Carpets Collection

A BAZaR IN CAIRO 1885
A bazaar in Cairo. Date: 1885

A Street Scene in Cairo, by Charles Robertson (1844-1891)

A Magic Carpet Ride
A young woman in a yellow dress takes an impromptu ride on a magic flying carpet

Persian Manuscript, 1650. Court of a Safavid dynasty prince. Persian art. Safavid period. Miniature Painting. EGYPT. CAIRO. Cairo. Museum of Islamic Arts

Promotional card for the Oriental Carpet Manufacturers Ltd - Turkish Company with head office at Smyrna (Izmir), Turkey and branches in London, Paris, Constantinople (Istanbul), New York, Cairo

Lockwood, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
A Policeman and two smartly-dressed messanger boys stand in the street at Lockwood, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. The Huddersfield Industrial Society Building is on the left (still standing)

Advert, Guthrie & Wells, Stained Glass Windows, Glasgow
Advert for J & W Guthrie & Andrew Wells, Stained Glass Windows and Mosaics, West George Street, Glasgow, Scotland. 1905

The Cunard Liner RMS Mauretania - The Entrance Hall Date: 1922

Imperial Vacuum Cleaner advertisement, 1914
Advertisement for the Imperial Vacuum Cleaner from The Electric Appliances Company Ltd, claiming it would last a lifetime and offering the chance for a home demonstration of the machine in action

Selling Persian Carpets
Selling Persian carpets in Le Printemps, French department store

Arab Bazaar, Cairo, Egypt. Date: circa 1906

Hawker Siddeley HS-125 series 1B D-CKCF (msn 25105) of Condor Flugdienst. Became G-AYRY with McAlpine Aviation in December 1970, then HZ-FMA with Saudi Arabian Carpets, later stored - WFU

Arab Bazar, Tunis, Tunisia, North Africa. Also pictured on image 13924865. Date: circa 1909

Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina - Muslim Carpet Dealership
Trebinje, Republika Srpska entity, Bosnia and Herzegovina - Muslim Carpet Dealership shop. Date: circa 1920s

J. S. Henry Ltd Tapestries, Carpets & Draperies
A Decorative scheme illustration of a grand dining room, furnished with carpets, tapestries and hangings from J. S. Henry Ltd

Turkey. Constantinople. The Bazaar
Ottoman Empire. Turkey. Constantinople (today Istanbul). The Bazaar. Engraving by Lemaitre. Historia de Turquia by Joseph Marie Jouannin (1783-1844) and Jules Van Gaver, 1840

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

Hampton and Sons Advertisement
An advertisement for Hampton & Sons Ltd, which promotes the sale of carpets and furnishing fabrics. The images show three examples of carpets

Treloar Advertisement
An illustrated advertisement for Treloar, specialists in floor coverings such as carpets, rugs and linoleum. The image shows Ludgate Hill in London, with a huge, red

Advert for Linovent, which could be laid under carpets and linoleum to create extra spring and deaden noise. Date: 1932

Bond Worth and Axminster carpets: window display
Bond Worth and Axminster carpets window display: Liverpool department store, Owen Owen, shop window display for patterned carpets. Date: circa 1963

Axminster carpet: window display
Axminster carpet window display: Liverpool department store, Owen Owen, shop window display for patterned carpets. Date: circa 1962

Hawker Siddeley HS-125 series 1B D-CKCF (msn 25105) of Condor Flugdienst, at London Heathrow Airport. Became G-AYRY with McAlpine Aviation in December 1970, then HZ-FMA with Saudi Arabian Carpets

Advert for Treloar carpets 1918
Trevoar carpets in Ludgate Hill. Date: 1918

Advert, James Templeton & Co, Glasgow, Scotland
Advert for James Templeton & Co, Carpet Manufacturers, Glasgow, Scotland. 1905

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

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

Neighborly Coffee Break Date: 1950

CHECKING PERSIAN CARPETS
Persian carpets are checked and examined in the workshop of an importer, before being offered for sale. Date: circa 1930

A LADY AND HER BILLS
A dejected lady seeks comfort in coffee as she contemplates bills for dresses, shawls, carpets, lingerie, flowers and ribbons Date: circa 1815

SELLING CARPETS 1907
Selling Persian carpets in Le Printemps, French department store Date: 1907

Indian carpet factory - 2
A man squats on the floor to put the finishing touches to an Indian rug in a carpet factory in Jaipur, India Date: 1987

Indian carpet factory - 1
A man squats on the floor to put the finishing touches to an Indian rug in a carpet factory in Jaipur, India Date: 1987

Cannes, France - Boulevard de la Croisette
Manufacture des Gobelins - a tapestry factory located in Paris, France, at 42 avenue des Gobelins, near the Les Gobelins metro station in the 13th arrondissement

Madame Delfaus school of carpet making, Algiers, Algeria
Children employed at Madame Delfaus school of carpet making at 84 Boulevard Valee, Algiers, Algeria, North Africa. Date: circa 1905

Ras Makonnen Walda-Mika el Guddisa - Abyssinia
Ras Makonnen Walda-Mika el Guddisa, also Makonnen Wolde Mikael, Honorary KCMG (1852 1906) - a general and the governor of Harar province in Ethiopia, and the father of Tafari Makonnen

Turkmenistan - Merv - The Carpet Market (Bazaar)
Turkmenistan - The Carpet Market (Bazaar) - near the site of Ancient Merv, formerly Achaemenid Satrapy of Margiana, and later Alexandria

Laghouat, Algeria - An Arab Salon
Laghouat, capital city of the Laghouat Province, Algeria - An oppulent Arab Salon interior. Date: circa 1910s

Moloo Brothers & Co, Dar-es-Salaam, East Africa
The general store of Moloo Brothers & Co, stamp dealers and money changers, goldsmiths, jewellers, tailors and outfitters, Acacia Avenue, Dar-es-Salaam, Tanganyika

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

Yemen (Aden) - Group of local Arab Chiefs, standing and seated, close to a huge nargile pipe Date: circa 1910s

Bosnia Herzegovina - Trebinje. A group of Muslim Carpet and Textile sellers - two are seated and smoking a Hookah Pipe

Carpet vendor near Bristol Hotel, Beaulieu, France
Carpet vendor holding up a Persian carpet near Bristol Hotel, Beaulieu-sur-Mer, Cote d Azur, France. Date: circa 1920

Lobby of Hotel Chatham in New York City, USA
Lobby of Hotel Chatham at 48th to 49th Streets between Madison and Park Ave in New York City, USA. Date: 1920

Japanese porters carrying a lot of luggage including suitcases, carpets and sundry other possessions - rural Japan. Date: circa 1920s

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