Carlton Hotel, London
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The Carlton Hotel was a luxury hotel in London that operated from 1899 to 1940. It was designed by the architect C. J. Phipps as part of a larger development that included the rebuilding of Her Majesty's Theatre, which is adjacent to the hotel site. The Carlton was originally run by the Swiss hotelier César Ritz, with Auguste Escoffier as the head chef. In its early days it was one of London's most fashionable hotels and drew some customers away from the Savoy Hotel, which Ritz and Escoffier had previously managed.
The Carlton, 1905
C. J. Phipps's drawings for the new hotel. The adjacent Her Majesty's Theatre is shown in outline on the right.
The Palm Court of the Carlton, 1899, captioned in The Illustrated London News as "A Fashionable Resort of Today"
Badge of The Carlton, 1903
Waring & Gillow
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Waring & Gillow was a noted firm of English furniture manufacturers and antique dealers formed in 1897 by the merger of Gillows of Lancaster and London and Waring of Liverpool.
Drawing-Room Cabinet, 1871–72, designed by Bruce James Talbert, made by Gillow & Co., various woods, gilding, lacquered brass
One of Waring & Gillow's former showrooms, Lancaster – A Grade II listed building
Waring & Gillow's Oxford Street store, which it occupied until 1973.
Ticket from the inauguration event of Waring & Gillow's new building in Oxford Street (1906)