Pilasters Collection

Ancient Roman athletes boxing in leather gloves
Ancient Roman athletes boxing wearing a cestus (leather glove) on each hand

Paris, France - La Sainte Chapelle. Date: 19th century

Victoria Chambers, Chowringhee, Calcutta, India
Victoria Chambers, Whiteaway Laidlaw & Co Ltd, Department Store, Chowringhee, Calcutta (Kolkata), India. Date: circa 1920

London Palladium, autumn variety season, 1952
London Palladium Theatre, programme cover, Variety Season, Autumn 1952 Date: 1952

Opening ceremony, Menin Gate, Ypres, Belgium
Opening ceremony of the Menin Gate, Ypres, Belgium, by Field Marshal Lord Plumer, 24 July 1927. 1927

Owen Jones Assyrian 14
Designs taken from columns and capitals, pilasters and mouldings, at Persepolis, Istakhr, Bi Sutoun and Ispahan

Doric Order portal with pilasters
Doric Order portal or door with pilasters. Dorisches Portal mit Pilaster. Copied from Abraham Bosse's Représentations géométrales

Portal decorated with pilasters according to the Ionic order. Das Profil einer Thür mit Pilastern gezieret nach regel der IONICA

Design elements from the 16th century. 1-3 fragments of pilasters of the rood screen in Limoges Cathedral, 4, motifs from manuscript 10563, frieze from a chimney in the Chateau d'Ecouen

Spain, Andalusia, Granada. Charles V Palace. Its construction was ordered by the emperor Charles V due to the need for a place that met all the comforts of the time for the emperor and his family

Sun Buildings, Spooners Corner, Plymouth, showing Farrows Bank Ltd and other premises. circa 1910s

Pump Room, Bath, Somerset - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J. Salmon, and reproduced as a local view postcard

Rowley Hall Dining Room
An illustration showing the dining room of Rowley Hall, Staffordshire. This space has walls of exquisite oak panelling with carved strap work pilasters at intervals

Trinity House, Tower Hill, London Date: circa 1900

Arch of Titus and the Colosseum, Rome, Italy. Date: circa 1950s

Trafalgar Square Theatre, London - by day - comic opera every evening. (1 of 2) Date: late 19th century

San Marco Campanile, St. Marks Square, Venice, Italy
The base of the San Marco Campanile, St Marks Square, Venice, Italy. Date: circa 1920s

Railway station at Lime Street, Liverpool 1838
Entrance to the railway station at Lime Street, Liverpool, two years after its opening. Date: 1838

Adam Interior, 13 Devonshire Place, London. 1906

Masonic Temple, Tacoma, Washington State, USA
Masonic Temple (costing $750, 000), Tacoma, Washington State, USA. The building included a large Theatre and Fellowship Hall. Date: 1928

Masonic Temple, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA. circa 1908

The Academy, Montrose, Scotland
The Academy, a state secondary school in Montrose, Scotland. Date: circa 1900

Adriance Memorial Library, Poughkeepsie, NY State, USA
Adriance Memorial Library, Poughkeepsie, New York State, USA. Date: circa 1915

Palazzo Reale (Royal Palace), Naples, Italy
Palazzo Reale (Royal Palace, now a museum), Naples, Italy. Date: circa 1900

Victoria Hall, Halifax, Yorkshire. circa 1900

Illinois Trust and Savings Bank, Chicago, Illinois, USA. Date: circa 1905

Reading Centre, Reus, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain
Faþíñe of the Reading Centre (Centro de Lectura), Reus, Tarragona province, Catalonia, Spain. Date: circa 1910s

Adelphi Theatre, Strand, London. Date: circa 1900s

Flower sellers at Oxford Circus, Central London, outside Peter Robinson. Date: circa 1900s

Balcony for saving lives and goods in case of fire
A Description of the new invented Balcony for saving the Lives and Goods of Persons whose Houses are on fire. Showing firefighters in action in the street below. Date: circa 18th century

Arles, France - exterior of the Roman amphitheatre
The Arles Roman Amphitheatre, built in 90AD, could hold more than 20, 000 spectators

Main street, San Jose, Costa Rica, Central America
Main street in San Jose, capital city of Costa Rica, Central America. Date: circa 1925

Paris, France - Eglise de Saint Gervais et Saint Protais Date: 1855

Paris, France - Eglise Notre-Dame de Lorette. Date: 1837

National Library, Valparaiso, Chile, South America
National Library building, Valparaiso, Chile, South America. Date: circa 1912

Interior view, Stock Exchange, New York City, USA
Interior view, an alcove of the Stock Exchange, New York City, USA. Date: circa 1898

Produce Exchange building, Havana, Cuba, with pedestrians and traffic outside. Date: circa 1910

The Adelphi Theatre, Strand, London. Date: circa 1900s

Standard Bank of South Africa, Beira, Mozambique, Portuguese East Africa. Date: circa 1920

Bank building in Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa
Natal Bank Building, Market Street, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. Date: circa 1900

Public Library, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa
Public Library with Philip Amm & Sons high class grocers and Will Bradley Cassel Coal Company, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. Date: circa 1890

Town Hall, Kimberley, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Town Hall, De Beers Road, Kimberley, Northern Cape Province, South Africa, seen here during the Siege of Kimberley, during the Second Boer War. Date: 1899

Palace of Justice, Caracas, Venezuela, Central America. Date: circa 1910

Iglesia Matriz, Puerto Cabello, Venezuela, Central America
Iglesia Matriz (mother church), Puerto Cabello, Venezuela, Central America. Date: circa 1905

The Alamo, San Antonio, Texas, USA
Texas Under Six Flags, showing The Alamo, San Antonio, Texas, USA. Originally a Roman Catholic Mission, it was the scene of fighting during the Texas Revolution of 1836. Date: 1920s

Municipal Theatre, Saigon, Cochinchina (Vietnam)
Municipal Theatre, Rue Catinat, Saigon, Cochinchina (Vietnam). Date: 1911

Legislative Palace, Montevideo, Uruguay, South America
Legislative Palace (parliament building), Avenida 18 de Julio, Montevideo, Uruguay, South America, completed in 1925. circa 1929

George Eliot / Foleshill
GEORGE ELIOT (MARY ANN EVANS) English novelists early home in Foleshill Road, Coventry Date: 1819 - 1880

Convent in Cavendish Square, London W1
Convent of the Holy Child of Jesus in Cavendish Square, London W1. Date: circa 1905

Club Jolliet, Manchester, New Hampshire, USA. Date: circa 1910

Library in Park Abbey, Heverlee, Belgium
Library in Park Abbey, Heverlee, near Leuven, Belgium, dating back to the 17th century. Date: circa 1910

Room in Palais de Justice, Furnes (Veurne), Belgium
Salle des Pas Perdus (Hall of Lost Causes), Palais de Justice, Furnes (Veurne), Belgium, dating back to the 17th century. Date: circa 1910

Town Hall, Anvers (Antwerp), Belgium, dating back to the 16th century. Date: circa 1910

Saint Augustin Church, Guelma, NE Algeria. Date: circa 1910

Grand Hall of the Hotel Astoria, Brussels, Belgium. Date: circa 1910

The Bath House, Tunbridge Wells, Kent. Date: 1809

Memorial Organ, New City Hall, Portland, Maine, USA
Herman Kotzschmar Memorial Organ, New City Hall, Portland, Maine, USA, the gift of Cyrus H K Curtis, built in 1909, dedicated in 1912

Lobby of the Sinton Hotel, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
The rather grand Lobby of the Sinton Hotel, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, with almost all of the people looking at the camera. Date: circa 1910

First Christian Church, Liverpool, Ohio, USA
The newly built First Christian Church, Liverpool, Ohio, USA. Date: 1911

White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, USA
Panoramic view of White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, USA, a luxury resort with country club and golf course. Date: circa 1910s

Rodney Square, Wilmington, Delaware, USA, showing the public library building in the foreground. Date: 1923

Christian Science Church, Denver, Colorado, USA. Date: circa 1915

Paris, France - Eglise Saint Augustin. Date: 1869

Paris, France - Saint Denis, Tomb of Louis XII. Date: circa 1840

Paris, France - Saint Denis, Monument of Marie de Modene. Date: 17th century

Paris, France - Saint Denis. Date: 17th century

Paris, France - La Sainte Chapelle, The Crypt. Date: 19th century

Paris, France - Eglise de l Oratoire. Date: 1829

Paris, France - Eglise du Val de Grace. Date: 1830

Paris, France - Eglise de la Trinite. Date: 1869

Paris, France - Eglise Saint Germain L Auxerrois During Rebuilding of District. Date: 1856

Paris, France - Eglise Sainte-Genevieve. Date: 1829

Paris, France - Eglise Saint Eustache. Date: 1830

Paris, France - Eglise Saint-Etienne du Mont. Date: circa 1900

Paris, France - Eglise de Saint Jean de Lateran. Date: 1881

Reichstag building, Berlin, Germany
The Reichstag building in Berlin, Germany, some time after it was ruined by fire. Date: circa 1940s

Robert Adam Architecture
In 1774, Robert Adam completed the Adelphi development, created after 2 years abroad in Rome. No 7 Adam Street has well preserved Anthemion pilasters. Date: 1770s

Side altar, Ettal Monastery, Upper Bavaria, Germany
View of a side altar at Ettal Monastery, Upper Bavaria, Germany

Main altar, Ettal Monastery, Upper Bavaria, Germany
View of the main altar of Ettal Monastery, Upper Bavaria, Germany

USA / Met Opera / Front
NEW YORK front entrance of the recently built theatre, on Broadway

Owen Jones Pompeian 24
Designs from various pilasters and friezes from different houses in Pompeii

Owen Jones Moresque 43
Mosaic designs from pilasters and dados in various parts of the Alhambra

Owen Jones Roman 26
Architectural fragments from Trajans Forum and from the Villa Medici, and pilasters from the Villa Medici, Rome

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