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A young woman posing naked against a background of carpets.
Date: [approximately 1900]Reference: 538780iPart of: Photographs of Tunisian women.- Ephemera
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Fully furnished family house, fitted carpets, central heating, suit animal lover... / Bayer plc.
Bayer (Firm)Date: [1994?]- Ephemera
Chivers' carpet soap : "it's effect is magical" : cleans, purifies & restores carpets like new : over 50 years success : prized in royal households.
Date: [1900?]- Books
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An account of the new manufactory of tapestry, after the Manner of that at the Gobelins; and of carpets, after the Manner of that at Chaillot, &c. Now undertaken at Fulham, By Mr. Peter Parisot.
Parisot, Pierre-Curel, 1679-1769.Date: MDCCLIII. [1753]- Books
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The handy book of the household : containing useful information about beds, bleaching, boxes, boots, carpets, curtains, disinfectants, dyes, domestic matters, fabrics, filters, firewood, furniture, glass, gloves, kitchen ware, lamps, mats, etc.
Date: [1892?]- Pictures
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Textiles: a loom for carpet weaving, plan (top), details (below). Engraving by R. Benard after Radel.
Radel, active 1751-1767.Reference: 43820i- Pictures
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Textiles: a loom for [stair?] carpet weaving, elevations (top), details (below). Engraving by R. Benard after Radel.
Radel, active 1751-1767.Reference: 43821i- Books
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A catalogue of the household furniture, And other effects, of Edward Younge, Esq. (lately Deceased) Of Little Durnford, near Salisbury, Consisting of Mahogany Four-Post and other Bedsteads, with Needle Work, Linen and Woollen Furniture; Damask and other Window Curtains; fine Feather Beds Bedding, &c. Chairs and Tables of all Sorts; Marble Tables, on elegant carved Frames; Variety of Carpets; Pier, Sconce, and Chimney, Glasses, &c. Stove Grates, and Kitchen Furniture. - -Also a large Collection of Paintings by eminent Masters; 700 Ounces of Plate; fine India Cabinets and Dressing Boxes; curious old China; Linen, Liquors, Casks, &c. - Five Lead Figures as large as Life; a Rick of fine Meadow Hay; a Chariot, and Harness for a Pair of Horses; One Horse Chair and Harness, two Carts, and two fine Normandy Cows, &c. Which will be Sold by Auction, on the Premises, By Mr. Smith, On Monday the 26th, Wednesday the 28th, Thurs the 29th, and Friday the 30th of April; and on Monday the 3d of May, 1773. The Sale to begin each Day precisely at Eleven O'Clock. The Goods may be viewed from Friday the 23d, to the Time of Sale. Catalogues may be had at the Place of Sale, and at Mr. Smith's in Salisbury.
Smith, Mr., active 1773.Date: [1773]- Pictures
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Textiles: a mechanical carpet loom, three-quarter view, with spectators. Engraving, c.1862.
Date: 1862Reference: 43866i- Pictures
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Textiles: a loom for carpet weaving, cutting with scissors (top), combing the warp threads (below). Engraving by R. Benard after Radel.
Radel, active 1751-1767.Reference: 43826i- Pictures
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Textiles: carpet weaving, a loom in an interior (top), tools (below). Engraving by R. Benard after Radel.
Radel, active 1751-1767.Reference: 43819i- Pictures
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Textiles: types of mechanical carpet loom. Engraving by J. Moffat after J. Duncan.
Duncan, John.Reference: 43863i- Books
The Eastern carpet in the Western world from the 15th to the 17th century : Hayward Gallery, London, 20 May - 10 July 1983 / selected and arranged by Donald King and David Sylvester.
Date: [1983], ©1983- Journals
Magic carpet.
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The Pink Carpet
Date: Mid-late 20th CenturyReference: GC/222/10/37Part of: Hewitt, Dr Harold Burnett (b. 1915)- Books
Dusting, washing, sweeping, brushing, tidying, emptying, not to mention cleaning the windows, washing the tea cups, polishing the floors, cleaning the carpets as well as odd jobs like furbishing bronze busts, scrubbing glazed brick walls, touching up marble and dusting the portrait of the founder and sterilising telephones and cleaning the typewriters... let General Services do the LOT regularly, efficiently (& more economically) / General Services (London) Ltd.
General Services (London Ltd.)Date: [1947?]- Books
Operation carpet / General Services (London) Ltd.
General Services (London Ltd.)Date: [1947?]- Books
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A catalogue of all the genuine houshold furniture, &c. Of His Grace James Duke of Chandos, deceas'd, at his late seat call'd Cannons, near Edgware, in Middlesex, consisting of rich gold and silver tissue, brocade, velvet, damask, Chintz, and other beautiful Furniture, in Beds, Hangings, Window Curtains, Chairs and Settees. An exceeding fine Set of Tapestry, made at the Gobelins; Glasses of all Sorts, in the most magnificent Taste; several rare Pieces of Japan, in Cabinets, Chests, Screens, &c. Tables of Oriental Jasper, fine Italian Marble, &c. Gold, Needle-Work, and Persia Carpets. Great Variety of curious Walnut tree inlaid Book-Cases, with Looking-Glass Doors. A most matchless Piece of carving, in Alto-Relievo, of the Stoning of St. Stephen; by the late famous Mr. Gibbons. A Collection of Mathematical Instruments. A fine Set of Cartoons, by Raphael Urbin; and Academy Figures by Michael Angelo. Two large and exquisite fine Battle-Pieces, by Wyck. An exceeding fine ton'd Organ. Two Marble Figures bigger than the Life, cut at Rome, of the late Queen Anne, and the Duke of Marlborough. A large Billiard Table, and other valuable Effects. Which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Cock, on Monday the 1st of June, 1747, and the ten following Days, at Cannons above-mention'd. The Furniture, &c. may be view'd on Wednesday the 27th, and every Day after (sunday excepted) to the Hour of Sale, (which will begin each Day at half an Hour after Eleven precisely) by all Persons who shall produce a Catalogue of the said Furniture. Catalogues may be had at Grigsby's Coffee-House, behind the Royal Exchange; at the White Hart, in Watford; the Three Pigeons, in Brentford; at either of the Lodges leading up to Cannons, from Stanmore, or Edgware; and at Mr. Cock's, in the Great-Piazza, Covent-Garden; For Cannons Gratis.
Cock, Mr. (Christopher), active 1720-1749.Date: 1747]- Books
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A catalogue of the particulars of the dwelling house, coach-house, and stables for four horses, with another House, Ware-House, and Court-Yard adjoining, near Old Bethlem, of Sir Joseph Eyles, Deceas'd. Likewise, all the houshold and other furniture; consisting of Damask and other Beds, Window-Curtains, and Hangings; Pier, Chimney, and Glass Sconces; India, Rose-Wood and Mahogany Cabinets, Screens, Chests, Tables, and Chairs; rich Brussels Tapestry; Persia, and other Carpets; great Choice of the old fine Japan China, and particularly, a most exquit site Set of fine Landskip Dresden China; a Sideboard of useful Plate; a Wardrobe of exceeding good Houshold Linnen, fine wrought Quilts, Counterpanes, &c. together with sundry Fire-Arms, a very handsome Town Chariot, with a Pair of good Coach-Horses, and other valuable Effects. To which is added, the collection of Edward Jeffryes, of the Inner Temple, Esq; deceas'd. The Furniture, Pictures, &c may be view'd at the Place of Sale on Friday the 12th instant, and every Day after (sunday excepted) till the Time of Sale, which will begin each Day at Eleven in the Forenoon. Which will be sold by auction, on Tuesday the 16th of this instant December, 1740, and the Five following Days, at his House in Alderman's Walk, Bishopsgate. Catalogues of which may be had gratis on Thursday the 11th, at the Place of Sale; at Batson's Coffee-House, Cornhill; and at Mr. Cocks, in the Great Piazza Covent-Garden. N. B. By order of the Executors of an Eminent Weaver Deceas'd, Immediately after the Holydays will be exposed to Sale at Mr. Cock's in the Great Piazza Covent Garden, A very large Parcel of the newest fashioned Silks, which were designed for the Spring Trade, such as Brocades, Damasks, Padesoys, Tabbies, New Striped and Plain Ducapes. Mantua's, &c. Which will be cut into proper Quantities, for the Accomodation of the Town.
Cock, Mr. (Christopher), active 1720-1749.Date: 1740]- Pictures
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A Sicilian boy, posing naked outdoors. Photograph, ca.1900, by G. Plüschow.
Plüschow, Wilhelm von, Baron, active 1880-1900.Date: [approximately 1900]Reference: 529773iPart of: The Fallaize Collection.- Pictures
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A Sicilian boy, posing naked outdoors, by a doorway. Photograph, ca.1900, by G. Plüschow.
Plüschow, Wilhelm von, Baron, active 1880-1900.Date: [approximately 1900]Reference: 534432iPart of: The Fallaize Collection.- Pictures
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Textiles: a man looping cord around three dowels (top), details of the dowels and chain (below). Engraving by R. Benard after Radel.
Radel, active 1751-1767.Reference: 43822i- Pictures
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A Sicilian boy, posing naked outdoors, by a doorway. Photograph, ca.1900, by G. Plüschow.
Plüschow, Wilhelm von, Baron, active 1880-1900.Date: [approximately 1900]Reference: 534433iPart of: The Fallaize Collection.- Pictures
A Sicilian boy, posing naked lying on a leopardskin rug. Photograph, ca.1900, by G. Plüschow.
Plüschow, Wilhelm von, Baron, active 1880-1900.Date: 1900Reference: 534431iPart of: The Fallaize Collection.- Pictures
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A Sicilian boy, posing naked outdoors, by a doorway. Photograph, ca.1900, by G. Plüschow.
Plüschow, Wilhelm von, Baron, active 1880-1900.Date: [approximately 1900]Reference: 534434iPart of: The Fallaize Collection.