Where Shanghai's wealthy natives pass the time—Chinese tea house, China. Photographer: James Ricalton for Underwood and Underwood
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Interior view of a tea house, furnished with low tables with marble tops, square stools, glass lanterns, and mirrors. Inside, there are several men sitting around the tables. On the table in centre are two water-pipes.
[Four women around a table in a garden]. Photographer: Hooper, Willoughby Wallace
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A view of four women around a table in a garden. Two women (Kitty and Clara) are seated, and the other two (Lilly and Lottie) are standing. Inscription in ink: ‘Kitty’, ‘Lilly’, ‘Lottie’, ‘Clara’, ‘} Ward’, ‘6-10-69’
(a) Brass enamel tray. By Lassoo, Kashmir. Rs. 13. (b) Table inlaid with mother-of-pearl and ivory; made at Damascus. Lent by Honourable Major Baring. (c) Hukah base of black metal, inlaid with silver. By Muhammad Ali, Lucknow. Rs. 70. (d) Sword hilt of black metal, inlaid with silver. By Buldeva Chapra, of Tonk. Rs. 27. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of Exhibited at the Native Fine and Industrial Arts Exhibition, Simla, 1881.