Swirling Collection

Poster advertising a Dance Festival in the USSR
Poster advertising a Dance Festival in Moscow and Leningrad, USSR, 10 to 20 June 1936

Young people at a Rock and Roll dance, Cornwall. Date: 1985

LCC-LFB Serious office fire, Farringdon Street EC4
Two turntable ladders deployed at an office building fire in Farringdon Street, City of London, 16 November 1934. The top of the turntable ladder on the left is totally engulfed in the swirling black

Capt Webb / Niagara / Scrap
Captain Matthew WEBB survives Niagara Falls

Model in swirling floral psychedelic print dress with fluted bell sleeves. Date: circa 1967

South Jersey hand-blown glass pitcher with lily pad design
Popular Art in the USA - South Jersey hand-blown glass pitcher with lily pad design. mid-19th century

Weathervane Study
An illustration of a decorative weathervane, with a young ladely dressed fashionably, swirling around the central pole, holding a heart in her hand. Date: circa 1901

War In The Air
A painting which shows the action of a dogfight in the clouds between military planes, which are swirling in all directions. Date: circa 1918

Aiguille Varaus, Haute Savoie
A painting of a mountainous rocky peak under swirling, stormy clouds, seen from the base. Date: circa 1923

A Blue Day
This is an extemporization of oil paint, showing a landscape view of a stream, with trees to each side, using liberal, swirling brush strokes. Date: circa 1919

The Comet
A painting which depicts some kind of celestial spirit, or being, female in nature, her face is warped among the swirling sky. Date: circa 1917

White Star Line, decorative endpapers, presentation book
White Star Line, decorative endpapers of presentation book. Extremely rare T.H. Ismay hardbound volume presented to the managers

Wheat Field With Cypresses
A landscape oil painting by Van Gogh, showing the wheat field with cypresses, using a rich impasto technique and signature swirling brush strokes. Date: circa 1932

Serpentine - Reznicek
Every illustrator of the day has a go at depicting the Serpentine Dance : Reznicek admirably captures the swirling movement which is the essence of the dance Date: 1908

Christopher Dresser textile design 1899 Date: 1899

Illuminated manuscript style Christmas card, with gothic lettering, leaves, fruit and holly. Date: circa 1890s

Open Robe 1908
The S-Bend silhouette in the year when the new straighter line was introduced. An open robe: flaring, swirling skirt, embroidery, volan trimmed sleeves & lace. Date: 1908

Polar Currents
Kirchers sketch of the ocean currents swirling round the North Pole Date: 1665

Summer patterned dresses 1929
Late 1920s evening dresses and blouse, with fashionable swirling patterns. Date: 1929

The Girl in the Train adapted by Adrian Ross
Promotional postcard for The Girl in the Train adapted by Adrian Ross from Die Geschiedene Frau (The Divorcee, Carltheater, Vienna, 23rd December 1908) by Victor Leon; music Leo Fall

Bishops Rock, Isles of Scilly
Rocky outcrop off the coast called Bishops Rock - St Agnes, Isles of Scilly Date: circa 1890s

The Le(d)ger by Jack Gordge
A picture of an accountant tied to his accounting books with images of his own expenses at the races swirling around him. Date: 27th September 1927

Design for Wallpaper in pink and brown. Gouache on heavy paper. Silver Studio. 1896

Design for Wallpaper in gold and cream. White bodycolour on darkened tracing paper. Silver Studio. circa 1895

Design for Printed Textile in blue and green. Pastel on copy paper. Silver Studio. circa 1895

Design for printed textile with stylised flowers

Design for Wallpaper with green flowers. Gouache on cartridge paper. Silver Studio. 1899

Design for ephemera, J & R Silver
Design for ephemera, with the text: Designed by J & R Silver. Gouache on detail paper. Silver Studio. 1898

Advertisement for A Wilmart silk, Paris
Advertisement for A Wilmart silk, Place Vendome, Paris, France. Featuring a woman with rolls of colourful patterned silks. 1924

Abstract design with various shapes
An abstract design with various shapes, including an empty set of shelves and a red brick wall floating in the air

Erotic Dreams C1860S
People dreaming erotic dreams under the influence of incense and alcohol. Date: circa 1860s?

David Wright woman in black and yellow evening dress
Elegant woman with brown hair, wearing a full skirted black and yellow evening dress which is spread around her in a circle. She is holding a black fan

Couples Dancing 1936
Three couples swirling round the dance floor

Social / Us City in Snow
Young American wears a half- length blue double-breasted overcoat with velvet collar, broad lapels, cuffs & pocket flaps, a bowler hat & a high detachable collar & cravat

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