Side table - front
This blue-painted side table has a plank top and two frieze drawers flanking a central cupboard door. They sit on square tapering legs joined by chamfered stretchers. Although the table is painted blue, ...
Slide Collection
A slide collection from Fontainbleau, France. A book of slides with a black cover and clear plastic sleeves containing the slides. The slides illustrate the interior decoration and furniture of the Louis ...
Solid seat turner's chair
This green-painted chair has a spindle back and turned uprights with finials, on turned legs joined by multiple stretchers. It comes from England's West Country, and dates from the 19th century. Height ...
South Farm, interior.
Mary Ann was born at South Farm, Arbury Hall estate on 22nd November 1819 the family moved four or five months later to Griff House on the outskirts of the Arbury estate. Her father Robert Evans was ...
South Farm, parlour.
Mary Ann was born at South Farm, Arbury Hall estate on 22nd November 1819 the family moved four or five months later to Griff House on the outskirts of the Arbury estate. Her father Robert Evans was ...
Stool
A stool from South Africa, which has been carved from a single block of wood. The stool has three legs with a carved circular seat.
Storage Box
A tall, circular, wooden, Burmese lacquer storage box. The box has painted oriental scenes in red, gold and black, and divides into horizontal compartments.
Tea Caddy
Mahogany tea caddy, with hinged lid and brass key plate, escutcheon.Tea was expensive, and was often kept in a decorative locked box, or 'caddy', by the lady of the household.
Early 19th century
254mm ...
Tea Caddy with lid open
Inside, the caddy is lined with red paper. It is a 'triple caddy', with three compartments - two for storing tea (green and black), with a glass bowl in the middle for mixing them. Ladies often mixed, ...
The Charing Cross Arms, Charing Cross, London
This is an oil painting on canvas depicting The Charing Cross Arms and is signed and dated 'Harrison 1819'. This may be a men's club rather than an ordinary public house as individuals' faces have been ...
The Royal Ratcatcher
This is an oil painting on canvas depicting the Royal Ratcatcher in a kitchen scene. Painted on the bottom right is a signature which can be read as 'J. Mark' or 'J Clark', but the date is unknown. ...
The West Bromwich Sweep
This is a watercolour on paper depicting a prize fighter. A caption at the bottom reads 'WEST BROMWICH SWEEP As he appeared at george Holdens after his fight with fred higgitt being waited on by Jem Parker ...
Thomas Hill, The gardeners labyrinth..., 1577 - men enjoying wine and fruit, title-page of part 2.
Characters in Shakespeare enjoyed an arbour in their garden scenes.
The practice of enjoying the out-of-doors over a simple meal, or a drink out-of-doors on a summer’s evening may have been the ...
Three Sober Preachers
This is an oil painting on canvas depicting three preachers seated at a table drinking, and was painted by an artist of the English School about 1860. Three inscriptions behind the preachers read, 'I, ...
Tilt-top occasional table
This circular table has a tip-up top on a turned column and three downswept splayed legs. It is made of ash and elm, and dates from the late 18th or early 19th century. Height 716mm, Diameter 885mm
Tilt-top occasional table - detail
This circular table has a tip-up top on a turned column and three downswept splayed legs. It is made of ash and elm, and dates from the late 18th or early 19th century. Height 716mm, Diameter 885mm
Trestle table
This is a pine tavern table with a cleated plank top and 'X' frame end-supports, joined by raised and square section stretchers. Victorian trestle tables are very common as their strong 'X' frame ensured ...
Tub chair - front
This tub chair is made of elm. It has a flattened toprail, and a curved slatted back and sides which extend to the ground. It has a solid seat and front stiles. It dates from the late 19th, early 20th ...