Frills Collection

Marie Antoinette Meytens
MARIE ANTOINETTE Queen of France as a young woman

Britannia and Eve magazine, March 1931
Front cover featuring an elegant couple performing the Flamenco. The beautifully poised woman wears a yellow Bata de cola dress with frills and an enormous white headdress

Poster, Nil Simile, The Ladys Shoe, sold by W F Heddon, Bridge Street, Carmarthen, Wales. Date: circa 1920

1960s tennis fashion
Frilly panties by Teddy Tinling, as worn by tennis players in the 1960s. Worn with a navy banded white cardigan by Maxine Leighton

Label design, Tom Smiths Christmas Crackers. circa 1900

American Wyandotte chickens, cock and hen, Gallus gallus domesticus. Bred by T.C. Heath. First prize winners at Crystal Palace and Birmingham 1886

Binnie Hale
Beatrice Binnie Hale-Monro was an English actress, singer and dancer. Here she is publicising a revue show at the London Hippodrome. Date: circa 1932

Countess de la Falaise, studio fashion portrait, by Chanel. Captioned, Innumerable frills adorn our evening gowns'. With description, The Countess de la Falaise

Camilla Horn, German actress and dancer (1903-1996), fashion studio portrait. With description, Miss Camilla Horn, who has recently completed a film in England and is now rehearsing another

Adrienne Adele Augarde (1882-1913) - an English actress and singer popular for nearly a decade on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean, primarily for her roles in Edwardian musical comedy

Gentleman in embroidered coat, era of Marie Antoinette
Young gentleman in embroidered coat, waistcoat in the latest fashion, era of Marie Antoinette. Jeune Elegant vetu d un habit brode avec une veste du plus nouveau gout

Fashionable bonnet from the era of Marie Antoinette. Copperplate etching by Auguste Etienne Guillaumot from Costumes et coiffures du XVIIIe siecle, Costumes and hairstyles of the 18th century

Woman in silk jacket and dress, era of Marie Antoinette
Woman in pouf hairstyle, bonnet trimmed with foliage, yellow silk jacket and matching long skirt both trimmed with black silk ruffles. Handcolored engraving by E

Woman in dress with ribbon frills, era of Marie Antoinette
Woman in long white silk dress with blue ribbon frills, green ribbon and roses in her hair in ringlets, holding a fan. Era of Marie Antoinette. Handcolored engraving by A

Woman skipping in white nainsook ruffled dress. Robe de nansouk. Handcoloured pochoir (stencil) etching after an illustration by Marie-Madeleine Franc-Nohain from Tommaso Antonginis Journal des Dames

Woman in gaberdine dress with hand-embroidered frills, sitting on a chaise longue. Robe de gabardine a volants brodes a la main

Girl in dress of blue floral crepe du chine
Interior scene with mother and children, and girl in dress of blue floral crepe du chine. Robe de petite fille en crepe du chine bleu fleuri

Girl in pale blue outfit with black borders, large hat, holding a rosebud. Robe de fillette. Handcoloured pochoir (stencil)

Woman in crimson dress with frills, ermine shawl. Robe a volants, Parure d hermine. Handcoloured pochoir (stencil) etching after an illustration by Jan van Brock from Tommaso Antonginis Journal des

Woman in visiting outfit with fur muff giving sweets to a child. Bonbons from the Comte du Plessis-Praslin. Toilette de visite, bonbons du Marechal, duc de Praslin

Fantoche (puppet) ballet. circa 1890

Frocks, Frills and Furbelows, 1908
Frocks, Frills and Furbelows by Mrs Jack May. The Neat Travelling Woman. An original design for a neat travelling dress, carried out in alpaca in a pretty mouse shade. 1908. Date: 1908

The creole game or flying ring game, early 19thc century
Fashionable people playing the flying ring game or the creole game. When the Parisians adopted the game, it had to be embellished: so the ring was covered with ribbon, then rosettes, then bells

Street entertainer performing tricks with a baton
Street entertainer using a baton to remove a coin from a womans nose without touching her nose. Audience of fashionable women in bonnets, shawls and dresses with frills

Hairdresser on stilts pulling a womans hair to the ceiling
One must suffer for beauty. A hairdresser on stilts pulls a womans hair to the ceiling in the Chinese style. The hairstyle a la Chinoise is definitely a major makeover

Woman wearing headdress and dress featuring extravagent pleating and flouncing. Pleated collars, flounces (falbalas) and ruffs (chicories), have never been more in fashion than today

Three graces in trousers. Three girls in turbans, dresses with frills that reach the mid-calf length and frilled pantalons or trousers. There is something strange about this costume

Sophie Arnould, French soprano in the opera Pyramus and Thisbe, 1771. She is depicted in the famous costume from Act V, a mantua dress with hoop petticoats or panniers decorated with frills

Madame de Montespan, mistress to King Louis XIV of France, 1640-1707. She wears her hair in ringlets, an unusual dress of lace on one side, and blue silk on the other

Marion de Lorme, lover of the poet Desbarreaux, 1613-1650
Marion de Lorme, salon hostess, courtesan, lover of the poet Des Barreaux and Cardinal Richelieu, 1613-1650. She wears her hair loose in ringlets, a pearl necklace

Woman in hairstyle with ringlets and a Phrygian hat, Chapeau a la Phrygienne. Handcoloured lithograph by de Laubadere from Octave Uzannes Stylish Hairstyle or Eccentric Finery from the era of King

Woman in a bathers bonnet with frills and ribbons. Bonnet a la Baigneuse. Handcoloured lithograph by de Laubadere from Octave Uzannes Stylish Hairstyle or Eccentric Finery from the era of King Louis

Woman in high hairstyle crowned with an elegant bonnet with pearls, flowers and plumes. Bonnet elegant avec des perles. Handcoloured lithograph by de Laubadere from Octave Uzannes Stylish Hairstyle

Woman in a Milkmaid bonnet over hairstyle with curls, Bonnet a la Laitiere. Handcoloured lithograph by de Laubadere from Octave Uzannes Stylish Hairstyle or Eccentric Finery from the era of King

Woman in the Harvester bonnet over a hairstyle with curls, Bonnet a la Moissonneuse. Handcoloured lithograph by de Laubadere from Octave Uzannes Stylish Hairstyle or Eccentric Finery from the era of

Woman in hairstyle topped by a bonnet called
Woman in tall hairstyle with curls topped by a bonnet called the Queens Rising. Coiffure au Lever de la Reine. Handcoloured lithograph by de Laubadere from Octave Uzannes Stylish Hairstyle or

Cartoon, A High Wind -- Return oh my love. Date: circa 1840s

Edwardian lady on a sepia Christmas and New Year card
Edwardian lady with parasol on a sepia Christmas and New Year card with gold edging. Date: circa 1900s

Milkmaid on a donkey, Normandy, Northern France
Milkmaid sitting on a donkey, doing her deliveries in Caudebec-en-Caux, Normandy, Northern France. Date: 1922

Girl at a post box on a Valentine card. Date: circa early 20th century

Girl in a frilly pink dress on a cutout birthday card. circa early 20th century

Valentine card in the form of a fan, with flowers, lace and tassel -- Nobody Quite Like You! Date: circa 1930s

Fan with lace and flowers on a Valentine card. Date: circa 1930s

Woman with a large red nose on a comic greetings card with verse. Date: circa 1880s

Woman in an oversized hat on a comic greetings card with verse. Date: circa 1870s

Paper Doll in yellow and grey costume

Paper Doll Costume - yellow and grey

Frocks and Frills at Henley Regatta 1905
Aspects of Henley. Date: 1905

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