Boudoir Collection

Pin-up calendar girl by David Wright, 1950
A woman with her red hair swept up in a bun, poses elegantly in some diaphanous lingerie as she speaks on a red telephone. Date: 1950

English Rose Corsetry advertisement
Advert for the new corselette from English Rose corsetry, exquisitely styled and entirely without bones. It is described as a corselette with wired

French lady getting ready to go out in her boudoir - she check the powder on her nose - " Yes, that is just perfect!" Date: circa 1910s

No News to Speak Of by David Wright featuring a glamorous, half-dressed woman lounging on a boudoir-style chair as she pens a letter

Advert for Harrods piano sale 1919
Selection of bargain pianos, prices start at 148 gns for a Cramer Baby Grand in rosewood to a Chappell upright Boudoir Grand at 64 gns. 1919

Aristocratic French lady bathing and dressing
An aristocratic French lady is helped by her maids to bathe and dress

Woman reclining on couch
A rather annoyed looking young woman reclines on a couch, deep in thought

Marie Antoinette Boudoir
MARIE ANTOINETTE in her boudoir

Evening Dress / Zimmerman
Back view of a high waisted draped gown with train by Zimmerman. An embroidered floating panel hangs from the shoulders. Worn with a toque & aigrette

Books / Byron / Don Juan
Alfonzo first examined well their fashion, and then flew out into another passion. (Canto 1 Stanza 181)

East End Street Market, London, 1909
Preparing for bank holiday, showing a street market in the East End of London, with women at a stall trying on array of hats. Date: 1909

Sir Philip Sassoons home, 25 Park Lane: the boudoir
The Park Lane home of British politician Sir Philip Sassoon(1888-1939), decorated in the French style. Pictured here is the the Boudoir opening into the Dining Room, featuring a vista effect

Model wearing close-fitting crocheted bourdoir cap Date: 1929

Advert for Chappell Pianos, London
Advert for Chappell Pianos, New Bond Street, London Date: 1907

The Needlewoman cover October 1928
An attractive lady in fashionable attire of the day admiring her hairstyle in front of the mirror in her boudoir Date: 1928

Boudoir And Music Room, Mannheim
A photograph which shows an Arts and Crafts boudoir and music room, designed by Mackay Hugh Baillie Scott, for a house in Mannheim, Germany. Date: early 1900s

Poland. People of Krakow History of Poland - Charles Foster
Poland. People of Krakow. Engraving by Lemaitre. History of Poland, by Charles Foster. Panorama Universal, 1840

Waring and Gillow Boudoir
An interior design illustration for Waring & Gillow, revealing a beautiful example of an English Lac boudoir of artistic quality. Date: circa 1916

Drawing Room And Boudoir
An interior design illustration for Waring & Gillow, showing a colour scheme for a drawing room and boudoir. Date: circa 1916

Mabel Terry Lewis, in A Pair of Spectacles, Garrick Theatre
Actress Mabel Terry Lewis, (28 October 1872 ?? 28 November 1957), appearing in the production A Pair of Spectacles, by Sydney Grundy, at the Garrick Theatre, London

Advertisement for Nell Gwynn Candles
An advertisement for Nell Gwynn Candles.'Shadows of the past'. Even in the days of Charles II, Field's were making candles

Illustration of woman wearing fur trimmed jacket, in winter snow scene, holding rescued bird, trees in background. Captioned, L'Oiseau Blesse by Jean Hardy, artist (b1880, fl 1925-1935)

Caricature illustration, Spring Handicaps showing two women and a man battling against wind and rain, with umbrellas, by H H Harris. Date: 1925

Olive May, actress and Gaiety Girl (1886-1947), formal studio portrait on boudoir chair. Olive Mary Meatyard married into the peerage twice, to Lord Victor Paget in 1913

National Mourning 1910
The Boudoir - Dame Fashion's Diary in a commemorative issue to mark the death of Edward VII in 1910, showing appropriate mourning clothes, available from Konski's of Conduit Street, London

Comic Postcard - Improvements on Nature - Hair and Make-up (rouge, enamel, violet powder)
Comic Postcard - Improvements on Nature - Hair and Make-up (rouge, enamel, violet powder, a corset and a wig) - everything needed to transform ones appearance.. Date: 1910

Comic postcard, Two women chatting in a bedroom Date: 20th century
humorous, fun, funny, comic, card, postcard, british, young, woman, women, home, domestic, bedroom, room, boudoir, brushing, hair, dressing, table, o, kay, okay, lying, bed, mirror, underwear, bra

A boudoir suit by Jean Patou, Paris, 1926 of black velvet and ruffles of cream georgette for Mlle Cartier Date: 1926

Advert for Tatler Man Dolls, 1926 - designed and dressed in Paris Date: 1926

Davenie Watson, one of Billy Newsomes talented pupils, 1931 showing her fondness for a boudoir doll Date: 1931

A listing for the Doll Festival at the Excelsior Hotel, Lido, Venice, 1924 featuring Lenci dolls - Boudoir dolls were all the rage in the Jazz Age Date: 1924

Advert for Hamleys Christmas toys 1929
Various toys for girls and boy s, a clockwork Rolls-Royce model car, with four doors that open and rubber tyres. Six electric models to build, for any boy

Advert for dolls and chocolates from Marquise de Sevigne Date: 1920s

BOUDOIR / 1925
An elegant boudoir designed by Rublmann. Date: 1925

Ajaccio, Corsica, France, The Home of Napoleon - The Boudoir Date: circa 1905

Viyella Nightwear 1890S
Nightgown with a shirt front, bishop sleeves & broderie anglaise, plaid night dress with flounce & striped bed jacket, dressing gown with quilted detail & stand collar

Model posing in lingerie, 1934 Vivex colour photograph
A young woman posing in a silk and lace slip. Colour Vivex photograph from the 1930s. Date: 1934

Pin-Up in Pink Skirt
Delightfully pretty blonde in T-bar shoes, perched on a stool in her boudoir, coyly raises her skirt to reveal her shapely legs & broderie anglaise petticoat

Art Deco Stool
Stool for the boudoir covered with Cordely embroidery

La Poupee by Ernest Hubbard
A young woman in a slip admires herself in front of a mirror. Close by a poupee or boudoir doll sits with its arms outstretched looking up at its owner. Date: 1929

Advert for practical womens clothing 1929
Selection of ladies practical clothing. 1929

Interior of Titanias Palace dolls house
Interior of Titanias Palace, a valuable dolls house (or miniature castle) -- at the time of this photograph it was claimed to be the worlds most expensive one. This room is labelled Titanias Boudoir

Modern Painters - Two Ladies applying their make-up, accompanied by this comparative quote by John Ruskin. Date: 1904

Social / Chinese Lady 1840
The boudoir and bed-chamber of a Chinese lady of rank Date: 1840

French Boudoir
A fashionable Parisiennes boudoir Date: 1921

Gaby Mansuelle and her two dolls at the Folies Bergere, Paris, 1923 from Paris Plaisirs number 15, August 1923 Date: 1923

Lady at her dressing table, 1915
A lady checks the back of her hair while seated at a dressing table. Date: 1915

The Valentine
Cupid brings a letter to an expectant lady sitting in bed in a rather luxurious looking boudoir. Date: 1917

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