1,773 torthaí laistigh de Institiúid Geffrye Museum
Geffrye Museum
Museum in London, specializing in the history of the English domestic interior
Iron rushlight on a tripod base, with a candle socket, made c.1800-1950.
Circular ivory satin doily trimmed with a silk fringe and with a hand-painted design in the centre of a bird with yellow and red plumage in flight, possibly a goldfinch and a fly, one of a set of ten made in c.1900.
Bisque boy doll with closing eyes and fair hair, wearing a black felt hat, black velvet suit and cream waistcoat, thought to date c.1900.
Digital colour photograph of Vincent, Jo, and their two daughters on New Years Eve, seated on the couch in their living room in Walthamstow, London. It was taken by an unidentified photographer using a digital camera on 31/12/2008. This is one item in th…
Black velvet smoking cap lined with machine-quilted silk, embroidered with blue flowers and trimmed with a blue and green tassle, it dates from around 1880.
Printed black and white photograph of Sarah Ann Taylor, maternal grandmother of Ron H, at her home on Rush Hill Road, near Lavender Hill, Battersea. It was taken by an unidentified photographer in the early 1930s. This is a printed copy made from a scan o…
Wool and silk embroidered panel with a detailed floral pattern of passion flowers, honeysuckle and tulips in shades of yellow, red, and blue on a dark brown ground, possibly made in c.1750.
One of a pair of cotton curtains woven with the 'The Golden Bough' design, a stylised pattern of acanthus leaves enclosing sprays of golden yellow leaves, harebells and roses, designed in 1888 and manufactured by Morris & Co at Merton Abbey, L…
Small pewter plate with a plain rim and a scribed circle in the well, and foliate decoration on the back, marked 'LONDON', made in England c.1700-1900.
A pair of silver sugar tongs, made in London by Joseph Drake in c.1730-1739.
Hand-coloured aquatint print, entitled 'Fishing- with its consequences', engraved by G. Hunt, after M. Egerton and published by Thomas McClean in London in 1827.
Piece of wallpaper printed with a pattern of white clouds on a blue background, an unused off-cut of the paper used in a teenager's bedroom in the Brooker family home in Windsor from 1985-1986 onwards, and acquired from the original owner.
Onion-shaped Christmas tree bauble made from blown glass painted in pale blue, decorated with a scallop shaped design in silver, thought to date c.1950-1960.
Christmas postcard printed with a design of a spray of lily of the valley flowers and a red wax seal on a metallic blue ground, the words 'A Happy Xmas from Florrie Saxby' written in glue and covered with glitter, and the flowers picked out in gli…
One of a set of four walnut India-back chairs with a vasiform splat and a drop-in seat with modern upholstery, manufactured in England c.1730. One of a set of four walnut India-back chairs with a vasiform splat manufactured in England c.1730. Drop in chai…
Mantel clock with walnut veneer on a softwood carcass with carved, stained foliage decoration above the square face, and five panels each with a five pointed star below the face, possibly manufactured in Germany, c.1870.
Oil on board portrait of a woman with two children in a domestic interior signed by Alfred Edward Chalon and dating from c.1815. It is in a reproduction gilded wooden frame. Gilt wooden frame with a bolection moulding, manufactured between 1950-1999.
Porcelain saucer decorated in underglaze blue with a design of two ladies in a garden, framed by radiating panels with flowers and foliage, with a stylised diaper and wave pattern on the rim, the reverse decorated with radiating landscape and figurative p…
Hand-coloured print showing 24 Twelfth night characters, printed and published by Langley & Co in London in 1818.
Christmas card with a design of three red imps pulling a sledge laden with gifts, a Christmas tree and holly, in a rural setting with a factory in the background, inscribed 'CHRISTMAS GREETINGS 1948', sent from the Directors of The British Vacuum …
Printed colour photograph of back exterior of Caroline Ts home in Walthamstow, London. The photograph was taken by Caroline T in about 2000. This is a copy of the original image made for the Geffrye Museum in April 2009, and is one item in the Documentin…
Christmas card embossed and printed with a design of a horse-drawn carriage, a house, and fir trees within a snowy landscape, sent from Jordan and Clara Roche Lynch, made in the United States of America and thought to date c.1930-1940.
Dust-ground aquatint painted in watercolour, entitled 'A Most Infernal Bad Egg', engraved by H. Pyall after a print by M. Egerton and published by George Hunt in London in c.1825.
Vase made from crushed, fired and polished recycled glass, with a pitted blue surface and green interior, made by Emma O'Dare in London in 1998.