Carpet Collection (page 4)

Greetings card, Terrier dog sitting up and begging. 20th century

Fath Ali Chah, second Qajar emperor or Shah of Iran (1772-1832). Illustration from Guillaume-Antoine Oliviers Travels in the Ottoman Empire, Egypt and Persia, 1801

Wobbegong, tiger shark, and striped catshark
Carpet shark or wobbegong, Orectolobus maculatus, tiger shark, Galeocerdo cuvier, and striped catshark, Poroderma africanum

Tatar musicians in a Crimean town square, mid 19th century
Tatar musicians playing fiddle and balalaika in a Crimean town square, men smoking pipes and drinking tea. Handcoloured lithograph from Carl Hoffmanns Book of the World, Stuttgart, 1857

An Indian woman seated on a rich carpet attended by servants
An Indian woman at a gala seated on a rich carpet with containers of betelnut and perfume, attended by an ayah or servants with punya (fan), pawn and snake hookah pipe

Raja Shivaji, last Raja of Thanjavur (Tanjore), Bhonsie dynasty. Seated on a carpet, waited on by courtiers and servants. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Bonatti after Francois Solvyns

Room decorated in the Egyptian style, early 19th century
Room decorated in the Egyptian style, with man seated on a carpet, servants bringing drinks, grandfather clock, cushions and curtains

Audience of the Dutch with Garcia II of Kongo, 1642. The large red velvet throne was embroidered with Don Alvaro King of Kongo

Carpet python, scarlet snake, and red-bellied black snake
Carpet python, Morelia spilota 1, scarlet snake, Cemophora coccinea 2, red-bellied black snake, Pseudechis porphyriacus 3, and Coluber ocellatus 4

Fox moth and autumn green carpet moths on blackberry
Fox moth, Macrothylacia rubi, and Autumn green carpet, Chloroclysta miata, on blackberry bush, Rubus fruticosus. Handcoloured copperplate engraving drawn

Reception Room, Masonic Cathedral, Bloomsburg, PA, USA
Reception Room, Masonic Cathedral, Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, USA. Date: 1908

Main Lobby, Waldorf Astoria Hotel, New York, USA
General view of the Main Lobby, looking towards the Lexington Avenue entrance, Waldorf Astoria Hotel, New York, USA. Date: circa 1930s

Staircase at Ranelagh House, Chelsea, London
Staircase at Ranelagh House, Chelsea, SW London. 1902

Adverts, James Templeton & Co, A G Kidston & Co
Adverts for James Templeton & Co, Carpet Manufacturers, Glasgow, and A G Kidston & Co, Iron, Steel and Metal Merchants, Great Clyde Street, Glasgow, Scotland. 1905

Room in Hotel Prinz Carl, Heidelberg, Germany, where the future King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra were betrothed in 1862. 1902

Tea Room, King Edward Hotel, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Date: circa 1908

W Heath Robinson - The New Revolving Dining Table to Dispense with Waiting

W Heath Robinson - Precautions to Muffle Footsteps when going late to bed

Illustration, A Big Black Blot - girl and doll. late 19th century

Joe W Browns Horseshoe Club, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Joe W Browns Horseshoe Club, Fremont Street, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA -- one million dollars in cash on display in the form of one hundred ten thousand dollar bills, inside a giant golden horseshoe

Dining Room, Hotel Arlington, San Francisco, California, USA
Dining Room, Hotel Arlington, Ellis Street and Leavenworth Street, San Francisco, California, USA. Date: circa 1910

Stairway, Hotel Virginia, Long Beach, California, USA. Date: circa 1908

Lobby, Hotel Virginia, Long Beach, California, USA. Date: circa 1908

BBC Broadcasting House, Waiting Room on 3rd Floor
BBC Broadcasting House, May 1935, Waiting Room on 3rd Floor. 1935

Four kittens with a plate on a postcard. Date: circa 1890s

Illustration, Hilda, Lalla Rookh
Illustration, Hilda, in Lalla Rookh, a narrative poem by Thomas Moore. 19th century

Interior design for the princely castle in Sofia, Bulgaria, by the Hofmobel Factory. circa 1898

Room designed for a Rhenish industrialist in a furniture factory. circa 1898

Sentimental scene -- Kiss Me, Mama. A little girl looks at a lantern slide projection of her departed mother, while her father bows his head in grief. (1 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Sir Philip Sassoons home, 25 Park Lane: the library
The Park Lane home of British politician Sir Philip Sassoon(1888-1939), decorated in the French style. Pictured here is the library

American cruise ships lounge. Date: late 1920s

LCC-LFB Whitechapel Fire Station firemen in a group photo, April 1927. Date: 1927

Curtis British Entomology Plate 643
Lepidoptera: Zerene plumbata Curtis = Plemyria rubiginata ssp. plumbata (Blue-bordered Carpet) [Plant: Rubus chamaemorus (Cloud-berry)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 603
Lepidoptera: Electra albocrenata Curtis = Electrophaes corylata (Durham Carpet) [Plant: Pinguicula grandiflora (Large-flowered Butterwort)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 296
Lepidoptera: Zerynthia latentaria = Coenotephria salicata ssp. latentaria (Striped Twin-spot Carpet) [Plant: Ammophila arenaria (Arundo arenaria, Sea-reed or Marram)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 88
Lepidoptera: Cleora cinctaria (Ringed Carpet) [Plant: Onobrychis viciifolia (Hedysarum onobrychis, Cock?s Head)] Date: 1824-39

Lily Brayton and Ben Webster in Kismet
Miss Lily Brayton (1876-1953) in the role of Marsinah and Mr Ben Webster (1864-1947) in the role of Abdullah in the play Kismet. Date: 1912

Mom and Son in Playpen Date: 1948

Spry Maid Snags Bouquet Date: 1950

Household Objects Date: 1940

Scotch Carpet Loom, Glasgow 1843
A weaver sits at a hand-operated Scotch carpet loom at a Glasgow carpet factory. The pattern is created using Jacquard punched cards which travel across the top of the loom. Date: 1843

Brussels Carpet Loom, Glasgow 1843
Scotch carpet factory. Date: 1843

Persian Rug Making, Glasgow 1843
A weaver operates a Persian rug-making loom at a Glasgow carpet factory. Date: 1843

Three men on a mgaic flying carpet
Three travellers on a magic carpet

DICKENS / THE BROKERS MAN
The Brokers Man Date: 1830s

RUSSIA / ASTRAKHAN 1913
Astrakhan: the carpet fair Date: 1913

Carlton House - Cruikshank
Carlton House: Kate, Sue, Tom, Jerry and Logic viewing the Throne Room Date: 1821

CARPET MARKET / RUSSIA
A carpet fair in Astrakhan. Date: 1913

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