Rugs Collection

How Navajo Indian Rugs are made - USA Date: circa 1930s

Promotional card for the Oriental Carpet Manufacturers Ltd - Turkish Company with head office at Smyrna (Izmir), Turkey and branches in London, Paris, Constantinople (Istanbul), New York, Cairo

Police group on Coronation Day, 1911
A group of policemen pose for their photograph outside Hammersmith Police Station, west London, to commemorate the Coronation of King George V

Tunisia - Arab Bazaar
Tunisia - an Arab dealer sitting in his shop, surrounded by his wares (pretty much everything you can imagine) including drapes, rugs, pots, a stuffed baby crocodile, swords, guns

Morocco - Interior of an Arab house
Three women in the interior of a Morrocan Arab house

Arab Bazaar, Cairo, Egypt. Date: circa 1906

Arab Bazar, Tunis, Tunisia, North Africa. Also pictured on image 13924865. Date: circa 1909

Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina - Muslim Carpet Dealership
Trebinje, Republika Srpska entity, Bosnia and Herzegovina - Muslim Carpet Dealership shop. Date: circa 1920s

J. S. Henry Ltd Bedroom Design
A Decorative scheme illustration of a bedroom, colourfully furnished with patterned wallpaper and rugs, a magnificent four poster bed and a green striped furniture suite. Date: circa 1900

Treloar Advertisement
An illustrated advertisement for Treloar, specialists in floor coverings such as carpets, rugs and linoleum. The image shows Ludgate Hill in London, with a huge, red

Letter written by Ida Stanton on board RMS Carpathia
Handwritten letter written on board RMS Carpathia dated 15 August 1912 with original Cunard envelope. Dear Papa and boys... we were delayed by boarding a large cargoe (sic) of spaghetti

Curtis Moffat Ltd Advertisement
Advertisement for Curtis Moffat Ltd, a modern decoration company promoting Modern furniture, lighting fixtures, fabrics, handwoven rugs, glass, original wedding and Christmas presents

Advertisement, Birds Rugs Advertisement, Birds Rugs
Advertisement, Birds Rugs -- Defy Water and Wear. The Magic Rug of the Twentieth Century. 1926

Stairway, Hotel Virginia, Long Beach, California, USA. Date: circa 1908

Lobby, Hotel Virginia, Long Beach, California, USA. Date: circa 1908

Group of nurses and hospital staff
Large group of nurses and other hospital staff seated and standing on steps of hospital building in front of veranda. Two rugs are spread on the ground in foreground. Date: circa 1900

Persian Rug Making, Glasgow 1843
A weaver operates a Persian rug-making loom at a Glasgow carpet factory. Date: 1843

Grumpy old man, Portugal
A fat old man with grumpy expression looks at the camera as he sits in the street in Esposende, Portugal. He wears a beret Date: 1989

Cannes, France - Boulevard de la Croisette
Manufacture des Gobelins - a tapestry factory located in Paris, France, at 42 avenue des Gobelins, near the Les Gobelins metro station in the 13th arrondissement

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 1905

Ras Makonnen Walda-Mika el Guddisa - Abyssinia
Ras Makonnen Walda-Mika el Guddisa, also Makonnen Wolde Mikael, Honorary KCMG (1852 1906) - a general and the governor of Harar province in Ethiopia, and the father of Tafari Makonnen

Turkmenistan - Merv - The Carpet Market (Bazaar)
Turkmenistan - The Carpet Market (Bazaar) - near the site of Ancient Merv, formerly Achaemenid Satrapy of Margiana, and later Alexandria

Laghouat, Algeria - An Arab Salon
Laghouat, capital city of the Laghouat Province, Algeria - An oppulent Arab Salon interior. Date: circa 1910s

Moloo Brothers & Co, Dar-es-Salaam, East Africa
The general store of Moloo Brothers & Co, stamp dealers and money changers, goldsmiths, jewellers, tailors and outfitters, Acacia Avenue, Dar-es-Salaam, Tanganyika

A camel palanquin (covered litter), used to transport wives and children across the arid desert of southern Algeria, each with a central ventilation shaft. This picture is from Bousaada

Bosnia and Herzegovina - Carpet Weavers at work. Date: 1911

Patio of Hotel Hershey, Hershey, Philadelphia, USA
The colourful Patio of Hotel Hershey, Hershey, Philadelphia, USA, designed to look as if it is out of doors, with a sky effect on the ceiling, slanting tile roofs, a fountain

South African woman carrying goods on her head
A south african woman, carrying her baby on her back with a wide variety of other goods balanced somewhat precariously (or so it seems to the uninitiated) on her head, including pans, rugs, mats

Canadian Fur Exhibit - London Exhibition
Canadian Fur Exhibit by Holt, Renfrew and Co, Ltd. of Toronto (est. 1837) at the Franco-British Exhibition, London 1908

Beneath my Feet the Still Bazaar is Laid
Study of a bazaar with colourful fabrics hanging up and rugs spread on the ground. Date: 1920

Susi - sliding on a rug. 1950s

Interior of a temple, Thailand
Interior of a temple in Thailand, with several gold statues, and a boy eating food in the right foreground. Date: circa 1970s

Loom. 19th century. Hungary
Loom for making rugs for the dowry of Hungarian women. 19th century. Ethnographic Museum. Budapest. Hungary

Rugs. 20th century. Csik, Romania
Woven rugs. 20th century. From Csik, Romania. Ethnographic Museum. Budapest. Hungary

Rugs. 19th century. Hungary
Rugs in a room dedicated to working women and the beginning of the industry. Interior. Ethnographic Museum. Budapest. Hungary

Japanese outdoor auction - Fabric and Carpets being sold off by the look of it... Date: circa 1910s

Police officers in training session, London
Police officers, male and female, taking part in a training session under the instruction of a sergeant. Date: circa 1950s

Gibraltar Trade
Small boats crowd around a British liner as it arrives in Gibraltar. They are selling a variety of silks, rugs, tobacco and fruits to the first tourists of the season. Date: 1960s

Steamer Rugs Advert
Who would think of taking an ocean voyage without packing a steamer rug - and of course it must be a designer rug from PeaceDale ! Date: 1913

How to make braided rugs, with material dyed in different colours, page of instructions in a brochure, Dy-o-la Dyes. Date: 1920s

Rotunda interior, Tampa Bay Hotel, Tampa, Florida, USA. Date: circa 1908

Tapestry designs, Weldons Beautiful Needlework
Tapestry designs for home furnishings, a double page spread in Weldons Beautiful Needlework magazine. Date: circa 1920s

Women with display of homemade arts and crafts
A group of women with a display of homemade arts and crafts. Date: circa 1920s

Picnic group in coats on rugs Date: 1940

Lobby of Old Faithful Inn, Yellowstone National Park, USA
Lobby of the Old Faithful Inn, Yellowstone National Park, USA. Date: circa 1915

1920s Society in Winter- Mr Gordon Selfridge
Harry Gordon Selfridge (1856-1947), pictured in Switzerland in the middle of the sledge next to Mrs St. George. Lord and Lady Headfort are sitting at the back of the sledge, covered by fur balnkets

Interior at Denham Court, Denham, Buckinghamshire
Amazing interior of the hall at Denham Court, Denham, Buckinghamshire, showing typical late Victorian, early Edwardina oppulance, with patterned wallpaper, statues, a portable organ, statuary

Motorluxe rugs, special 1937 Coronation designs
Advertisement for Motorluxe travel rugs, specifically their Coronation themed styles featuring authentic shades of Coronation red and blue carried out in art silk caracul

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