Bodice Collection

Blue Dress / Beer 1922
Blue dress by Beer: low neckline, open to the hips at the side & worn over a grey slip. Bodice & low waistband decorated in a feather motif plus a bandeau & earrings

Four ballerinas on a music sheet
Four ballerinas depicted on a music sheet, performing The Celebrated Pas de Quatre, composed by Jules Perrot, as danced at Her Majestys Theatre, London, on 12 July 1845

Fashions for a Coronation Summer, 1953
A crease-resisting nylon tulle evening dress from Marshall and Snelgrove, one of a quartette of outfits showcased by the Tatler as being perfect for the Coronation summer of 1953

Tunisian Beauty showing plenty of front
A beautiful Tunisian Moorish woman who decided to forgo the usual lacing up of ones bodice for a more Summery open-air look... Date: circa 1909

Ice Skating Women 1899
Grey & white fur trim with wrap over jacket bodice, gored skirt decorated just below knee level. Blue costume with brown fur trim, red blouse, jacket with striped revers. Date: 1899

Woman in flapper dress 1923
Soft georgette evening gown, with cross-over bodice, edged with narrow band of self-coloured satin

Latest Paris Fashions 1888
Three women gossiping outside. 1888

Victor Stiebel / Day Dress
Design by Victor Stiebel (1907-1976) for a pink linen and silk surah summer dress. Scooped-out bodice is filled with a lilac spotted scarf & large knot tied to the belt

Anne Boleyn, Queen of England, second wife to Henry VIII 1501-1536. Depicted as she appeared in France with Mary Tudor

Young woman, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1890s

David Wright woman in black evening dress
Elegant woman with red hair, wearing a black evening dress with a red flower on the bodice, and matching red material below the waist

Beach Dress
A perfect outfit for the seaside: sleeveless dress with fitted bodice, bow detail, 3/4 length skirt with contrasting fringing, strappy sandals, straw hat & bucket bag

Evening Dress / Worth 1922
Dusky pink evening gown in a bold printed fabric with a low scooped neckline revealing a sleeveless grey bodice beneath. The skirt is draped up over one hip

GIRLS FASHIONS 1847
Grey dress: corsage a caraco made to resemble a jacket & skirt. Blue dress trimmed with black rosettes: pointed waist, skirt pinned up to reveal an underskirt

Race Going Couple
A bright orange tunic dress with a narrow hobble skirt, sleeves with volans, a V neck bodice & pannier or polonaise over-skirt & a soft brimless hat with a plume

Egyptian Dress / Vionnet
Black dress by Madeleine Vionnet inspired by recent archaeological discoveries in Egypt: tubular long bodice with horizontal bands, gored skirt with handkerchief hem

Evening Dress 1913
Exotic gown witih Chinese style tassels, a narrow draped satin skirt with train worn with an embroidered lace, square necked bodice with decorative cut under-sleeves

Green Dress 1938
A short sleeved dress, with interesting bodice detail, made in green woollen jersey and worn with a matching green hat and white bow tie and wing collar. Date: 1938

Fashionable woman in ankle-length dress with fur stole, WWI
Fashionable woman in ankle-length dress, bodice with buttoned interlocking panels, fur stole, gaiters, WWI

Two fashionable women on a spring stroll, WWI.. Both in full dresses with high collars, hats and parasols

Henrietta Maria, Mother Queene, 1609-1669. Queen of King Charles I of England. Youngest daughter of Henry IV of France and Marie de Medici

Henrietta Maria, Mother Queene, 1609-1669. Queen of King Charles I of England. Youngest daughter of Henry IV of France and Marie de Medici

Low-class Quechua woman and man of Chuquisaca, Bolivia, South America. She wears a round pleated and embroidered dress, white bodice, and wears her hair in several long braids

Fashionable noblewomen by Jost Ammon, 16th century. German royalty and courtiers in crowns and fancy hats, tall ruff collars, gowns with bodices, full sleeves, brocade petticoats

Fashionable women by Jost Ammon, 16th century. German ladies in fancy hats, tall lace or ruff collars, gowns with bodices, puff sleeves, rich petticoats

French peasant woman in festival costume, 1540. In bonnet, veil, gown with bodice, slashed sleeves. Paysanne en habit de fete

Anne de Pisseleu d'Heilly, Duchess of Étampes, 1520. Chief mistress of King Francis I of France, 1508-1580. In bejeweled turban, green gown with slashed sleeves and jeweled bodice

Costume of a noble woman at the court of King Louis XV, mid-18th century. Formal gown, bodice with ribbons and lace, pannier hoopskirt decorated with flowers. Dame de la Cour de Louis XV

Madame de Maintenon, 1635-1719
Françoise d'Aubigné, 1635-1719, Madame Scarron and later Madame de Maintenon, French noblewoman who secretly married King Louis XIV

Maria Anna of Bavaria, Dauphine of France, 1660-1690
Maria Anna Christine Victoria of Bavaria, 1660-1690, Dauphine of France by marriage to Louis, Grand Dauphin

Louise de La Vallière, mistress of King Louis XIV
Louise de La Vallière, 1644-1710, mistress of King Louis XIV of France, Duchess of La Vallière, Duchess of Vaujours

Costume of a maidservant, 17th century France. In gown with wide collar, slashed sleeves, bodice, skirts and apron, with alms bag and fan. Holding a pitcher and tray. Servante

Lady at the court of King Louis XIII of France. In plumed hat, gown with slashed sleeves and bodice, lace collar, embroidered skirts and underskirt, fan and gloves. Dame de la Cour de Louis XIII

Costume of a noblewoman in the reign of King Henry IV, France
Costume of a noblewoman during the reign of King Henry IV of France. In gown with upright lace collar, slashed sleeves, bodice and farthingale skirts. Costume de Dame sous le Regne de Henry IV

Margaret of Valois. First wife of King Henry IV of France
Marguerite of France, Duchess of Valois, 1553-1615. First wife of King Henry III of Navarre, later Henry IV of France

French lady in semi-formal costume, 1580s. In gown with purple bodice and sleeves, high collar, full petticoats. Costume de Dame, demi parure. Regne de Henry III

Costume of a lady in the reign of King Henry III of France, 1580. In small-brimmed hat, gown with high collar and embroidered sleeves and bodice. Costume de Dame sous le Regne de Henri III

Noblewoman at the court of King Charles IX of France, 1572. In cap with veil, ruff collar, long gown with puff sleeves, embroidered bodice and hem. Dame de la Cour de Charles IX

Mary, Queen of Scots, 1542-1587
Mary, Queen of Scots, Queen of Scotland, 1542-1587. Wife of King Francis II of France. In headdress, blue gown with slashed shoulders, gold embroidered sleeves, bodice, crucifix on chain

Lady at the court of King Henry II of France, 1555. In hat with veil, gown with puff shoulders, full sleeves, gold embroidered bodice. Jeune Dame sous le Regne de Henry II

Woman reading an almanac, Paris, 1804
Woman reading an almanac. She wears her curly hair tied with a bandana, tunic dress with no bodice. Coeffure a Bandeau Transversal, Tunique sans Corsage

Woman of Aragon, Spain. In a gown with laced corset, contrasting amadis sleeves, full skirts, lace ruff collar standing up from the chemise. Femme de l'Aragon

Woman of Salamanca, Kingdom of Leon, Spain. In wide brim hat with ribbons, chaperon or kerchief tied to an embroidered corset, blouse with embroidered sleeves, apron and long skirts

Catalan woman, Spain
Catalan woman, Catalonia, Spain. In a long black veil, laced corset, kerchief a la francais over the bust, long skirts, apron, shoes, holding a basket of vegetables and fish. Catalanne

Kabardian woman, one of the 12 Circassian tribes. In veil, bodice, blouse, wide skirts, gaiters and shoes, holding a fish. Kabardinienne. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by J

Woman of the island of Lemnos, Ottoman Empire
Woman of the island of Lemnos under the Ottoman Empire, She wears a veil, bodice, skirts, apron, harem pants, slippers. Mythical land of Hephaestus or Vulcan, gods of the forge

Peasant woman of Slovenia, 18th century
Peasant woman of Slovenia (Upper Carniola), 18th century. In summer dress with peca headscarf, shift, bodice black petticoat, red shoes and stockings. Villageoise de la haute Carniole

Margaret Clifford, Countess of Cumberland
Margaret Clifford, nee Russell, Countess of Cumberland (1560-1616), English aristocrat and maid of honour to Queen Elizabeth I. Wife of George Clifford, 3rd Earl of Cumberland

Mary Lepell, later Lady Hervey, courtier to King George I
Mary Lepell (1700-1768), courtier to King George I, a famous beauty and conversationalist. Married John Hervey, 2nd Baron Hervey of Ickworth in 1720. Miss Lepel afterwards Lady Hervey

Greek woman of Marmara Island
Greek woman with her daughter, Marmara Island. She wears a head scarf, bodice and harem pants, carries a bucket

Costume of a young English woman, 16th century
Young English woman, 16th century. In brown hat and wool gown lined with red silk, ruff collar and cuffs, wimple embroidered in gold. With a garland in her bodice. Angleterre, Jeune Fille

Portrait of Isabella Clara Eugenia, 1566-1633
Isabella Clara Eugenia, sovereign of the Spanish Netherlands, 1566-1633. In long robe in violet and yellow stripes, pointed bodice, ruff collar. Wife of Albert VII, Archduke of Austria

Louise de Montmorency, 1496-1547. Wife of Gaspard I de Coligny. Kneeling in prayer In pink chaperon hood, armorial surcoat with her coat of arms, the Chatillon eagle, brown bodice lined with ermine

Roman gentlemen with sedia gestatoria, 16th century. One in black silk tunic with orange plastron and sleeves. One in red and green bodice and skirt, with black silk collar and sleeves

Rear view of the dress of a Milanese woman, 16th century. In red dress adorned with yellow silk ribbons, bodice with black bands, slashed full sleeves. Her hair is tied in a blue and yellow silk net

Woman in fancy dress costume as a pink tassel with white fur puff. Matching hat. Sleeveless bodice, whalebone skirt, large pink bow at the back. Houppe en satin rose pale, orne de marabouts blancs

Costumes of the Swiss people, 19th century. Woman in wide-brim hat, pigtails, blouse, bodice, skirts and apron. Man in hat, quilted jacket, breeches and boots. Switzerland

Costumes of Russia, 19th century. Russian man in hat, coat, sash belt, gloves, breeches and boots. Woman in square hat with veil, blouse, bodice, apron and skirts

Fashionable woman in tricolor bonnet and bodice, 1790
Woman in large gauze bonnet with feathers and tricolor cockade, hair in five large curls, fichu, satin robe a la Circassienne, bodice in tricolor stripes

Fashionable lady at the seaside, France, 1876
Fashionable lady standing next to a chair by the seaside, France, 1876. In hat, striped bodice and bustle skirt, floral petticoat

Fashionable woman looking at a Colonne Morris, Paris, 1875
Fashionable woman looking at posters on an advertising kiosk, Colonne Morris, Paris, 1875. She wears a hat, a brocade bodice, bustle skirt, muff

Fashionable lady picking flowers in a garden, Paris, 1832. She wears a bonnet tied with ribbons, gown with fitted bodice, skirt with frilled hem, holds a parasol

Figure of a young woman from a painting by old master
Figure of a young woman with plume in her hair, fur-lined coat. From a painting by old master in an 18th century art tutorial book

Lady Mary Sidney, mother of Sir Philip Sidney
Lady Mary Sidney, lady-in-waiting at the court of Queen Elizabeth I, wife of Sir Henry Sidney, mother of Sir Philip Sidney and Mary Sidney Herbert, Countess of Pembroke, c. 1530-1586

Regency lady in evening dress with bandeau headdress, 1819
Regency lady in evening dress. Round dress of pink polka dot gauze with flounces, bodice with lace and bows, lace scarf, bandeau headdress with feather

Regency lady in morning dress sealing a letter, 1819
Regency lady in morning dress sealing a letter with wax at a writing table

Regency woman in ball dress and turban, 1813

Young Girls Underwear
A girl wears lace & ribbon edged cotton drawers, a chemise, a wadded bodice to keep her chest warm, socks & shoes with a bar across the instep

Fashionable woman with parasol, era of Marie Antoinette

Woman of Schweinfurt, Bavaria, Germany, 19th century

Anabaptist milkmaid of Switzerland, 19th century
Anabaptist milkmaid of the Canton of Basel, Switzerland, 19th century. She carries a pail of milk and wears a simple cornette cap, braided hair tied with a ribbon

Costume of the women of the Kingdom of Kongo (Congo)

Grafton's Cotton Voile Advertisement
An illustrated advertisement for D. H. Evans & Co

Mrs Dubosc-Taylor, studio portrait in Oriental style dress
Mrs Dubosc-Taylor, studio portrait in Oriental style headdress, jewellery and bodice. Mrs Dubosc-Taylor, was the daughter of M

Illustration of the Helene blouse, with frilled collar
Illustration of the Helene blouse or bodice, with high, frilled collar, and front, puff, leg o mutton sleeves and corseted waist. From a section, Our Ladies Pages: Fashions up to Date'. Date: 1895

Illustration of the Adele blouse, with high collar
Illustration of the Adele blouse or bodice, with high collar, and elaborate, ribboned puff, leg o mutton sleeves and corseted waist. From a section, Our Ladies Pages: Fashions up to Date'

Illustration of the Carmencita blouse or bodice, striped, with puff, leg o mutton sleeves and corseted waist. From a section, Our Ladies Pages: Fashions up to Date'. Date: 1895

Madame Ada Patterson, soprano, studio portrait in corseted bodice, with fur shoulders. Born in Plymouth, studied with Alfred Weekes, and later at the Royal Academy of Music with Signor Manuel Garcia

Jeanne Douste, Pianist and musical prodigy, studio portrait
Jeanne Douste, Pianist and musical prodigy (1892-?). Studio portrait, wearing pleated lace bodice

Victorian scrap, woman in red Date: late 19th century

Mrs Colclough, studio fashion portraits. With description, Mrs Rex Colclough wears a magnificent dark blue cire satin gown from Idare which has a dull pink bodice and sash'

Worth designs: Grey mantle with a heavy border of fur; dress with a train, narrow straps, uneven hemline & tassels or pendant motifs on the bodice & skirt. Date: 1924

Pinafore dress with loose fitting bodice, low waist line, gathered skirt, Medici style collar & cord & tassel lacing at the sides worn over a light-weight blouse. Date: 1915

Children of London's West End. Boys: knitted jersey suits with knickerbockers. Girls: pink polonaise & sunbonnet; lilac dress with yoke, sash, gathered bodice & gigot sleeves Date: 1884

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