the Exhibition. Date: 1851
The Orchestra promenade, Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, Missouri, USA. Date: circa 1930s
Skeleton MosaicA black and white mosaic of a skeleton, Memento Mori, from a Roman floor in the Vesuvius region. Not definitely from Pompeii. Museo Archaeologico Nazionale, Napoli collection
French furnishing -- corner seating. circa 1850s
The Aurigas mosaic. 4th century. The victoriuos charioteer Marcianus with his chariot. He carries a palm of triumph in one hand and the whip in the other
Germany. Berlin. German Historical Museum. Interior
Roman mosaic. Fish. Ostia Antica. ItalyRoman mosaic. Fish. From the Forum of the Corporations or Piazza delle Corporazione. Ostia Antica. Italy
Roman mosaic. Boat. Ostia Antica. ItalyRoman mosaic. Commercial boat. From the Forum of the Corporations or Piazza delle Corporazione. Ostia Antica. Italy
Flooring the BarleyFlooring the barley for the malting process. Date: circa 1850
Cultivation of beer. Steeping, couching and flooring malt Date: 1830s
The Senlac Marble Lavatory (Wash Basin) Suite in Dove Tigrato, Veneto Crocicohio or Cippolino Versilla. Date: circa 1920s
The Classic Marble Lavatory (Wash Basin) SuiteThe Classic Marble Lavatory (Wash Basin / sink) Suite in Breche Violetta Rose Aurore Date: circa 1920s
Tokay GECKO - on wooden flooring (Gekko gekko ). Bali, Indonesia
Main hall at Baden Powell House, LondonThe main hall at Baden Powell House, Queens Gate, South Kensington, London. The building was officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II in 1961. Date: circa 1960s
Keep Fit ExercisesThree women standing in front of a mirror doing keep fit stretching excercises. Date: early 1930s
Advertisement for Cavendish boilers with female model (Pat Knight). 1959
Operating track, covered with rubber flooring, and crossed wFront of operating room in which are arranged parallel with track, 24 cameras at a distance of 12 inchdes from the center of each lens, and an electro-shutter in front of each. Date c1881
Krakow Castle ReceptionOne of the grand reception rooms, with wall tapestries in the Royal Castle ( Wawel or Vavel ), in Kracow (Cracow), Poland. Date: medieval
Rudston Roman Villa mosaics during excavation 1 / 3Rudston Roman Villa mosaics during excavation - Rudston, East Yorkshire - dated to the 4th century. The villa contained some of the best examples of Roman mosaics
Advert for Geebro floor covering 1939The modern colourful flooring Geebro cord rugs and carpets coverings Date: 1939
Krakow Castle HallThe tournament hall in the Royal Castle ( Wawel or Vavel ), in Kracow (Cracow), Poland. Date: medieval
Interior, Hotel Bonivard, Montreux, SwitzerlandView of the spacious sitting room of the Hotel Bonivard, Montreux, Switzerland. Date: 1950s
Laying a Tiled FloorThree men lay a tiled floor in a grand house, being careful to measure everything exactly Date: circa 1760
Algerian Moorish CafeMoorish Cafe in Algeria - interior
Fantasy house with white catA stylised fantasy scene of a house interior with check floor and a white fat staring out of a glass door at a distant dusty horizon
White cat on a sofaA stylised airbrush picture by Malcolm Greensmith, showing a white cat stretched out on a sofa with a purple landscape disappearinginto the distance through a pair of shutters
Hospital saloon on the London and North Western RailwaysA hospital on wheels, the invalid saloons on the London and North Western Railway. Special thick flooring was used to deaden the vibrations and noise from the patient
Women Cricketers using Indoor Nets, St. Brides Institute, 1Illustration of the female members of St. Brides Institute using the indoor cricket nets of their club, during the winter of 1905
Luxurious Living RoomAn eye-catching living room, with a stylish satin suite, ruched curtains, parque flooring, Romanesque columns, flower arrangements, a baby grand piano, leopardskin rug
Benywood Chairs 1862Chairs and other bentwood furniture (including the flooring) by THONET of Vienna Date: 1862
A Ship ShopThe Ship souvenir shop: Toys, gifts and radios etc. are sold. Two little girls admire a cuddly dog. A couple leaf through postcards. A cricketer and his pal are at the door