Floor Collection (#9)

self reflection
Roswitha Schleicher-Schwarz

Caught into the light
Huib Limberg

No Place To Go
Paulo Abrantes

internal decay
Pali Gerec

Spectators watch a basketball player take a shot during a game. Italy. Date of Photograph:1940 - 1950

A fighter during training. Italy. Date of Photograph:1940 - 1950

View of the diving board of an olympic sized swimming pool in a sporting facility. A swimmer is diving in. Italy. Date of Photograph:1960 - 1970

View of the synagogue of Livorno with seventeenth-century furnishings, before the destruction caused by the bombings of the Second World War Livorno. Date of Photograph:1925-1935 ca

Interior of Teatro della Pergola, Florence
3560221 Interior of Teatro della Pergola, Florence by Unknown photographer, (20th century); (add.info.: Teatro della Pergola, Florence 1950 ca)

E-5: English Cottage Kitchen of the Queen Anne Period, 1702-14, United States, c. 1937

Comic postcard, Man with hangover sitting on bed Date: 20th century

A Present from Caesar by Fortunino Matania
A Present from Caesar, a Vision of Imperial Rome. Painting by Fortunino Matania, exhibited at the R. I. Galleries, 1926. Date: 1926

Elevation and floor plan of a house in Pompeii, showing the oecus, exedra, triclinium, cubiculum, peristylium, viridarium, piscina, apotheca, tablinum, bibliotheca, atrium, ala, impluvium, officina

Interior, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen, Denmark
Interior, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek (art museum), Copenhagen, Denmark, with ancient Greek and Roman sculptures from the Carl Jacobsen Collection. Date: circa 1908

Japanese people sitting on the floor eating their meal using small bowls and chopsticks. Date: 1864

Waiting for love
Kalynsky

A group of hippies in Piccadilly Circus, London. 15th August 1969

Pavement Artist at work on the Embankment, London. Circa 1945

Daily Mirror Offices, Holborn, London, 1961. Newsroom

Actress: Madeline Smith. September 1974 S74-5333-001

Woman Housewife Wear Apron Living Room Run Vacuum Cleaner Door Window With Curtains
UNITED STATES - Circa 1950s: Woman Housewife Wear Apron Living Room Run Vacuum Cleaner Door Window With Curtains Floral Print Chair Carpet Floor

Boy and girl having a pillow fight, boy standing on chair swinging pillow, girl on floor
UNITED STATES - CIRCA 1940s: Boy and girl having a pillow fight, boy standing on chair swinging pillow, girl on floor

Cyprus, Roman archaeological site of Kourion. Detail of ancient mosaic floor with ornate geometric design

2010 Ferrari Pre-Season Filming Day
CIRCUITO DE JEREZ, SPAIN - FEBRUARY 16: Fernando Alonso during a filming day during the Ferrari Pre-Season Filming Day at Circuito de Jerez on February 16, 2010 in Circuito de Jerez, Spain

Dip in the morning and Dip at Night. A housewife seems to be gaining a lot more personal pleasure from her morning soak than her evening with her soak who is not performing to quite her

A Cosey Corner, 1884. Creator: Francis Davis Millet
A Cosey Corner, 1884

Medieval stone mosaic, (1898). Creator: Unknown
Medieval stone mosaic, (1898). Figs 1-8: Engraved stone-flags from the old cathedral at St. Omer, 13th century (ground brown, interior design of horse and horseman filled up with red)

Italian Renaissance sgraffitos, wood-mosaic, marble-mosaic and bas-reliefs, (1898). Fig 1: Sgraffito on a house at Rome, Via Giulia Nr. 82. Fig 2: Sgraffito on a house at Rome, Via dei Coronari Nr

Painted floor in the palace at Mycenae, Greece, (1928). Creator: Unknown
Painted floor in the palace at Mycenae, Greece, (1928). 14th or 13th Century B.C...After a reconstruction in water-colours by Miss W

Red fox (or foxred) labrador sitting on the landing of a stairwell. (PR)

Portrait of a Red Fox (or Fox red) Labrador lying on the floor. (PR)

Red Fox (or Fox red) Labrador reclining on the floor, chewing his stuffed duck toy. (PR)

Four month old Rhodesian Ridgeback puppy reclining on a wooden floor. (PR)

Cavalier King Charles Spaniel puppy reclining on the carpet. (PR)

Calico cat curiously peeking around the front door, looking at what is going on outside. (PR)

Treloars Inlaid Linoleum - it never looks shabby
Why is this girl like Treloars Inlaid Linoleum? Because she never looks shabby" !! Date: circa 1890s

Algeria - Interior of a Moorish Home - First Floor interior balcony with remarkable peacock sculpture (and real peacock feathers) Date: 1905

Native Carpenters - India - using rules, planes and chisels. Date: circa 1903

Hotel Max Hallet, 346 Avenue Louise, (1906), c2014-2017. Artist: Alan John Ainsworth
Hotel Max Hallet, 346 Avenue Louise. Victor Horta: 1906

Traditional Japanese Woodblock female by window
Utagawa Toyokuni, a pupil of Utagawa Toyoharu, was a pre-eminent designer of actor prints from the mid 1790s until his death

Traditional Japanese Woodblock print of Actor
This fine print by Utagawa Kuniyoshi 1797-1862 was one of the last great masters of the Japanese ukiyo-e style of woodblock prints he is associated with the Utagawa school

Vintage Japanese Woodblock print of Children
Toyohara Chikanobu (1838aa1912), was a prolific woodblock artist of Japans Meiji period. His works capture the transition from the age of the Samurai to Meiji modernity

Light from a stained glass window on tiles, Marrakesh, Morocco

Italy, Sicily, Piazza Armerina, Villa Romana del Casale, Roman mosaics depicting animals being loaded onto a boat

Italy, Umbria, Perugia, Spello, Villa of Mosaics, Mosaic representing the Spring with a cornucopia in the triclinium

England, Hampshire, Portsmouth, Fareham, Titchfield Abbey aka Place House, The Medieval Floor Tiles

Floor of the main courtyard of the Palacio de Viana, a 14th century palace, made with river stones polished along the centuries.. Cordoba, Andalucia, Spain

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"From ancient mosaics to modern marvels, the floor tells tales of history and innovation. In Pompeii's Fish Mosaic, vibrant colors dance beneath our feet, preserving a glimpse into Roman life. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight transports us to Arthurian times, where chivalry meets enchantment on the medieval floor. The Tower Ballroom in Blackpool invites us to glide across its polished surface, as ballroom dancing echoes through its grand halls. But they are not just for leisure; they can be transformed into functional spaces too. William Heat's Top-Floor Chicken Farm showcases ingenuity as he turns an ordinary space into a thriving poultry haven. Linoleum manufacturers entice us with their advertisements, promising durability and style for our homes. In Kirkcaldy, Barry, Ostlere & Shepherd Ltd captivate us with their advert that brings linoleum to life in stunning patterns and textures. Van Eyck's Arnolfini Portrait reveals intricate details on the wooden floorboards that ground this iconic masterpiece. The London Stock Exchange is a hub of activity where stock jobbers gather on pitches - floors buzzing with financial transactions shaping economies worldwide. Italy enchants us once again with ballroom dancing; couples twirl gracefully across ornate parquet floors. Even royalty finds solace on the floor; Tsar Nicholas II shares tender moments with his family amidst opulent surroundings. On an oil rig in Iran, workers navigate the derrick floor tirelessly extracting precious resources from deep within the Earth. And speaking of Earth itself - topographic and bathymetric maps reveal nature's contours beneath our very feet - reminding us that even Mother Nature has her own magnificent 'floor' plan. " Note.