Ceiling Collection (page 13)

Details / Bedroom Ceiling
Details from a bedroom ceiling in the Palais Royal, Paris. Date: Circa 1760

Star Chamber Ceiling
THE STAR CHAMBER The ceiling

Pompeii Frigidarium
A reconstructed view of the frigidarium (cooling room) and picina (cold pool) at the bath complex at Pompeii. Date: 1832

Tower ceiling, St Davids Cathedral, South Wales
View of the ornately decorated tower ceiling above the choir, St Davids Cathedral, St David s, Pembrokeshire, South Wales

Drawing room of a country house, South Wales
The typically Victorian drawing room of a country house, somewhere in South Wales. There are two large sash windows with a mirror in between, reflecting a ceiling rose

Patient playing darts, Medical Centre, Hendon
Scene at the Metropolitan Police Medical Centre, Hendon, north west London, showing a patient in dressing gown and pyjamas playing darts in a rest room

House interior at Landes, France
The interior of a house in Landes a departement in south western France, where the livestock can join in the evenings discussion round the fire and tuck into the large basket of grass

Elephant carvings, India
Temple ceiling with carvings of elephants, India

Studienkirche fresco, Dillingen, Bavaria, Germany
Fresco on the ceiling of the Studienkirche (Study Church or University Church), formerly the Jesuit Church of the Assumption, in Dillingen an der Donau, Bavaria, Germany

Studienkirche interior, Dillingen, Bavaria, Germany
View of the interior of the Studienkirche (Study Church or University Church), formerly the Jesuit Church of the Assumption, in Dillingen an der Donau, Bavaria, Germany

Ceiling fresco, Golden Hall, Dillingen, Bavaria, Germany
A ceiling fresco in the ornate rococo Golden Hall (Goldener Saal) of the Academy for Teacher Training and Personnel Management, Dillingen an der Donau, Bavaria, Germany

A community Christmas tea party, with adults and children. Decorations and garlands hang from the ceiling, and there are three long tables with plates of sandwiches and glasses

St Georges Chapel interior, Windsor
Interior of St Georges Chapel, Windsor, at the time of the funeral of King Edward VII, showing the ornate gothic choir stalls, fan vaulting on the ceiling and stained glass windows

Carpet Selling - Constantinople Bazaar
Carpet sellers at the Constantinople Bazaar

Queen Victoria at Aston Hall
Queen Victorias visit to Birmingham-reading of the address to the interim managers in the Great Gallery of Aston Hall

The new Houses of Parliament: Central Hall
Workmen sculpturing the bosses on the groined roof of the central hall in the new Palace of Westminster

The Birmingham Music Festival - The Great Music Hall
The Birmingham Musical Festival showing the Great Music Hall with Mendelssohn conducting " Elijah"

Viceroys House, New Delhi: West Loggia
The West Loggia of the Viceroy of Indias house in New Delhi, India, with a view looking towards the state dining-room and showing the vaulted ceiling decorated with a delightful mural

Noisy neighbours
A man sits alone in his living room, shaking his fists at the ceiling above, where his neighbours are having a noisy party. His newspaper has been crumpled up and thrown to the floor in disgust

Low lodging house, St. Giles, London
A poor lodging house for women in St. Giles, London. Old and young are crowded in a small room and laundry hangs from the ceiling. A couple of elderly women are having a cup of tea

1980s Interior with ceiling light and fern
A classic 1980s-style ceiling light fitting with three glass globe covers, with the three large fronds of a fern plants rising up beneath it. Airbrush painting by Malcolm Greensmith Date: circa 1980

Visitors in St. Pauls Cathedral inspecting the mosaics, 189
Engraving showing a group of Victorian visitors to St. Pauls Cathedral, London, gazing up at the mosaics on the ceiling, 1894

Richard Sands Air Walking at Drury Lane, 1853
Engraving showing Richard Sands (d.1861), the American acrobat, equestrian and air walker, performing at Drury Lane Theatre, London, March 1853

Corradinis Descent on Horseback, 1898
Illustration showing (Frank) Corradinis horse-riding act, which he displayed in Berlin, Paris and Copenhagen in 1898. Corradini

An airmans altitude helmet, for high altitude flights
The 25th year of heavier-than-air machines, an airmans altitude helmet. A dinner for the anniversary was staged at the Science Museum, the historic biplane, loaned by Orville Wright

Business Keeps Going Up
Humorous illustration by Lawson Wood (1878-1957) showing Gran pop the orang utan having to saw a hole in the ceiling to accommodate his ever growing sales projection

Wrights Wall Brush
A handy wall brush with an oscillating head or duster enabling servants to clean cornices, walls or staircases without trying using a ladder

Durham Cathedral 1950S
The Nave of Durham Cathedral, from the West Window, showing the splendid vaulted ceiling and stained glass

Mamertine Prison / Rome
The prison in which Saint Peter was confined

Drury Lane Theatre 1775
Three figures looking around the virtually empty ornate interior of Drury Lane theatre

Sistine Chapel / Vatican
The interior of the spectacular Sistine Chapel at the Vatican, Rome. The ceiling and walls are covered in full colour frescos by Michelangelo

St Peter & St Paul Cath
A view up to the elaborately decorated ceiling of the St Peter and St Paul Cathedral, Mdina, Malta

Pilgrims / Montserrat
The principal cloister of the monastery at Montserrat : ex-votos can be seen to the left, while other pilgrim gifts (including crocodiles !) hang from the ceiling

Royal Exchange Courtyard
The busy Royal exchange court yard full of men of business and their dogs

Owen Jones Moresque 42+
Designs from panelling and from part of a ceiling in various parts of the Alhambra

Gargoyle Club / Praga / 20S
The silver ceiling at the Gargoyle Club, London

Walpole / Straw Library
HORACE (HORATIO) WALPOLE FOURTH EARL OF OXFORD Library at Strawberry Hill, near Twickenham, home of the English gothic novelist and man of letters

New York Life Insurance Company, New York, USA
Scene inside the principal office of the New York Life Insurance Company, 346-348 Broadway, New York, USA

Nightingale / Claydon
FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE Her room at Claydon

Walpole / Straw Cabinet
HORACE (HORATIO) WALPOLE FOURTH EARL OF OXFORD Cabinet at Strawberry Hill, near Twickenham, home of the English gothic novelist and man of letters

Shakespeare / Hathaway Cot
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Interior view of Ann Hathaways Cottage, with two children enjoying a meal

Gal-Roman Ceiling / Carnac
A reconstruction of the elaborate ceiling of Gallo- Roman villa at Bossemo, an ancient site 2 miles to the east of Carnac

Pompeii Bath / Frigidarium
A view of the frigidarium room uncovered almost intact at Pompeii. The frigidarium was the cooling room, containing a cold pool (picina) seen through the door on the right

Working with Iron / 1930S
Beating an iron rod on an anvil having first softened the metal in the roaring furnace. The workshop is full of tools which hang from the ceiling

Turkish Bath / Paris 1858
Inside the Turkish bath at the Hotel Pompeien, Paris

Christs Hospital Chapel
The Chapel of Christs Hospital, London

Queen Mary Restaurant
The C-deck restaurant

Missionary New Zealand
A native church at Otaki, with a sermon being delivered to the congregation, who do not have pews to sit in

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