Inspiration: early twentieth century house
Collection by Susan Hughes
Images that helped me imagine domestic settings for my WW1 novel, 'A Kiss from France'. Here the secrets, betrayals, intrigues and dramas of my heroine's life played out.
Antique, Edwardian, 20c, Drinks, Cabinet, Smokers, Cabinet, 09466
Antique, Edwardian, 20c, Drinks, Cabinet, Smokers, Cabinet, The Antique Shop Lincolnshire on the Norfolk Cambridgeshire Boarder having Large Showrooms of Victorian Edwardian Antique Furniture
Early 20C leather armchair with stud detail
Wonderful shape to this early 20C leather chair from DC member Foster and Gane
Table Lamp; French, Art Nouveau, Bonnefond (C), Nautilus Shell Shade, Bronze Nymph Base, 14 inch.
Misc. Period Pictures
I've been poking through period publications looking for bathrooms. As usual, when I see an interesting picture I will take a screenshot. I'll share them here, in case you guys are interested. Cheery green house exterior from "The Color Book" c. 1920s Color Suggestions for House Exteriors from Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company Paint Catalog, 1923. I'll put a break into this post so it won't have to load all the images everytime folks visit the blog. Colored bathroom from "The Color Book" c…
Reproduction escritoire
Changing nature of urban gardens | Museum of the Home
Visitor and event information for the Museum of the Home, previously the Geffrye Museum. Sharing stories of home - showing homes through time - asking you about home. Reopening in summer 2020.
How our homes have evolved | Museum of the Home
Visitor and event information for the Museum of the Home, previously the Geffrye Museum. Sharing stories of home - showing homes through time - asking you about home. Reopening in summer 2020.
Mottisfont Abbey Rose Gardens, Hampshire, UK | An outstanding National Trust romantic rose garden (18 of 20) | Traditional wide English flower border with early roses and companion planting
Mottisfont Abbey Rose Gardens (National Trust), Hampshire, England: Set in the walled gardens of an Augustinian Priory dating back to the 13th century, the rose garden at Mottisfont Abbey is the best romantic rose garden in the world! Although there are other excellent rose gardens in the UK, such as the modern Royal National Rose Society’s (RNRS) rose gardens at St. Albans and the extensive rose gardens of the RHS at Rosemoor in Devon, the old fashioned roses at Mottisfont produce a truly…
WW1 novel. A munitionette puts a note in an ammunition box destined for the Western Front. A British soldier answers it...
Ralph Vaughan Williams' music (Lark Ascending was originally composed in 1914 but didn't have its first public performance until 1920)
HMV Model 32 gramophone - Playback and recording equipment - Radio and sound recording history | British Library - Sounds
The last of HMV’s open-horn gramophones, this model was launched in 1927. It was priced at £9, compared with over £70 for the complex internal horn models of the day. The slope-sided, square, plinthed and corniced case contains a strong 4-spring motor. Also the sound conduit from the tone arm is carried through the case to emerge at the vertical sound pipe over which the horn fits. This ‘morning glory’ horn in black and gold may well pre-date the gramophone. The HMV No. 4 soundbox has a…