Table Collection (page 6)

COOKs TIMETABLE 1937
Cooks Continental Time-Table

Coram / Hogarth / Holl
THOMAS CORAM philanthropist and founder of the Foundling Hospital

Social / Placing Flowers
A dress typical of the close of the 1920s with its low back, flared skirt & uneven hemline dipping to form train- a transitional phase prior to the long skirts of the 30s

Electric Rail Dinner
Still another use for electricity: a miniature railway that brings food from the pantry to the table, removing the need for contact with troublesome servants

Bathing Child 1852
A mother bathes her two children: the elder, a toddler, sits drying on a table, while baby stands in the bath tub

4th Earl Sandwich
JOHN MONTAGU Traditionally held to be the inventor of the sandwich for eating at the gaming table

Beauty / Beast (Anderson)
Anne Anderson gives us a truly monstrous beast : no wonder Beauty rejects the marriage proposals he makes every night at the supper-table

She Reads a Letter 1889
She reads a letter at her dressing table

Alice / Lobster Dressing
The Lobster at his toilet

Thomas Edison / La Nature
THOMAS ALVA EDISON Listening to the first phonogram sent to New York from England

Mediumship / Demange
A table is levitated even though it is separated from the medium by a screen

Cat and kitten with pudding on a cutout Christmas card
Black cat and kitten with pudding on a cutout Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Gateleg table
Mahogany drop-leaf dining table on a gateleg frame with six legs, made in England c.1780. Date: c.1780

Table
Oval oak gateleg table made from oak, elm and red deal, with two hinged leaves on a joined frame, and a drawer at one end, made in England c.1675-1700. Date: c.1685-1700

Johannes Brahms and Adele Strauss
Johannes Brahms, German composer, and Adele Strauss, wife of Johann Strauss II, at Bad Ischl, Austria. circa 1898

Interior of a working class home 1920
Decor of early 1910s working class home, but photograph taken near the end or just after the First World War, showing carpeted floor, wallpaper, photographs in frames and ornaments on shelving

Futuristic dinner party
A futuristic chemical dinner party -- a few tablets are served for each guest. Just think -- no washing up! Date: 1899

The home of snooker - The Oottacamund Club, Southern India
Playing snooker at the Ootacamund Club, Ootacamund (known as Snooty Ooty) in the Nilgiri Hills, Tamil Nadu, Southern India, where snooker originated on the billiard tables during the Raj

Amateur Studio portrait photograph of a teenage girl
Amateur Studio portrait photograph - shot in the back garden with suitable table and plant pot props - the subject is not the most jolly ever - I don t think that hat was a regular personal choice

Bessie Bellwood music hall singer 1856-1896
Bessie Bellwood (Catherine Mahoney) music hall singer who engaged with her audience and had a reputation for putting down the toughest of hecklers. Carte de visite advertising Taunus table water

Hetty King music hall male impersonator 1883-1972
Hetty (Hettie) King (Winifred Emms) in pantomime costume as Aladdin. Seated on table. Elaborate hat with feathers, Chinese-style satin jacket with shorts, tights and satin shoes with large bow

Metamorphic table
Ebonised mahogany metamorphic table on three scrolled feet with floral gilt metal decoration, manufactured in England c.1820. Date: c.1820

Table
Draw-leaf table made from oak with carved friezes, made in England c.1600-1650. Date: c.1600-1650

Occasional table
Bamboo occasional table with a lacquered octagonal top and four drop-down leaves, manufactured by W.F. Needham in Birmingham, c.1888. Date: c.1888

Young men ogle contestants in Miss Wet T-Shirt contest
Young men ogle contestants in a Miss Wet T-Shirt contest in a Manchester pub. Date: circa 1979

The scramble for Africa: the Berlin Conference, 1884-1885
French commentary on the Berlin Conference of 1884-1885: Otto von Bismarck, then Chancellor of Germany, is portrayed here wielding a knife over a sliced up cake, marked Africa

Cabaret du Neant (Cabaret of Nothingness or Death) - a ghost show cabaret, where ghosts were shown before the amazed audience via optical trickery and special effects

Comic postcard, Woman on the phone - reducing diet Date: 20th century

Cecil Aldin, The Christmas Dinner at the Inn

The Cocktail Bar at the Garter Club, 52 Grosvenor Street - decorated in mock-heraldic style. The Table tops represent the titles of well-known Inns. Date: 1933

Gentleman trying to play footsie with a beauty at the table
Gentleman trying to play footsie with a beauty under the dining table but pressing the wrong foot. More Miseries. Handcoloured copperplate engraving designed

Women playing with a Yoyo on a beach near Dieppe, France
Women playing with a Yoyo, the craze of 1932, on a beach near Dieppe, France. Date: 1932

Woman applying makeup at her dressing table
Before the Dance - woman applying makeup at her dressing table. 1920s

People with roulette wheel, Nevada, USA
People gathered around a roulette wheel, Nevada, USA. Date: circa 1940s

WW2 Estelle Sylvia Pankhurst - Womens War Emergency Council
Estelle Sylvia Pankhurst (1882-1960) - (standing) presiding over the Womens War Emergency Council which she started immediately after the outbreak of WW2

Lithographic printing-press 1876
Printer and his apprentice, putting on the ink on the pre-made etched stone. Date: 1876

Advert for John Carters invalid chairs 1884
Selection of invalid and students chairs, including holding a book or writing at a desk, lamp in any position over an easy chair

Furniture advertisement - Scandinavian Design by Nathan. 1964

Advert for Elkington & Co Victorian items 1895
Advert for Elkington & Co, with eleotro plate household items including; Irish inkstand, vegetable dish, tea and coffee set, case of four serviette rings, salt and spoons, salad bowl and servers

Advert for Maple & Co furniture 1893
Selection of oak furnishing for 1893. Date: 1893

Soldiers in mess hall of army barracks, South Africa. Date: circa 1900

Stone tombs in Undercliffe Cemetery, Bradford, Yorkshire
Ornate stone tombs and headstones in the Victorian Undercliffe Cemetery, Bradford, Yorkshire, England. In the background are the neighbouring terraced houses Date: 1988

Contemplation of the female form Date: circa 1910s

Woolwich Town Hall, SE London - Committee Suite
Woolwich Town Hall, SE London - Central Committee Room - Architect: A Brumwell Thomas Date: circa 1908

German Men at an open air spa, taking exercise, playing cards and lifting weights. Date: circa 1905

Card table
D-shaped folding card table made of mahogany with satinwood crossbanding and stringing, bearing the label of Thomas Wilmott. Probably made and retailed in London around 1800-1840. Date: c.1800-1840

Alice in Wonderland, Mad Hatters Tea Party
Alice in Wonderland, Alice having tea with the Mad Hatter, the Dormouse and the March Hare. Date: early 20th century

South Africa Cape Town and Table Mountain pre-1900

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