Rug Collection (page 6)

Madame Delfaus school of carpet making - Algiers, Algeria
Children employed at Madame Delfaus school of carpet making at 84 Boulevard Valee, Algiers, Algeria, North Africa. Date: circa 1906

Serbian Carpet Weavers - Earls Court Exhibition
Serbian Carpet Weavers at the Balkan States Exhibition, held at the Earls Court Exhibition Centre in London in 1907. Date: 1907

Exotic Turkish Dancer in Egypt Date: circa 1908

The Pacha seeks the answer from the Hand of Fatma
Mazagan, Morocco - Divination - 10577971 Date: circa 1910s

Advert for Stockings by Bear Brand 1939
A photograph showing two ladies taking tea dressed in stylish 1930s day dresses. 1939

Dog being washed

Turkey - Suleimaniye Mosque, Istanbul
Interesting Turkish postcard - a view across the waters of the Bosphorus toward the striking profile of the dome and minarets of the A view across the waters of the Bosphorus toward the striking

Westmoreland homesteader wearing dress of cloth woven hersel
Homewoven dress and rug, Westmoreland Homesteads, Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. Westmoreland homesteader wearing dress of cloth woven herself on homestead looms

Tbilisi, Georgia - Rug shop Date: circa 1910s

Living room interior
A brightly dressed living room interior with red and green armchairs, two patterned rugs and framed modern art adorning the walls. 1937

Poster advertising The Ideal Home magazine
Poster advertising The Ideal Home, a monthly magazine for home lovers. Featuring a stylish sitting room. 20th century

Romanian Women - Sinaia. One appears to have purchased (or is about to sell) a fine angora rug or blanket. Date: circa 1900

New Year Greetings Card - Sleigh. An elegant lady in an ornate sleigh, made more comfortable by a Polar Bear rug and the companionship of a friendly piglet

Woven Kitten
A kitten playing on a woven basket rug. Date: 1960s

Baby and Cat
A baby and a cat chilling out together on a rug. Date: 1930s

Franco-British Exhibition - White City - Young Potter
The Franco-British Exhibition - White City - A Young indigenous Algerian Potter - from the Ceramic School of M. Soupireau. Date: circa 1910s

A Trio of Violinists, photographed in Portsmouth. They look Eastern European in appearance, although the original bears no detail as to their true origin. Date: circa 1890

Four Turkish men in a room
Four men in a room with two windows overlooking a courtyard. All wear Turkish robes and turbans, and three are sitting cross-legged on the floor

Moorish Cafe - Algeria
Black African men taking tea and a smoke of a hookah pipe at a drink at a Moorish Cafe - Algeria. Two of the men are playing a board game. Date: circa 1910s

Aleppo, Syria - Dancer travelling by Camel
Famed dancer and entourage including musicians travel across the desert close to Aleppo, Syria en route to their next gig. Date: circa 1910s

Book on a Rug

Woman with Lion 1920S?
Pretty young woman reclining on a lionskin rug. Date: 1920s?

Mother and Baby 1927
A doting mother wraps her baby in an Otterburn Baby Rug. Date: 1927

Young married couple in a garden, Mid Wales
A young married couple pose for their photo in a garden, Mid Wales. The woman is sitting on a chair with a large furry rug at her feet. She is wearing a large Edwardian style hat

Edwardian woman in studio photo, Mid Wales
A rather distracted-looking Edwardian woman poses for her photo in the photographers studio, Mid Wales. She is seated, with a furry rug at her feet. There is a painted backdrop behind her

Father with two daughters, Mid Wales
A father with his two young daughters, in the photographers studio. There is a painted backdrop with a curtain draped at the side, and they are standing on a large furry rug

Four Edwardian sisters in a rustic gazebo, Mid Wales
Four Edwardian sisters pose for their photo in a rustic gazebo, probably in a garden in Mid Wales

Two young brothers in a studio photo, Mid Wales
Two young brothers pose for their photo in the photographers studio, probably in the Mid Wales area. The younger brother is sitting on a chair, wearing a sailor suit

Drawing room of a country house, South Wales
The typically Victorian drawing room of a country house, somewhere in South Wales. There are two large sash windows with a mirror in between, reflecting a ceiling rose

Family group on a sofa on a verandah
A family group of two children, mother, father and grandparents, all sitting on a sofa on a verandah. The grandmother is perching on the arm of the sofa

Cross looking baby on a sofa
A cross looking baby lying on a sofa

Young child on an exotic rug, Middle East
A young child kneeling on an exotic rug, somewhere in the Middle East

British officers with Indian soldiers and arabs, Iraq
Three British officers (centre) with Indian soldiers (back row) and Arab men (front row) outside a building, somewhere in Iraq

Smiling toddler leaning against a table
A smiling toddler leaning against a hexagonal table with various items on it -- a tin, a bowl, two building bricks and an ashtray. A furry rug is on the floor

Indian Goldsmiths at work

Armenian Princeling with his wife Date: circa 1903

Family of three picnic by their car
A family of three -- mother, father and baby -- enjoying a picnic in the woods by the side of their car

Siblings playing with toys near the fire
A sister and brother playing with their playing with their toys in front of the fire. Watercolour painting by Raymond Sheppard

Young woman in 1960s interior
A young woman sits reading a magazine in a typically 1960s interior. The garden outside is covered in snow

Five little girls in East European folk costume
Five little girls and a baby wearing traditional East European folk costume, probably from Moravia or Slovakia

London County Club, Holland Park, London
Entrance Hall for the London County Club, Holland Park, London

Ann Miller in short pyjamas
The American film actress, dancer and singer, Ann Miller (1923-2004), modelling a pair of short pyjamas while lying on a white fur rug

Wig Maker- Biskra, Algeria
A smart Wig Maker in Biskra, Southern Algeria, gives his seated client a close crop in order to harvest some locks for his latest creation

Moorish Barber - Algeria
A Moorish Barber in Algeria giving his client a rather severe short back and sides in the street outside his house

An Ottoman Library
An Ottoman Medressa Library with reading seats and wooden book supports

Elderly porter - Constantinople, Turkey
An elderly porter carrying a leather case with a rug on top

Mrs Zia - An Istanbul Housewife - unusual pictures as she is un-veiled and allowing her portrait to be taken. Also unusual in the fact that she is not a professional model posing for the shot

Turkish rug manufacture
The manufacturing of Turkish carpets. Women sit at the base of a large loom, with the different coloured balls of wool hanging on an upper strut

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