Chairs Collection (#13)

Board room on wheels for the Birmingham Corporation
Two photographs showing the board room on wheels for the Birmingham Corporation. The coach was fitted up to enable authorities to transact business while paying official visits

The Admirals Quarters of Lord Horatio Nelsons flagship, H.M.S. Victory, Portsmouth, Hampshire England

French C17 Armchair
French armchair upholstered in figured velvet

Penitent / Sedan Chair
A shaven-headed religious man (possibly a monk) spends reflective time in a spike - lined sedan chair in China in penitent repose

Voltaire Ferney
FRANCOIS-MARIE AROUET the French writer at Ferney on 4 July 1775, with Mme Denis, M de Laborde and M Adam: apparently he found this depiction unflattering!

Keats / Silhouette
Silhouette of John Keats, poet

Chair and Table
A cumbersome chair and table from a period not famed for the grace and elegance of its furniture

Playing Musical Chairs
Children play musical chairs

French Sedan Chair
CHAISE A PORTEURS An aristocratic lady uses the French equivalent of the sedan chair

Dining Room 1911
An elegant dining room with the table laid ready for dinner

Girls Making Stools
Two girls making chairs or stools at the London County Council Handicraft School. Date: early 1930s

3 Chairs Hepplewhite
Three chairs by HEPPLEWHITE

3 Chairs Chippendale
Three chairs by THOMAS CHIPPENDALE

Striking masons meeting in a London pub
A committee meeting of striking masons held in a London pub

Nightingale / Claydon
FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE Her room at Claydon

Lewis Carroll / Study
LEWIS CARROLL English writer/mathematicians study at Christ Church, Oxford

Rocking Chair (Gyp)
A rocking-chair, occupied by the French writer Gyp (La comtesse de Martel )

Settee and Chairs
French settees and matching chair upholstered in tapisserie (tapestry) de Beauvais

CHAIRS TO MEND
A girl with basket of reeds and a chair over one shoulder cries chairs to mend!

Old Chairs to Mend
OLD CHAIRS TO MEND ! a boy brings a broken chair for the chairmender to mend with wicker

Life in America. Porch
Two ladies knit, whilst swinging in their chairs on the porch

Paris Expo 1900 / Photo Ex
An exterior view of the Paris Exposition building, with rows of chairs outside and people and security guards milling about. There is also a tabac

Man Mending a Chair
A man repairs a chair on the street while a maid waters a window box through a the window of a nearby house

Junk Shop 1877
Junk shop at Seven Dials (Covent Garden) London

WAGNER / LIEBIG / 2 / 1831
RICHARD WAGNER German composer in 1831, studying with Weinlig at Leipzig

Jules Verne / Drawing Room
JULES VERNE His drawing room at 1 rue Charles Dubois, Amiens

Thonet Furniture Shop
The THONET-HAUS in Stefansplatz, Vienna - the furniture manufacturer noted for its invention of bent-wood chairs

Two Palanquins Meet
A European gentleman in a palanquin meets a European lady in a palanquin and they exchange greetings while their bearers - four to each palanquin - stagger on

Sedan Chair 1804
A sedan chairman waits outside a theatre with his vehicle while his client enjoys the spectacle within

Gent in Bath Chair
A very small boy pulls a very large relative along the esplanade of a seaside resort

Brighton Promenade
Bath-chairs for the old and infirm, basinettes for the young and not-yet-firm : youth and age pass on the Promenade at Brighton

Couple in Deck Chairs
Two holidaymakers take things easy in their beach chairs, while their dog takes it no less easy at their feet

FEDERATION BED
French four-poster bed in the fashionable classical style, with motifs from Rome to emphasise the democratic high- mindedness of the Revolution. With two appropriate chairs

Rheims Air Display
Some spectators stand on chairs to see the aeroplanes at an air display in Rheims

Splendid American Chair
A triumph of American Victoriana, this Patent Continental Spring Chair is exhibited by the American Chair Company at the Crystal Palace

Royals on Bentwood
Lunching after a review at Krassnoje Selo, St Petersburg, the king of Sweden and the duke and duchess of Edinburgh sit on bentwood chairs by Thonet of Vienna

Rush Gatherers 1878
Three children set out rush gathering in a small rowing boat. A boy holds a sickle in his hand. The rushes are used for rush seats for chairs & for baskets etc

Horse Guards, Whitehall
Sightseers watch as troops manoeuvre on Horse Guards Parade, Whitehall : several carriages and sedan chairs can be seen

Trade / Mending a Chair
Old Chairs to mend - two maidservants bring out chairs to a a pavement chair-mender in the streets of London

Furniture Repairer
A man with a wooden leg mends chairs on the street, rebinding the seats with new rushes

Girl on Chairs
GIRL STRETCHED ON CHAIRS In the hypnotic state, general muscular contraction can be induced, enabling the body to do things it couldn t do in the normal state

Indonesian Palanquin
Four bearers carry a gentleman in a palanquin, in the East Indies (Indonesia)

London / Cries / Chairman
The chairman walks the street for the purpose of mending chairs

Tea Party / Greenaway
Thin faced little girls in mob caps partake of cake & tea seated on rush chairs. A racquet & shuttlecock have momentarily been abandoned for the sake of refreshment

Girls at the Cinema
A group of extremely well turned-out young ladies, all of them with trendy Marcel Wave hair-dos, wearing headphones to watch a film at the cinema

Furniture Disturbed
A family return home to find the parlour furniture moved - pictures on the floor, coal scuttle & fire tongs in the alcove, chairs balanced on tables - all topsy-turvy

Mayfair Hotel Interior ?
Possibly one of the general rooms open to guests at the MAYFAIR HOTEL, Berkeley Street. Comfortable chairs & settees are arranged at the edges of the room

Art Deco Chair - 2
Armchair for the sitting room covered with Cordely embroidery

Art Deco Chair
Armchair for the dining-room covered with Cordely embroidery

Sedan Chair
An early sedan chair, perhaps in the Netherlands

German Mercenaries
As Paris seethes with unrest, the prince de Lambesc orders German troops to the Tuileries Gardens, where they harass the crowd and get park chairs thrown at them

Invalid Pilgrims
Sick or disabled pilgrims are wheeled to the Grotto in invalid chairs - hopefully they won t need them on the way back !

Duel / Constant
Duel with pistols between Benjamin Constant and Forbin des Issarts - firing from chairs

Futuristic underwater cafe
A futuristic underwater cafe. The waiter and customers are wearing diving helmets and oxygen packs. More customers are arriving and departing in submarines

Scene on the Boulevard des Italiens, Paris, at 5 pm

Entertaining a visitor to afternoon tea
A lady entertains a visitor to afternoon tea in a lush interior. The maid stands ready to pour more tea or offer a plate of food

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