Matting Collection

Public Meeting Room at a traditional Japanese Hotel
A large public meeting or funtion room at a traditional Japanese Hotel. Date: circa 1920s

Japan - Traditional Reception Room with Tokonoma
A Tokonoma, the decorated Alcove of a traditional Japanese Reception Room, complete with sliding screen doors and tatami mats

Large Traditional Japanese Hotel room with tatami mats. Date: circa 1920s

Japan - Tatami Rooms - Traditional interior design
Traditional Japanese-style rooms (washitsu) come with a unique interior design that includes tatami mats as flooring. An example from an Onsen (Hot Springs) Hotel

Surabaya, Indonesia - matting runway
Surabaya, Indonesia. The matting runway used by Ross and Keith Smith during their England to Australia flight in 1919. Date: 1919

Group of Edwardian Children - Clearly one family
Group of Edwardian Children - Clearly all related! The youngest is seated on a lovely turned wooden rocking chair. Date: circa 1908

Ward, Wandsworth & Clapham Union Infirmary, London
A ward in the Wandsworth & Clapham Union infirmary, St Johns Hill, south west London. The room is decorated with potted plants and pictures. The floor is bare apart from a strip of matting

South China - A Matting Arch - sombrely-clad people, large ornate arch background. Part of Box 24 Boswell Collection Southern China and Its people. Date: circa 1900

Concert Hall, Sanatorium, Caledon, Cape Colony, South Africa. Date: 1908

Hottentot Village 1750
Hottentots erecting a hut, consisting of woven matting stretched over a wooden frame. Date: circa 1750

Japan - Japanese Women pose for a photograph with babies
Japan - Japanese Women pose for a photograph with their babies Date: circa 1903

Japan - Three Geisha Girls playing traditional instruments - two on drums and one playing the Shamisen. Date: circa 1904

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