Cord Collection (#2)

Ornate greetings card with initial M
Ornate greetings card with gothic style initial M and brown tassels. Date: early 20th century

New Year card with initial N, star and verse. Date: early 20th century

Pillar box with woman and child posting a letter -- This is for you. Date: circa 1910s

Little Miss Muffett and spider on a greetings card. Date: circa 1930s

The Early Iron Age. The bog body from Huldremose in Djursland from 100 AD. The woman wore a skirt of wool, a scarf and two fleece capes. Her hair was tied up with a long woollen cord

Norman Costume C11Th
Normans: embroidered super- tunic with wide sleeves, kirtles, mantle tied with cord, veil or phrygian cap, tunic, super-tunic, mantle & phyrgian bonnet. Date: 11th century

A Mexican girl carrying her younger brother
A delightful photographic postcard of a young Mexican Indian girl carrying her even younger brother in a shawl sling on her back. She is wearing sandals and chews on a piece of white cord or string

Diagram of human skull and vertebral column
A diagram of the human skull and vertebral column, showing the left ribs and a portion of the breastbone, as well as a single vertebra from two angles

Theatre Coat 1913
Fur-trimmed kimono style evening manteau / coat in an oriental floral (peonies) fabric. Worn with a V -necked gown with a high-waisted cord belt & a toque with a feather

Frances Wolseley Mowing
The Honorable Frances Wolseley mowing the lawn of her garden assisted by a friend pulling the lawnmower along by a cord

Tabby kitten with electric cable
Unusual Friends - tabby kitten with standard lamp electric cable -- don t try this at home. 1950s

Spain. Burgos. The Cordons House. Palace of the Constables of Castile. 15th century. Built bay Juan de Colonia (1410-1481) and Simon de Colonia (1451-1511). Balcony of facade

Mouldings and cornices, Plate 175
Best English gilt, oak, maple and rosewood mouldings, cornices, picture cords, etc, Plate 175, showing a range of styles and patterns. Date: circa 1880s

Czech Republic. Prague. Street. At the bottom towers ancient walls of the city

Bronze Age. Several womens ornaments and some bronze figure
Prehistory. Bronze Age. Several womens ornaments and some bronze figures. Are furnished with pegs. C. 800 BC. Fardal, central Jutland. Denmark. Museum of Denmark. Copenhaguen

Greetings card in the form of a fan (open), showing five sections decorated with flowers. (2 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Mothers Day card in the form of a fan, with pink roses, blue forget-me-nots and a tassel. Date: circa 1930s

German - Italian Dress
Woman: barbette & fillet. Man: tabard style sleeveless surcote, tunic, mantle fastened with cord. Italian students wear voluminous gowns & a fur-lined surcote. 13th century

Ladies wristwatches with silk and cord straps 1937
A selection of womens wristwatches with silk and cord straps. Products for Army & Navy catalogue. Date: 1937

Ladies gem-set wristlet watches 1937
Ladies diamond cocktail wristwatches, and swiss movement. Products for Army & Navy catalogue. Date: 1937

Falling from Skyscraper
Two workmen fall when scaffolding breaks on a New York skyscraper, but they are hauled to safety Date: 1933

Passementerie 1889
Detail of a bodice with puffed sleeves and a V neck which is highly ornamented with passementerie. Date: 1889

Astrakan Costume 1885
Astrakan d-b jacket bodice, high round collar, skirt & tunic in fabric of vertical stripes, tasselled cord worn at one side. Hat: high crown & stuffed bird. Small muff. Date: 1885

Ladies Treasury 1880
Jacket body: pointed side basques, wrap-over front & buckle, skirt of narrow flounces & slight train. Plum & grey tunic: pleated bodice, cord & tassel belt. Date: 1880

Advert for Jays womens mantles 1884
Two women wearing fashionable mantles for winter. 1884

The Loving Cup by Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-1882) engraved by James Davis Cooper (1823-1904). Date: 1884

The Green Cord by M Bower and A Ellis
The Green Cord by Marion Bower and Anthony Ellis. First produced at the Royalty Theatre, 2nd June 1922. The plays themes pitched patriotic principles against rank commercialism involving traitors

Forma woollen swim suits 1933
Models wearing backless one-piece bathing wear with a stripe theme. 1933

Advert for Debenham & Freebody bathing wear 1937
Pure wool low cut leg swimwear for women, with rope tie around the waist. 1937

Mourning fashion, WW1
An outfit of mourning for a First World War widow. For the widow who prefers the coat and skirt there is a black Aberdare cord. Date: 1915

Taking thread: Sound-Waves on a Cord 1922
Mr. W F Croll, who holds the parent, of a method of recording and reproducing sound-waves by means of a cellulose thread instead of by the generally known disc or cylinder record

Advert for Ciro ladies diamond wristwatches 1937
Advert for ladies diamond cocktail wristwatches. Date: 1937

Advert for Asprey watches 1938
Asprey seletcion of watches from keys, bedside, gold note clips, wrist watches with cord bracelet and fob watches. Date: 1938

Green & Gold Compact
Green circular compact with diamante (paste) decoration, gold cord and tassels containing a mirror, powder and two lipstick holders. Date: circa 1920

Compact / Lipstick Holder
Ingenious comapct with the mirror concealed in the lid and space for two lipsticks within the large silk tassel. Date: circa 1920

Vietnamese Beauty from My To, Tien Giang Province
A delightful photographic study of a beautiful Vietnamese girl from My Tho (the capital city of Tien Giang Province, located in the Mekong Delta region of South Vietnam)

Russian Police Officer Date: circa 1902

Whirling arm for testing aerofoils, rotated by a weight and cord over a pulley. 1804. From Cayleys original notebook

Patagonian bolas
Illustration (p.248) from Charles Darwins Journal of Researches, first illustrated edition 1890

May the cord break. Plate 77 of The Disasters of War
GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco de (1746-1828). May the cord break. Plate 77 of The Disasters of War. Etching

Monks Tea Time 1930S
Tea time is the longed for recreational moment for the monks of the Monastery of Gorheim, Germany. Date: early 1930s

Young woman braiding a cord before a screen depicting the Chinese sage Huang Shangping. Date 1799

Unknown object with open-work base, ornamental shaft, and cord(?). Date 1878 Dec

Safeguard your home - always disconnect cord when leaving iron even for a minute. Poster promoting home safety. Date 1940

Initiation of the Sovereign Commander of the Temple
At the end of the procession, the candidate is release from the cords that bind him to show the difference between being a slave and a free man. Date: 1890s

Advert for Geebro floor covering 1939
The modern colourful flooring Geebro cord rugs and carpets coverings Date: 1939

Cord Convertible
The Cord Sportsmans Convertible Coupe - an upmarket sports car selling for L875, which is kinda pricey... Date: 1937

Red & White Costume 1818
White woollen gown / pelisse with a broad red, velvet band at hem & cuffs & military style Brandenbourg cord trim on the bodice. A large red & white bonnet completes the outfit. Date: 1818

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