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Background imageCurtain Collection: Kelmscott House Curtain Of Woollen Tissue

Kelmscott House Curtain Of Woollen Tissue
A patterned curtain of woollen tissue, designed for the drawing room at Kelmscott House, the home of English textile designer and Pre-Raphaelite craftsman, William Morris between 1878 and 1896

Background imageCurtain Collection: Music cover, The New Haymarket Polka

Music cover, The New Haymarket Polka, by Meredith Ball, showing the proscenium arch and safety curtain of the Haymarket Theatre, London Date: circa 1880

Background imageCurtain Collection: Pekingese dog

Pekingese dog Date: 1931

Background imageCurtain Collection: The Two-Headed Welsh Giant, by Arthur Rackham

The Two-Headed Welsh Giant, by Arthur Rackham
The Two-Headed Welsh Giant, book illustration by Arthur Rackham Date: 1916

Background imageCurtain Collection: La Serva Padrona

La Serva Padrona
An oil painting of a red robed gentleman, standing beside his maid mistress, wearing a yellow and red dress, at the foot of a grand bed with green curtain drapings. Date: circa 1919

Background imageCurtain Collection: R. S. Hudson Limited Omo Advertisement

R. S. Hudson Limited Omo Advertisement
An illustrated advertisement for R. S. Hudson Limited, promoting Omo, a bleacher, cleanser and purifier for household fabrics

Background imageCurtain Collection: Drummer Dyes Advertisement

Drummer Dyes Advertisement
An illustrated advertisement for W. Edge & Sons Ltd. promoting Drummer Dyes, used for all fabrics, a bearskin guard drummer can be seen sat below a circular framed room interior

Background imageCurtain Collection: Ballet Dancers

Ballet Dancers
A painting of three dancers, practising ballet in a dance studio, next to a large orange curtain. Date: circa 1917

Background imageCurtain Collection: Heal and Son Advertisement

Heal and Son Advertisement
An advertisement illustration for Heal & Son curtain fabrics, showing a woman wearing a patterned costume, holding up a curtain roll which has a repetitive design of exotic birds. Date: circa 1915

Background imageCurtain Collection: Theatrical Drawing

Theatrical Drawing
A lot is happening in this graphic drawing. The image has many theatrical and musical elements, including a butterfly, which leaves a swooping trail of melodic notes

Background imageCurtain Collection: Oetzmann Advertisement

Oetzmann Advertisement
An advertisement for Oetzmann & Co. Ltd, London based furniture makers. Images show various objects including Jacobean bookcase and tables, an Attwood bedroom suite, a Laindon bedroom suite

Background imageCurtain Collection: Filming Gloria Swanson in Perfect Understanding

Filming Gloria Swanson in Perfect Understanding, 1934 Date: 1934

Background imageCurtain Collection: Letty Lind, actress, as Daisy Vane, in An Artist's Model

Letty Lind, actress, as Daisy Vane, in An Artist's Model
Letty Lind, actress, theatrical portrait, in role as Daisy Vane, in An Artist's Model'. By a velvet curtain, holding bouquet of flowers, with quotation, The fellows call me Daisy

Background imageCurtain Collection: Music cover, When the Curtain Falls

Music cover, When the Curtain Falls, words by Ronald Frankau, music by Billy Barnes, featured by Ronald Frankau's Companies Date: 1927

Background imageCurtain Collection: Jose Echegaray y Eizaguirre (1832-1916). Spanish engineer

Jose Echegaray y Eizaguirre (1832-1916). Spanish engineer, playwright, politician and mathematician. Leading of the Spanish dramatist of the last quarter of the 19th century

Background imageCurtain Collection: Persia, Tehran. Palace of the British envoy. Engraving

Persia, Tehran. Palace of the British envoy. Engraving
Persia, Tehran. Palace of the British envoy. Interior courtyard. Engraving. Panorama Universal. History of Persia, 1851. Date: 2018

Background imageCurtain Collection: Turkish Bath With Two Figures

Turkish Bath With Two Figures
A drypoint etching of a male and female figure at a Turkish bath, with curtain separating. Used as a promotion for Herbert S. Gilkes, print dealer based in Sydney. Date: circa 1865

Background imageCurtain Collection: The Curtain Illustration

The Curtain Illustration
An illustration in reference to a poem, written by Australian poet, Zora Bernice May Cross, showing a woman in a blue dress, hiding behind a stage curtain

Background imageCurtain Collection: Lightfoot Advertisement

Lightfoot Advertisement
An advertisement for Young, Osmond and Young, Limited, promoting the Lightfoot tubular electric heating system. Examples of this are shown in the images, including a skirting heater, towel rail

Background imageCurtain Collection: Michelangelo in His Studio visited by Pope Julius II

Michelangelo in His Studio visited by Pope Julius II, by Alexandre Cabanel. Date: 16th century

Background imageCurtain Collection: Tereshkova Valentina Russia Russian Soviet Ussr

Tereshkova Valentina Russia Russian Soviet Ussr
tereshkova, valentina, russia, russian, soviet, ussr, vladimirovna, 1937, cosmonaut, first, woman, space, vostok, june, 1963, domestic, flowers, 1970s, net, curtain, home, hero, heroic, pioneer

Background imageCurtain Collection: Cartoon, why the Englishman is so respected abroad ! Date: 1867

Cartoon, why the Englishman is so respected abroad ! Date: 1867

Background imageCurtain Collection: Cartoon -- why the English tourist is so respected by the French. Date: 1867

Cartoon -- why the English tourist is so respected by the French. Date: 1867

Background imageCurtain Collection: NOEL COWARD Acting in his own play, The Young Idea, with Ann Trevor in 1923 Date: 1899 - 1973

NOEL COWARD Acting in his own play, The Young Idea, with Ann Trevor in 1923 Date: 1899 - 1973

Background imageCurtain Collection: Bulging of the theatre curtain

Bulging of the theatre curtain
At Royal, Exeter, fire on stage curtain blows out towards the auditorium and the audience flee the fire. 187 people die in the blaze

Background imageCurtain Collection: Napoleonic French Sofa Bed

Napoleonic French Sofa Bed Date: 1809

Background imageCurtain Collection: BBC Late Low Definition Television Studio

BBC Late Low Definition Television Studio looking towards the Control Room. The large black curtain screened the orchestra and their lights from the photo-electric cells

Background imageCurtain Collection: Comic postcard, Two political candidates campaigning Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Two political candidates campaigning Date: 20th century

Background imageCurtain Collection: Comic postcard, Woman in her seaside hotel bedroom

Comic postcard, Woman in her seaside hotel bedroom Date: 20th century

Background imageCurtain Collection: Comic postcard, Performing couple taking a bow on stage Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Performing couple taking a bow on stage Date: 20th century

Background imageCurtain Collection: Comic postcard, Come into the garden, Maud Date: early 20th century

Comic postcard, Come into the garden, Maud Date: early 20th century

Background imageCurtain Collection: Comic postcard, Lovely seaside view

Comic postcard, Lovely seaside view - beer bottle and glass Date: 20th century

Background imageCurtain Collection: Comic postcard, Little boy and girl in love. Someone I love - loves me

Comic postcard, Little boy and girl in love. Someone I love - loves me! Date: 20th century

Background imageCurtain Collection: Roman-style wall hanging, circa 1900

Roman-style wall hanging, circa 1900. Valance sheet, lambrequin drapes, brocatelle curtains. Planche 6. Croisee Style Roman. Cantonniere drap, application meme etoffe

Background imageCurtain Collection: Woman in house gown of coral-print silk over a linen

Woman in house gown of coral-print silk over a linen petticoat. Aquarium with coral and goldfish. Robe d interieur en soie brochee, ouverte sur un dessous de linon

Background imageCurtain Collection: Living drop-curtain in Better Days, London Hippodrome

Living drop-curtain in Better Days, London Hippodrome
A living drop-curtain at the London Hippodrome revue, Better Days, with various young ladies draped through peep holes. Date: 1925

Background imageCurtain Collection: Programme cover, Theatre Royal, West Hartlepool

Programme cover, Theatre Royal, West Hartlepool, February 1885. 1885

Background imageCurtain Collection: Constance Marie de Masirevich

Constance Marie de Masirevich, daughter of the recently retired Hungarian ambassador. The Sketch reports, " she has many friends in London and is very Anglophile

Background imageCurtain Collection: Reception room at the Writers Club, London

Reception room at the Writers Club, London
Reception room at the Writers Club - The Ladies Clubs of London. 1899

Background imageCurtain Collection: Wax model in shop window display

Wax model in shop window display
Wax model of a woman in a shop window display, designed by Sage and Co, Shop Fittings. circa 1930

Background imageCurtain Collection: Shop girls preparing for bed

Shop girls preparing for bed. Wearing turbans, shawls and lowcut cotton nightshifts, four shopgirls relax before bed. Handcoloured engraving from Pierre de la Mesangeres Le Bon Genre, Paris, 1817

Background imageCurtain Collection: Seamstress in Bavolet, reign of Louis XIII, 1610-1643

Seamstress in Bavolet, reign of Louis XIII, 1610-1643
Seamstress, wearing a Bavolet headdress, reign of Louis XIII, 1610-1643. The Bavolet was a lace cap with a frill at the back, also known as the curtain bonnet

Background imageCurtain Collection: Ancient Druidic ceremony at Stonehenge

Ancient Druidic ceremony at Stonehenge, with the stones hung with curtains depicting serpents. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Verico from Giulio Ferrarios Costumes Ancient

Background imageCurtain Collection: Allegorical depiction of Asia reclining on a bed

Allegorical depiction of Asia reclining on a bed, with a garland of flowers, and a bowl of incense smoking. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Luigi Giarre after an illustration by Andrea Appiani

Background imageCurtain Collection: Chinese puppet show, Qing Dynasty

Chinese puppet show, Qing Dynasty. The puppeteer is completely hidden inside a curtained theatre and works the puppets in a window above his head

Background imageCurtain Collection: Roanoid bakelite curtain rings, flange ends and tassel hook

Roanoid bakelite curtain rings, flange ends and tassel hook
Roanoid Bakelite button curtain rings in five sizes (in dark red), two flange ends for a curtain rod, and a tassel hook (in marbled brown). Date: 1930s

Background imageCurtain Collection: The Jardiniere, Garden Maid, by Augustin de Saint-Aubin

The Jardiniere, Garden Maid, by Augustin de Saint-Aubin

Background imageCurtain Collection: Sculpture of Princess Victoria, later Queen Victoria

Sculpture of Princess Victoria, later Queen Victoria
Portrait bust of the young Princess Victoria, later Queen Victoria. early 19th century



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