Apron Collection (page 7)

Young girl of the Canton of Schaffhausen, Switzerland, 19th century. She wears a small toque and her long hair is plaited with ribbons

Young girl of the Canton of Schwyz, Switzerland
Young single girl of the Canton of Schwyz, Switzerland, 19th century. She wears a hat with ribbons, plaited hair tied with long ribbons, laced bodice, chemise, embroidered bib

Young girl of the Canton of Uri, Switzerland, 19th century. She wears a straw hat decorated with ribbons, a fichu worn like a scarf, laced bodice, apron and petticoats

Young girl of the Canton of Zurich, Switzerland, 19th century. A chambermaid in town has modified her rural costume with a shorter skirt and ruched sleeves

Young girl of the Canton of Zug, Switzerland, 19th century. Her straw hat is decorated with regular loops of ribbon, her apron bib is decorated with floral laces, and her apron is striped

Betrothed girl of the Canton of Fribourg, Switzerland, 19th century. She wears a colourful cap, ruff, bodice, chemise, apron and petticoats. On her bosom is a gold box called a lamb of god

Betrothed girl of Marken Island, North Holland, Netherlands, 19th century. In traditional costume that is unchanged since the 13th century

Young lady of North Holland, Netherlands, 19th century. Her embroidered cap is adorned with large gold plates called willow leaves over a veil and can cost up to 400 florins

Young girl of North Holland, Netherlands, 19th century. In distinctive embroidered cap with gold plate called a willow leaf above a veil, floral cotton camisole, silk apron and skirt

Young woman of the Canton of Aargau, Switzerland
Young woman of the Canton of Aargau, near Baden, Switzerland, 19th century. She wears a toquet in blue, black and white, and a similarly bizarre costume

Young woman of the Canton of Zurich, Switzerland, 19th century. She wears a frogged bodice, striped apron, and long red tassels from her braided hair

Young woman of Frick, Switzerland, 19th century. Her costume features deep green, blue, daffodil and black. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Georges Jacques Gatine after an illustration by Louis

Young woman of the Canton of Lucerne, Switzerland, 19th century. Her dress is notable for the thick troche or bourrelet hat, and her footless stockings

Girl of the Canton of Lucerne, Switzerland, 19th century. Her straw hat is decorated with ribbons and bows. She wears a ruff over a laced bodice, apron and short petticoats

Girl of the Canton of Solothurn, Switzerland, 19th century. The dress has a very high waist, the chemise has puff sleeves

Woman picking grapes, Vaud, Switzerland, 19th century
Woman picking grapes in the traditional costume of Vaud, Switzerland, 19th century. Her straw hat has a protruberance in the shape of a bottleneck, and is worn over a black bonnet tied with ribbon

Young woman of Valais, Switzerland, 19th century, in traditional costume of fichu, laced bodice, petticoats and apron. Her straw hat is decorated with ribbons and worn above a muslin bonnet

Single woman of Bern, Switzerland, 19th century
Single woman of Bern in distinctive straw hat decorated with flowers, Switzerland, 19th century. Her chemise is embroidered with her initials, E.B

Milkmaid of Bern, Switzerland, 19th century. She wears a toquet of lace made from horsehair, and carries a wooden pail with lid

Young girl of Tegernsee, Bavaria, Germany, 19th century. She wears short petticoats and pleated stockings. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Georges Jacques Gatine after an illustration by Louis

Young girl of the Pfafflar Valley, Tyrol, Austria, 19th century. While the hat is oriental, the rest of the outfit is gothic

Chambermaid of Hamburg, Germany, 19th century. She carries a small corbeille or wicker basket and wears a check shawl and white apron

Marie Anne Cuppi, Mlle. La Camargo, famous ballet dancer, 1710-1770. She wears a small cap, ruff collar, dress with laced bodice, lace sleeves tied with ribbons

Leonora Dori Galigai, wife of Concino Concini, exorcist and witch, 1571-1617. She wears her hair loose under a bonnet, a velvet dress with lace collar and cuffs

Seamstress in Bavolet, reign of Louis XIII, 1610-1643
Seamstress, wearing a Bavolet headdress, reign of Louis XIII, 1610-1643. The Bavolet was a lace cap with a frill at the back, also known as the curtain bonnet

Nassau grouper, redtail parrotfish and the Rhone apron
Nassau grouper, Epinephelus striatus (endangered), redtail parrotfish, Sparisoma chrysopterum, and the Rhone apron, Zingel asper (critically endangered)

City ironsmith Niklas Ruhl and his wife standing
City burgher and ironsmith Niklas Ruhl and his wife standing beside his coat of arms. From an Aschaffenburg Guild Book. He holds a golden lily, and she a rose

French fashions, and German bride and groom
Man and woman in French fashions from Paris A, and German bride C and groom D in wedding crowns of Nuremburg, late 16th century

Knight, fool and girl, 16th century Germany
Knight (reiter) with wheel-lock pistol and harem pants A, jester with bladder and marotte (bauble), B, and girl in long petticoat and apron from Strasbourg C

Ornaments of the Native Americans of Virginia (Powhatan) worn in a dance: belts 1, 2, 3, girdle of Thevetia ahouai kernels 4, bead necklaces 5, 6, 7, feather headdresses 8, 9, apron 10 and shirt 11

Tools, weapons and instruments of the Camacan people, Brazil
Tools and weapons of the Camacan people of Bahia, Brazil. Bow 1, arrow 2, 3, woven apron 4, bag 5, headdress with foliage 6, a gourd percussion instrument or kechieeh 7

Costumes of Lima, Peru
Costumes of the people of Lima, Peru. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Verico from Giulio Ferrrarios Costumes Antique and Modern of All Peoples (Il Costume Antico e Moderno di Tutti i Popoli)

Costumes of the indigenous people of Quito, Ecuador. Women in shawls, aprons, skirts and bonnets. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Migliavacca from Giulio Ferrrarios Costumes Antique

Khoikhoi woman of Angola
Khoikhoi (Hottentot) woman of Angola in fur cape and hat with bow, necklace, and beaded apron. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Roberto Freschi from Giulio Ferrarios Ancient

A turner in apron using a foot-powered treadle lathe or turning bench. Handcoloured woodcut engraving from The Book of English Trades and Library of the Useful Arts, Phillips, London, 1818

Plumber heating lead in a fire to fix lead pipes on a building site. Handcoloured woodcut engraving from The Book of English Trades and Library of the Useful Arts, Tabart, London, 1810

Blacksmith using hammer and tongs to beat a piece of red-hot iron heated in a forge. Handcoloured woodcut engraving from The Book of English Trades and Library of the Useful Arts, Tabart, London, 1810

Woman spinner in bonnet and apron spinning wool yarn on a spinning machine. Handcoloured woodcut engraving from The Book of English Trades and Library of the Useful Arts, Phillips, London, 1818

Wool comber using heated wool combs to pull a fine sliver of wool to be spun into yarn. Washed raw wool in a basket, and a clay comb-pot to heat the combs in the foreground

Potter making a clay vessel on a wheel driven by a labourer turning a crank. Handcoloured woodcut engraving from The Book of English Trades and Library of the Useful Arts, Phillips, London, 1818

Watch maker in apron seated at his bench making metal gears. Handcoloured woodcut engraving from The Book of English Trades and Library of the Useful Arts, Phillips, London, 1818

Wool-comber combing out wool remove short fibres. Handcoloured woodcut engraving from The Book of English Trades and Library of the Useful Arts, Phillips, London, 1818

Tin-plate worker in apron beating tin on an anvil with a mallet surrounded by tin buckets, pots, urns and utensils. Handcoloured woodcut engraving from The Book of English Trades

Christmas Greetings postcard. circa 1910

Victorian scrap, Barber shaving a soldier. 19th century

Little Mother by Peggy Earnshaw. 1937

Jack and Jill went up the Hill by Agnes Richardson

Santa Claus, children and nurse with Christmas tree

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