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Perforated Collection

Background imagePerforated Collection: Money / Stones / Yap 1885

Money / Stones / Yap 1885
Two chiefs of Yap Island, western Caroline (Pacific) Islands with three huge perforated stones which were used as currency

Background imagePerforated Collection: Model wearing an embroidered jacket and carrying a matching embroidered pochette

Model wearing an embroidered jacket and carrying a matching embroidered pochette, made of perforated wool net fabric. Date: 1920s

Background imagePerforated Collection: Vase decorated with human head. Ceramics, Zapotec culture

Vase decorated with human head. Ceramics, Zapotec culture (Monte Alban III). Early and Middle Classic Period (100-700 AD). Mexico. Museum of the Americas. Madrid, Spain. Date: 2018

Background imagePerforated Collection: Comic postcard, I m living in style here - a toilet roll made of ten shilling notes

Comic postcard, I m living in style here - a toilet roll made of ten shilling notes - clearly pre-decimalisation! Date: 20th century

Background imagePerforated Collection: Comic postcard, Man rushing to find a toilet Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Man rushing to find a toilet Date: 20th century

Background imagePerforated Collection: Maori war canoe in front of a pa on a rock

Maori war canoe in front of a pa on a rock
Maoris in a war canoe in front of a pa on an arched rock in New Zealand. The fortified village or pa is atop the perforated rock at Tolaga

Background imagePerforated Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 663

Curtis British Entomology Plate 663
Lepidoptera: Chrysocorys scissella = Schreckensteinia festaliella [Plant: Thlaspi perfoliatum (Perforated Penny-cress)] Date: 1824-39

Background imagePerforated Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 510

Curtis British Entomology Plate 510
Coleoptera: Cucujus spartii = Cryptolestes spartii (Broom Cucujus) [Plant: Hypericum perforatum (Perforated St. John?s Wort)] Date: 1824-39

Background imagePerforated Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 153

Curtis British Entomology Plate 153
Diptera: Dasypogon brevirostris, = Leptarthrus brevirostris (Slender-legged Robber-fly) [Plant: Blackstonia perfoliata (Chlora perfoliata, Perforated Yellow-wort)] Date: 1824-39

Background imagePerforated Collection: MONEY / STONES / YAP 1885

MONEY / STONES / YAP 1885
An avenue of large perforated stones on Yap Island (Caroline island, Pacific) which were used as currency. Date: 1885

Background imagePerforated Collection: Morocco, Tangier, octagonal minaret on Kasbah Mosque

Morocco, Tangier, octagonal minaret on Kasbah Mosque towering over houses and buildings. Date: circa 1920s

Background imagePerforated Collection: British Moths - Forester, Red Underwing, Scarce Green

British Moths - Forester, Red Underwing, Scarce Green
A variety of British Moths - Forester, Red Underwing, Scarce Green Silver Lines, Small Yellow Wave and Emperor. Date: circa 1910s

Background imagePerforated Collection: Perforated Battle-Axes. Nordic areas. (2900-2450 / 2350 BC)

Perforated Battle-Axes. Nordic areas. (2900-2450 / 2350 BC)
The Corded Ware culture, alternatively characterized as the Battle Axe Culture or Single Grave culture. Nordic areas. (2900-2450/2350 BC). The National Museum of Finland. Helsinki

Background imagePerforated Collection: Indonesia. Central Java. Magelang. Borobudur. Stupas

Indonesia. Central Java. Magelang. Borobudur. Stupas
Indonesia. Central Java. Magelang. Borobudur. 9th-century Mahayana Buddhist monument. Stupas overlooking a mountain

Background imagePerforated Collection: Advert for Churchs Archmoulded shoes 1948

Advert for Churchs Archmoulded shoes 1948
Stylish, comfortable & practical heeled, lace-up womans shoe: unlined for lightness, perforated for coolness while supporting the arch in its natural place. Date: 1948

Background imagePerforated Collection: Vases and jardiniere

Vases and jardiniere.. Chromolithograph by Gillot of an illustration by Edouard Garnier from The Soft Paste Porcelain of Sevres, Maison Quantin, Paris, 1891

Background imagePerforated Collection: The Quintain

The Quintain
The last surviving QUINTAIN on the village green at Offham, Kent, England. Tilting the quintain was a game played on horseback, with lances aimed at the perforated end. Date: Medieval

Background imagePerforated Collection: Anglo-Saxon Lady

Anglo-Saxon Lady
An Anglo-Saxon lady of rank in full dress, wearing a double veil and perforated mantle, embroidered gown over her undergarment. Behind her is a hammock-like carriage. Date: 850

Background imagePerforated Collection: Linenized Music Rolls advert

Linenized Music Rolls advert
An advertisement for linenized music rolls from the perforated music company, 94 Regent Street

Background imagePerforated Collection: CHURCHs SHOE 1948

CHURCHs SHOE 1948
Stylish yet comfortable high-heeled, lace-up shoe: high fitting & with perforated decoration & designed to support the arch in its natural place

Background imagePerforated Collection: Industry / Ice / Refrigerate

Industry / Ice / Refrigerate
A Refrigerator or portable Ice-house with sliding and perforated shelves for preserving wines, fruits and provisions


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