Items matching chairs (results page 1)

45.—Coronation ChairOld England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

“The celebrated stone which now forms the seat of the coronation chair of the sovereigns of England is a flat stone, nearly square. It formerly stood in Argyleshire, according to Buchanan; who also sa [...]

Keywords: royalty, chairs, rocks, greyscale

Places shown: Westminster Abbey; Westminster; London; England

Added: 2006-07-09

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Alice talks to the KittenThrough the Looking-Glass And What Alice Found There (1871)

“Do you know, I was so angry, Kitty,” Alice went on as soon as they were comfortably settled again, “when I saw all the mischief you had been doing, I was very nearly opening the window, and putting y [...]

Keywords: people, furniture, chairs, relaxing, alice, illustrations for children, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2007-02-19

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The Coronation ChairOld England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

The celebrated stone which now forms the seat of the coronation chair of the sovereigns of England is a flat stone, nearly square. It formerly stood in Argyleshire, according to Buchanan; who also say [...]

Keywords: colour, chairs, royalty, interiors, cathedrals

Places shown: London; England

Added: 2012-11-17

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150.—Daneway House, Gloucestershire.English Homes Period III Vol. I, Late Tudor & Early Stuart (1558‒1649) (1922)

Plate 150 - The Entry

probably early 15th century in origin.

Keywords: interiors, manors, arches, doors, chairs, corridors, steps, colour

Places shown: Bisley; Gloucestershire; England

Added: 2004-03-05

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240.—Chairs. From Harleian MS. No. 603.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Harleian MS. 603 is an Anglo-Saxon illuminated psalter from the middle of the 10th century. This is the same manuscript as Fig. 239. The three chairs illustrated here do not look very comfortable, but [...]

Keywords: furniture, people, minstrels, saxon england, hats, musical instruments, chairs, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2011-06-06

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567.—Chapel in Canterbury Cathedral.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

“[...] an ancient chair in the chapel of the Holy Trinity, formed also of grey marble, in pieces, which is used for the enthronization of the Archbishops of the See, and which, sayeth tradition, was t [...]

Keywords: chairs, furniture, interiors, cathedrals, churches, arches, windows, greyscale

Places shown: Canterbury; Kent; England

Added: 2006-08-26

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590.—Stone Chair in the Chapter House, Durham.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

The interior [of Durham Cathedral] presents many objects of high interest—[such] as the sumptuous bishop’s throne (Fig. 602), the stone chair (Fig. 590), and above all, the common tomb of St. Cuthbert [...]

Keywords: furniture, carving, chairs, greyscale

Places shown: DurhamDurham; England

Added: 2014-03-16

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885.—Tightrope artist with table and candles and dwarf.New Specimen of Cast-Metal Ornaments and Wood Types (1840)

On a styilized stage a woman sits on a tightrope with a three-legged table holding two lit candles and other items; she is holding two cups and perhaps will juggle. She wears a feather i her cap and i [...]

Keywords: people, circuses, theatre, performances, balancing, tightropes, chairs, stages, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2014-02-12

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Byzantine Saint seated, with bookL’Ornament Polychrome (Ornament in Colour) (1869)

A saint, by the hair probably female, sits on a chair and points to a book held in one hand in this detail from an illuminated letter B from an Anglo-Saxon manuscript. She (or he) has a halo, bare fee [...]

Keywords: people, saints, religion, halos, bare feet, chairs, women, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2014-03-08

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The Sabôt Maker’s FamilyThe Forest of Arden With Some of its Legends (1914)

A sabôt is a sort of wooden shoe or clog. One may hear [the wooden-shoe maker’s] noisy laughter and loud song ringing out to the accompaniment of the strokes of his short hatchet with which he shapes [...]

Keywords: people, interiors, colour, work, windows, children, mothers, chairs, tables, carpentry, motherhood

Places shown: none

Added: 2013-11-03

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1146.—Chair (Royal M.S. 14 E, iii.)Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

“The square-backed chair (Fig. 1146) was frequent in the mansions of the thirteenth century. In the fourteenth, they, and other articles combining household utility and elegance, were modified by the [...]

Keywords: furniture, chairs, people, writing, royalty, monks, scholars, christmas, greyscale

Places shown: England

Added: 2006-01-19

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Study chair and bookcaseAn Old Sweetheart of Mine (1902)

A bookcase with a picture leaning up against it; a comfortable padded chair; fire-tongs and a curtain.

Keywords: interiors, pictures of books, books, bookcases, chairs, furniture, duotones, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2011-05-06

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Queen Anne ChairThe National and Domestic History of England (Vol 3) (1878)

A sketch or line-drawing of an upholstered airmchair from the early eighteenth century (C18, 18th C., the Queen Anne period). This is a detail from Specimens of Furniture, Time of Anne.

Keywords: furniture, chairs, clipart, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2008-06-16

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