Upholstery Collection

Victorian woman (Polhill-Turner family)
An upper class Victorian woman, probably a member of the Polhill-Turner family of Howbury Hall, Renhold, Bedfordshire

Tools used by a saddler and upholsterer
Various tools used by a saddler and upholsterer, including pliers, pincers, skewers, needles and a knife

Snooker room with two players
View inside a snooker room, with two players. The snooker table is in the foreground, with three balls on it. The players are both seated in the background

Upholsterers at work, C V Smith factory, London
Upholsterers at work at Mr C V Smiths factory in Osnaburgh Street, Camden, London. Teams of men are assembling and stuffing long leather couches

Home Upholstery
Photograph of a woman planning to reupholster an armchair by first using paper to take an accurate model of the chairs dimensions

Old Bleach Linen Company Advert
An advertisement for The Old Bleach Linen Co. Ltd. and their new fadeless embroidered linen. Date: 1932

Female Type on Settee
An elegant woman sits on a sofa whose upholstery matches her dress

Regency-era desk, chair and rack for an artist's apartment, 1815
Mahogany desk with drawers for artist's materials and shelves below for books. The chair with upholstered seat in blue morocco leather with fringes and tassels

Patent Mongolfier smoke-conductor fireplace
Patent Mongolfier smoke conductor fireplace for the remedying of smoky chimnies

Regency-era footstools by Matthew Gregson, 1813
Regency-era footstools, 1813

Regency era firescreens for the drawing room
Firescreens mounted on tripods or circular bases for the drawing room. Suitable for decoration by lady amatuers with figures, landscapes, vases, flowers, etc. Firescreens, 1815

Multi-purpose ladies work table and games table, 1811
Ladies work table for the drawing room or boudoir, 1811. It can be used as a writing table, backgammon or chess board, and has a silk bag for needlework materials

Regency-era ordonnateur, music stand, stool and footrest
Ordonnateur or organizer for musical scores, stool, music stand and footrest in a matching style. Furniture for a Music Room, 1815

Regency-era library globe that turns into a writing desk
Regency metamorphic furniture, library globe that turns into a writing desk. Pitt's cabinett globe writing table

Military couch bed, 1811. Metamorphic furniture that can be used as both sofa and bed, decorated with fringed draperies hanging from gilt spears

French cottage bed with canopy, 1815
French cottage bed, 1815. Canopy bed for a French cottage ornee, with tent-like drapery in lilac silk, yellow lining and bedsheets, imitation rosewood bedframe and chair

Gothic style State Bed, 1823. Gothic revival four-poster bed with a canopy from a throne, draperies and bed coverlets all after medieval fabrics and tapestries

Sofa or French bed, 1809

A State Bed, 1813. Bed with mahogany frame, elevated cornices in a military style decorated with fasces, canopy top with a dome surmounted by a crown. Drawn by C

A Four Posted Bed, 1812
A Four Posted Bed. With high dome and canopy, draperies coming through the cornices. Similar to a state bed built for the Marquis of Winchester

Napoleon II asleep in his cradle with his mother Marie Louise of Austria by his side, 1811. The cradle on a rocking base with gilt decoration, drapery, crown and palm leaves

Design for a French bed chamber, 1815. With recessed bed, window curtains, cabinet, seat and gaslight chandelier. Bed embellished with mirrors and quilled draperies, cabinets of rosewood or ormolu

Design for a Gothic-style library Regency Era
Design for a Gothic-style library, Regency Era. The vaulted room has stained-glass windows, a marble altar with candlelabra, busts, etc. The bookcases have protectuve silk drapes

Design for a Gothic Bed Room, 1813. Bed with groined arches, tent-like canopy over bedstead with steps. Walls with compartments divided by mullions, hangings of blue silk, etc

Candelabrum, stool and reading table, 1812

George Wilkinson and Robert Wornum's Upright Patent Piano-Fort
Upright piano in mahogany or rosewood with curtained front, It was 2 meters high and took up the same space as a bookcase. Messrs

Child's cot bed and nursery chair, Regency era
Child's cot bed and nursery chair. The swing cot bed is made of carved mahogany, the drapes and throw-over in green calico, silk or satin, with Persian fringe, tassels, etc

Regency era wheelchair or gouty chair by John Joseph Merlin
Regency era wheelchair or gouty chair. Chair with reclining back, footrest, three brass wheels driven by handles in the armrests

Sofa writing table and Trafalgar chair, 1811
Metamorphic sofa writing table and Trafalgar chair, 1811. The small card-table transforms into a writing table with two sloped writing boards, each with its own drawer for paper, pen and ink

Ladies toilette, fauteuil, footstool, bidet, 1809

Royal patent invalid chair, 1810. Wheelchair with reclining back and slide-out footrest that can become a flat bed

Metamorphic library chair, 1811. It has curved back legs like the Trafalgar chair, armrests, cushion, and folds out into a step ladder

Carlton House table and chair, 1814
Regency writing desk and chair, named for the London residence of the Prince Regent (later King Georige IV). Carlton House table and chair

Metamorphic furniture, library reading chairs, 1810
Metamorphic library chairs, 1810

William Pocock's reclining patent chair, 1813
Pocock's reclining patent chair. Reclining fauteuil chair with sliding footstools and reading desk. A Designed with classical taste by the ingenious inventors, Messrs

A library table and chair, 1812. Table with drawers, cupboards and a sliding writing table, ornamented with carved ormolu figures, the top covered with green morocco leather, with matching chair

Gothic sofa, table, chair and footstool for a library, 1810. The wainscot wood furniture upholstered in French stuffing covered by purple morocco leather

Ladies secretaire and parlor chair, 1809. The secretaire in rosewood with carved gilt figures and lyres

Cabinet writing table and chair, 1810. Desk in mahogany carved and ornamented with brass or ivory. Desk and front can be drawn out to reveal the pigeonholes and drawers

Dejeuner and work table, drawing room tabouret, chair and footstool, 1809. Grecian table in imitation bronzed metal with marble top, net bag beneath. Matching chair, tabouret, etc

Regency-era writing and backgammon table with chair. An example of metamorphic furniture, made in 1814. it can be used as a writing desk, with drawers for paper, colours, pencils, etc

Drawing room chairs, 1811. Richly carved with burnished gold and green bronze, the seats and backs French stuffed and covered in embroidered satin. Upholstered to match the curtains

French sofa and drawing room chair, 1812. In mahogany with French stuffed seats covered with silk, ornamented with tassels, cords, etc

Regency-era bedroom chair and antique cottage chair, 1813
Regency era bedroom chair in mahogany or satin wood upholstered in green for a mansion, and cottage chair with ornate carving in 16th century design suitable for a castellated house

Salon chair and library chair, 1810. The Roman chair and footrest are ideal for the saloon, in carved or gilt mahogany, The library chair comes with matching Grecian footstool

Regency era drawing-room chairs, 1809
Drawing room chairs. Carved mahogany frame with gilt, French stuffed and quilted, covered in red morocco leather, velvet or damask silk with Persian fringe. 1809

Hall chairs with coats of arms, 1814. Solid mahogany with carved ornaments 1, mahogany with ebony inlay 2, and Gothic style chair in oak 3

Regency-era dining and drawing-room chairs, 1815
Mahogany dining chair enhanced with inlaid ebony 1, rosewood chair with gilt 2, and rosewood chair with ormolu 3. Dining and drawing-room chair 1815

Bedroom chairs, 1814. Japanned to imitate bamboo 1, black or rosewood ornamented with gilt 2, 3

Drawing room chairs, 1814. Rosewood with gilt ornament with stuffed seat and back 1, black with gold ornaments and a cane seat with cushion 2

A circular moveable bookcase, 1810. A cylindrical book tower on casters, with shelves for folio, quarto, octavo books topped with a vase. All shelves on rollers to turn independently

Dining chair, Grecian chair, Tragalgar chair, 1814
Parlour chairs, 1814

Regency-era metamorphic library bookcase, 1812
Regency-era library bookcase with tambour circular cupboards and fold-out writing desk. Designed and manufactured by Thomas Morgan and Joseph Sanders, Catherine Street, Strand, 1812

Regency-era ladies toilette dressing case, 1812. Dressing table with folding lid, slide-out writing drawer, cosmetic drawers, adjustable mirrors, etc

Secretaire bookcase for a Regency lady's boudoir, 1814
Secretaire bookcase for a Regency lady's boudoir. Doors with ornate gilt decoration over lilac silk curtains. Designed and manufactured by Thomas Morgan and Joseph Sanders, Strand, London, 1814

Bookcase, 1812
Bookcase for a library, 1812. With dwarf bookcase, marble table top, mahogany bookcase for folio size books. Decorated with a small gold-faced clock, Persic pillars, and masks of the Muses

Banquette, 1810. Sofa and chair banquetees in mahogany and brass, with French-stuffed seat covered in morocco leather, back in lattice or trellis work

Imperial Turkey ottoman or circular sofa, 1811. Circular sofa in Brazil zebra wood with carved swans, ornamented with ormolu, brass and bronze

French scroll sofa and lady's work table, 1812
French scroll sofa, adapted for the drawing-room, which may be made of rose-wood, with gold ornaments, and covered with rich chintz or silk tabouret

Antique sofa and table, 1813.. Made of satin, coromandel, rosewood, ebony or mahogany, decorated with bronze, ormolu or carvings in contrasting woods. Table with folding leaves

Grecian sofa, 1811. Elegant Grecian sofa for the library or boudoir. In mahogany ornamented with ormolu, French-stuffed squab, bolsters and cushions covered with morocco leather

Sofa, work-table and candlelabrum, 1815
Sofa for reading and study with tabular cushions, with matching book- or work-table and footrest. Candelabrum suitable for an argand lamp or globe gaslight. Sofa, work-table and candlelabrum, 1815

A French sofa, candelabrum and flower bowl, 1815
A French sofa, candelabrum and flower bowl for a library or morning room, 1815. Long elipse or oval form, frame of variegated wood, seat upholstered in morocco leather

Mahogany sideboard and dining-room chair, 1810. Sideboard of Jamaican mahogany with cellarets, wine-cooler, drawers. Chair with French-stuffed seat and back covered in morocco leather

Regency-era library table and chair in mahogany and bronze. With a fold-out writing table and bookshelves in the sides for folio, quarto and octavo size books, manufactured in 1814

Library sofa in carved mahagony with green Morocco leather. Grecian small ends, square French bolster cushion with Parisian fringe, and Chinese palampone with Vandyle border

Metamorphic dwarf library bookcase, 1811. In mahogany with brass fret work on the top shelf for small books, deeper shelves below for larger folio books, with slide-out writing desks

Sideboard with cellaret drawers and cupboards in each pedestal, and a pair of vase knife-cases. Can be adapted to store a dining table and its leaves

Cabinet and dwarf table, 1813. The cabinet in mahogany, rosewood with brass or ebony inlay, suitable for a collector. The dwarf table for the library has a marble top

Trafalgar patent sideboard and dining table, metamorphic furniture 1810. The extending dining table and its leaves can be stored inside the pedestal-style sideboard

Boudoir or breakfast-parlour window curtains, 1815
Festooned draperies from Grecian consoles in black and gold. Fawn curtains with black fringes, and muslin net curtains edged with tea-green chenille

French window curtains, 1811. Military belt drapery slung from naval clue and lines, in morine or kerseymere cloth with rich embossed border and fringe. Net curtain of vandyke muslin

Elegant French drapery window curtains, 1810
French drapery window curtains, 1810. Lemon-silk drapes and embroidered muslin curtains hanging from large rosette pins, and fine fringed muslin drapery hung over a gilt dart

Drawing room window curtain in shot silk, 1815. Azure blue drapes edged with gold fringe, festooned by silken cords and tassels which pass behind cornice hangings

French library curtains, 1812. Drapery hanging from brass rosettes, ornamented with line and tassels

Regency-era library window curtains, 1815. Design for grand architectural additions and drapes that add Palladian or Venetian proportions to a narrow window bay

French window curtain and Grecian settee. Amber curtains with Parisian fringe lined with sky blue hanging from gilt rosettes

Regency era window curtains in French royal colours
Regency era window curtains. Drapes in blue and white with lilies in the French royal colours, Russian eagles above the curtain rods, doves with laurel garland to symbolize victory over Napoleon

Drawing room window curtain, Grecian sofa and stool, 1812
Drawing room window curtain, cornices, ornamented with French fringe and muslin curtains under blue damask. Grecian sofa and stool, patent pedestal lamp

A sett of continued French drapery window curtains, 1811
A sett of continued French drapery window curtains. Luxurious window curtains and drapes hung from a gilt curtain rod decorated with Regent's plumes of feathers and crowns

Regency-era French window curtains, 1813. The space between the windows is filled with a matching curtained mirror in the central bay

Regency era window curtains for a boudoir, 1800. Ruby-coloured calico curtains with Persian silk fringe, blue silk mantle and military emblems above the curtain rod

Art Deco interior of the Richard Hudnut shop, rue de la Paix, Paris, 1928. A glass case showing perfume bottles next to a pink armchair, large mirror, chandelier, carpet

Drawing room three-leg chairs in carved wood and rich fabric upholstery in Louis XVI style

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