Ellis, Geary & Co., London : marble mosaic specialists : advert in The Contractors', Merchants', and Estate Managers' Compendium and Catalogue, 1909
From a marvellously entitled Catalogue and Compendium from 1909 and one that contains many adverts from various building, supplies and service companies vying for trade in the construction and maintenance trades. One advert is this; for the London based Ellis, Geary & Co (recently removed to 50 Cannon St., EC.) and who provided marble mosaic, parquet and wood-block flooring and a patent "Terralith" compound floor that was, along with "muralith" formed from an asbestos cement compound.
This advert shows wonderfully the sort of flooring often found in thresholds and entrances for such premises as shops - durable and a form of advertising, some of which have in places survived to this day.
Ellis, Geary & Co., London : marble mosaic specialists : advert in The Contractors', Merchants', and Estate Managers' Compendium and Catalogue, 1909
From a marvellously entitled Catalogue and Compendium from 1909 and one that contains many adverts from various building, supplies and service companies vying for trade in the construction and maintenance trades. One advert is this; for the London based Ellis, Geary & Co (recently removed to 50 Cannon St., EC.) and who provided marble mosaic, parquet and wood-block flooring and a patent "Terralith" compound floor that was, along with "muralith" formed from an asbestos cement compound.
This advert shows wonderfully the sort of flooring often found in thresholds and entrances for such premises as shops - durable and a form of advertising, some of which have in places survived to this day.