Category: Style and trade catalogs/books.

Traveling back to real Art Deco time. No IKEA knock offs. Imagery from a commercial catalogue published in Paris France in 1932 by Chapelon et Gervais.

Front cover of a 1932 catalogue titled Ateliers le fer ouvré, published by the firm of Chapelon et Gervais, 14 avenue des Sycomores, Paris 16e, France. Jean Acker et Cie, Paris, printers. Collections of the Bibliothèque Forney, Paris. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. https://bibliotheques-specialisees.paris.fr/ark:/73873/pf0002007673/v0001.simple.highlight=ferronnerie.selectedTab=thumbnail
Title page. of a 1932 catalogue titled Ateliers le fer ouvré, published by the firm of Chapelon et Gervais, 14 avenue des Sycomores, Paris 16e, France. Jean Acker et Cie, Paris, printers. Collections of the Bibliothèque Forney, Paris. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. https://bibliotheques-specialisees.paris.fr/ark:/73873/pf0002007673/v0001.simple.highlight=ferronnerie.selectedTab=thumbnail



Lampes modernes, 1001-1004 ; fer verni noirci, poli, nickelé ou chromé, verre dépoli. Image 7 of a 1932 catalogue titled Ateliers le fer ouvré, published by the firm of Chapelon et Gervais, 14 avenue des Sycomores, Paris 16e, France. Jean Acker et Cie, Paris, printers. Collections of the Bibliothèque Forney, Paris. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. https://bibliotheques-specialisees.paris.fr/ark:/73873/pf0002007673/v0001.simple.highlight=ferronnerie.selectedTab=thumbnail
Lampes Moderne, 1008-1011, fer noirci verni, poli ou nickele, verre dépoli. Tous ces articles se font également en chromé. Image 9 of a 1932 catalogue titled Ateliers le fer ouvré, published by the firm of Chapelon et Gervais, 14 avenue des Sycomores, Paris 16e, France. Jean Acker et Cie, Paris, printers. Collections of the Bibliothèque Forney, Paris. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. https://bibliotheques-specialisees.paris.fr/ark:/73873/pf0002007673/v0009.simple.highlight=ferronnerie.selectedTab=thumbnail
Lustre Moderne. 5029; 6 luminaires, fer forgé noirci ou patiné, verres dépolis. 5030; 12 lumières intérieures, fer forgé noirci ou patiné, verres dépoli. Image 26 of a 1932 catalogue titled Ateliers le fer ouvré, published by the firm of Chapelon et Gervais, 14 avenue des Sycomores, Paris 16e, France. Jean Acker et Cie, Paris, printers. Collections of the Bibliothèque Forney, Paris. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. https://bibliotheques-specialisees.paris.fr/ark:/73873/pf0002007673/v0026.simple.highlight=ferronnerie.selectedTab=thumbnail
Table. 6020-6022. Fer forgé noir verni ou poli. Marbre breche orientale ou ‘lap.’ Image 41 of a 1932 catalogue titled Ateliers le fer ouvré, published by the firm of Chapelon et Gervais, 14 avenue des Sycomores, Paris 16e, France. Jean Acker et Cie, Paris, printers. Collections of the Bibliothèque Forney, Paris. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. https://bibliotheques-specialisees.paris.fr/ark:/73873/pf0002007673/v0041.simple.highlight=ferronnerie.selectedTab=thumbnail
Cadres à Photos. 6031-6032. fer forgé nickelé ou chromé. Image 45 of a 1932 catalogue titled Ateliers le fer ouvré, published by the firm of Chapelon et Gervais, 14 avenue des Sycomores, Paris 16e, France. Jean Acker et Cie, Paris, printers. Collections of the Bibliothèque Forney, Paris. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. https://bibliotheques-specialisees.paris.fr/ark:/73873/pf0002007673/v0045.simple.highlight=ferronnerie.selectedTab=thumbnail
6036. Chenets fer forgé noirci; 6037 Pare-feu fer forgé noirci ou patiné. Image 47 of a 1932 catalogue titled Ateliers le fer ouvré, published by the firm of Chapelon et Gervais, 14 avenue des Sycomores, Paris 16e, France. Jean Acker et Cie, Paris, printers. Collections of the Bibliothèque Forney, Paris. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. https://bibliotheques-specialisees.paris.fr/ark:/73873/pf0002007673/v0047.simple.highlight=ferronnerie.selectedTab=thumbnail
7019 and 7020: Balcon fer forgé noirci. Image 62 Image 47 of a 1932 catalogue titled Ateliers le fer ouvré, published by the firm of Chapelon et Gervais, 14 avenue des Sycomores, Paris 16e, France. Jean Acker et Cie, Paris, printers. Collections of the Bibliothèque Forney, Paris. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. https://bibliotheques-specialisees.paris.fr/ark:/73873/pf0002007673/v0062.simple.highlight=ferronnerie.selectedTab=thumbnail

Dreaming the blizzard away. 1928 flower pictures from the “Sutherland Garden handbook” which was published by the Sutherland Landscape and Nursery Company of Boulder, Colorado. Collections of the Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection, National Agricultural Library.

THE SUTHERLAND GARDEN HANDBOOK: Garden of Doctor John M. Foster, Denver. Made with “Sutherland” plants.Twenty-two acres of Hardy flowers, Evergreens, Shrubs, Trees, Vines, and Roses. from The Sutherland Landscape and Nursery Company, BOULDER, COLORADO. Front cover, image 3 of The Sutherland Garden Handbook. Published in 1928 by the Sutherland Landscape and Nursery Company, Boulder Colorado. Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection, National Agricultural Library. In the public domain due to age. https://archive.org/details/CAT31328763/page/n2/mode/1up
The Fragrant Blue Phlox – Like a glimpse of the “woods.” See Page 18. Page 1, Image 5 of The Sutherland Garden Handbook. Published in 1928 by the Sutherland Landscape and Nursery Company, Boulder, Colorado. Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection, National Agricultural Library. In the public domain due to age. https://archive.org/details/CAT31328763/page/1/mode/1up
The Dainty Beltonia. Page 4, Image 8 of The Sutherland Garden Handbook. Published in 1928 by the Sutherland Landscape and Nursery Company, Boulder, Colorado. Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection, National Agricultural Library. In the public domain due to age. https://archive.org/details/CAT31328763/page/4/mode/1up
A Bouquet of Grass Plumes Cut for Winter Decoration (Miscanthus Sinensis). Page 8, Image 12 of The Sutherland Garden Handbook. Published in 1928 by the Sutherland Landscape and Nursery Company, Boulder, Colorado. Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection, National Agricultural Library. In the public domain due to age. https://archive.org/details/CAT31328763/page/8/mode/1up
Note the Dainty, Airy Grace of the Siberian Iris – Snow Queen – An Iris that is Different, and That ALL Will Like. Page 11, Image 15 of The Sutherland Garden Handbook. Published in 1928 by the Sutherland Landscape and Nursery Company, Boulder, Colorado. Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection, National Agricultural Library. In the public domain due to age. https://archive.org/details/CAT31328763/page/11/mode/1up
Lupine – Stately in Robes of Satin Pink. Page 14, Image 18 of The Sutherland Garden Handbook. Published in 1928 by the Sutherland Landscape and Nursery Company, Boulder, Colorado. Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection, National Agricultural Library. In the public domain due to age. https://archive.org/details/CAT31328763/page/14/mode/1up
Trumpet Creeper, Bignonia Grandiflora: The Most Gorgeous Flowering Vine. Page 26, Image 30 of The Sutherland Garden Handbook. Published in 1928 by the Sutherland Landscape and Nursery Company, Boulder, Colorado. Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection, National Agricultural Library. In the public domain due to age. https://archive.org/details/CAT31328763/page/26/mode/1up
The Great Pink Honeysuckle Flowers of the Weigela. See Page 38. Page 29, Image 33 of The Sutherland Garden Handbook. Published in 1928 by the Sutherland Landscape and Nursery Company, Boulder, Colorado. Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection, National Agricultural Library. In the public domain due to age. https://archive.org/details/CAT31328763/page/29/mode/1up

Imagery from a 1930s album documenting Welch’s Grape Juice displays in stores in Ohio that is up for sale by rare book dealer James E. Arsenault. I hope the salespeople depicted were better at not spilling purple grape juice on themselves than I ever was. The album was put together by Welch’s salesman Daniel J. Kelly who might have shot some of the pictures, too.

Kroger’s Master Store, Main Avenue, Norwood, Ohio: The display sold 35 cases in six days. Image from a well-captioned album documenting lavish displays of Welch’s grape juice in Cincinnati-area stores in the 1930s, compiled by a Welch’s salesman and including several typed letters and other items of Welch’s ephemera. Image © James E. Arsenault Arsenault and Company. Fair use license. ttps://www.jamesarsenault.com/pages/books/9121/da-j-kelly-photog-comp-iel/album-of-photographs-documenting-welch-s-grape-juice-displays-in-stores-in-ohio
The Dixie Terminal Food Shop Inc. 321 Walnut Street: Sold 2399 Units in six days. 25,000 People pass this window every day, sell the full line. Image from a well-captioned album documenting lavish displays of Welch’s grape juice in Cincinnati-area stores in the 1930s, compiled by a Welch’s salesman and including several typed letters and other items of Welch’s ephemera. Image © James E. Arsenault Arsenault and Company. Fair use license. ttps://www.jamesarsenault.com/pages/books/9121/da-j-kelly-photog-comp-iel/album-of-photographs-documenting-welch-s-grape-juice-displays-in-stores-in-ohio
The Bay Drug Company, Fifth and Main Street, Cincinnati, Ohio: This window sold ten cases in four weeks. 20,000 people pass this window every day for 30 days and nights. Image from a well-captioned album documenting lavish displays of Welch’s grape juice in Cincinnati-area stores in the 1930s, compiled by a Welch’s salesman and including several typed letters and other items of Welch’s ephemera. Image © James E. Arsenault Arsenault and Company. Fair use license. ttps://www.jamesarsenault.com/pages/books/9121/da-j-kelly-photog-comp-iel/album-of-photographs-documenting-welch-s-grape-juice-displays-in-stores-in-ohio
Kroger’s Master Store, 3509 Redding Road, Cincinnati, Ohio: This store sold 25 cases of Welch’s Grape Juice in three days. Image from a well-captioned album documenting lavish displays of Welch’s grape juice in Cincinnati-area stores in the 1930s, compiled by a Welch’s salesman and including several typed letters and other items of Welch’s ephemera. Image © James E. Arsenault Arsenault and Company. Fair use license. ttps://www.jamesarsenault.com/pages/books/9121/da-j-kelly-photog-comp-iel/album-of-photographs-documenting-welch-s-grape-juice-displays-in-stores-in-ohio
Dixie Terminal Food Shop – 321 Walnut Street, Cincinnati, Ohio: Sold 2004 Grape Juice in six days. This store only sold one case of Welch’s Grape Juice a month before this sale. Now this store sells eight to ten cases a month. Image from a well-captioned album documenting lavish displays of Welch’s grape juice in Cincinnati-area stores in the 1930s, compiled by a Welch’s salesman and including several typed letters and other items of Welch’s ephemera. Image © James E. Arsenault Arsenault and Company. Fair use license. ttps://www.jamesarsenault.com/pages/books/9121/da-j-kelly-photog-comp-iel/album-of-photographs-documenting-welch-s-grape-juice-displays-in-stores-in-ohio
The Piggly Wiggly Avondale: This store sold 15 cases in three days. Image from a well-captioned album documenting lavish displays of Welch’s grape juice in Cincinnati-area stores in the 1930s, compiled by a Welch’s salesman and including several typed letters and other items of Welch’s ephemera. Image © James E. Arsenault Arsenault and Company. Fair use license. ttps://www.jamesarsenault.com/pages/books/9121/da-j-kelly-photog-comp-iel/album-of-photographs-documenting-welch-s-grape-juice-displays-in-stores-in-ohio
Kroger’s Master Market – Hyde Park Square: Sold 1899 units in five days. This store now carries our full line. Image from a well-captioned album documenting lavish displays of Welch’s grape juice in Cincinnati-area stores in the 1930s, compiled by a Welch’s salesman and including several typed letters and other items of Welch’s ephemera. Image © James E. Arsenault Arsenault and Company. Fair use license. ttps://www.jamesarsenault.com/pages/books/9121/da-j-kelly-photog-comp-iel/album-of-photographs-documenting-welch-s-grape-juice-displays-in-stores-in-ohio
Kroger’s Master Store, 2721 Erie Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio: This display sold 1056 bottles of Welch Grape Juice in six days. Display for Welch’s Grape Juice and Latonia Club Ginger Ale. Image from a well-captioned album documenting lavish displays of Welch’s grape juice in Cincinnati-area stores in the 1930s, compiled by a Welch’s salesman and including several typed letters and other items of Welch’s ephemera. Image © James E. Arsenault Arsenault and Company. Fair use license. ttps://www.jamesarsenault.com/pages/books/9121/da-j-kelly-photog-comp-iel/album-of-photographs-documenting-welch-s-grape-juice-displays-in-stores-in-ohio
The Dixie Terminal Food Shop, 321 Walnut Street, Cincinnati, Ohio: This photo shows the Mass Display and entire store trimmed. Image from a well-captioned album documenting lavish displays of Welch’s grape juice in Cincinnati-area stores in the 1930s, compiled by a Welch’s salesman and including several typed letters and other items of Welch’s ephemera. Image © James E. Arsenault Arsenault and Company. Fair use license. ttps://www.jamesarsenault.com/pages/books/9121/da-j-kelly-photog-comp-iel/album-of-photographs-documenting-welch-s-grape-juice-displays-in-stores-in-ohio

This is the same Kroger Grocery people (kroger.com) we have now but back in the 1930s when they were a much smaller Ohio grocery store chain. The same Piggly Wiggly, too.

A niece-in-law tying the knot and needing a hotel to rest in between in-law ignoring. Imagery from a 1915 promotional brochure from the Davenport Hotel, Spokane, Washington State USA. So much prettier than the last hotel I stayed at. I think I’ll time travel back and move in for the winter.

Front cover of a 1915 catalogue promoting the Davenport Hotel in Spokane, Washington State USA. Collections of the Library of Congress. https://archive.org/details/davenporthotelsp00dave/page/n6/mode/1up
Exterior view. Page 12 of a 1915 catalogue promoting the Davenport Hotel in Spokane, Washington State USA. Collections of the Library of Congress. https://archive.org/details/davenporthotelsp00dave/page/n11/mode/1up
Main entrance. Exterior view. Page 9 (upper image) of a 1915 catalogue promoting the Davenport Hotel in Spokane, Washington State USA. Collections of the Library of Congress. https://archive.org/details/davenporthotelsp00dave/page/9/mode/1up
Lobby or perhaps one of the Commercial Traveler’s Display Rooms (I think) with a most impressive lamp and an array of potted ferns. Page 11 of a 1915 catalogue promoting the Davenport Hotel in Spokane, Washington State USA. Collections of the Library of Congress. https://archive.org/details/davenporthotelsp00dave/page/11/mode/1up
Lobby, decorated in the Spanish Renaissance style and fixtured by the T. W. Wilmarth Company. Also more potted palms and staff members at the posts by the doorways. Page 15 of a 1915 catalogue promoting the Davenport Hotel in Spokane, Washington State USA. Collections of the Library of Congress. https://archive.org/details/davenporthotelsp00dave/page/20/mode/1up
Another view of the lobby showing its Spanish Renaissance elements and decorations. The description mentions that the colors chosen were part of the Moorish Revival style which was also very fashionable in 1915. Page 22 of a 1915 catalogue promoting the Davenport Hotel in Spokane, Washington State USA. Collections of the Library of Congress. https://archive.org/details/davenporthotelsp00dave/page/22/mode/1up
Another view of the lobby showing its Spanish Renaissance decor including the furniture, light fixtures and wrought iron balcony rail. Page 23 of a 1915 catalogue promoting the Davenport Hotel in Spokane, Washington State USA. Collections of the Library of Congress. https://archive.org/details/davenporthotelsp00dave/page/23/mode/1up
Dining room. Page 33 of a 1915 catalogue promoting the Davenport Hotel in Spokane, Washington State USA. Collections of the Library of Congress. https://archive.org/details/davenporthotelsp00dave/page/25/mode/1up
Isabella Dining Room with more Spanish Revival chandeliers. Page 30/38 of a 1915 catalogue promoting the Davenport Hotel in Spokane, Washington State USA. Collections of the Library of Congress. https://archive.org/details/davenporthotelsp00dave/page/30/mode/1up
Marie Antoinette Ballroom. Page 33/41 of a 1915 catalogue promoting the Davenport Hotel in Spokane, Washington State USA. Collections of the Library of Congress. https://archive.org/details/davenporthotelsp00dave/page/33/mode/1up
Staircase with a bench and huge potted palm that leads to the Mezzanine and the Elizabethan Banquet Room. Page 36/44 of a 1915 catalogue promoting the Davenport Hotel in Spokane, Washington State USA. Collections of the Library of Congress. https://archive.org/details/davenporthotelsp00dave/page/36/mode/1up
Guest room showing a man working at the desk and a view of the bathroom past the open bathroom door over on the left. Page 46/54 of a 1915 catalogue promoting the Davenport Hotel in Spokane, Washington State USA. Collections of the Library of Congress. https://archive.org/details/davenporthotelsp00dave/page/46/mode/1up
Manicurists in the Davenport Hair Salon in the basement of the hotel. Page 47/55 of a 1915 catalogue promoting the Davenport Hotel in Spokane, Washington State USA. Collections of the Library of Congress. https://archive.org/details/davenporthotelsp00dave/page/47/mode/1up
Pompeiian Rooms (marble barber shop and manicure parlors) in the basement of the hotel with the text stating that “a novel feature of this department are two rooms set apart for automobilists and others who come in off a dusty trip. Here they may bathe, have their clothing pressed, have the services of manicurist and masseur, as well as barber, and then lie down for a rest in perfect quiet before presenting themselves in dining room or at the desk.” Page 48 and 49 /56 of a 1915 catalogue promoting the Davenport Hotel in Spokane, Washington State USA. Collections of the Library of Congress. https://archive.org/details/davenporthotelsp00dave/page/48/mode/1up
Not sure which room this is but I think it’s one of the automobilists’ manicure parlors. Page 61 /69 of a 1915 catalogue promoting the Davenport Hotel in Spokane, Washington State USA. Collections of the Library of Congress. https://archive.org/details/davenporthotelsp00dave/page/61/mode/1up
Guest bedroom/chamber. Page 67/75 of a 1915 catalogue promoting the Davenport Hotel in Spokane, Washington State USA. Collections of the Library of Congress. https://archive.org/details/davenporthotelsp00dave/page/67/mode/1up
Part of the suite for automobilists to freshen up. Page 57 of a 1915 catalogue promoting the Davenport Hotel in Spokane, Washington State USA. Collections of the Library of Congress. https://archive.org/details/davenporthotelsp00dave/page/57/mode/1up

Looks like this is/was part of a catalogue listing a number of hotels as there is a photograph of the Grand Canyon Hotel at Yellowstone National Park at the end.

The Davenport Hotel is still there with its potted palms and amazing lobby. Book a room in real time or visit them online. https://www.davenporthotelcollection.com/

In need of a new wardrobe and a wanting to be more chic than anyone shopping at the boutique on the street car line. Imagery from “La Mode 1914,” a commercial catalogue of Bernard et Cie. Collections of the Bibliothèque Patrimoniales, Paris, France.

L’ARRIVÉE AU CHÂTEAU: Créations de Bernard et Cie. Image 13 from La Mode 1914, a commercial catalogue of Bernard et Cie, who were also the publishers. Georges Leonnec, illustrator. G. Heymann, 186 rue de Rivoli, Paris, imprimeur. Collections des bibliothèques de prêt. In the public domain due to age. https://bibliotheques-specialisees.paris.fr/ark:/73873/pf0002307564/v0013.simple.highlight=Bernard%20et%20Cie.selectedTab=thumbnail
AU THÉ TANGO: Créations de Bernard et Cie. Image 15 from La Mode 1914, a commercial catalogue of Bernard et Cie, who were also the publishers. Georges Leonnec, illustrator. G. Heymann, 186 rue de Rivoli, Paris, imprimeur. Collections des bibliothèques de prêt. In the public domain due to age. https://bibliotheques-specialisees.paris.fr/ark:/73873/pf0002307564/v0015.simple.highlight=Bernard%20et%20Cie.selectedTab=thumbnail
À DEAUVILLE. LA POTINIÈRE: Créations de Bernard et Cie. Image 17 from La Mode 1914, a commercial catalogue of Bernard et Cie, who were also the publishers. Georges Leonnec, illustrator. G. Heymann, 186 rue de Rivoli, Paris, imprimeur. Collections des bibliothèques de prêt. In the public domain due to age. https://bibliotheques-specialisees.paris.fr/ark:/73873/pf0002307564/v0017.simple.highlight=Bernard%20et%20Cie.selectedTab=thumbnail
LE RENDEZ-VOUS: Créations de Bernard et Cie. Image 19 from La Mode 1914, a commercial catalogue of Bernard et Cie, who were also the publishers. Georges Leonnec, illustrator. G. Heymann, 186 rue de Rivoli, Paris, imprimeur. Collections des bibliothèques de prêt. In the public domain due to age. https://bibliotheques-specialisees.paris.fr/ark:/73873/pf0002307564/v0019.simple.highlight=Bernard%20et%20Cie.selectedTab=thumbnail

Put on your overcoat and button up those galoshes. Auctioning off the contents of Woodlea, Virginia Water, Surrey England at two o’clock sharp at 489 Park Avenue in town. Mother having bought a new manse in Tuxedo Park on the cheap but needing it decorated up by Christmas. From 1927.

The Drawing Room, Woodlea, Virginia Water, Surrey, England. Page 9 of ENGLISH, FRENCH AND ITALIAN ANTIQUE FURNITURE; BEAUVAIS AND FLEMISH TAPESTRIES, REGENCE BOISERIE AND OBJETS D’ART. The contents of Woodlea, Virginia Water, Surrey, England, chiefly collected by the late LORD GRIMTHORPE.  THE ANDERSON GALLERIES, 489 Park Avenue at Fifty-Ninth Street, New York. January 16, 1927.  Collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Artwork in the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/englishfrenchita00ande/page/n9/mode/1up
26. CUSHION COVERED WITH VENETIAN EIGHTEENTH CENTURY BROCATELLE; Architecture and landscape in silver thread and silks. 27. PAIR OF CUSHIONS WITH ELIZABETHAN CREWEL WORK; In multi-colored silks on a gray-green ground. 28. CUSHION WITH STUART CREWEL WORK; In green, orange-red and yellow on a cream linen ground.  Page 15 of ENGLISH, FRENCH AND ITALIAN ANTIQUE FURNITURE; BEAUVAIS AND FLEMISH TAPESTRIES, REGENCE BOISERIE AND OBJETS D’ART. The contents of Woodlea, Virginia Water, Surrey, England, chiefly collected by the late LORD GRIMTHORPE.  THE ANDERSON GALLERIES, 489 Park Avenue at Fifty-Ninth Street, New York. January 16, 1927.  Collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Artwork in the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/englishfrenchita00ande/page/n15/mode/1up
58. LOW SIX-LEGGED FIRESIDE GENCH BENCH COVERED WITH ISPAHAN VELVET EMBROIDERY; The latter, 17th century. The moulded “S’ scroll supports in the Stuart taste are of comparatively modern workmanship. The cover is worked in silver and gold thread and colors in flower and bird arabesques placed in ogives, on a brilliant scarlet velvet ground. Formal borders to the right and left.  Page 20 of ENGLISH, FRENCH AND ITALIAN ANTIQUE FURNITURE; BEAUVAIS AND FLEMISH TAPESTRIES, REGENCE BOISERIE AND OBJETS D’ART. The contents of Woodlea, Virginia Water, Surrey, England, chiefly collected by the late LORD GRIMTHORPE.  THE ANDERSON GALLERIES, 489 Park Avenue at Fifty-Ninth Street, New York. January 16, 1927.  Collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Artwork in the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/englishfrenchita00ande/page/n20/mode/1up
72. MAHOGANY TRIPOD CENTRE TABLE WITH ILLUMINATED TOP. English, ca. 1820. On three scrolled and voluted supports; bold spirally twisted centre stem. The circular top with broad member contains a delightful series of architectural views of Rome painted on slate. The centre dominated by a view of Saint Peter’s in an oval medallion surrounded converging panels with views of antique and Renaissance Rome.  Page 25 of ENGLISH, FRENCH AND ITALIAN ANTIQUE FURNITURE; BEAUVAIS AND FLEMISH TAPESTRIES, REGENCE BOISERIE AND OBJETS D’ART. The contents of Woodlea, Virginia Water, Surrey, England, chiefly collected by the late LORD GRIMTHORPE.  THE ANDERSON GALLERIES, 489 Park Avenue at Fifty-Ninth Street, New York. January 16, 1927.  Collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Artwork in the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/englishfrenchita00ande/page/n25/mode/1up
104. WALNUT MERIDIENNE OF THE LOUIS QUINZE PERIOD. French, ca. 1770. Of imaginative form. The back with upholstery in wavily mounded and attenuated shield-shaped frame sloping downwards to the left. The seven scroll-foot supports connected by moulded serpentined rails. One foot restored. Loose down cushion seat.  Page 35 of ENGLISH, FRENCH AND ITALIAN ANTIQUE FURNITURE; BEAUVAIS AND FLEMISH TAPESTRIES, REGENCE BOISERIE AND OBJETS D’ART. The contents of Woodlea, Virginia Water, Surrey, England, chiefly collected by the late LORD GRIMTHORPE.  THE ANDERSON GALLERIES, 489 Park Avenue at Fifty-Ninth Street, New York. January 16, 1927.  Collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Artwork in the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/englishfrenchita00ande/page/35/mode/1up
189. TWO VENETIAN BRONZE POLE LANTERNS ON STRANDS. Italian, Late 17th century. A handsome pair composed of gadroon bulbous members upon which are placed six putti bodies as if on clouds. The hexagonal body with scrolled ear-brackets glazed at a more recent date. The gadrooned domes also simulating clouds with winged amorini heads and turreted gadroon finial with pennants bearing the lion of Saint Mark. The pole is covered with contemporary crimson brocatelle and furnished with a florally chased member. The moulded, arched and three-sided bases covered with crimson brocatelle of more recent date.  Page 76 of ENGLISH, FRENCH AND ITALIAN ANTIQUE FURNITURE; BEAUVAIS AND FLEMISH TAPESTRIES, REGENCE BOISERIE AND OBJETS D’ART. The contents of Woodlea, Virginia Water, Surrey, England, chiefly collected by the late LORD GRIMTHORPE.  THE ANDERSON GALLERIES, 489 Park Avenue at Fifty-Ninth Street, New York. January 16, 1927.  Collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Artwork in the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/englishfrenchita00ande/page/76/mode/1up
254. ORMOLU PLATEAU OF THE EMPIRE PERIOD. An important table centre after Thomire, with broad band in classical taste surmounted by grapevine arabesques in continuous border intersectioned by rectangular panels with Bacchic masks and grapevine festoons. On lion’s-claw supports.  Page 117 of ENGLISH, FRENCH AND ITALIAN ANTIQUE FURNITURE; BEAUVAIS AND FLEMISH TAPESTRIES, REGENCE BOISERIE AND OBJETS D’ART. The contents of Woodlea, Virginia Water, Surrey, England, chiefly collected by the late LORD GRIMTHORPE.  THE ANDERSON GALLERIES, 489 Park Avenue at Fifty-Ninth Street, New York. January 16, 1927.  Collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Artwork in the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/englishfrenchita00ande/page/117/mode/1up
270. MAGNIFICENT EIGHTEEN-LIGHT ROCK CRYSTAL CHANDELIER. French, mid-18th century. The scroll arms carrying candle holders are placed in two tiers; the arms surrounded by rock crystal beads and furnished with diamond-cut and pear-shaped pendants, some cut and some of solid rock crystal. The bottom with large orb cut with oval discs; the upper part composed of two lyre-shaped scroll compositions, each terminating in marguerite rosettes and also furnished with a variety of crystal pendants. This chandelier furnished the library at Woodlea.  Page 133 of ENGLISH, FRENCH AND ITALIAN ANTIQUE FURNITURE; BEAUVAIS AND FLEMISH TAPESTRIES, REGENCE BOISERIE AND OBJETS D’ART. The contents of Woodlea, Virginia Water, Surrey, England, chiefly collected by the late LORD GRIMTHORPE.  THE ANDERSON GALLERIES, 489 Park Avenue at Fifty-Ninth Street, New York. January 16, 1927.  Collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Artwork in the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/englishfrenchita00ande/page/133/mode/1up

Why get a bronze plaque that vanishes in the weeds when you can decorate the family plot with immortal century plant leaves sitting in forever urns. Imagery from WHITE BRONZE MONUMENTS, STATUARY, PORTRAIT MEDALLIONS, BUSTS, STATUES AND ORNAMENTAL IRON WORK for Cemeteries, Public and Private Buildings, manufactured by the Monumental Bronze Company of Bridgeport, Connecticut. Published in October, 1882.

32nd Degree, 9 x 10 1/2 inches. (top row, center). The motto, written in Latin, reads: ‘Spes Mea in Deo est.’ From a page in the catalogue made up of fraternal order pieces with this motto being associated with the Scottish Rite of Freemasonry. American. Page 6 of a trade catalogue published in October 1882 by the Monumental Bronze Company of Bridgeport, Connecticut. Collections of the Smithsonian Libraries. Artwork in the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/Whitebronzemonu00Monu/page/6/mode/1up
Number 1 Emblem, Eastern Star, 5 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches. Page 4 (lower right) of a trade catalogue published in October 1882 by the Monumental Bronze Company of Bridgeport, Connecticut. Collections of the Smithsonian Libraries. Artwork in the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/Whitebronzemonu00Monu/page/4/mode/1up
WHITE BRONZE CENTURY PLANTS AND FL.OWER VASES: Number 2 Century Plant. 12 Leaves, height of vase and leaves 18 inches. Price, $15. (left) – Number 3 Century Plant. 16 Leaves, height 33 inches. Price, $45. Page 11 (upper images) of a trade catalogue published in October 1882 by the Monumental Bronze Company of Bridgeport, Connecticut. Collections of the Smithsonian Libraries. Artwork in the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/Whitebronzemonu00Monu/page/11/mode/1up
Number 222. Statue of ‘Faith.’ Price, $300. Height: 5 feet. Page 13 (upper images) of a trade catalogue published in October 1882 by the Monumental Bronze Company of Bridgeport, Connecticut. Collections of the Smithsonian Libraries. Artwork in the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/Whitebronzemonu00Monu/page/13/mode/1up
WHITE BRONZE, For Fountain Statues is the best, and will never need painting: ‘Baby Elephant,’ holding a Watch and Chain, showing how it can be utilized as a sign for many kinds of businesses. Price, without the Watch and Chain, $100. (left) – Baby Elephant Statue. Price, $100. Extreme height of this Bronze Cast is 26 inches, which includes the Base, which is 15 x 24 inches square and 4 inches thick. the length of the figure is 35 inches (right). Page 16 (upper images) of a trade catalogue published in October 1882 by the Monumental Bronze Company of Bridgeport, Connecticut. Collections of the Smithsonian Libraries. Artwork in the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/Whitebronzemonu00Monu/page/16/mode/1up
THE MONUMENTAL BRONZE COMPANY’S DESIGNS: Number 105. 6 feet 7 inches high. Price, $535. Bottom Base, 41 ½ x 41 ½ inches square. The 4 upper Emblem Tablets are solid. The 4 Tablets in the die will be made removable. The 4 Tablets on 2nd Base will be made solid. The Statue is our Number 99 (See page 15). This monument is suitable for any of our large and medium statues. Page 38 of a trade catalogue published in October 1882 by the Monumental Bronze Company of Bridgeport, Connecticut. Collections of the Smithsonian Libraries. Artwork in the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/Whitebronzemonu00Monu/page/38/mode/1up
Number 160. 9 feet, 8 inches high. Price, 660. Bottom Base, 62 x 62 inches square. The Cross is a ‘Double Front,’ being alike on front and back. The Inscription Tablets in the Gothic panel on front and back of the Cross will be made removable, unless ordered solid. The four Tablets in top portion of second Base will be made removable. Page 55 of a trade catalogue published in October 1882 by the Monumental Bronze Company of Bridgeport, Connecticut. Collections of the Smithsonian Libraries. Artwork in the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/Whitebronzemonu00Monu/page/55/mode/1up

I found out about the Monumental Bronze Company and their catalogue from this blog post which also shows one of their monuments in real life, which appears on page 57 of the catalogue here. https://archive.org/details/Whitebronzemonu00Monu/page/57/mode/1up

https://gravelyspeaking.com/2025/11/23/gone-to-join-the-angels/

Gravestones to Order

a new article from the same blog where I found the mention of Monumental Bronze describing how their markers were marketed, etc. Whether this is in response to my blog post I have no idea but am going to hope so-

A winter holiday to dream of and the most expensive suite they’ve got. Imagery from a Thomas Cook Nile Boat Service brochure for the 1906-1907 winter season.

Front cover. LES ARRANGEMENTS COOK pour L’Egypte et le Nil: Service des bateaux Cook sur le Nil (saison 1906-1907) : programme des dispositions prises par la maison Thomas Cook & son (Egypt) “Led” pour la visite de l’Egypte, le Nil, le Soudan, etc… : avec cartes, illustrations and plans des bateaux à vapeur touristes de 1ère classe, des bateaux à vapeur express, et des dahabiehs à voiles et à vapeur. Brochure for Thomas Cook’s Egypt and the Nile Boat Service for the 1906-1907 winter season. (French version). Published by Thomas Cook and Sons in London and Paris. Collections of the Bibliothèque Tourisme et Voyages. Artwork in the public domain due to age. https://bibliotheques-specialisees.paris.fr/ark:/73873/pf0001851278?posInSet=61&queryId=98f287ac-ba3f-4442-a59a-6c804a8aec96
CARTE DES VOYAGES COOK de Egypte, Palestine, Turquie, Grece, Italie, Etc. Image 3 of LES ARRANGEMENTS COOK pour L’Egypte et le Nil: Service des bateaux Cook sur le Nil (saison 1906-1907) : programme des dispositions prises par la maison Thomas Cook & son (Egypt) “Led” pour la visite de l’Egypte, le Nil, le Soudan, etc… : avec cartes, illustrations and plans des bateaux à vapeur touristes de 1ère classe, des bateaux à vapeur express, et des dahabiehs à voiles et à vapeur. Published by Thomas Cook and Sons in London and Paris. Collections of the Bibliothèque Tourisme et Voyages. Artwork in the public domain due to age. https://bibliotheques-specialisees.paris.fr/ark:/73873/pf0001851278?posInSet=61&queryId=98f287ac-ba3f-4442-a59a-6c804a8aec96
I. LA DAHABIEH. Ce genre de bateau est construit d’après le modèle le plus anciennement connu sur le Nil et confirme, à beaucoup d’égards, au type original en usage sous les Pharaons, bien qu’il ait été considérablement modifié et perfectionné depuis et aménagé selon les idées modernes. La Dahabieh est encore le meilleur des moyens de transport sur le fleuve et aussi le plus luxueux ; c’est également celai qui offre le plus d’independance aux voyageurs. Nos Dahabiehs sone de deux sortes, a vapeur et a voiles. Image 8 of LES ARRANGEMENTS COOK pour L’Egypte et le Nil: Service des bateaux Cook sur le Nil (saison 1906-1907) : programme des dispositions prises par la maison Thomas Cook & son (Egypt) “Led” pour la visite de l’Egypte, le Nil, le Soudan, etc… : avec cartes, illustrations and plans des bateaux à vapeur touristes de 1ère classe, des bateaux à vapeur express, et des dahabiehs à voiles et à vapeur. Published by Thomas Cook and Sons in London and Paris. Collections of the Bibliothèque Tourisme et Voyages. Artwork in the public domain due to age. https://bibliotheques-specialisees.paris.fr/ark:/73873/pf0001851278?posInSet=61&queryId=98f287ac-ba3f-4442-a59a-6c804a8aec96
VUE DU NIL À ASSOUAN. Image 11 of LES ARRANGEMENTS COOK pour L’Egypte et le Nil: Service des bateaux Cook sur le Nil (saison 1906-1907) : programme des dispositions prises par la maison Thomas Cook & son (Egypt) “Led” pour la visite de l’Egypte, le Nil, le Soudan, etc… : avec cartes, illustrations and plans des bateaux à vapeur touristes de 1ère classe, des bateaux à vapeur express, et des dahabiehs à voiles et à vapeur. Published by Thomas Cook and Sons in London and Paris. Collections of the Bibliothèque Tourisme et Voyages. Artwork in the public domain due to age. https://bibliotheques-specialisees.paris.fr/ark:/73873/pf0001851278?posInSet=61&queryId=98f287ac-ba3f-4442-a59a-6c804a8aec96
VUE DE L’ÎLE ÉLEPHATINE À ASSOUAN. Image 14 of LES ARRANGEMENTS COOK pour L’Egypte et le Nil: Service des bateaux Cook sur le Nil (saison 1906-1907) : programme des dispositions prises par la maison Thomas Cook & son (Egypt) “Led” pour la visite de l’Egypte, le Nil, le Soudan, etc… : avec cartes, illustrations and plans des bateaux à vapeur touristes de 1ère classe, des bateaux à vapeur express, et des dahabiehs à voiles et à vapeur. Published by Thomas Cook and Sons in London and Paris. Collections of the Bibliothèque Tourisme et Voyages. Artwork in the public domain due to age. https://bibliotheques-specialisees.paris.fr/ark:/73873/pf0001851278?posInSet=61&queryId=98f287ac-ba3f-4442-a59a-6c804a8aec96
AVENUE DES SPHINX A KARNAK. Image 17 (left side) of LES ARRANGEMENTS COOK pour L’Egypte et le Nil: Service des bateaux Cook sur le Nil (saison 1906-1907) : programme des dispositions prises par la maison Thomas Cook & son (Egypt) “Led” pour la visite de l’Egypte, le Nil, le Soudan, etc… : avec cartes, illustrations and plans des bateaux à vapeur touristes de 1ère classe, des bateaux à vapeur express, et des dahabiehs à voiles et à vapeur. Published by Thomas Cook and Sons in London and Paris. Collections of the Bibliothèque Tourisme et Voyages. Artwork in the public domain due to age. https://bibliotheques-specialisees.paris.fr/ark:/73873/pf0001851278?posInSet=61&queryId=98f287ac-ba3f-4442-a59a-6c804a8aec96
VUE DE BOULAC. Image 25 (left side) of LES ARRANGEMENTS COOK pour L’Egypte et le Nil: Service des bateaux Cook sur le Nil (saison 1906-1907) : programme des dispositions prises par la maison Thomas Cook & son (Egypt) “Led” pour la visite de l’Egypte, le Nil, le Soudan, etc… : avec cartes, illustrations and plans des bateaux à vapeur touristes de 1ère classe, des bateaux à vapeur express, et des dahabiehs à voiles et à vapeur. Published by Thomas Cook and Sons in London and Paris. Collections of the Bibliothèque Tourisme et Voyages. Artwork in the public domain due to age. https://bibliotheques-specialisees.paris.fr/ark:/73873/pf0001851278?posInSet=61&queryId=98f287ac-ba3f-4442-a59a-6c804a8aec96
LES PANIERS DE PROVISIONS POUR LE DÉJEUNER. Image 29 (left side) of LES ARRANGEMENTS COOK pour L’Egypte et le Nil: Service des bateaux Cook sur le Nil (saison 1906-1907) : programme des dispositions prises par la maison Thomas Cook & son (Egypt) “Led” pour la visite de l’Egypte, le Nil, le Soudan, etc… : avec cartes, illustrations and plans des bateaux à vapeur touristes de 1ère classe, des bateaux à vapeur express, et des dahabiehs à voiles et à vapeur. Published by Thomas Cook and Sons in London and Paris. Collections of the Bibliothèque Tourisme et Voyages. Artwork in the public domain due to age. https://bibliotheques-specialisees.paris.fr/ark:/73873/pf0001851278?posInSet=61&queryId=98f287ac-ba3f-4442-a59a-6c804a8aec96
TYPE DE BATEAU TOURISTE “COOK” AND PLAN DE RAMESES which must have been one of their boats, with plans for each deck showing the location of the cabins, dining room, etc. Image 44 (right side) of LES ARRANGEMENTS COOK pour L’Egypte et le Nil: Service des bateaux Cook sur le Nil (saison 1906-1907) : programme des dispositions prises par la maison Thomas Cook & son (Egypt) “Led” pour la visite de l’Egypte, le Nil, le Soudan, etc… : avec cartes, illustrations and plans des bateaux à vapeur touristes de 1ère classe, des bateaux à vapeur express, et des dahabiehs à voiles et à vapeur. Published by Thomas Cook and Sons in London and Paris. Collections of the Bibliothèque Tourisme et Voyages. Artwork in the public domain due to age. https://bibliotheques-specialisees.paris.fr/ark:/73873/pf0001851278?posInSet=61&queryId=98f287ac-ba3f-4442-a59a-6c804a8aec96

There are 50 images with the ones after image 44 showing their other Nile boats and their deck plans too.

Start your own water garden with or without fish swimming through it. Images from the 1933 catalogue “Tropical Aquariums and Water Gardens.” Published by Beldt’s Aquarium which was located in Saint Louis, Missouri USA.

SPECIAL ORNAMENTAL PLANT COLLECTION: Philodendron, Variegated Philodendron, Japanese Evergreen, Umbrella Palms. Complete as illustrated, all four plants only $1.25. Page 29 (lower image), Tropical Aquariums and Water Gardens. Published in 1933 in Saint Louis, Missouri USA by Beldt Aquarium. Collections of the United States Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/CAT31340167/page/29/mode/1up
AQUARIUM PLANTS (continued). Number 1, Marestail (Hornwort); Number 2, Water Poppy; Number 3, Anacharis; Number 4 Fontinalis Gracilis; Number 5, Sagittari Sinensis. Page 30, Tropical Aquariums and Water Gardens. Published in 1933 in Saint Louis, Missouri USA by Beldt Aquarium. Collections of the United States Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/CAT31340167/page/30/mode/thumb
HOW TO BUILD A LILY POOL. Page 42, Tropical Aquariums and Water Gardens. Published in 1933 in Saint Louis, Missouri USA by Beldt Aquarium. Collections of the United States Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/CAT31340167/page/42/mode/1up
COLLECTION NUMBER 16: JAPANESE WATER TARO: Imperial Taro; Rose Star; Water Hyacinth; Violet Stemmed Taro; Egyptian Paper Plant in Background and Umbrella Palm in Front. Page 48, Tropical Aquariums and Water Gardens. Published in 1933 in Saint Louis, Missouri USA by Beldt Aquarium. Collections of the United States Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/CAT31340167/page/48/mode/1up
SPECIAL COLLECTIONS OF RARE AND HARDY WATER LILIES: Marliac Trio, Number 7, Marliac pink; Number 8, Marliac white; Number 9 Marliac yellow (Chromatella). Collection Number 12, Number 5, Comanche; Number 6, Escarboucle. The Regal Collection, This includes one lily of each Number 5 to Number 9. Page 50, Tropical Aquariums and Water Gardens. Published in 1933 in Saint Louis, Missouri USA by Beldt Aquarium. Collections of the United States Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/CAT31340167/page/50/mode/1up
Nelumbiums (Egyptian Lotus). Nelumbiums are hardy and they should be planted in one foot deep boxes filled with good rich dirt. The boxes shoul;d be about two feet square and the top of box about 6 inches under water. Nelumbium Speciosum (pink variety); Nelumbium Lutea (large yellow flowers); Nelumbium Album Striatum (white flowers). Special Nelumbium Collection, One tuber of each variety for only $3.25; One potted plant of each variety for only $6.50. Page 54, Tropical Aquariums and Water Gardens. Published in 1933 in Saint Louis, Missouri USA by Beldt Aquarium. Collections of the United States Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/CAT31340167/page/54/mode/1up
WATER LILY COLLECTION NUMBER 17. Number 1, Blue Star; Number 2, General Pershing; Number 3, August Koch. Special Collection Price for this Crown Trio $4.75. These three Water Lilies photographed in natural colors are set against a background of a natural color photograph of Blue Star Water Lilies in one of our pools. The Blue Star carries its flowers on strong stems about 2 feet or more above the water surface. Tropical lilies are fragrant, large and make ideal cut flowers. Page 56, Tropical Aquariums and Water Gardens. Published in 1933 in Saint Louis, Missouri USA by Beldt Aquarium. Collections of the United States Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/CAT31340167/page/56/mode/1up
HARDY LILY: Comanche. One of the best hardy lilies of changeable color opening with a rich apricot color changing to deep bronze. Each $1.50. (upper image). HARDY LILY: Paul Hariot. The changeable colors of this lily are admired by everyone. Opening with light orange shades which turn to various pink shades. Each $2.00 (lower image). Page 61, Tropical Aquariums and Water Gardens. Published in 1933 in Saint Louis, Missouri USA by Beldt Aquarium. Collections of the United States Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/CAT31340167/page/61/mode/1up

SUNRISE. Without question, the finest hardy lily. The flowers which are unusually large and cactus shaped resemble a yellow dahlia. It is of a uniform yellow color and surpasses all other yellow water lilies. A great feature is the unusual fullness of the three rows of petals. Price each, $2.50. Page 63, Tropical Aquariums and Water Gardens. Published in 1933 in Saint Louis, Missouri USA by Beldt Aquarium. Collections of the United States Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/CAT31340167/page/63/mode/1up

Scans of 1912 wallpaper samples from a sample catalogue put out by Franz Schlote Dresden. Collections of SLUB Dresden, The Saxon State and University Library Dresden.

Front cover of a 1912 Franz Schlote Dresden wallpaper sample book. Collections and image SLUB Dresden. In the public domain due to age. https://digital.slub-dresden.de/werkansicht/dlf/860975/1
Wallpaper sample. Image 5, taken from a 1912 Franz Schlote Dresden wallpaper sample book. Collections and image SLUB Dresden. In the public domain due to age. https://digital.slub-dresden.de/werkansicht/dlf/860975/5#
Wallpaper sample. Image 15, taken from a 1912 Franz Schlote Dresden wallpaper sample book. Collections and image SLUB Dresden. In the public domain due to age. https://digital.slub-dresden.de/werkansicht/dlf/860975/15#
Wallpaper sample. Image 27, taken from a 1912 Franz Schlote Dresden wallpaper sample book. Collections and image SLUB Dresden. In the public domain due to age. https://digital.slub-dresden.de/werkansicht/dlf/860975/27#
Wallpaper sample. Image 51, taken from a 1912 Franz Schlote Dresden wallpaper sample book. Collections and image SLUB Dresden. In the public domain due to age. https://digital.slub-dresden.de/werkansicht/dlf/860975/51#
Wallpaper sample. Image 83, taken from a 1912 Franz Schlote Dresden wallpaper sample book. Collections and image SLUB Dresden. In the public domain due to age. https://digital.slub-dresden.de/werkansicht/dlf/860975/83#
Wallpaper sample. Image 199, taken from a 1912 Franz Schlote Dresden wallpaper sample book. Collections and image SLUB Dresden. In the public domain due to age. https://digital.slub-dresden.de/werkansicht/dlf/860975/199#
Wallpaper sample. Image 329, taken from a 1912 Franz Schlote Dresden wallpaper sample book. Collections and image SLUB Dresden. In the public domain due to age. https://digital.slub-dresden.de/werkansicht/dlf/860975/329#