Adorned Collection

Shell Fountain / Costume
Tunic dress by Paquin: draped tango skirt with front split & train, translucent flared tunic & pearl adorned corsage, toque / turban with feather trim

No Coupons by David Wright
A lady, half naked and wearing stockings, placing a hat on her head. Wright produced a series of over 160 illustrations or pin-ups for The Sketch during the 1940 s

Cheesed Off by David Wright
An illustration of a lady dressed in a negligee, flicking through magazines on her bed. Wright produced a series of over 160 illustrations or pin-ups for The Sketch during the 1940 s

Patriotic Italian Girl
A young, brunette patriotic Italian girl in a feather adorned hat & a scarf whose decorative design is based on the Italian flag

Limerick Mitre / Shaw
A precious mitre used by the Bishop of Limerick, Ireland on occasions of great ceremony. It is made of plates of gold and adorned with gems and precious stones

The Red Foxes
A portrait sketch of a woman, proudly wearing her red fox fur clothing, with a decorative feather adorned hat. Date: circa 1916

Black marble mantel clock - Charles, 1st Viscount Wakefield
Black marble mantel clock with brass plaque to Charles Cheers Wakefield by Royce Limited, Trafford Park, Manchester As a mark of esteem March 22nd 1903'

Jack's Visit to Greenwich I - signing the register, the Great Harry, cannon taken at Copenhagen, model of the Battle of Trafalgar, a ship adorned

Sudanese Dinka Village
Sudanese Dinka tribesmen of the Upper Nile and their elaborate layered reed houses. A holy man stands to the right next to a dead tree adorned with the horns of hunted beasts. Date: 1930s

Hawker Siddeley Hawk T. 1 XX172
Royal Air Force - Hawker Siddeley Hawk T.1 XX172 (msn 019/312019), adorned with a Welsh Red Dragon at RAF Valley in February 1998. Date: 1998

A sketch by Gordon Conway of The Black Frock, London 1926 - made of black georgette gleaming with paillettes and adorned with two hyge white chiffon roses on the back of one shoulder Date: 1926

Boy with pine cones
The head of a young boy behind a branch bearing some pine cones. A Christmas Greetings card. Artist: Frances Brundage Date: 1902

Girl with a pansy in her hair
The head of a lovely young girl adorned with a pansy. Artist: Frances Brundage Date: 1902

Girls face. Poppies
Young girl adorned with wild poppies. Artist: Frances Brundage Date: 1908

Girls face. Wild roses
Young girl adorned with wild roses. Artist: Frances Brundage Date: 1908

Girls face. Forget-me-nots
Young girl adorned with forget-me-nots. Artist: Frances Brundage Date: 1908

Girls face. Pansies
Young girl adorned with pansies. Artist: Frances Brundage Date: 1908

Spotted skipper and painted skipper
Spotted skipper, Hesperilla ornata, and painted skipper, Hesperilla picta (Adorned and painted skippers, Hesperia ornata, Hesperia picta)

Two girls by Xmas tree
Two young girls holding toys standing beside Christmas tree adorned with candles. Date: 1905

Edna May - American Actress - Large ostrich feather hat
circa 1910s

Decorated tram in Tokyo, Japan - Anglo-Japanese Alliance
A decorated tram in Tokyo - part of the celebrations following the signing of the Anglo-Japanese Alliance of 1902 and to welcome the arrival of the British Naval contingent to the city

Suffragette car
A car adorned with suffragette slogans and flags during the Chelmsford constituency election of 1908. Date: 1908

Italian Flag-Scarf
A young, brunette patriotic Italian girl in a feather adorned hat & a scarf whose decorative design is based on the Italian flag. Date: circa 1917

1890s Couple
He: straw boater, cane, wing collar & single-breasted suit. She: hat adorned with chiffon & plumes, blouse ornamented with pin-tucks & feather trim & a plain skirt cut in panels. Date: 1890s

EVENING DRESS 1816
Gown with high waist situated just below the bust. The sleeves & hemline are lavishly adorned with flowers & foliage. Lace edged gloves & a turban with aigrette are worn. Date: 1816

Woman wearing feathered hat 1899
Woman wearing hat adorned with various types of feathers Date: 1899

Maria Wood
A lavishly adorned mayoral barge built during the mayorality of Sir Matthew Wood at a cost of lb3, 300. Date: 19th century

Lady wearing a large hat with Ostrich Feathers
Beautiful Lady wearing an extraordinary large hat with Ostrich Feathers (dyed mauve). Date: circa 1910s

Kikuyu Warriors - Kenya, East Africa
Kikuyu tribal Warriors - Kenya, East Africa. They form the largest ethnic group in Kenya and speak the Bantu Kikuyu language as a mother tongue. Date: circa 1909

Arab Girl - Cairo, Egypt - wearing coins and medallions on a beaded string around her hairline and neck. Date: circa 1907

Decorated tram in Tokyo, Japan - Anglo-Japanese Alliance
A decorated tram in Tokyo - part of the celebrations following the signing of the Anglo-Japanese Alliance of 1902 and to welcome the arrival of the British Naval contingent to the city

Dinka Man with elaborate head and neck decoration - Sudan, Africa. Date: circa 1910s

A Young man of the Kenyan Kikuyu Tribe, East Africa. They form the largest ethnic group in Kenya and speak the Bantu Kikuyu language as a mother tongue. Date: circa 1910s

East Leeds Military Hospital / Leeds Workhouse, West Yorkshi
The Leeds Union workhouse in its temporary First World War role as East Leeds Military Hospital. Uniformed soldiers stand at the entrance gatehouse which is adorned with a red cross

Empress Alexandra Feodorovna of Russia (1872-1918), formerly Princess Alix of Hesse, married Tsar Nicholas II in 1894 shortly before his accession to the throne

Affluent Algerian Bedouin Woman
An affluent Algerian Bedouin Woman, her jewellery a brash show of visible wealth

Tunisia - A transvestite arab dancer reclining
A transvestite - in the garb of an arab dancer, reclining on a fur pelt and plump cushions, adorned with vast quantities of jewellery and patterned clothing

Home Chat magazine cover
A front cover illustration from a womans magazine by artist David Wright. Wright regularly contributed to The Sketch during the 1940 s

Pin up by David Wright
Wright produced a series of over 160 illustrations or pin-ups for The Sketch during the 1940 s. David Wrights Lovelies proved hugely popular and adorned practically every military mess, bunker

Sudanese Woman in traditional Costume seemingly emerging from a small localised Nile River mist (!) with the pyramids lightly visible in the rear

Evening Dresses C. 1875
Pale blue gown with a princess line bodice, white lace bertha & tunic adorned with garlands of roses. Rear view of a blue gown shows the drapery & train

Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Medieval. Lintels. Reliefs. 12th century. Last Supper. Rockefeller Archaeological Museum. Jerusalem. Israel

Pre-Columbian art. Pre-Incan. Chimu culture (1100-1470). Coas
Pre-Columbian art.Pre-Incan. Chimu culture (1100-1470). Coast of Peru. Diferents textiles of wool and cotton. From Peru. Private Collection

Flower Festival Competition Winner - Decorated Bicycle
A fabulous card showing an English Flower Festival Competition Winner (First Prize) with her Harvest theme decorated bicycle

Hat adorned with holly
Christmas greeting depicting fashionable Edwardian woman wearing a hat adorned with holly. Date: 1904

Geisha
Japanese geisha girl in red kimono & blue sash holding fan and lantern. Her decorative hair style is adorned with chop sticks. Date: circa 1903

South Indian Elephant in full State garb
Advertising postcard for Serravallo (Vino di China Ferruginoso), featuring a fine image of an Indian Elephant, decorated and adorned in State costume ready to transport a high class dignitary or

Ancient Art. Mediterranean Area. Roof construction. Ornamental tile depicting a horseman and a griffin. Terracotta. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. Copenhagen. Denmark

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