Fastened Collection

Suffragette Cat In Hat and Flag. A cat wears a large picture hat and a flag in WSPU colours, purple, white and green, fastened as a shawl with VFW badge

Icarus & Daedalus
Daedalus encouraged his son Icarus to fly from the island of Crete to the sun. But the sun melted the wax with which his wings were fastened on and Icarus fell into the sea

The Wedding Gown
A wartime children's short story illustration of a bride having her wedding gown fastened. Date: circa 1940s

Fairy Illustration
An illustration of fairy-like young woman, wearing a sequin dress with pink ribbons strapped around her shoulders, bursting through some paper

Alice
A portrait oil painting of Alice, a young woman wearing a floral patterned scarf and purple outdoor coat, she has a unique fringe with a clip fastened at the front. Date: circa 1921

Tink
A portrait oil painting of a standing girl, wearing a white dress with a pink sash, fastened at the back with a bow, her name is Miss Joan Claudia Johnson

Kitty
A portrait painting of a young girl named Kitty, who is wearing a large, white sun hat and dress, which is fastened at the collar with a black bow, she is carrying a bunch of blue flowers

Spanish Girl
A portrait painting of a smiling young Spanish woman, wearing a heavily patterned cloak, with ribbons in yellow, red and blue fastened to her hair. Date: circa 1916

Mrs. Charles McEvoy
A portrait painting of a seated young lady named Mrs. Charles McEvoy, wearing a cardigan fastened with a black bow, over a beige dress, a possibly relative of the artist. Date: circa 1916

Manufacture of Ostrich Feathers - Joining feathers 1907
Edwardian women sitting along a table, using a sharp knife they cut and trim the quill thin and flat, so the colourful feathers can be glued together. Date: 1907

Woman wearing a white old point lace cape with collar, with choux of pale green and pale blue velvet. Date: 1896

Anglo-Saxon nobleman with a forked beard wears a green mantle fastened with a brooch, a blue roc or super-tunic & a long gold tunic. Date: 8th century

Anglo-Saxon with a forked beard wears a green mantle fastened with a long brooch, a roc or super-tunic with a gold border over a short tunic with side vents & an ornate border. Date: 8th century

Old Woman Reads Letter Date: 1941

Costume - King Edgar 966
Anglo-Saxons. King: red tunic, blue mantle with gold border fastened with a brooch & leg bandages. Youth: embroidered tunic, red mantle, criss-cross leg bandages. Date: 966

FRENCH VELVET SUIT 1881
French boy wears a velvet suit comprised of knickerbockers, jacket fastened at the neck & open to reveal a waistcoat, white falling collar & large bow, socks & heeled boots. Date: 1881

Morning Coat 1890s
Young man in morning coat with the top button fastened, a high stand-fall collar with rounded ends, plaid tie, dark waistcoat, pin-striped trousers, bowler hat & cane. Date: late 1890s

3 GIRLS ON SWINGS C19
Three girls take turns on a makeshift swing made from a length of rope fastened to a railing. A little child, whose toy horse has broken, sobs. Date: late 19th century

Frankish Court Dress C11
Man: mantle fastened with a brooch, embroidered super- tunic. Woman: coronet, veil, hair worn in long plaits, mantle & super-tunic with a girdle. Date: 11th century

American ladies coat fashion 1924
Collection of 1920s American coats, from a clothing catalogue. Date: 1924

Harry Houdini, Tied Up
Harry Houdini the Austrian-Hungarian escapologist (1874 to 1926) being tied up by two members of his audience. Date: circa 1910

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

Englishman 1170
He wears a short cloak over an ankle-length tunic, fastened with a brooch at the neck and a belt at the waist : he wears gloves Date: circa 1170

Women wearing fur-lined winter coats 1909
Two women wearing fur-lined coats, one with full length with fur-trim, decorative fasten to the front, other with a diagonal wrap-over front and fur collar and cuffs

Houdini Preparing for Bridge Jump
The prolific Austrian-Hungarian escape artist Harry Houdini preparing for one of his many daring feats of escapology, this time a highly publicised Bridge Jump whilst in metal chains. Date: circa 1910

Loung Suits Photo 1890S
Dapper young men in lounge suits, shirts with all-round stand collars, side buttoning boots & pinkie rings, also a tie fastened with a ring, a bowler hat, cane & a monocle. Date: 1890s

Short-Sleeved Cardy 30S
Young platinum blonde wearing a Peter-pan collar & a short- sleeved hand-knitted cardigan with cuffs, deep angular revers & fastened with 3 rows of knitted buttons. Date: 1930s

Promenade Dress 1840
Public promenade dress: green & black robe with skirt en tablier & bishop sleeves with reverse points at the cuff. Accessories: collar fastened with a brooch. Date: 1840

American ladies coat fashion

Ladies daywear, 1927
A design, from the Drapers Exhibition, for a dress featuring a low slung waist fastened with a metal clasp and a skirt adorned with embroidery and fringing, 1927

Spring Fashions for 1913
Sketch depicting the vivid colour and graceful lines of ladies fashion in the early twentieth century. On left: an evening dress in green

Fashions for April, 1872
A selection of ladies fashions from the Paris designers, April 1872. From left to right: Toilette de Diner, trimmed with a deep flounce

Paris fashions for February, 1864
Sketches of designs featured on the monthly ladies fashion page. (From left) The walking dress, made from dark brown silk, trimmed with black velvet

Tatler fashions for February 1930, by Gordon Conway
A fashion design by Gordon Conway, taken from a series of monthly supplements drawn by the artist. This illustration shows an outfit of brown and yellow crepe marocain

Seaside Costumes 1896
The year that signalled the demise of big sleeves? Puffed & gigot sleeves, wide square revers, epaulettes, high collars, pleated blouse, open bodice fastened with bands

Yellow / Black Dress 1868
Pink corselet & tunic over a white dress. Blue open dress fastened with bows & sleeves open from the shoulder. Yellow dress: square bodice, open sided tunic & trained skirt

Petard Offensive / 17th C
Diagrams showing the attack offensive on a castle using a petard. A device filled with gunpowder and fastened to the gates, the danger lest the engineer be blown up too

Petit-Gris Cloak 1922
A cape with a large tubular stand collar made using rectangular pieces of petit- gris (a type of squirrel) fur & fastened with a silk cord with tassel ends

Mink Coat 1922
A mink coat with rounded front borders, funnel shaped sleeves, a large roll collar & a wrap-over front fastened with one large fur covered button

Egyptian Frocks 1924
Egyptian influence. Green tube dress with gold fabric draped diagonally from one shoulder & fastened at the hip; black print dress with handkerchief drapery at the hips

Photo / Boy in Sailor Hat
Little boy in a sailor hat tied on with a ribbon & a pale coloured coat fastened with enormous frogs & toggles & trimmed on the cape collar with self coloured braid

Fashionable Couple 1837
Man: frock coat with roll collar & pointed lapel. Woman: pink & white open-robe, bodice with lace tucker & quilling, tunic fastened at intervals with a shell shaped trim

Blue Waistcoat 1829
Blue waistcoat open to reveal the shirt front, square toed boots, pantaloon-trousers, black cut-away coat with M cut collar. Blue coat fastened with straps, gigot sleeves

Bonnet / August 1868
A bonnet of the shape then fashionable worn at the front of the head and with lappets fastened beneath the chin. Trimming include yellow flowers & a pom-pon

Motoring Woman 1907
Fashionable motoring wear for a modern girl includes a warm fur lined double-breasted coat with fur collar & cuffs & fastened with brandenburgs. Her hat has a protective veil

Fur-Trimmed Cape 1913
A fur-trimmed short cape with rows of beads fastened with a Chinese style medallion with tassels across a long fur stole

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