Shades Collection (page 2)

Sweet Fanny Adams, Carnaby Street, 1960s
A woman in large sunglasses sporting a feather boa poses outside Sweet Fanny Adams, a Carnaby Street womenswear boutique founded by Henry Moss

Advert for Maple & Co. lamps 1888
Selection of Victorian lamps with decorative stands. 1888

Advert for Clarkes cricklite lamps 1897
New style lamps made from silk, instead of the old style very dangerous paper shades. 1897

Zelica, a character in Lalla Rookh by Thomas Moore
Zelica - But there was one, among the chosen Maids, Who d blush d behind the gallerys silken shades - a character in The Veiled Prophet, Lalla Rookh, a long narrative poem by Thomas Moore

Advert for Clarkes Patent Fairy lamps & lights 1888
Clarkes Patent Fairy lamps and lights. Available in Manufactory-Childs Hill, London, N.W. 1888

Aquaria, shades, stands, fern cases, Plate 116
Aquaria, shades, stands, fern cases, window conservatories, Plate 116. Date: circa 1880s

Advert for Maple & Co. lamps 1892
Various floor lamps in solid brass, wrought iron and copper, each lamp is fitted with a patent self-extinguished burner. 1892

Advert for Spiers & Ponds stores, oil lamps 1898
Selection of Victorian oil lamps available from Spiers & Pond s, hardware department. 1898

Clematis Nelly Moser, a hardy climbing plant of the buttercup family Ranunculaceae (Languinosa Group), with flowers in two shades of pink

John Smedley knitted swimsuits
Advertisement for John Smedley knitted swimwear. Good quality but no doubt rather itchy after a dip. 1938

Advert for Clarkes Patent Fairy lamps 1888
Advert for Clarkes Patent Fairy lamps, showing how to transform gasoliers, wall brackets, gas standards ect, temporarily into Clarkes Fairy lamps without disturbing the gas arrangement. Date: 1888

Advert for Stadelmann & Co. paraffin lamps 1888
Advert for Stadelmann & Co. decorative glass paraffin lamps. 1888

Advert for Arctic Lamps 1898
Decorative lamps with the old style burning shades and the new improved Artic lamp with shade support. 1898

Advert for Universal human hair extensions 1915
Transformations in any styles, extra is charged for light, grey, pale and auburn shades, guaranted only the finest quailty pure European hair used. 1915

HMS Marlborough - Side view
HMS Marlborough was an Iron Duke-class battleship of the British Royal Navy, named in honour of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough

Mechanical Pieces, Plate 186, showing a range of items including a bird tree with clock, a monkey conjuror or magician, a sleeping beauty, a woman at a sewing machine, a bird in a cage

Birds, flowers, fruit, figures under glass shades, Plate 76
Birds, flowers, fruit, figures etc under glass shades, Plate 76. Date: circa 1880s

Lampshades with motifs 1929
Lampshades with motifs of marigolds and parrots, products for Harrods catalogue lampshades department. Date: 1929

Ilfracombe / High Street
Ilfracombe, Devon: the High Street Date: circa 1903

Carnaby / Girl in Shades
CARNABY STREET Girl wearing shades and a sheepskin coat outside His Clothes in Carnaby Street. Date: 1960s

Lamp shade 1887
Lampshade has a framework of wire and covered with red satin and lace adorned with red ribbon rushing and bows. Date: 1887

Advert for Stadelmann & Co. lamps 1889
Three ornate style stands with lampshade. Date: 1889

Decorative envelope in two shades of blue, with a floral design. Date: circa 1890s

1950s sunglasses
A trio of novelty sunglasses from Marshall and Snelgrove, 1956. Date: 1956

Lilac velvet trouser suit by Bagatel, 1966
Lilac embossed velvet trouser suit with long lean jacket by Bagatel worn with a navy woollen scarf from W. Bill, sunglasses from Correna and gloves by Morley. 1966

Daks menswear advertisement, 1965
Stylish advertisement for a Daks summer suit in pure wool worsted available from Simpson of Piccadilly. Date: 1965

Bath Characters by Edouart - Thomas McDermott
Thomas McDermott, a native of County Cavan, Northern Ireland, who was born without hands or feet, 1793. Inventor and manufacturer of fancy flower vases

Suffragette Scottish W. S. P. U Cup & Saucer
A tea cup and saucer commisioned for use at the Scottish W.S.P.U Exhibition, held in Glasgow in April 1910, Votes for Women April 22nd 1910

Street view and Jama Masjid, Delhi, India. Date: circa 1890s

Tsaritsa Maria Feodorovna
Engraving from a photograph of Empress Maria Feodorovna, later Dowager Tsaritsa, formerly Princess Dagmar of Denmark (1847-1928), wife of Tsar Alexander III

Advert for Galaof London lip and nail colours 1950
Advert for Gala of London lip and nail colours for " every fashion shade". Date: 1950

Franz Van Mieris - 2
FRANZ VAN MIERIS Dutch painter from Delft who also played the guitar or some such stringed instrument as the shades of night descended on the landscape... Date: 1635 - 1681

The Hotel Oranje Nassau, Arnhem, The Netherlands
Hotel Oranje Nassau, Arnhem, The Netherlands Date: circa late 1920s

China - Shanghai - Tea House (Chinese Native quarter). Date: circa 1920

Shanghai, China - Public Gardens. Date: circa 1909

Irrawaddy River Express Paddlesteamer - Myanmar (Burma) Date: circa 1910s

Varanasi, India - (Benares / Banaras)
Varanasi (also known as Banaras or Benaras) - a holy city on the banks of the River Ganges in the State of Uttar Pradesh, India. An important holy city for Hindus, Buddhists and Jains

Design for Woven Textile in shades of grey. Watercolour on copy paper. Silver Studio. 1938

View across roofs, Yugoslavia
A picturesque and colourful view across the roofs of a town in former Yugoslavia. Date: September 1965

Summer shades. Date c1859

Prunus (Flowering Cherry Tree) in blossom
Prunus (Flowering Cherry Tree), several ornamental trees planted near water, laden with pink and white blossom. Daffodils are growing at their roots

Georgia - Batumi - Sitting at the waters edge
Local people take in the air, sitting at the waters edge. A lovely late afternoon/early evening view in Batumi (formerly Batum or Batoum) a city on the Black Sea coast and capital of Adjara

Mesembryanthemum (Midday Flowering) Tricolor, a flowering plant of the Aizoaceae family native to southern Africa with daisy-like petals in three different shades of pink

1980s Interior with ceiling light and fern
A classic 1980s-style ceiling light fitting with three glass globe covers, with the three large fronds of a fern plants rising up beneath it. Airbrush painting by Malcolm Greensmith Date: circa 1980

The Exchange (Bourse) at Alexandria, Egypt, with wonderful sunshade awnings and a fine colonade front

Fashions for April, 1872
A selection of ladies fashions from the Paris designers, April 1872. From left to right: Toilette de Diner, trimmed with a deep flounce

Victor Stiebel / Summer
A fashion design by Victor Stiebel (1907-1976) for a navy & white summer sports dress. Red buttons on bodice, large white hat, gloves & red sandals

Curiosities and ingenuities from the Patent Office; More wet
Illustration showing ideas for protective rain wear in the form of various rain shades and capes worn on the head and body

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