J. Lyons & Co is a conglomerate founded in 1884 that includes food store chains and hotels. The waitresses in the tea rooms wore a uniform and were called 'Nippy', like the young woman shown here.

John Thomass tobacco factory in Liège, Belgium.
A first sketch had been made.

Socks (third sketch).
See first sketch and second sketch,

Socks (third sketch). See first sketch and second sketch,

Hotel Colombia.
A second draft will be made

La Redoute was founded in 1837 in Roubaix, it was a wool combing business. After significant diversification, it started selling its products through catalogs from 1922 onwards.