Lines Collection

Design with white flowers. Ink and watercolour on tracing paper with ruled pencil lines. Silver Studio. circa 1890

Design for Woven Textile in cream and beige. Colour Pencil on copy paper. Silver Studio. 1936

Design for textile or wallpaper in blue and cream. Gouache on copy paper with ruled lines. Silver Studio. circa 1900

Design for printed textile with organic shapes. Charcoal and crayon on copy paper with one portion worked in gouache and ruled pencil lines. Silver Studio. 1906

Cover design, Aero Espresso Italiana timetable, with scenes of Rhodes and Athens. Serving Brindisi, Athens, Rhodes and Istanbul. 1932

Cover design, Railway Air Services timetable in conjunction with Spartan Air Lines Ltd, between London and the Isle of Wight. circa 1936

Pan American Airways route map
Pan American Airways System global route map of the Flying Clipper Ships (passengers, mail, express). circa 1938

Leviathan refueling
The fuel ship British Councillor bunkering (refueling) the large liner Leviathan

Label design for Munson Steamship Lines, with cruises visiting Nassau, Miami and Havana. 20th century

Brown and cream abstract design
Brown and cream abstract art deco design with wavy lines and spots c. 1930s

Brown zig zag graphic design pattern
Brown zig zag art deco graphic design pattern c. 1930s

Wartime leaflet, blood transfusion service
Wartime leaflet about the blood transfusion service, showing how blood, and blood transfusion equipment, are dropped by parachute behind enemy lines to save the lives of wounded soldiers. 1940s

Brown, black and cream abstract design
Brown, black and cream abstract art deco design with wavy lines c. 1930s

British officers relaxing, Western Front, WW1
Four British army officers relaxing behind the lines on the Western Front during World War One. Their chairs are made from ration boxes. circa 1916

Advertisement for New York, USA, the Wonder City of the World, with the Statue of Liberty in the foreground. Travel arranged by New York Central Lines. circa 1930s

Stylised design with three human figures
Stylised design in brown, orange and white, with the outlines of three human figures. circa 1930s

Abstract design with zigzags in green and pink. circa 1930s

Brightly coloured abstract design with lines and curves, in red, pink and mauve. circa 1930s

Black and cream stick figure abstract design
Black and cream stick figure abstract art deco design on a dark orange background. c. 1930s

Packaging design for Lilas perfume

Blue, black and grey graphic design pattern
Blue, black and grey art deco graphic design pattern c. 1930s

Advertisement for Tri-Ang toy model motor cars, marketed by Lines Bros of London. His Christmas dream come true. Showing a father and son admiring a large toy motor car, a Tri-Ang Rover Regal

Art deco design in yellow, green, brown and blue, some of the shapes resembling sea anemones. circa 1930s

Art deco lined graphic design
Blue and beige art deco lined graphic design c. 1930s

Brown, beige and cream abstract design
Brown, beige, grey and cream abstract art deco design with semicircles, lines and shapes c. 1930s

Night scene inside Australian lines, Western Front, WW1
A night scene inside Australian lines on the Western Front during World War One. circa 1916

Pilot and observer about to set out, Western Front, WW1
A British pilot and his observer getting instructions through their CO via photographs and maps before setting out for the German lines on the Western Front in France during World War One. circa 1916

Big gun transported in bad weather, Western Front, WW1
A British big gun being transported to the front lines in bad weather on the Western Front during World War One. circa 1916

Pigeon loft on Western Front, France, WW1
A pigeon loft near the front lines on the Western Front in France during World War One. The pigeons were used for sending messages. circa 1916

French cavalrymen on Western Front, WW1
Two French cavalrymen riding through British lines to go into action on the Western Front in France during World War One. circa 1916

British troops behind the lines, Western Front, WW1
British troops a few kilometers behind the lines on the Western Front in France during World War One. circa 1916

Design for Textile or Wallpaper in green and beige. Gouache on brown waxed tracing paper with ruled Pencil lines. circa 1895

Design for Wallpaper in white, brown and green. Gouache on heavy Pencil with ruled Pencil lines. Silver Studio. 1890

Trolley bus, Ostende-Blankenberghe-Knocke
A trolley bus of four carriages serving Ostende, Blankenberghe and Knocke, Belgium

People on ships deck playing a game
People on the deck of a ship, playing a game involving wooden models of racehorses, with a racecourse marked out in white

Buddhist Monastery Interior
Southern Chinese Buddhist Monks in Zinjiang Province, China sit in lines before the Abbot. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts Date: 1932

Four women - Cubist Style
A cubist-style painting of four women by Raymond Sheppard Date: circa late 1940s

Poster advertising United States Lines to the USA

Poster advertising Italian Lines to all continents, operated by Fratelli Cosulich, Lloyd Triestino and Adria

Terraced housing in Sheffield
Victorian or Edwardian terraced housing in Sheffield, with people out in the yard and washing hanging on lines. Date: 1961

Poster advertising Deutsche Afrika Lines
Poster advertising cruises on the Deutsche Africa Lines, showing a man on a donkey with a child in a basket on either side

Buddhist Head Monk - Xinjiang
Southern Chinese Buddhist Abbot in Zinjiang Province, China sitting in his Monastic Throne. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts Date: 1932

Poster advertising Elder Dempster Lines
Poster advertising the Elder Dempster Lines for services to and from West and South West Africa

Advert for Canadian Pacific Lines, 1926, Paris Date: 1926

Lines of Communication by David Wright, showing a woman on the telephone. Wright produced a series of over 160 illustrations or pin-ups for The Sketch during the 1940 s

Jersey Airways Poster
A poster advertising Jersey Airways Ltd. flights from Jersey to Paris; regular services taking two and a half hours. Date: 1930s

Doggy does Laundry
A helpful dog holds a basket of laundry in its mouth for a little girl, who is pegging out her washing. Date: 1930s

Girls playing at Peterlee, County Durham

Label design for United States Lines, First Class Stateroom. 20th century

See Ireland First travel Poster
See Ireland First travel poster, travel by Cunard and Anchor Lines by the Irish Tourist Board

Manufacturing Wool Yarn
The largest (at the time) single line of worsted carding machines for opening scoured raw wool prior to combing at Patons & Baldwins factory in Darlington

Advertisement for Ellerman Lines

Royal Mail Lines L Amerique du Sud
Royal Mail Lines poster for the French office in Paris advertising travel to South America, to Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina. The ocean liner advertised is the Andes. Date: 1930s

Norddeutscher Lloyd shipping poster
A poster for shipping company Norddeutscher Lloyd, who operated out of Bremen in North Germany

Underwater coral art deco design

Wavy line abstract art deco design
Grey, white and brown, wavy line abstract art deco design c. 1930s

Grey and brown abstract art deco line design
Grey and brown abstract art deco design with black and white batons c. 1930s

Brown and yellow abstract art deco design
Brown, yellow, cream and black abstract art deco design with wavy lines and angled stripes. c. 1930s

White, gold and mauve abstract art deco design with zig zag lines c. 1930s

Red, gold and cream abstract art deco design c. 1930s

Black, red and cream abstract art deco design with wavy lines c. 1930s

Black, gold and yellow abstract art deco design with lines c. 1930s

Gold and red abstract art deco line design with a black box at the centre. c. 1930s

Blue, gold and yellow abstract art deco design with lines and a yellow and red box at the centre. c. 1930s

Yellow and brown abstract art deco design
Yellow, brown, grey and beige abstract art deco design with wavy and zig zag lines. c. 1930s

Art deco abstract graphic design
An art deco abstract graphic design with lines in black and brown with a beige background. c. 1930s

Art deco abstract graphic design with zig zag lines in many colours. c. 1930s

Orient Line trips
Orient Line poster advertising boomerang trips and first class fares to Australia and back from 230. Date: Mid 20th Century

Poster advertising Royal Mail Lines to the West Indies
Poster advertising a Royal Mail Lines cruise to the West Indies on the liner Atlantis. Date: January 1939

South America by Royal Mail
Poster for Royal Mail Lines Ltd - South America by Royal Mail - depicting a large ocean-going steamship. Date: 1930s

Poster for Farman airlines
Poster advertising Farman airlines flights from Paris to Belgium, Holland, Germany and Scandinavia

United States Lines poster
Poster produced by United States Lines shipping company promoting their passenger liner service to America, featuring the iconic Statue of Liberty. Date: 20th century

DRYING DISMAL DESMOND
A little girl pegs out her freshly washed Dismal Desmond toy dalmatian dog to dry on the washing line in her back yard! Date: early 1930s

Dryden / Washing Lambs / 50
A girl uses Persil washing powder to keep her lambs white - she then pegs them out to dry on the washing line! Date: 1930s

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