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Tunisia - A transvestite arab dancer recliningA transvestite - in the garb of an arab dancer, reclining on a fur pelt and plump cushions, adorned with vast quantities of jewellery and patterned clothing
Woolly Stockings C. 1940A smiling young woman, reclining on tasselled cushions, pulls on a wool stocking while pointing her toe in the air
Underwear 1920SA smiling young French woman in white underclothes sits holding a fan
Tabby kitten relaxing on a deckchairUnusual Friends - tabby kitten relaxing on a deckchair. 1950s
Advert for Maple & Co wicker furniture 1892Seletion of comfortable wicker furniture for interior and exterior use. 1892
Young lady sitting on cushions dreaming of trophiesYoung sporty lady sitting on cushions, dreaming of the trophies she wants to win when she takes part in athletics competition in the spring. Date: 1923
Susi - on a cushion. 1950s
Gadames, Libya - Interior of a Notable HomeGhadames - an oasis town in the Nalut District of the Tripolitania region in northwestern Libya - Interior of a Notable Home. Date: circa 1910s
Embroidered dog on a cushion with gold edgingEmbroidered dog sitting on a cushion with an ornate gold edging, stuck onto card. Date: circa 1890s
Advert for Maple & Co furniture 1892Fashionable furniture, from Maple & Co, in Tottenham Court Road. 1892
Cartoon, postwar benefits. Two elegant French ladies are pleased that winning the war has allowed them to get out their low-cut dresses again, to dance the foxtrot, to eat cakes and dragees
Ferdinand I / Hre / & WifeFERDINAND I Holy Roman Emperor and Archduke of Austria, with his wife Date: 1503 - 1564
Luxurious BedroomAn luxurious bedroom suite, decorated in the 18th century French style, with a large double bed with ornate headboard and satin bedcovers, matching curtains, cushions &c Date: 1930s
Four dogs reading newspapers on a Christmas cardFour pug dogs reading newspapers on a Christmas card, with a comic verse about muzzling. circa 1890s
Christmas and New Year card, Claridges, LondonChristmas and New Year card (interior), Claridge s, London, from Bruno, the Restaurant Manager. With a photograph of the Drawing Room. Date: 20th century
Living room by Derek Patmore, built around an 18th century Japanese screen in black and gold, with bright yellow walls, a light coloured sofa and a bookcase. Date: 1933
Page design, my teachers, School SilhouettesPage design for my teachers in School Silhouettes, once owned by a female student of Fayetteville High School, New York, USA
Tapestry designs, Weldons Beautiful NeedleworkTapestry designs for home furnishings, a double page spread in Weldons Beautiful Needlework magazine. Date: circa 1920s
Women with display of homemade arts and craftsA group of women with a display of homemade arts and crafts. Date: circa 1920s
Persian noble woman in jeweled turban smoking a hookah pipe.. Handcolored woodcut from Auguste Wahlens Manners, Customs and Costumes of all the People of the World, Brussels, 1845
Interior at Denham Court, Denham, BuckinghamshireAmazing interior of the hall at Denham Court, Denham, Buckinghamshire, showing typical late Victorian, early Edwardina oppulance, with patterned wallpaper, statues, a portable organ, statuary
Pretty Hungarian Girl reclining amongst cushions Date: circa 1925
Japan - Two young Children eating rice and drinking tea Date: circa 1906
Girl in the HaremA Harem girl reclines on some patterned cushions. She wears a long red skirt, small red cap and looks upward smiling. Toward her feet is a large Hookah pipe
Native Indian gentleman smoking a Goorgoory PipeA Native gentleman smoking a Goorgoory, a variant of the Hookah Pipe but with a fixed bamboo stem, in his private apartments, attended by his dancing girls. (Plate 19 of 20) Date: 1813
Exotic Turkish Woman of the Harem Date: circa 1904
Montenegrin women eating their breakfast Date: circa 1930s
French couple in romantic sceneA French couple in a romantic scene, in evening dress. He is kissing her neck while she leans on a pile of cushions. Date: early 20th century
Living Room 1964The living room of a council house, with gas fire, coffee table, simple sofas and armchairs with colourful scatter cushions. Date: 1964
River Days - Couple going boatingA young couple spending River Days out boating The gentleman is doing the gentlemanly thing and carrying the picnic hamper, the cushions and the oars! Date: circa 1906
Rochefort, France - Arab Room in House of Pierre LotiThe Arab Room in the House of Pierre Loti (1850 - 1923) at Rochefort, France. Another room (or possibly another section of the pictured room) is an Orientalist fantasia of a mosque
Girl and Boy sitting on cushionsA Brother and sister sit on cushions, their backs to a panelled wall in a watercolour sketch by Raymond Sheppard. There is also an additional pen and ink study (right)
Brother and sister facing each otherm, kneeling on cushions. Watercolour painting by Raymond Sheppard
Moorish Woman reclining in her sitting roomA Moorish Woman reclining in a very Moorish Sitting Room, filled with elaborately patterned drapes and cushions. Fans and lanterns hang on the wall
An Ottoman LibraryAn Ottoman Medressa Library with reading seats and wooden book supports
Woman asleep on board boatA woman takes a well earned rest on board a boat after recovering the cabin roof in teak!
A Live Wire - Mutoscope postcard featuring an evocatively posed young woman on the telephone to her beau. She lies on some colourful plump cushions and the telephone sits atop a fine period table
Turkish DelightA rather portly Turkish sultan, reclining on plump cushions is bedazzled by a Turkish dancer whose silhouette can be seen in the foreground
Landing Oranges at Fresh Wharf, London Bridge, 1874Engraving showing the belly of a cargo ship, being unloaded of oranges at Fresh Wharf, London. The oranges, in rectangular crates
Billiard table advertsAdvertisement from 1897 for Burroughes & Watts celebrated billiard tables with patented vacuum cushions
Dirty Street KidsWorking Class children sunbathing on dirty cushions on a London street
Female Type / PhoneFive foot two, Eyes of blue, Has anybody seen my girl ? An attractive young woman of the 1920s on the telephone
Female Type / Smoking 1920A smiling young Frenchwoman in white underclothes sits smoking a cigarette
Advert / Waring & GillowSofa by Waring abd Gillow, one of Londons prestige furnishing stores, depicted in a setting with curtains and other items
Woman Smoking in SlipA smiling young French woman in white underclothes sits smoking a cigarette
Relaxed Read 1893A young man, with his upper body propped up on cushions on a day bed, rests his feet up on a ledge in order to create the perfect reading posture
Spotted Fur / GrunwaldtA short, wrap-over fur coat & flat muff in a dark coloured fur; full-length coat in an unspecified spotted cat fur with a contrasting collar. N.B fur & oriental rugs & cushions