Decorative Collection

Chocolate box design, garden scene with hollyhocks
Chocolate box design, showing a garden scene with pink and red hollyhocks in the foreground, surrounded by a decorative border in gold, black, orange and blue. 20th century

Decorative border of children, by Muriel Dawson. 1920s

Pencil sketches, including decorative border design
Pencil sketches, including a decorative border design and a human figure. 1920s

Letter headed paper by Muriel Dawson, giving her address and phone number, with a decorative border of children. 1920s

Title page design, The Fairy Book, by Muriel Dawson. 1920s

Egyptian decorative designs, copied from various excavated tombs. Date: early 20th century

History of Art seminar at Corsham Art School
A History of Art seminar conducted by Adrian Heath (1920-1992) at Corsham Art School, Wiltshire. Various illustrated books are laid out on the table, including one on gothic painting. Date: 1958

It suffices. What suffices?
It suffices. What suffices

French decorative fan with a couple and a slogan saying what you need to be happy in life -- a little air, and jewels, diamonds and pearls. c. 1920s

Alphabet -- Letter B. 20th century

Alphabet -- Letter P. 20th century

Advertisement for Auguste Bonaz combs

Alphabet -- Letter L. 20th century

Alphabet -- Letter F. 20th century

Alphabet -- Letter I. 20th century

Alphabet -- Letter S. 20th century

Alphabet -- Letter U. 20th century

Alphabet -- Letter X. 20th century

Alphabet -- Letter N. 20th century

Alphabet -- Letter M. 20th century

Alphabet -- Letter G. 20th century

Alphabet -- Letter H. 20th century

Alphabet -- Letter D. 20th century

Alphabet -- Letter T. 20th century

Campbell Bros Ltd. advertisement
Advertisement for Campbell Bros

Out of Doors -- label design with two children. 19th century

Art Deco party game card
Cover of a party game card from the 1920s featuring a flapper girl in a harlequin style fancy dress costume with a balloon on a ribbon. Date: c.1925

Decorative wood carving in the shape of a bouquet of flowers, with a keyhole below. 20th century

Cover design, Modern Letterpress Designs
Cover design for Modern Letterpress Designs, Volume XII, reprinted from The British Printer, Volume XVII, by Raithby Lawrence & Co Ltd, London and Leicester

Poster design for International Exposition, Turin, Italy
Poster design for the First International Exposition of Modern and Decorative Arts, held in Turin, Italy, from April until November 1902

Titanic commemorative napkin
Commemorative paper napkin produced in memory of the captain and crew of the passenger liner RMS Titanic which sank on 15 April 1912 after hitting an iceberg on its maiden voyage. Date: 1912

Cover design, Spanish colour illustrations
Cover design, Album Salon, containing Spanish colour illustrations from the year 1901, edited by Miguel Segui, Barcelona. 1901

Girl in a Pierrot Costume in this stylised circular painting by Malcolm Greensmith. circa 1980

Advertisement for Au Bucheron furniture store, Paris
Advertisement for the Au Bucheron furniture store, Rue de Rivoli, Paris, France, showing an elegantly dressed woman admiring a large decorative bowl on a table from behind a stylish screen

Alphabet -- Letter Z. 20th century

Alphabet -- Letter W. 20th century

Alphabet -- Letter Q. 20th century

Two cats on a fan, driving a car
Two cats, one black, one white, depicted on a fan, driving a veteran car along a country road. c.1930

Alphabet -- Letter C. 20th century

Alphabet -- Letter J. 20th century

Alphabet -- Letter O. 20th century

Alphabet -- Letter V. 20th century

Floral decorative fan with frilly edging showing pictures of flowers -- each section explains the symbolism of flowers, eg Pansy for Thoughts, Snowdrop for Hope. c. 1910s

Poster design for Bouquet de Paris perfume by Plassard, featuring a representative image of Paris in the shape of a bouquet. 20th century

Alphabet -- Letter A. 20th century

Alphabet -- Letter K. 20th century

Alphabet -- Letter Y. 20th century

Alphabet -- Letter E. 20th century

Alphabet -- Letter R. 20th century

Geranium by J Milesi, pochoir print in Eugene Grasset, La Plante et Ses Applications Ornamentales. 1896

Four decorative floral designs -- Poppy, pochoir print by M Verneuil in Eugene Grasset, La Plante et Ses Applications Ornamentales. 1896

Cyclamen by E Hervegh, pochoir print in Eugene Grasset, La Plante et Ses Applications Ornamentales. 1896

Four decorative floral designs -- Geranium, pochoir print by Marcel Gaudin in Eugene Grasset, La Plante et Ses Applications Ornamentales. 1896

Psyche borne off by Zephyrus, by Edward Burne-Jones
Psyche borne off by Zephyrus, drawn by Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones and wood engraved by William Morris. circa 1890s

Adoration of the Magi by Ghirlandaio
Reproduction of a detail from Adoration of the Magi by Domenico Ghirlandaio on a postcard

Adoration of the Shepherds by Ghirlandaio
Reproduction of Adoration of the Shepherds by Domenico Ghirlandaio, with a portrait of the artist below. 1485

Kingfisher on a branch
A kingfisher on a branch, with a decorative border of leaves and fishes

Flox und Gerste (Flox and Barley) by Kolb and Gmelich
Von Der Pflanze Zum Ornament by Gustav Kolb and Karl Gmelich, Plate 30, Flox und Gerste (Flox and Barley). 1902

Stechlaub (Holly) by Kolb and Gmelich
Von Der Pflanze Zum Ornament by Gustav Kolb and Karl Gmelich, Plate 22, Stechlaub (Holly). 1902

Hopfen (Hops) by Kolb and Gmelich
Von Der Pflanze Zum Ornament by Gustav Kolb and Karl Gmelich, Plate 20, Hopfen (Hops). 1902

Mistel (Mistletoe) by Kolb and Gmelich
Von Der Pflanze Zum Ornament by Gustav Kolb and Karl Gmelich, Plate 19, Mistel (Mistletoe). 1902

Wicke und Gerste by Kolb and Gmelich
Von Der Pflanze Zum Ornament by Gustav Kolb and Karl Gmelich, Plate 28, Wicke und Gerste (Vetch and Barley). 1902

Nachtschatten etc (Nightshade etc) by Kolb and Gmelich
Von Der Pflanze Zum Ornament by Gustav Kolb and Karl Gmelich, Plate 26, Bittersachtschatten, Hagebutte und Weissdorn (Deadly Nightshade, Rosehips and Hawthorn). 1902

Glockenblume etc (Bellflowers etc) by Kolb and Gmelich
Von Der Pflanze Zum Ornament by Gustav Kolb and Karl Gmelich, Plate 17, Rundblõ┤┤rige Glockenblume und Jakobskreuzkraut (Round-leafed Bellflower and Ragwort). 1902

Man in naval costume
An unidentified man in ceremonial naval costume, complete with epaulettes and sword

Victorian style domestic interior with fireplace
A Victorian style domestic interior with fireplace, and different patterns everywhere you look

Victorian style domestic interior with large fireplace
A Victorian style domestic interior with a large fireplace, and different items of furniture everywhere you look

Label design with elegant woman
Label design featuring an elegant woman in colourful costume

Decorative chocolate box lid with flowers and leaves

Finesse Bridge Set

Business Card Design
French Business Card Design with windmill scene

Business Card Design

Yeoman Warder of the Tower of London

Officer Lieutenant of the 10th Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales Own) circa 1890. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith Date: circa 1890

Map of South America published by John Tallis
Map of South America drawn by John Rapkin and published by cartographic publisher John Tallis and Company

Lantern makers
Japanese lantern makers painting lanterns to add to the decorative examples already hanging up Date: Late 19th Century

Celluloid Compact C. 1918
Celluloid compact with paste decoration, decorative clasp and tassels in a mock tortoise shell finish. Date: circa 1918

Japanese dressmaking
A Japanese lady engaged in a clothes making task in a decorative interior Date: Late 19th Century

Japanese bed
Two Japanese girls sleep in a traditional Japanese bed on the floor; a decorative screen is behind them. Date: late 19th Century

Label design for Rhum Fin (Fine Rum), in art deco style. circa 1930s

Embroiderers in Japan
A team of Japanese embroiderers working on decorative parasols Date: late 19th Century

Advertisement for Casa Codorniu champagne, manufactured in Spain. Showing a man in evening dress with a monocle, moustache and cane. circa early 20th century

Brooch with cats in front of a boiling kettle
A pretty brooch featuring three cats in front of a boiling kettle on a hearth. They are looking worried, as if the water is going to boil over and put out the fire. circa late 19th century

Label design for Selunic fruit salts
Label design for Selunic effervescent fruit salts -- they purify the liver, refresh the stomach and tone up the intestines. Manufactured by Georges Miquel, Paris

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