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Mantelpiece Collection

Background imageMantelpiece Collection: Jeeves and Wooster

Jeeves and Wooster
In Thank You Jeeves!, Jeeves gives notice when Bertie Wooster, his employer, insists on playing the banjolele

Background imageMantelpiece Collection: If Unhealthy, be healthy: If Healthy by Healthier

If Unhealthy, be healthy: If Healthy by Healthier
An energetic man starts the day in his dressing gown by diving off the mantelpiece of his living room, using his wifes head as a springboard

Background imageMantelpiece Collection: Victorian style domestic interior with fireplace

Victorian style domestic interior with fireplace
A Victorian style domestic interior with fireplace, and different patterns everywhere you look

Background imageMantelpiece Collection: Lady in Hip Bath 1905

Lady in Hip Bath 1905
A German lady washes in a hip bath

Background imageMantelpiece Collection: Hearths, Conservatoire des Arts de la Metallurgie

Hearths, Conservatoire des Arts de la Metallurgie
Fireplace surrounds, stored at the Conservatoire des Arts de la Metallurgie, or Conservatory of the Arts of Metallurgy, formerly the lower factory of the foundry at Dommartin-le-Franc

Background imageMantelpiece Collection: Mantelpiece, Westbury House, Long Island

Mantelpiece, Westbury House, Long Island
These photographs show the impressive decorative features of a mantelpiece at Westbury House, Long Island, designed by George Abraham Crawley. Date: circa 1904

Background imageMantelpiece Collection: J. S. Henry Ltd Fireplace and Surrounds

J. S. Henry Ltd Fireplace and Surrounds
A photograph of a fireplace surrounded by decorative examples of Carton-Pierre and fibrous plaster enrichments by J. S. Henry Ltd. A magnificent mirror with an ornate frame sits on the mantelpiece

Background imageMantelpiece Collection: Rowley Hall West End Flat

Rowley Hall West End Flat
An illustration showing an entrance hall to a West End flat in connection with Rowley Hall, Staffordshire. This space has fine oak wall panelling and carved mantelpiece

Background imageMantelpiece Collection: Rowley Hall Vestibule

Rowley Hall Vestibule
An illustration showing the round vestibule chamber of Rowley Hall, Staffordshire. The design is typical of the Louis XVI period

Background imageMantelpiece Collection: Elegant Edwardian reception room

Elegant Edwardian reception room with polished wooden table, chaise longue, large family photographic portrait over the mantelpiece and neat shelves of leather-bound volumes. Date: 1912

Background imageMantelpiece Collection: Isobel Violet Hunt (1862 - 1942), British author and literary hostess

Isobel Violet Hunt (1862 - 1942), British author and literary hostess; writer of feminist novels. She founded the Women Writers Suffrage League in 1908

Background imageMantelpiece Collection: Trades in Regency England: Ale-house, silk mill

Trades in Regency England: Ale-house, silk mill and stocking weaver. Customers drinking Burton ale outside a pub 49, workers dying and drying silk in a mill in Derby 50

Background imageMantelpiece Collection: English grocer giving a lecture on hunting in a large

English grocer giving a lecture on hunting in a large room in the Dragon tavern, 19th century. The wall is decorated with hunting cap, leather breeches and three fox tails. Mr

Background imageMantelpiece Collection: Frontispiece with skeleton of death seated with scythe

Frontispiece with skeleton of death seated with scythe and globe. Vignettes of death attacking a baby, an invalid, a glutton and a drunkard

Background imageMantelpiece Collection: Mantelpiece from Longton Hall

Mantelpiece from Longton Hall. Chromolithograph drawn by Grivell and lithographed by Parrot et Co. from Frederick Rathbones Old Wedgwood

Background imageMantelpiece Collection: CHRISTMAS 1930S

CHRISTMAS 1930S
A little boy is the centre of attention, standing in front of a large open fireplace with Christmas cards on the mantelpiece, watched by his doting parents and grandpa. Date: 1930s

Background imageMantelpiece Collection: Group portrait of Alfred Rooke and his family in their home

Group portrait of Alfred Rooke and his family in their home
Group portrait of Alfred Rooke and his family at their home in Mount Park, Ealing, watercolour on paper, by Thomas Matthews Rooke (1842-1942), c.1891-2. Date: 1891-1892

Background imageMantelpiece Collection: The Merry Family, 1668, by Jan Havicksz Steen (c. 1625-1679)

The Merry Family, 1668, by Jan Havicksz Steen (c. 1625-1679)
Jan Havicksz Steen (c.1625-1679). Dutch painter. The Merry Familiy, 1668. Rijksmuseum. Amsterdam. Holland

Background imageMantelpiece Collection: Greetings card with medieval style interior

Greetings card with medieval style interior, looking very cosy in the firelight. Date: circa 1920s

Background imageMantelpiece Collection: Christmas card with dogs and fireplace

Christmas card with dogs and fireplace
Handmade Christmas card with dogs and fireplace, and a string to pull to make Santa Claus appear. (2 of 2) circa 1890s

Background imageMantelpiece Collection: Manchester Slum

Manchester Slum
Manchester : interior of a slum dwelling at no 18, Back Queen Street, Deansgate - a mattress, a mantelpiece, nothing else... Date: 1862

Background imageMantelpiece Collection: Woman in evening dress standing by a fireplace

Woman in evening dress standing by a fireplace. Date: circa 1920s

Background imageMantelpiece Collection: Interior of H. L. Oakleys silhouette studio

Interior of H. L. Oakleys silhouette studio
Interior of the studio of silhouette artist, Captain H. L. Oakley, with examples of his work on the mantlepiece and hanging on the walls including his famous First World War portrait of the Prince of

Background imageMantelpiece Collection: Victorian style domestic interior with large fireplace

Victorian style domestic interior with large fireplace
A Victorian style domestic interior with a large fireplace, and different items of furniture everywhere you look

Background imageMantelpiece Collection: 1950S Costume / Woof

1950S Costume / Woof
Gleeful blonde model, wearing an orientally inspired ensemble of silver pencil skirt with side splits & green silk blouse with mandarin collar, pours herself a drink

Background imageMantelpiece Collection: Pin-Up Girl / Xmas Party

Pin-Up Girl / Xmas Party
Pretty blonde in a top with plunging, crocheted neckline & festive sequin embellishments, sits on a leopard skin rug by the fire awaiting her party guests

Background imageMantelpiece Collection: Wreath, Decking, Tree

Wreath, Decking, Tree
Festive wreath of fir with cones, imitation snow & red berries, a tinsel Christmas tree with baubles & red lighted candles & holly draped along the mantelpiece

Background imageMantelpiece Collection: Mother / Chatterbox Dtr

Mother / Chatterbox Dtr
A mother scolds her daughter for being a terrible chatterbox

Background imageMantelpiece Collection: Two Men Drinking 1935

Two Men Drinking 1935
Two rural types sup real ale from pint jugs beside a open fire, surrounded by the epherema and decor typical of a classic country pub, at the Old Plough in Speen, Bucks

Background imageMantelpiece Collection: Dinner Dress 1912

Dinner Dress 1912
Doeuillet Empire-line revival gown: column like silhouette, with a high waist, impossibly decollete with a V -neck, belt with pearl clasp & floating sash ends

Background imageMantelpiece Collection: Working Class Home

Working Class Home
A working mans home at Lincoln Court, London : mantelpiece ornaments contrast with the mother searching her childs head for lice, and washing hanging up to dry


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