Flooring Collection (#7)

House of Orpheus, Orpheus surrounded by wild animals, detail (mosaic)
GDG287806 House of Orpheus, Orpheus surrounded by wild animals, detail (mosaic) by Roman, (3rd century AD); Volubilis, Morocco; (add.info)

Detail of a floral floor pattern, c. 1880 (mosaic)
LGH250623 Detail of a floral floor pattern, c.1880 (mosaic) by Aitchison, George II (1825-1910); Leighton House Museum, Kensington & Chelsea, London

Floor pavement depicting a bird, 4th century AD (mosaic)
KAB146346 Floor pavement depicting a bird, 4th century AD (mosaic) by Roman, (4th century AD); Via Canoniche, Treviso, Italy; eDario Grimaldi; out of copyright

The Benefactress, 1914 (gouache on card)
1195779 The Benefactress, 1914 (gouache on card) by Makovsky, Vladimir Egorovic (1846-1920); 27x36 cm; Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; Russian, out of copyright

Tiles by Maw & Co, Benthall Works, near Broseley, Salop (colour litho)
5197411 Tiles by Maw & Co, Benthall Works, near Broseley, Salop (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Tiles by Maw & Co, Benthall Works, near Broseley)

Section through Suburban House (litho)
3650890 Section through Suburban House (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Section through Suburban House)

Marble Mosaic Floor, c. 1936. Creator: Ellen Duncan
Marble Mosaic Floor, c. 1936

Armstrong World Industries Limited. Cyclists Charlie Hewat (l) and Julie Edwards, from Zimbabwe, visit the Thornby factory on their way to Africa on a sponsored cycle trek

Drugstore, 1935 / 1942. Creator: Unknown
Drugstore, 1935/1942

The Bedroom, 1658 / 1660. Creator: Pieter de Hooch
The Bedroom, 1658/1660

A Nurse and a Child in an Elegant Foyer, 1663. Creator: Jacob Ochtervelt
A Nurse and a Child in an Elegant Foyer, 1663

A Breton Cottage Interior, 1887. Creator: Jonathon Pratt
A Breton Cottage Interior, 1887

St. Jerome Praying in His Cell (Saint Jerome penitent), 1665

Fragment of a Floor Mosaic with a Personification of Ktisis, Byzantine, 500-550, with modern restoration

Men Playing Chess, Damascus, 1888. Creator: Unknown
Men Playing Chess, Damascus, 1888

TESTING THE CONSTRUCTION
Troops from the nearby Knightsbridge barracks are made to run in step, to test the strength of the flooring in the Exhibition. Date: 1851

Turkey, Anatolia, Ephesus, A large room within one of the terrace houses

Russia, Saint Petersburg, Mosaic on the floor of the Pavilion Hall, Hermitage Museum

The Annunciation, 1480-89. Creator: Hans Memling
The Annunciation, 1480-89

Roman mosaic floors, (1898). Creator: Unknown
Roman mosaic floors, (1898). Fig 1: Mosaic frieze in the house of the Faun at Pompeii [Italy]. Figs 2 and 3: Patterns of plate-mosaic in the Palatine Museum at Rome (drawn by H. Dolmetsch)

Italian Renaissance polychrome ceramics, (1898). Creator: Unknown
Italian Renaissance polychrome ceramics, (1898). Examples of painted faience: Figs 1, 6, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15: Wainscot-plates on the staircase-walls of the house Nr. 26 in Via Luccoli at Genoa

Floor paintings in the palace at Tiryns, Greece, (1928). Creator: Unknown
Floor paintings in the palace at Tiryns, Greece, (1928). Part view of the floor painting in the so-called small Megaron; two patterns from the floor painting, about 1400-1200 B.C

Warehouses by the Thames, 1872. Creator: Gustave Doré
Warehouses by the Thames, 1872. From, " LONDON. A Pilgrimage" by Gustave Dore and Blanchard Jerrold. [Grant and Co. 72-78, Turnmill Street, E.C. 1872]

Lambeth Potteries, 1872. Creator: Gustave Doré
Lambeth Potteries, 1872. Royal Doulton produced fine ceramics from their factory site in Lambeth from 1815 until the 1950s. From, " LONDON

The Death of Wallenstein, 1634, (1890). Creator: Unknown
The Death of Wallenstein, 1634, (1890). Albrecht von Wallenstein (1583-1634) Bohemian military leader and nobleman whose career made him influential in the Holy Roman Empire was assassinated

The Little Jacob, 1876-1906, (1906). Creator: Hans von Bartels
The Little Jacob, 1906. Watercolour by German artist Hans Von Bartels (1856-1913). From " The Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours", edited by Charles Holme

Traditional Woodblock Print Woman Kneeling
pale skin, beauties, Traditional Japanese Woodblocks, 118448651

Two Women Grinding at a Hand Mill, 1902. Creator: John Fulleylove
Two Women Grinding at a Hand Mill, 1902. From " The Holy Land", painted by John Fulleylove, R.I. [Adam & Charles Black, London, 1902]

The Picture-Book, 1910. Creator: Herbert Ponting
The Picture-Book, 1910. From " In Lotus-Land Japan", by Herbert G. Ponting, F.R.G.S. [Macmillan and Co. Limited, London, 1910]

Bed-Time in Japan, 1910. Creator: Herbert Ponting
Bed-Time in Japan, 1910. From " In Lotus-Land Japan", by Herbert G. Ponting, F.R.G.S. [Macmillan and Co. Limited, London, 1910]

Ainu Man and Women at Home, 1910. Creator: Herbert Ponting
Ainu Man and Women at Home, 1910. From " In Lotus-Land Japan", by Herbert G. Ponting, F.R.G.S. [Macmillan and Co. Limited, London, 1910]

Prinking Up for the Day, 1910. Creator: Herbert Ponting
Prinking Up for the Day, 1910. From " In Lotus-Land Japan", by Herbert G. Ponting, F.R.G.S. [Macmillan and Co. Limited, London, 1910]

Writing A Letter, 1910. Creator: Herbert Ponting
Writing A Letter, 1910. From " In Lotus-Land Japan", by Herbert G. Ponting, F.R.G.S. [Macmillan and Co. Limited, London, 1910]

The Dining-Room - Robsjohn-Gibbings, designated the style of this room as Sans Epoque"
The Dining-Room - Robsjohn-Gibbings, has designated the style of this room as " Sans Epoque" despite which there is a very marked classical atmosphere throughout, 1941

The Orchestra promenade, Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, Missouri, USA. Date: circa 1930s

Small Living-Dining Room, 1938
Small Living-Dining Room in a London flat, 1938. Architect: AV Pilichowski, A.R.I.B.A. for Mr Gerald Leanse. Floor, birch plywood squares

Exhibition room arranged by Pahlmann, 1942
Exhibition room arranged by Pahlmann for Lord & Taylor using a specially commissioned painting as the focal point of the decorative scheme, 1942

Peerless Built-In Kitchen Cabinets, 1935. From Decorative Art 1935 - Year-Book of The Studio, by C.G. Holme. [The Studio Limited, London, 1935]

Mummy wouldn t mind, 1963. Artist: Michael Walters
Mummy wouldn t mind, 1963. In this advertising image, a horse demonstrates the durability of a vinyl floor covering. The image was shot in Michael Walters Studio in Mexborough, South Yorkshire

The pavement. Erice. Sicily. Italy

Skeleton Mosaic
A black and white mosaic of a skeleton, Memento Mori, from a Roman floor in the Vesuvius region. Not definitely from Pompeii. Museo Archaeologico Nazionale, Napoli collection

Empty corridor
UNITED STATES - CIRCA 1950s: Long, empty hallway in office building. (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Retrofile/Getty Images)

Decorative Black And White Pattern On The Flooring Of A Restaurant; Paris, France

Symmetrical Pattern Of Blue Squares

Looking Down At The Floor Of A Parisian Cafe With Small Square Tiles, Traditional Tables And Stools, And The Wooden Bar; Paris, France

Great Pyrenees Puppy Lying Down; Winnipeg Manitoba Canada

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