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Square patchwork cushions

This are the three square patchwork cushions for an early 19th-century beechwood settle with a spindle galleried back and sides, shaped arm supports, a caned seat and square legs. They have a red and ...

Table Mat

Circular, crocheted table mat made of white cotton in an openwork lace doily pattern with a flower at the centre.

Tablecloth

Linen tablecloth with drawn thread work.

Tea Towel

This souvenir tea towel is decorated with a copy of the frontispiece from the 1623 First Folio edition of Shakespeare's works, featuring Martin Droeshout's portrait engraving. Made c. 1990 Identity ...

The Boxers

This watercolour and collage on paper shows two boxers. The prohibition of cock-fighting in the late 1840s led to a growth of interest amongst the working classes in boxing. The paper figures, with their ...

The Boxers

This watercolour and collage on paper shows two boxers. The prohibition of cock-fighting in the late 1840s led to a growth of interest amongst the working classes in boxing. The paper figures, with their ...

The Yacht Sunbeam in the Solent

This wool and silk picture shows the yacht 'Sunbeam' which was built in 1874 and scrapped in 1929. She was a 323-ton screw, composite, three-masted schooner, and one of the first yachts to sail around ...

The Yacht Sunbeam in the Solent - detail

This wool and silk picture shows the yacht 'Sunbeam' which was built in 1874 and scrapped in 1929. She was a 323-ton screw, composite, three-masted schooner, and one of the first yachts to sail around ...

Towel

A white huckaback linen cloth. Rectangular in shape, the towel has crocheted short ends in cotton.

Warwick Castle, Blue Boudoir

A view of the Blue Boudoir at Warwick Castle, taken around 1869. The Blue Boudoir is the last drawing room in a sequence (or 'enfilade') of five eighteenth-century state rooms, and was originally intended ...

Warwick Castle, Blue Boudoir

A view of the Blue Boudoir at Warwick Castle. On the left, above the fireplace is Holbein's portrait of King Henry VIII, which is set amongst some ornate carvings. These may be the work of the prestigious ...

Warwick Castle, Cedar Room

A view of the Cedar Room at Warwick Castle, taken around 1880 by H.T. Cooke. This is the second in a sequence (or 'enfilade') of five state rooms at Warwick Castle. It features cedar panelling and ...

Warwick Castle, Cedar Room

A postcard showing the interior of the Cedar Room at Warwick Castle. This is the second in a sequence (or 'enfilade') of five state rooms at Warwick Castle. It features cedar panelling and an elaborate ...

Warwick Castle, Cedar Room

A postcard showing the interior of the Cedar Room at Warwick Castle. This is the second in a sequence (or 'enfilade') of five state rooms at Warwick Castle. It features cedar panelling and an elaborate ...

Warwick Castle, Great Hall

A postcard showing the interior of the Great Hall at Warwick Castle. The exact date is unclear, but the Great Hall was used in this way as a living room during the late Victorian period.

Warwick Castle, Great Hall

A view of the Great Hall at Warwick Castle, taken in the 1880s. At this time, the Great Hall was used as a luxurious living room, and was crowded with furniture. After 1893, the Countess of Warwick ...

Warwick Castle, Great Hall

A view of the Great Hall at Warwick Castle, taken around 1900. At this time, the medieval Hall (much altered by the Victorians) was used as a rather large living room. Like much of the castle, it was ...

Warwick Castle, Great Hall

The interior of the Great Hall at Warwick Castle, around 1869. This photograph was taken before fire ravaged many of the castle's interiors in 1871. The rooms beyond this end of the Great Hall ...