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Paint Chart / 1908PAINT CHART
Advertisement for Morses distemper with a decorator lying flat while painting the walls. Date: c.1924
Wates house interior imagined by Anne MorrowArtists impression of the interior of a Wates house, done up in a rather fabulous 1960s scheme. Wates built a large number of houses on estates
Kaiser Wilhelm II presenting medals, Warsaw, WW1Kaiser Wilhelm II (1859-1941), German Emperor, presenting Iron Crosses to troops in Warsaw, Poland, soon after the city was captured by the Austro-German Army during the First World War
Window GardeningA Victorian woman sits in a comfortable armchair reading a book, proud of her verdant display of plants decorating a large window
Czech Republic - 8th All Sokol Rally in Prague8th All Sokol Rally in Prague. A rally to promoting public exercise as a way to stimulate national self importance (through organised gymnastic)
Design for wallpaper with peacock feathersDesign for wallpaper with stylised peacock feathers. Pencil and gouache on heavy paper. Silver Studio. 1905
Royal Wedding 1871 - wedding cakeA magnificent royal wedding cake for the wedding of Princess Louise to the Marquis of Lorne in 1871, made by Queen Victorias chief confectioner at Windsor Castle
Decorating Pottery - Barons Art - BarnstapleDecorating by hand at Barons Art Pottery at Barnstaple, Devon. Here William Baron (grandson of the pottery founder William Leonard Baron) can be seen painting the pottery
Kaiser Wilhelm II at Kiel shipyard, Germany, WW1Kaiser Wilhelm II (1859-1941), German Emperor, visiting Kiel shipyard, Germany, towards the end of the First World War. Date: 2 October 1918
The Sketch Book: Young flapper girl with decorationThe Sketch Book: Young flapper girl hanging a wall decoration. The caption reads " Aiding and Abetting." Date: 1928- 1929
Old Bleach Linen Company AdvertAn advertisement for The Old Bleach Linen Co. Ltd. and their new fadeless embroidered linen. Date: 1932
Painting & Decorating - Illustration of a smartly dressed housewife mixing paint for application onto the kitchen dresser. Artist: Anon. Date: 1931
Lambeth Doulton Faience Factory - Painting - Victorian period
WW2 - King George VI Decorating R. A. F. HeroesA photograph which shows H.M. King George VI decorating WW2 heroes of the Royal Air Force, at Buckingham Palace. Date: circa 1940s
Cover design, Do it yourself, May 1966 - do it herself, a practical guide for the woman about the house Date: 1966
Cover design, Do it yourself, January 1967 - a new look for your hall and staircase Date: 1967
Cover design, Do it yourself, April 1966 - Spring decorating number Date: 1966
Les CerisesAn illustration showing a number of ladies, all of whom have cherries lavishly decorating their fashionable dresses, hats and hair, birds are swooping between them. Date: circa 1901
EnchantedA painting which highlights the gleaming quality of light, hitting a beautiful pond with flowers decorating the surface, in front of a dark forest. Date: circa 1916
Decorating Room, transferring designs, Alfred MeakinDecorating Room, transferring designs in enamel onto the ware Date: 1913
Decorating Room, gilding the Bleu de Roi, Alfred MeakinDecorating Room, gilding the Bleu de Roi Date: 1913
Shilling Theatre, Fulham, photographs of founders, volunteers and performers rehearsing. Captioned, Fighting the films: The Shilling Theatre at Fulham'
Advert for Arthur Sanderson and Sons, highlighting the international provenance of the fabrics and wallpapers available at their Berners Street showroom. Date: 1954
King George VI decorating Squadron Leader A. C. DeereKing George VI decorating Squadron Leader A.C. Deere, New Zealand Fighter Pilot, autographed, during the Second World War. Date: 1942
Artist Norman Keene replicating the original drawings done by William Heath Robinson on boarded up shop fronts in London. Heath Robinson designed pictures to illustrate the particular merchandise
British sailors decorating the Victory on the anniversaryBritish sailors decorating the deck of H.M.S. Victory, Nelson's flagship, on the anniversary of his death on 21 October 1805
The village decorator, busy painting the front of "The Fox" Inn, at Finchingfield, Essex, England. Date: 1960s
Comic postcard, Boss and workman Date: 20th century
Street scene with decorating store, Brighter HomesAn early fifties Brighter Homes decorating store. Date: circa 1953
Decorating an office building, LondonA team of decorators painting the outside of an office building in Central London, working from ladders with no protective head gear. Date: circa 1950s
Brightening up the London Peepshow windowsIt was suggested that artist of repute should be invited by West End shopkeepers to design distinctive decorations on surrounding shop windows, during the Blitz
Applying gold in final stage of china decorationApplying gold in the final stage of china decoration. 1953
Making Cloisonne enamel - Japanese village in LondonJapanese artisan making Cloisonne enamel at the Japanese Village in Humphreys Hall, Knightsbridge in 1885. A complete village with its shops, tea-house
Stationery, Walter Llewellyn & Co, Eastbourne, SussexStationery, Walter Llewellyn & Co, Carpenters, Joiners, Plumbers, Painters, Glaziers, Paper Hangers and House Decorators, Ceylon Place, Eastbourne, Sussex. 1900
Decorating My Dolls House by Muriel Dawson. 1941
The Christmas Tree by Joyce HornA little girl pops a fairy on top of a Christmas tree as the finishing touch of decoration while an attentive white terrier looks on with interest. Date: c. 1930
Children decorating a tree on a Christmas postcardThree children decorating a tree in the snow on a Christmas postcard. Date: circa 1890s
Santa Claus with tree on a Christmas postcardSanta Claus decorating a tree on a Christmas postcard. Date: circa 1890s
Londons smallest shopA tiny corner room in Savile Place with one small window, was the venue opened by two sisters as an Art Furnishing and House Decorating business
Ceramics - decorating 1902Men decorating ceramics in fine-detail, Glasgow, Scotland. 1902
Christmas at Windsor Castle 1846Interesting engraving of Queen Victoria at Windsor Castle in the drawing- room, presenting gifts to her guests in 1846. The room was surrounded by several German Christmas trees nearly eight feet in
Christmas verses 1877Victorian traditions, decorating the Christmas tree, couple under the mistletoe, wassail and Amen, written by Julia Goddard. Date: 1877
Granvale Church - collecting evergreen for Christmas 1869Front cover of Christmas Supplement to The Illustrated London News, showing Victorian men, women and children receiving evergreen from a trader outside to decorate the church for Christmas. Date: 1869
Elder Sister and younger siblings - Christmas morning1910
Pulled-Sugar Flowers Date: 1935
Piped Flower Samples Date: 1935
A PAINTER AND DECORATORA French painter wearing a cap and smock at work decorating panels on the walls of a building Date: 1890s
PUTTING CANDLES ON TREEA woman puts the final touches to a Christmas tree by decorating it with lit candles. Date: 1950s
DIY / PAINTING A WALLA close-up shot of painting a wall with emulsion using a large paint brush Date: 1950s
Christmas decorations: decorating the hall, 1877Four girls decorate the hall of their home with enough greenery to start a flower shop. Date: 1877
Christmas decorations: girl and wreathA lady hangs a Christmas wreath. Date: 1926
Mecca. Angels decorating the Kaba at the birth of prophet Muhammad. Miniature. Book of Sufti Abdullah, master painter at the court of the Sultan Murad III, 1595. Topkapi Museum. Istanbul. Turkey
Egypt. Funerary stela of wood. Luxor, Late Period, 650-640 BEgyptian art. Egypt. Baba, daughter of the priest of Amun Bes-n-Mut, praying to the sun gods Atum (left) and Re-Harakhte. Funerary stela of wood. Luxor, Late Period, 650-640 BC
The Graphic Christmas Number 1921 front coverStriking front cover design for The Graphic Christmas number 1921 featuring a little girl in a red dress decorating an enormous Christmas tree and holding a Harlequin doll in the air. Date: 1921
Merriecolour curtains advertisement, 1950sAdvertisement for Grafton Merricolour fabrics featuring a woman looking out of a window as her jolly Merricolour curtains flap in the breeze. 1950s
Angel and TreeAn angel admires a tree which, though out in the woods, is none the less decked with candles and dingle-dangles
French Trade Show - Algerian Ceramics of E Soupireau on display. One wonders whether the fine gentleman on the left is Monsieur Soupireau himself
Hungarian Wedding CakeThese Hungarian peasant women in traditional headscarves are decorating a wedding cake with painted gingerbread swords, hearts and edible babies. Date: 1930s
Illustrated London News Christmas Number 1887Front cover of The Illustrated London News Christmas Number for 1887 with a lady decorating her house with garlands of greenery. Date: 1887
Poster design, Agent for Robbialac Paints -- buy them where you see this sign. Featuring a cartoon-style woman with a paintbrush, and a tin of paint
Design for textile or wallpaper in blue and cream. Gouache on copy paper with ruled lines. Silver Studio. circa 1900
A Colourmans Shop, London, 1829 by George ScharfThe shop of a colourman, Mr Allen, brightly painted in green. Colourmen would grind pigments and mix paint colours. Examples of pots of colours are displayed in the window
Pammastic emulsion paint advertisementAdvertisement for Pammastic emulsion paint transforming the interiors of Britains homes into bright, jolly retro delights! c.1955
Archduke Karl Franz Josef of Austria with soldiers, WW1Archduke Karl Franz Josef of Austria (1887-1922), future Emperor of Austria (Charles I of Austria, 1916-1918). Seen here in Schonpasse()
Kaiser Wilhelm II presenting medals, Tarnopol, WW1Kaiser Wilhelm II (1859-1941), German Emperor, presenting Iron Crosses to troops on the day when Tarnopol (Galicia, Eastern Europe) was captured by the Austro-German Army during the First World War
Zulu wars. Queen Victoria decorating officers engaged in theQueen Victoria decorating Lieutenant John Rouse Merriott Chard with the Victoria Cross for bravery. Chard was one of the officers who successfully defended Rorkes Drift from an army of Zulu warriors
Christmas DecoratingTwo girls decorate their home with holly
Christmas Eve by Charles RobinsonThe Childs Christmas by Charles Robinson, with text by Evelyn Sharp. Printed by Blackie and Son Limited. Illustration showing two children hanging up decorations on Christmas Eve. Date: 1906
Christmas Morning - Decorating the Signboard. circa late 19th century
The Fan Painter - Japan. Date: 1905
Japanese Ceramic Artist decorating a large vaseAn effective and unusual postcard illustration depictng a Japanese Ceramic Artist decorating a large vase. Date: circa 1920s
London Trade Card - Matthias Darly, Paper HangingsLondon Trade Card - Matthias Darly, Manufactory for Paper Hangings, painter, engraver and paper stainer, wholesale and retail, at the Acorn, facing Hungerford, Strand
Advert for Aspinalls Enamel 1890Aspinalls Enamel, paint for artist and decorators. 1890
The Angry Painters by H. M. BatemanTwo painters get into a fight and decorate a clients house in a rather radical fashion. Date: 1929
Fine Decorative Hand Painting on Belleek China, Belleek Potteries - an interior shot showing a group of men decorating chinaware. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Fermanagh: Belleek)
Method Employed in Colour Decoration of Plate Rims, Belleek Potteries - an interior shot showing a woman decorating a plate rim. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Fermanagh: Belleek)
Decorating Pottery By Transfer Designs, Belleek Potteries - an interior shot showing women working at transfer designs for chinaware. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Fermanagh: Belleek)
Portugal. Evora. Chapel of Bones. Church of St. Francis. WalPortugal. Evora. Chapel of Bones. Chapel located next to the entrance of the Church of St. Francis. The interior walls are covered with human skulls and bones.16th century
Iran. Kerman. The Ganjali Khan Complex. 17th century. SafaviIran. Kerman. The Ganjali Khan Complex. 17th century. Is a Safavid-era building complex. Is composed of a school, a square, a caravanserai, a bathhouse, an Ab Anbar (water reservoir), a mint
Arabic calligraphy. Detail disk. Decoration. Muradiye MosqueArabic calligraphy. Detail disk.. Muradiye Mosque. Bursa. Turkey
Greek art. Magna Graecia. Amphorae decorated. National Museum of Denmark
The Gundestrup cauldron. Silver vessel. 200 BC and 300 AD. EThe Gundestrup cauldron. Decorated silver vessel, thought to date between 200 BC and 300 AD, placing it within the late La T?ne period or early Roman Iron Age
