Carpet Collection (page 6)

Old English Sheepdog turned into wool, Cornwall
An Old English Sheepdog with its enterprising owners, who spin its longhaired coat into balls of wool for knitting, at home in Mullion, Cornwall. Date: circa 1980s

Transatlantic Ocean Liner interior
The lavish and plush interior of a Transatlantic Ocean Liner of the late 19th century. Date: circa 1890

Bosnia and Herzegovina - Carpet Weavers at work. Date: 1911

Firth Carpet Co Mills, Orange County, NY State, USA
Firth Carpet Company Mills, Firth Cliffe (Firthcliffe), Orange County, NY State, USA. Date: circa 1908

The Magic Carpet
A couple - he in Chinese costume, she in harem pants - flying on a magic carpet above the onion domes and minarets of an Arabian city. Date: 1932

Interior of Azm (Azem) Palace in Damascus, Syria
Interior of the palace of As ad Pasha al-Azm in Damascus, Syria. As ad Pasha al-Azm was the governor of Damascus under Ottoman rule from 1742 to 1757

Music cover, The Wedding of the Painted Doll, a piano novelty by Nacio Herb Brown. 1929

Supper Table -- how we entertain our friends. Accompanying an article entitled How I keep house on 250 per annum. 1885

Luscarelle Room, Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire - Furniture arranged for groups - Blue upholstery, Green carpet. Part of Box 247 Boswell Collection. Date: circa 1900

Donegal Carpet Hand-Loom Weaving at Killybegs - a view of a group of women in a factory operating a handloom. (Location: Republic of Ireland; County Donegal; Killybegs). Date: circa early 1900s

Happy Familes Playing Cards - Miss Peel. circa 1935

Jules Verne / Library
JULES VERNE His library at 1 rue Charles Dubois, Amiens Date: 1828 - 1905

Five O Clock Club, Miami Beach, Florida, USA
View inside the Cocktail Lounge of the Five O Clock Club, 22nd Street and Collins Avenue, Miami Beach, Florida, USA. Date: 1936

Bed type air raid shelter, WW2
A bed type air raid shelter used during the Second World War, by Robert Morris Ltd of Farnworth, near Bolton. Date: 1940s

Stepping on a red carpet, 1920s couple in evening dress
A gentleman in full evening dress including a top hat, offers his hand to a female companion who alights gracefully from a car onto a red carpet. Date: 1928

Suffragette Beats Husband. Wife with carpet beater threatens husband who cowers under the table. Wreckage of kitchen utensils all around. Captioned, A Suffragette Date: circa 1910

Domestic interior with beaded curtain
A domestic interior with a beaded curtain with another, flowery curtain on either side. Pictures stand on easels on either side, and there are various potted plants

Design for Carpet Filling. Gouache on heavy paper. Silver Studio. 1934

Morelia spilota, Jaguar carpet python
Morelia spilota are large snakes of the Pythonidae family

NFS (Salvage Corps) workers at a fire, WW2
Salvage workers from Cannon Street fire station sub-station A2Z.2X (Watling Street) undertaking salvage work at a warehouse fire

Romania - Woman and Dancers
A Romanian woman in traditional National costume kneeling between two male dancers, who have removed their soft felt hats. Date: circa1906

Garden Carpet Moth
An adult Garden Carpet Moth at rest. Date: 1960s

Smoking Room on the RMS Aquitania
View of the Carolean Smoking Room on the RMS Aquitania, a luxury Cunard Line cruise ship which launched in 1914. Date: early 20th century

Three ladies in evening dresses by Paul Poiret and Beer
Three fashionable ladies in evening dresses. On the left, violet, gold and black with a pleated crepe de chine hem, and a large gold fan, by Paul Poiret

General von Mackensen and Turkish Officers
Anton Ludwig August von Mackensen (1849 1945) - German soldier and Field Marshall. He commanded with success during the First World War

Elderly Victorian man sitting in a chair
An elderly Victorian man sitting in a chair, with a table and books at his side. He holds a cane in his left hand

Edwardian boat interior, with table and chairs
View of the interior of an Edwardian boat. A table is set, but possibly more for drinking than eating, with a bottle and several glasses. There are three upright chairs with wicker seats

Turkish men on Crete smoking a Nargile pipe
Turkish Cretan men smoking a Nargile pipe

Girl and boy lie on the floor surrounded by toys
Girl and boy lying on the floor surrounded by their toys, whilst reading a story book. Watercolour painting by Raymond Sheppard

Indigenous Ghardaia people, Algeria
Indigenous Ghardaia people from Central Algeria - North Africa. Ghardaia is renowned for its coarse goat hair carpets, generally with simple geometric patterns in black and white

Assyrian came down like a wolf on the fold
The Assyrian came down like a wolf on the fold - humorous illustrative interpretation of a quote from Lord Byron by Victorian illustrator and postcard publisher Martin Anderson ( Cynicus )

Amusement Arcade
Scene at a Blackpool amusement arcade, with a rather tawdry set of holidaymakers trying their luck on the One-Armed Bandits (slot machines) there

Pin-Up in Pink Skirt
Delightfully pretty blonde in T-bar shoes, perched on a stool in her boudoir, coyly raises her skirt to reveal her shapely legs & broderie anglaise petticoat

Gustav Vasa persuading the elders of Lubeck
Gustav Vasa, later King Gustav I of Sweden, persuading the elders of Lubeck to join him in a rebellion against Christian II of Denmark

Susi - with a watch. 1950s

Susi - with a French bulldog. 1950s

Susi - with large bone
Susi - with a large bone. 1950s

Susi - with tabby cat and kitten. 1950s

Cover design, Modern Furniture with Charm
Catalogue cover design, Modern Furniture with Charm, Case & Sons, Fisherton Street, Salisbury, Wiltshire. circa 1937

The covering cloth of the holy carpet - Egypt Date: circa 1910s

Three tabby kittens with a pink bucket
Unusual Friends - three tabby kittens with a pink bucket. 1950s

Saint Bernard dog with a pile of jewellery
Unusual Friends - Saint Bernard dog with a pile of jewellery. 1950s

Boxer dog relaxing by Mums feet
Unusual Friends - Boxer dog relaxing by Mums feet. 1950s

Kitten and duckling in the doorway
Unusual Friends - kitten and duckling in the doorway. 1950s

Corgi dog on patterned carpet
Unusual Friends - Corgi dog on patterned carpet. 1950s

Small dog with straw hat
Unusual Friends - small dog with straw hat. 1950s

Young woman holding two cats
Unusual Friends - young woman holding two cats. 1950s

Couple with young baby between them, followed by Granny
Couple with young baby between them (carried in a remarkable sling seat with two wooden handles), followed by Granny - at Cliftonville, Margate, Kent. Date: circa 1930s

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