Material Collection (page 5)

Cartoon, A W Pinero and Sir Squire Bancroft
Cartoon, Sir Arthur Wing Pinero (1855-1934), English actor, playwright and stage director, and Sir Squire Bancroft (1841-1926), English actor-manager

Cover design, The Curtain Book, published by Rufflette, one shilling. circa 1960s

A Tatler Fashion, by Gordon Conway
A Spring ensemble destined to be made in a light woollen material. The red coat is lined with the same material as the dress, the stripes being reversed. The scheme is completed with a red felt hat

Hurdle making -- a range of scenes. 1899

Dresses by Lanvin winter sportswear made from Rodier textiles. 1929

Celanese evening coat and dress, 1937
A dramatic evening coat in heavy Celanese crepe bavalo, worn over an evening frock of lustrous celanese boucle satin. Date: 1937

Pre-Columbian art. Pre-Inca mummy (65 x 18 cm). Extraction of bones and meat. Filling plant material. Conserved the skin, skull and teeth. From Ecuador. Private Collection

Two kittens on a chair on a cutout Christmas card. circa 1890s

Chicago Worlds Fair - London School Board Exhibit - Material displayed on boards and in cases. Part of Box 282 Boswell Collection - Chicago Exposition. Date: 1893

Preparing Raw Material for Crushing, Belleek Potteries
Preparing Raw Material forCrushing, Belleek Potteries - an outside view with two men sitting astride large rocks which they are breaking. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Fermanagh: Belleek)

Material store, Japan, circa 1880s. Date: circa 1880s

Street of shops selling clothes and material, Japan, circa 1890. Date: circa 1890

London Life - A Pavement News Vendor, with a very wide variety of publications for sale. Date: circa 1910s

Cabinet, c. 1660-1670. Augsburg. Rijskmuseum. Amsterdam. Holland

Water filters. Amphoras. Empuries. Spain
Roman Art. Emporiare (Ampurias). Amphoras. Water filters. Girona province. Spain

World War II. Weapons
Showcase with material and weapons used by soldiers during World War II. Black Sea Fleet Museum. Sevastopol. Ukraine

Fabric patterned of indianas
Fabric patterned of catalan indianas. Sabadell History Museum. Catalonia. Spain

Poster advertising a Fashion Exhibition, Turin, Italy
Poster advertising the 2nd National Fashion Exhibition, taking place in Turin, Italy, 17-31 October 1933, with royal patronage. Date: 1933

Singer Sewing Machine - The Singer Way
Cover design, Singer Sewing Machine - The Singer Way. 1932

Singer Sewing Machine - portable model 99K. 1932

Singer Sewing Machine - hand machine model 99K. 1932

Singer Sewing Machine - model 66K. 1932

Singer Sewing Machine - Dressmakers machine model 15K. 1932

Kay Snap - Mr Cotton the Draper. 1930s

Cartoon, tailoring for actors, J L Toole
Cartoon, tailoring for actors -- Actors pieces may be made up nowadays with every consideration to peculiarity of figure. (This cartoon is not intended to apply to anybody in particular)

Three women police officers in a garden
Three women police officers (Iris Walker, Connie Hobbs(?) and Joan Strangleman) posing for their photo in a garden. They are in the Bather style uniform which was worn from 1946 to 1968

Woman police officer on duty in a London street
Woman police officer (Hilda Bannon, or Cambridge) on duty in a London street. Date: circa 1950s

Woman police officer W Gould at Woolwich, SE London
Woman police officer Winifred Gould (joined August 1931) photographed outside Woolwich Police Station, SE London. She is wearing the recently updated Stanley uniform -- a white shirt

Group photo, women police officers, London, WW2
Informal group photo of women police officers on a balcony at the Met Polices WEC. They are M Pascoe (joined March 1942), Shirley Jennings (joined May 1941, later Becke)

Woman police officer K M Boyd in uniform, London
Woman police officer Kathleen Mary Boyd (joined October 1931) in uniform, London, 22 October 1934. Date: 1934

Woman police officer posing in uniform, London
Woman police officer Ivy Cook (joined December 1930) posing in the recently updated Stanley uniform. A white shirt and tie were introduced, the jacket had four buttons and a matching material belt

Woman police officer posing in uniform, London, WW2
Woman police officer Sergeant Ivy Cook (joined December 1930) posing in uniform, 18 June 1940. Date: 1940

Woman being fitted with policewomans uniform
Woman being fitted with her policewomans uniform. The policewomens uniform was updated in 1931, when a white shirt and tie were introduced, the hat badge became smaller and shoes replaced boots

Embroidered dog on a cushion with gold edging
Embroidered dog sitting on a cushion with an ornate gold edging, stuck onto card. Date: circa 1890s

Embroidered palm trees with gold edging
Embroidered palm trees and flowers on fabric with an ornate gold edging. Date: circa 1890s

Embroidered fruit trees with gold edging
Embroidered fruit trees and flowers on fabric with an ornate gold edging, stuck onto card with a greeting in German below. Date: circa 1890s

Putting up Curtains
Curtains can make a room. Material and pattern are foremost, followed by hanging technique. Be sure to have plenty of hooks or rings and a generous amount of material Date: 1940s

Cartoon, Parisian woman out shopping, WW1
Cartoon showing an elegant Parisian woman in a very tall hat, out shopping for fabrics. She asks for a large amount of material for a new hat, in spite of wartime austerity. Date: 1917

Justine Yilve wrapped in a sheet
Justine Yilve (?) wearing a sheet in a decorative but not very practical fashion. She is admiring herself in a hand-held mirror. Date: 1904

Scene at a seance, with a woman sitting in a chair on the right, and a man emerging from behind a curtain with a long piece of white muslin in his mouth (presumably meant to be ectoplasm)

Advertisement, Ifan Kyrle Fletcher rare book seller, London
Advertisement, Ifan Kyrle Fletcher rare book seller, 11 Stafford Street, Old Bond Street, London W1, with another department in Wimbledon SW20. Date: 1952

Window display, Nehesco Fabrics. circa 1930s

Studio portrait, little girl in ballerina costume. Date: 1934

Two black cats made of felt, one with a blue bow, the other with a pink bow. Date: early 20th century

A Ward, Quex Park VAD Hospital. This ward was located in the Drawing Room of Quex House. Originally built as a small ballroom in 1883

Group of hospital patients, Quex Park. There are twenty men in the group. They are outside the front door of Quex House. All are wearing hospital blues the uniform of military hospital patients

Glove cutters at work, Gloversville, New York State, USA
Glove cutters at work in Gloversville, New York State, USA. Date: circa 1913

Celanese utility slip, 1943 - WWII fashion
Advertisement for Utility lingerie made from Celanese, 1943. Date: 1943

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