Curtain Collection (page 9)

Bedroom interior with dressing table and bed. Date: circa 1930s

Studio portrait, little girl with her dog, France
Studio portrait, little girl hugging her terrier dog, France. Date: circa 1910s

Woman with a Jack Russell terrier outside a house
Woman with a Jack Russell terrier on her lap outside a house. Date: circa 1910s

Man with terrier dog outside a building. Date: circa 1920s

Two girls behind a fence, Balham, SW London
Two little girls standing behind a fence on a Balham street, SW London. Date: circa 1961

Theatre curtain designs by H. Kemp Prossor
Various stage curtain designs by H. Kemp Prossor the interior designer, used at the London Coliseum in 1914. Date: 1914

An 18th century Venetian costume for Chelseas Arts Club ball
A Venetian dress of the eighteenth century suggested for the annual Chelsea Arts Ball in 1914. Date: 1914

Little girl behind a fence, Balham, SW London
A little girl peeps over the top of a fence on a Balham street, SW London. Date: circa 1961

Two girls climbing drainpipe, Balham, SW London
Two girls climbing a drainpipe and getting through an open window of a building in the Zennor Road area of Balham, SW London. Two lines of washing are hanging nearby. Date: circa 1961

Woman with bulldog on British flag
Woman with a bulldog, both standing on a British flag. Date: circa 1913

Group of children on a Balham street, SW London
Group of children standing in front of a house on a Balham street, SW London. Date: circa 1961

Boys eating fish and chips, Balham, SW London
Three boys eating fish and chips out of newspaper on a Balham street, SW London. Date: circa 1961

Little girl smiling, Balham, SW London
Little girl smiling, Zennor Road area of Balham, SW London. Date: circa 1961

The Wrong Theatre, by Bairnsfather
The Wrong Theatre Whenever that German searchlight is turned on our trench, we have a lot of trouble with Private Harold Montgomery (the ex-famous actor)

I Wish You All Good Night
Coloured lantern slide of curtain design for I Wish You All Good Night. A lady reclines on a chaise long in an ornately decorated room

Druidical Design Curtains
Black and white lantern slide of a curtain design inspired by the modern spiritiuality, Druidism. There is a female figure, mistletoe foliage, musical instruments and stone arrangements

German army medic or quartermaster, WW1
German army medic or quartermaster sitting at a table with items set out on shelves, and cutout images of Kaiser Wilhelm and the Crown Prince. Date: circa 1914

Fire prevention officer checking safety curtain
A fire prevention officer checking the time it takes for a safety curtain to come down on a theatre stage. It should not take longer than 30 seconds

Curtains for Baden Powell House, South Kensington, London
Women sewing curtains for the newly built Baden Powell House, Queens Gate, South Kensington, London. The site was acquired in 1956, and Ralph Tubbs was appointed architect

Bonzo a star turn again... by George Studdy
Bonzo a star turn again in " From Dover Street to Dixie" : the Studdy Curtain at the London Pavilion. He appeared in a Cochran revue

Cat on a windowsill by Muriel Dawson. Date: 1920s

Laura Cowie, actress, in costume
Laura Cowie (1892-1962), actress, seen here in costume peeping from behind a curtain. She was about to sail for America with Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson as his leading lady. Date: 1914

The Clown Grimaldi Performing on a Cart
An illustration of the famous clown Grimaldi (1777-1837) performing, presumably the pantomime " Golden Fish". He is shown in a cart being pulled by dogs

Georgina Houghton, spiritualist writer and medium
Georgina Houghton (?-1887), spiritualist writer and medium, seen here with her mothers spirit hovering behind her. The photographer was later exposed as a fraud. Date: 19th century

Bound Medium, photographed during a seance
A physical medium, tied to his chair during a seance, with four others, captured in an infrared photo

Print Users Yearbook -- view of a room, with window, table, chair and sideboard. Date: circa 1930s

Victorian style domestic interior with large fireplace
A Victorian style domestic interior with a large fireplace, and different items of furniture everywhere you look

Young woman with bicycle and hockey stick
A young woman with a bicycle and a hockey stick, standing in front of a window

Woman and boy with two cats
A woman and a boy watch two cats drinking milk from a saucer in a back yard

Women looking in a shop window. Date: circa 1940s

Wallpaper designs shown in a sample interior with a sofa and table in front. Date: 20th century

Middle-aged woman with potted plants
A middle-aged woman, smartly dressed, sitting in front of a window surrounded by potted plants including an aspidistra. Date: C.1910

A Conference of the Allies 1917
British officers, presumably home on leave for Christmas, standing behind a curtain with sprigs of mistletoe behind their backs

The Marble Boat - Summer Palace - Beijing & Female Attendant
The Marble Boat - the Boat of Purity and Ease (Qing Yan Fang) - a lakeside pavilion on the grounds of the Summer Palace in Beijing, China

Japan - Entrance to the Imperial Palace - Tokyo. Inset photograph set within a fine floral decorative border also featuring a set of curtains. Date: circa 1910

The Circus Clown anounces the End of the Book. Date: 1895

Rosamonds Tower - Westenhanger, Kent. Rosamund de Clifford was the Mistress of King Henry II of England ( Fair Rosamund ) - the ruined tower in the north wall is reputed by be their trysting place

Mrs Caudles Curtain Lectures - Mr Caudle late to bed
" Pretty Time of night to come to bed Mr Caudle. Ugh! Enough to give any woman her death. I m sure." (Mrs Caudles Lectures) First published in " Punch" in 1845

Two clowns and a cascade of Easter Eggs
Wishing you a Happy and Pleasant Easter. Two clowns and a cascade of Easter eggs sending Easter wishes. Date: 1906

A Young Moor with a Still Life of Fruit, by Tobias Stranover (1684-1756). Date: 1731

CEZANNE, Paul (1839-1906). Still Life with a Curtain. ca. 1895. Post-Impressionism. Oil on canvas. RUSSIA. Saint Petersburg. State Hermitage Museum

LCC-LFB - A lowered theatre safety curtain
A safety curtain is a fire safety precaution used in large proscenium arch theatres. It is usually a heavy fibreglass or iron curtain located immediately behind the proscenium arch

Charles Green, aeronaut and balloonist
Portrait of Charles Green (1785-1870), the aeronaut and balloonist, from an original painting in the possession of Robert Holland Esq MP

Rope curtain. Print shows a child emerging from behind a rope curtain. Date between 1744 and 1751

The curtain is up!. Illustration shows a busy street scene in a city with numerous electric signs advertising cafes, theaters, restaurants

The curtain rises... Contemporary plays and books on the Current Theatre. Poster about contemporary works on the Current Theatre, showing a conductor standing before an open theatre curtain

Interior at Greville Place, Kilburn, north west London
Colour drawing of a rich interior at Greville Place, Kilburn, north west London, by Henrietta Grace Baden Powell (nee Smyth, 1824-1914), mother of Robert. circa 1840s

Pierrot & pierette in yellow
Pierrot and pierrette dancing in fornt of a heavy curtain. Date: 1902

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