Shops in New Bond Street
Shops in New Bond Street
Record No
141708
Title
Shops in New Bond Street
Description
View looking north-east, showing a terrace of buildings with ground-floor shops at 33-36 New Bond Street, Mayfair. Number 33 is trading as, "Barri", a high-end ladies fashion store. There is a arch-shaped, recessed entrance flanked by display windows. Clothing can be seen displayed in the windows. A tapestry can be seen hanging in the first-floor window. Number 34-35 is trading as, "Sotheby & Co" auctioneers. The business name can be seen in each window at first-floor level and above the two arch-shaped entrances. There is a central Gothicised entrance porch, above which is a gable containing an Egyptian bust of the lion-goddess, Sekhmet, from the eighteenth dynasty c1320 BC. It is Sotheby's unofficial mascot. The porch is flanked by two large arch-shaped entrances. The building was originally an early eighteenth-century terraced house, altered in the mid-nineteenth century to become auction rooms. It had previously been used as galleries for the French artist, Gustave Dore, a parfumiers and a public house called, "The Black Horse". The cellars were used as stores for paintings when it became an auction house. Sotheby's moved to these new premises in 1917. The building is Grade II listed; listing number 1266836. There is a partial view of number 36, which is trading as, "Arthur & Co." jeweller and silversmith. A display of antique silver can be seen through the ground-floor window. The building is Grade II listed; listing number 1224393. Two signs can be seen advertising, "Madame Henry Court Dressmaker 1st Floor". There are pedestrians in the street.
Date of execution
1925
Section
The London Archives
Collection
LCC Photograph Library
Notes
- Updated 2010 10 28
Medium
photograph
Catalogue No
SC_PHL_01_496_WN740
London picture map location
Exact
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