Restaurant Collection (#100)

Main dining room, Hotel Hamilton, Washington DC, 1923. Designed by Jules Henri de Sibour in Beaux Arts style, the Hotel Hamilton opened in 1922. From The Architectural Forum Volume XXXIX

Detail at end of main dining room, Mount Royal Hotel, Montreal, Canada, 1923. Designed by Ross and MacDonald, Inc, in Beaux Arts style, the Mount Royal Hotel opened in 1922

Main dining room, Los Angeles-Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles, California, 1923. Designed by Schultze and Weaver, the hotel opened in 1923

The Ritz Carlton Restaurant on board the ocean liner SS Leviathan, 1923. From The Architectural Forum Volume XXXIX. [Rogers and Manson, New York, 1923]

Santiago de Cuba. Vista Alegre - Cafe Restaurant. Coffee House and Restaurant, c1910. [Edicion Jordi, Havana, Cuba, c1910]

View of the dining room from the lounge, Glen View Club, Glenview, Illinois, 1925. From The Architectural Forum Volume XLII. [Rogers and Manson, New York, 1925]

Main dining room, Plainfield Country Club, Planfield, New Jersey, 1925. From The Architectural Forum Volume XLII. [Rogers and Manson, New York, 1925]

Interior of the dining terrace, Hotel Statler, Buffalo, New York, 1923. From The Architectural Forum Volume XXXIX. [Rogers and Manson, New York, 1923]

Grand Restaurant, Imperial International Exhibition, London, 1909. [Valentine & Sons Ltd, Dundee, London & New York, 1909]

The Penna D Oca Restaurant, The cocktail Bar, c1928. Artists: Emilio Lancia, Michele Marelli, Gio Ponti, Unknown
The Penna D Oca Restaurant, The cocktail Bar, c1928. A Photograph of the Penna D Oca Restaurants Cocktail Bar in Milan, designed by Tomaso Buzzi, Emilio Lancia, Michele Marelli and Gio Ponti

The Penna D Oca Restaurant, Main dining room, c1928. A Photograph of the Penna D Oca Restaurants main dining room in Milan, designed by Tomaso Buzzi, Emilio Lancia, Michele Marelli and Gio Ponti

The Clown. Mural Decoration in Boulestins Restaurant, London, c1927. Artist: Jean-Emile Laboureur
The Clown. Mural Decoration in Boulestins Restaurant, London, c1927. Xavier Marcel Boulestin (1878?1943), opened Restaurant Boulestin on Southampton Street, Covent Garden in 1927

British Empire Exhibition Decoration for Restaurant Exterior, c1924. Artist: Oliver Percy Bernard
British Empire Exhibition Decoration for Restaurant Exterior, c1924. From The Studio Volume 87. [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1924]

The Restaurant Claridges, c19th century, (1905). Artist: Max Cowper
The Restaurant Claridges, c19th century. From The Connoisseur 1905 [Otto Limited, London, 1905.]

Eating-House, Chelsea, c1911-1924, (1924). Artist: Job Nixon
Eating-House, Chelsea. From The Studio Volume 88 [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1924.]

The Old Kitchen at Miss Cranstons Tea House, Argyle Street, Glasgow, c1906. Catherine Cranston (1849-1934) employed Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868-1928) to design the interior of her Tea House

Dining room, Grand Union Hotel, Saratoga, New York, USA. Artist: BW Kilburn
Dining room, Grand Union Hotel, Saratoga, New York, USA. Stereoscopic card detail

Cafes on a branch of the Barrada River (the ancient Pharpar), Damascus, Syria, 1841. Artist:s Smith
Cafes on a branch of the Barrada River (the ancient Pharpar), Damascus, Syria, 1841. From Syria, the Holy land and Asia Minor, volume I, by John Carne, published by Fisher, Son & Co. (London, 1841)

The Farthing Pie House, London, 1820 (1891). From Old and New London: a Narrative of its History, its People and its Places, volume IV, by Edward Walford, pulished by Cassell and Company (1891)

The foyer at the Savoy Restaurant, London, 1905. Artist: Max Cowper
The foyer at the Savoy Restaurant, London, 1905. From The Connoisseur magazine (April 1905)

Birch Birch and Co, London, 1926-1927. Artist: McLeish
Birch Birch & Co, London, 1926-1927. Restaurant or cafe where soup and jelly was available. Illustration from Wonderful London, edited by Arthur St John Adcock, Volume I

Old Compton Street, Soho, London, 1926-1927. Illustration from Wonderful London, edited by Arthur St John Adcock, Volume I, published by Amalgamated Press, (London, 1926-1927)

Eleven o clock coffee, London, 1926-1927. From Wonderful London, volume II, edited by Arthur St John Adcock, published by Amalgamated Press (London, 1926-1927)

Hotel des Princes. (Table D Hote), c1843. Artist: Lumb Stocks
Hotel des Princes. (Table D Hote), c1843

Lily Elsie and Joseph Coyne in The Merry Widow, 1907. Artist: Foulsham and Banfield
Lily Elsie and Joseph Coyne in The Merry Widow, 1907. Elsie and Coyne are playing the parts of Sonia and Prince Danilo respectively

Restaurant du Pre-Catela, Bois de Boulogne, 1915. Artist: Frank Milton Armington
Restaurant du Pre-Catela, Bois de Boulogne, 1915. From Paris Past and Present. [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1915]

Paul Verlaine, French poet, 1891. A photograph from Album de Photographies, Dans L Intimite de Personnages Illustres, 1845-1890, Editions MD, 22 Rue de L Arcade, Paris 8, 1845-1890

The Garden of Pere Lathuille, 1879 (1938). Artist: Edouard Manet
The Garden of Pere Lathuille, 1879 (1938). Found in the collection of the Musee des Beaux-Arts, Tournai, Belgium. Plate taken from Manet, by Robert Rey, published by William Heinemann Ltd (1938)

Restaurant for students, Paris, 1931. Artist: Ernest Flammarion
Restaurant for students, Paris, 1931. Illustration from the book Paris published by Ernest Flammarion, (1931)

Rue Lafayette at shopping time, Paris, 1931. Artist: Ernest Flammarion
Rue Lafayette at shopping time, Paris, 1931. Illustration from the book Paris published by Ernest Flammarion, (1931)

An open-air restaurant at Lahore, India, 1880. Artist: Edwin Lord Weeks
An open-air restaurant at Lahore, India, 1880. Hand-coloured later

Railway station and French restaurant in Catharinhof, St Petersburg, Russia, 19th century. Found in the collection of the A Pushkin Memorial Museum, St Petersburg

Restaurant, House of the Association of Literature and Arts, Russia, 1910s. Found in the collection of the Russian State Film and Photo Archive, Krasnogorsk

An Open-Air Restaurant, Lahore, c1889. Artist: Edwin Lord Weeks
An Open-Air Restaurant, Lahore, c1889. From a private collection

In a Cafe, 1905. Artist: Alfred Henry Maurer
In a Cafe, 1905. Found in the collection of the State Hermitage, St Petersburg

An Eventful Baptism, 1901. A violent brawl breaks out between guests in a restaurant. Illustration published in, Le Petit Journal, 8th September 1901

Refreshment Room, House of Lords, Palace of Westminster, London, c1888. Illustration from The Life & Times of Queen Victoria, Vol II, by Robert Wilson, (c1888)

German soldiers relaxing outside a restaurant in Montmartre, Paris, June 1941. Occupied Paris was a highly desirable posting for members of the German military during World War II

German soldiers outside Maxims restaurant, Paris, July 1940

Communication by speaking tube, c1850. A waiter serving clients in a restaurant, speaking to chefs at work in the kitchen on the floor below, using a speaking tube

A Misnomer, Surely!, 1880. Artist: George du Maurier
A Misnomer, Surely!, 1880. A large party of Cooks Tourists queueing outside a restaurant. Cartoon from Punch, 25th September 1880

Food Values in our Restaurants, 1917. The effect of university education for women on everyday life. A waitress, late of Girton College, Cambridge

Postcard showing damage to Deffieux Restaurant, Porte St. -Martin, after the 1871 Paris Commune
Postcard showing damage to Deffieux Restaurant, Porte St.-Martin, after the 1871 Paris Commune

Opening of a restaurant by popular French singers, Paris, September 1941. From left to right; Johnny Hess, Lys Gauty, Elyane Celis, Charpini

Restaurant, 1873-1942. Artist: Albert Guillaume
Restaurant, 1873-1942

English family taking a meal in the station buffet at Boulogne, France, 1886. A poodle begs the children for food

The Profligate Pastry-Cook s, 1860. This cartoon depicts a family of elderly mother, daughter and daughters young children, taking lunch in a restaurant

Two couples dining in club restaurant
UNITED STATES - CIRCA 1930s: Two couples dining in club restaurant

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