Decorations Collection (page 8)

A Silver ballet at the Negresco Hotel on the Riviera
Filming a fete at the Negresco Hotel, Nice on the French Riviera, where the carnival colours that year were cerise and silver

HMS Marlborough - Quarter Deck dressed for Officers Ball. HMS Marlborough was an Iron Duke-class battleship of the British Royal Navy, named in honour of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough

China medallions, Tea and Coffee Sets, Plate 39
China medallions, Tea and Coffee Sets on revolving trays, Plate 39, showing patterned cups and saucers, plates, teapots and coffee pots. Date: circa 1880s

Mouldings and cornices, Plate 175
Best English gilt, oak, maple and rosewood mouldings, cornices, picture cords, etc, Plate 175, showing a range of styles and patterns. Date: circa 1880s

Mouldings for picture frames and room decorations, Plate 172, showing a range of styles and patterns in gilt, black and gilt, and rosewood. Date: circa 1880s

Tenerife, Spain - Fiesta del Rey en Orotava
Tenerife, Spain - The Fiesta del Rey (Festival of the King) in Orotava. Date: circa 1910s

Christmas party in the East End of London. circa 1940s

Christmas card - Jolly Christmas. 20th century

Christmas card, Dressing the Christmas Tree (front). (2 of 2) 20th century

Lanterns and Flags decorating Hamano-machi, Nagasaki, Japan
Lanterns and Flags decorating Street in Hamano-machi, Nagasaki, Japan. Today, the Hamanomachi Arcade is main shopping area in Nagasaki city Date: circa 1910s

Christmas card with dogs and fireplace
Handmade Christmas card with dogs and fireplace, and a string to pull to make Santa Claus appear. (2 of 2) circa 1890s

Santa Claus on a New Year card, with a decorated tree and presents. Date: circa 1890s

Santa Claus on a cutout Christmas card, standing by a sleeping childs bed holding a tree and presents. Date: circa 1890s

Christmas Cake / 1930S
A delicious looking cake complete with festive decoration Date: 1930s

Christmas Lights / 1950S
A house decorated with Christmas lights Date: 1950s

Gathering Mistletoe
Gathering mistletoe in Normandy - much of it for export to England Date: 1933

The yule log by Charles Robinson
A group of children pull in the yule log Date: 1906

Bringing Home Mistletoe by Charles Robinson
Bringing home bundles of mistletoe and holly. Date: 1906

Dionysos Prepares Feast
Dionysos and his companions prepare for a feast - the cooks get cooking, decorations are hung, the musicians practise

Yule Log Lugged
Lugging a huge Yule Log home through the snow Date: circa 1905

Transporting the obelisk: procession for Cleopatras needle
The procession, on Lord Mayors Day, with Cleopatras Needle passing down Gracechurch Street, London. Date: August 1878

Girl gathers Christmas decorations, 1898
A woman carries a billhook to help her cut down foliage to decorate the house. Date: 1898

Tall Candle
A tall thin lady stands on tip-toe to light an even taller, even thinner candle 1920s

Female Type / Mistletoe
Scantily dressed young woman brings home the mistletoe and wishes everyone a Happy New Year. Date: 1912

Celebratory decorations, God Save the King, probably for the Silver Jubilee of King George and Queen Mary. Date: circa 1935

Selfridges by night, Oxford Street, London W1
Selfridges department store by night, with floodlighting, Oxford Street, London W1, probably decorated for the 1935 Silver Jubilee celebrations. circa 1935

Xmas Decorating / 1855
Children decorate a room with holly and mistletoe on Christmas Eve while an old woman sits by the fire knitting Date: 1855

Traditional Christian dado bands
Repeat pattern using plants

Traditional Christian dadoes
Selection of interior repeat pattern dadoes for churches

Rudkin Bros, 4 Paddington Street, London W1
The shop window of Rudkin Bros, 4 Paddington Street, London W1 -- house repairs and decorations. Date: circa 1910

Traditional Christian decorations in churches
Suggestions for decoration of parts of a church

Traditional Christian string courses
Repeating patterns used in string courses

Campaign Medal of Harold Auerbach, WW1
Campaign Medal of Harold Auerbach (1897-1975), who served in the Royal Flying Corps during the First World War. (1 of 2) Date: 1918

Babes in the Wood at the Grand Theatre, Islington
Promotional postcard for Babes in the Wood at the Grand Theatre, Islington, circa 1900 Date: circa 1900

Family scenes on a three-part Christmas card, looking back to previous generations. Date: circa 1890s

Decorated tree on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Decorated Christmas tree with children asleep
Decorated Christmas tree with two children asleep below. Date: circa 1890s

B Ward, Christmas 1918, Quex Park VAD Hospital
B Ward in Gallery 1 of the Powell-Cotton Museum on Christmas Day 1918. This was the first Gallery of the Museum, built in 1896

Christmas 1918 in A Ward at Quex Park VAD Hospital
A Ward in the Drawing Room of Quex House on Christmas Day 1918. The room is highly decorated with flags, greetings, paper decorations and festive greenery

Three children and stockings on a Christmas card
Three children with their stockings on a Christmas card, with a decorative border of fir tree branches and presents. Date: circa 1890s

A show performed by the Takaraduka girls
A show performed by the Takaradzuka girls. Women fill the stage dancing, wearing elaborate costumes, with many decorations hanging from the ceiling. Date: 1932

Banquet in Mammoth Cave, Kentucky, USA
Banquet scene in Mammoth Cave, in Mammoth Cave National Park, Kentucky, USA. The underground dining room was able to seat 500 people. Date: 1915

A Japanese man sells straw ropes at a market, they are considered essential New Year decorations. Date: 1932

A group of six Geishas
A group of six Japanese Geishas. Most are holding their skirts with their left hand in the traditional way. The building behind has common New Year decorations hanging from the roof. Date: 1932

Dining room with wall decorations by John Armstrong and Chippendale furniture. Date: 1933

Four soldiers playing darts in an army hut. Date: circa 1940s

London in 1919 - a vision of the Thames
An impression of the River Thames during the Peace Day celebrations in London, July 1919. Date: 1919

Trafalgar Square during the Victory Loan period, 1919
Trafalgar Square decorated for the peace celebrations following the signing of the Treaty of Versailles in July 1919. Nelsons Column is decorated with flags

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