Bolster Collection

Natal Native Contingent (NCC) armed with assegais
Photograph of members of the Natal Native Contingent (NCC) armed with assegais (short spears) and shields, 1879 (c). The NNC was formed in 1878 to bolster the defences of the British colony of Natal

Rover car with fitted Coal-Gas installation
A Rover car fitted with a neatly made coal-gas installation. The gas bolster originated by Wood-Milne Ltd. was a recepticle built along the lines of a pneumatic tyre

Tunic dress by Redfern with a draped tango skirt with a train, a jade green fur trimmed tunic & skullcap. A long tassel descends from the back of the dress. Date: 1914

Model S-2 Pole Trailer and accessories -- when one half of the load is to be carried on the motor truck. Date: early 1920s

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

Six boys pillow fighting on a Christmas card
Six boys having a turbulent pillow fight on a Christmas card, with a notice on the wall: Love one another. Date: circa 1890s

Bogie Bolster Wagon with Bridge Girder, USA. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Date: 1920s

WOMENs SUITS FOR 1948
Costumes or suits with narrow, straight skirts & various styles of double-breasted jacket, some with hip pockets. Hats are worn on the side of the head

A Devonshire lace-maker
Lace-making was a typical cottage industry and could be carried out independently by women in their homes. The woman in the picture sits by the hearth in a cottage with a bolster-style pillow firmly

French Bed 1809
A French Bed: Ornate four-poster with pediment style canopy, fringed drapery and bolster pillows

Wwi / Serbs Welcome French
French troops arrive to bolster the Serb army against a major Autumn offensive by the Central Powers. It was to no avail, and Serbia had fallen by November

Ladys Maids Make Bed
Two maidservants make their mistresss bed with bolster and pillows

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