Beret Collection (#2)

Jeanne de Montagu, wife of Jacques de Bourbon, Baron de Thuri, d. 1420. She wears a bourrelet or beret, an ermine surcot, and skirt decorated with her coat of arms

Carl Brisson, Danish film actor. Date: 1934

Family group on the beach at Ramsgate
A family on the beach at Ramsgate. Little girls are busy digging themselves into holes in the sand while relatives make themselves comfortable on deckchairs

Jean Borotra, French tennis player
Jean Borotra (1898-1994), nicknamed the Bounding Basque, French tennis player who popularised the Basque beret. Date: 1933

Bar at the Chambre D Amour, Biarritz
Beach bar at the Chambre D Amour, Biarritz. Note the picture of the pelato player behind the bar, the traditional game of the Basque region. Date: 1934

Front cover portrait, Lady Moira Combe -- In a Bowl of Chrysanthemums. Date: 1930

Campo Voltantin, near Salve Bridge, Bilbao, Spain. circa 1905

Amusements in Biarritz by Bryan de Grineau
Sketches recording life in Biarritz as pictured by the artist Bryan de Grineau in 1931. Holidaymakers are trying out the Basque sport of pelota - wearing a beret of course

Lady Diana Gibb by Madame Yevonde
Lady Diana Gibb (1902-1955), youngest daughter of the Earl and Countess of Lovelace, and wife of Alastair Monteith Gibb (div. 1940)

Waiter wearing beret and Oxford bags, 1926
Will it ever come to this? The President of the National Federation of Merchant Taylors is responsible for this awful suggestion

Group of holidaymakers, Riva Bella, Normandy, France
Group of holidaymakers at Riva Bella, Normandy, France, August 1921. Date: 1921

Breton onion seller in a Bristol street. Date: circa 1960s

Breton onion seller stringing onions in his storehouse in Bristol. Date: circa 1960s

Nobleman in his Habit of State wears a tunic with slit to the skirt & magyar sleeves, a mantle with jewelled clasp, criss-cross leg bandages over soled-hose & a stalked beret. Date: 13th century

Phyllis Wade - Womens Golf Champion
Phyllis Wade (1911-2012) - English Womens Golf Champion of 1934. Date: 1935

Henri Breuil (1877-1961), often referred to as Abbe Breuil. French Catholic priest, archaeologist, anthropologist, ethnologist and geologist. Portrait

GIRLS KNITTED JACKET
Far too stylish for a little girl is this hand-knitted jacket with patterned yoke & cuffs, collar & lapels & patterned patch pockets with button detailing. Date: 1930s

Woman runs from waves
A young woman in a clinging red tank style one-piece swimsuit with a ruffle edged collar & a beret style bathing cap encounters a large wave. Alarmed, she runs for her life Date: 1926

CHILD FASHIONS 1931
American fashions: a little boy wears a short & shirt set, the girls wear frocks reminiscent of their mothers. The eldest girl wears a shirt & tie with a skirt & jacket. Date: 1931

CULOTTES ON CYCLES 1937
Two French ladies cycle into the countryside on their tandem clad in tailored costumes comprised of culottes (divided skirts), a belted blouse or D-B jacket. Date: 1937

GINGERBREAD / SCOTLAND
Selling gingerbread from a cloth-covered table in Scotland Date: circa 1830

Womens fashion 1932
A white overcoat with black trim worn with a purple beret. Date: 1932

1940S BLACK BERET
Smiling auburn haired woman sports a black beret worn at a rather rakish angle Date: January 1944

British girl with a bucket and spade - waters edge
A little girl with a bucket and spade standing at the waters edge on a British seaside resort beach (unidentified location). circa 1920s

Two stylish ladies sat in deckchairs on the beach
A stylish jovial pair of ladies sat in deckchairs on the beach beneath a pretty oriental paper parasol. circa 1930s

Old man at Sant Pere de Basalu Benedictine monastery, Basalu
An old man sits alone on a bench in the square beneath Sant Pere de Basalu Benedictine monastery in Basal, Garrotxa, Catalonia, Spain. Date: circa 1995

An old man walks down a street in Menorca, Spain. He wears a black beret and carries a stick over his shoulder to carry his plastic shopping bag

French pensioner Auxerre sur Yonne, France
A tough looking French pensioner wearing a beret looks staright at the camera in Auxerre sur Yonne, France. First published The Sunday Times Date: 1988

Reconstruction of Dubrovnik, Croatia - 4
An old man wearing a cloth cap and another old man wearing a black beret, scrutinise a damaged spectacle case in the market at dubrovnik

Man in beret, Aveiro, Portugal
A man wearing traditional black beret walks through a docks street in Aveiro, Portugal. First published The Sunday Times Date: 1989

Fisherman, Loire, France
Fisherman wearing a beret fishes from the banks of Loire River near Saint-Mathurin-sur-Loire. First published The Sunday Times Date: 1988

French boy in beret, Roscoff, France
A young French boy wearing a beret sits swinging his legs on a stool outside a restaurant in Roscoff, France. First published The Sunday Times Date: 1988

Man on beach - Algarve, Portugal
A local man wearing traditional black beret on a beach on The Algarve, Portugal. Behind him the Atlantic waves are lit by winter sunshine. First published The Daily Telegraph Date: 1989

Grumpy old man, Portugal
A fat old man with grumpy expression looks at the camera as he sits in the street in Esposende, Portugal. He wears a beret Date: 1989

Petula Clark - British singer, actress and composer
Petula Clark (1932-) - British singer, actress and composer. Pictured circa 1946 aged around 13. Date: circa 1946

Lady of the State of Connecticut, USA. Date: 1910s

Small boy - Studio photograph - riding Muffin the Mule Model. Date: circa 1940s

Sunny Snaps - London - Young boy on a Tricycle
Sunny Snaps Candid postcard photograph - Ladbroke Grove, London - Young boy on a Tricycle Date: 1935

Royal Wedding 1947. Bridesmaid and Going-Away outfit
Princess Elizabeths going-away outfit; a love-in-the-mist blue crepe dress with a coat in velours cloth to match and a high bonnet beret in blue felt of the same shade trimmed with ostrich feather

Man with horse and cart on a country road
A man with his horse and cart, riding along a country road

Arlette poster
Poster for Arlette illustrated by a couple, she in blue beret, frilly pantaloons and ballet shoes, and he in military style clothing with sword accessory

Three Girls in Minis
Take Three Girls Three young women wearing mini skirts in Trafalgar Square, London. A " No 11" bus going to Liverpool Street station passes by in the background

Frenchmen in berets, Sarlat, Dordogne, France
Frenchmen wearing berets at a farmers market, Sarlat, Dordogne, France. circa 1966

WW1 - 96th Batt. Canadian Highlanders - Terrified Germans
WW1 - Humorous patriotic postcard in support of the 96th Battalion (Canadian Highlanders), an infantry battalion of the Great War Canadian Expeditionary Force

Advert for Braemar Scotlands finest knitwear 1935
Womens botany, fine lambswool and pure cashmere cardigans. 1935

Family on Beach / C. 1920
A family group on the beach: mother, wearing a beret, and father, in a boater, sit on deckchairs while their three small children lie on the sand in bathing costumes Date: circa 1920

Nina Ricci cape coat 1961
Cape coat in pebble wool in a rich marron glace reversing to stone designed by Jean Crahay at Nina Ricci. The dress underneath is of the same marron colour and is slim-fitting

Hats and bonnets of the early 16th century.. Chromolithograph from Jakob Heinrich von Hefner-Altenecks Costumes, Artworks and Appliances from the Middle Ages to the 17th Century, Frankfurt, 1889

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