Braid Collection (page 5)

Half-length coat by Elsa Schiaparelli
Half-length coat designed by Elsa Schiaparelli. The coat is made in carbon blue embroidered with black soutache. The skirt is blue

Male and female police band members, London
Male and female police band members, Met Police, London, both in ceremonial uniform. The WPC in the foreground is holding a clarinet

Charles George Gordon (1833 1885), British military Governor General of the Sudan

Grand Duke Nikolai
GRAND DUKE NIKOLAI NIKOLAYEVICH Russian Grand Duke and soldier (son of Alexander IIs brother), as commander of the army of the Danube. Date: 1856 - 1929

Matching Dress & Jacket
Simple yet elegant dress with large motif at the neck line created using braid embroidery is worn with a white jacket with matching motifs, roll collar & padded shoulders. Date: 1930s

Epaulette Dress 1930S
An elegant red dress with skirt panels, self-coloured belt, cross-over collar, tightly buttoned cuffs & gold epaulettes of passementerie & braid. Jean Desses, Paris. Date: 1930s

Walking Dress 1864
The vogue for short, hitched- up skirts revealing brightly coloured petticoats & boots was originally an English fashion later adopted by the French. Date: 1864

Sunshades for 1909
A selection of the seasons sunshades: ornamented with a profusion of lace, ruched braid, tassels & floral prints. Some handles are shaped like birds heads. Date: 1909

Promenade Dress 1809
High-necked white muslin gown with embroidered hem worn with a white spencer possibly ornamented with braid, a blue embroidered scarf, small straw bonnet trimmed with feathers. Date: 1809

Businesswear for 1910
R.V Vasser-Smith in a morning coat & waistcoat with braid trim, grey striped trousers with a front crease, all round collar, blue striped shirt & black & brown town boots. Date: 1910

Evening Dress 1899
Pink spotted gown (possibly a net over dress ornamented with sequins), corsage en ceour, cascade of lace from the bodice to the hem, trimmed with sinuous gold braid. Date: 1899

Racegoers Fashions 1899
Blue: tucked front & sleeves, wrap-over front, high pointed collar. Lilac tunic dress: dentate wrap over body, pointed & curved hems, flat braid trim, lace & belts. Date: 1899

Passementerie 1889
Detail of a bodice with puffed sleeves and a V neck which is highly ornamented with passementerie. Date: 1889

Sir Edward Willis Duncan Ward
SIR EDWARD WILLIS DUNCAN WARD Soldier and administrator Date: 1853 - 1928

L-G Suchet - Bombled
Louis-Gabriel Suchet (1770 - 1826) duke of Albufera French military

Soult - Mote - Rouillard
Nicolas-Jean de Dieu Soult (1769 - 1851) duc de Dalmatie French soldier and statesman

Lord De Ros
LORD DE ROS " The Premier Baron" Date: 1827 -

Thomas Picton / Blood
SIR THOMAS PICTON British army officer Date: 1758 - 1815

Robert Peel(Y) / Glasgow
SIR ROBERT PEEL (THE YOUNGER) British statesman as Lord Rector of the University of Glasgow Date: 1788 - 1850

Alfonso XII
ALFONSO XII, KING OF SPAIN Date: 1857 - 1885

Armando Diaz / Ilz 1928
ARMANDO DIAZ Italian general and Minister of War Date: 1861 - 1928

Sir Thomas Graves / Ridley
SIR THOMAS GRAVES Rear Admiral of the White Squadron Date: 1747 - 1814

Gen C Gordon / R Taylor En
GENERAL CHARLES GORDON British military: Governor General of the Sudan Date: 1833 - 1885

Augustus Keppel / Ryall
AUGUSTUS, VISCOUNT KEPPEL 1st Viscount Keppel Naval officer Date: 1725 - 1786

Kitchener / Bassano Liz
HORATIO, LORD KITCHENER 1ST EARL KITCHENER Soldier Date: 1850 - 1916

Kitchener / Bassano Eng
HORATIO, LORD KITCHENER 1ST EARL KITCHENER Soldier Date: 1850 - 1916

Kitchener / Bassano / Circle
HORATIO, LORD KITCHENER 1ST EARL KITCHENER OF KHARTOUM Soldier, in 1899 Date: 1850 - 1916

Ralph Abercromby / Hoppner
SIR RALPH ABERCROMBY British General who taught the Duke of Wellington the art of war Date: 1734 - 1801

Ralph Abercromby / Darton
SIR RALPH ABERCROMBY British General who taught the Duke of Wellington the art of war Date: 1734 - 1801

Charles W Douglas / Army
CHARLES WHITTINGHAM HORSLEY DOUGLAS Military Date: 1850 - 1914

Kitchener / Illus War News
Horatio, Lord Kitchener 1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum Soldier Date: 1850 - 1916

Sir Stanley Colville
SIR STANLEY COLVILLE Naval Date: 1861 - 1939

Beaufort / 7th Duke / Iln
HENRY SOMERSET 7TH DUKE OF BEAUFORT Sportsman Date: 1792 - 1853

Thomas, Lord Graves, (1725-1802) Admiral of the White

King Edward VII on piano music
EDWARD VII, BRITISH ROYALTY while Prince of Wales depicted on the cover of a very easy piece for piano

Vice Admiral Lord Cuthbert Collingwood (1748-1810), English naval commander. Date: circa 1832

How to make braided rugs, with material dyed in different colours, page of instructions in a brochure, Dy-o-la Dyes. Date: 1920s

Young man in military uniform, Denmark
Young man in ceremonial military uniform, Denmark. He is wearing the Order of the Elephant, the highest order of Denmark. Date: circa 1910

King George V on horseback as Field Marshal
King George V (1865-1936) on horseback as Field Marshal. Date: circa 1930s

Edward, Prince of Wales as Master Mariner
Edward, Prince of Wales (1894-1972) (later King Edward VIII) dressed in the uniform of a Master Mariner. Date: circa 1920s

Duke and Duchess of York and Prince Edward
Princess May of Teck, Duchess of York (later Queen Mary) and Prince George, Duke of York (later King George V) with their eldest son Edward (later King Edward VIII). Date: 1909

Prince George in Highland dress
Prince George (later King George V) in Highland dress, at the age of four. Date: circa 1869

Yachting costume of blue serge
A yachting costume of blue serge. The main part of the costume is dark blue serge, with an under-bodice and skirt of white serge. Braided with white, it has tabs fastened with gold buttons. 1899

Man in military uniform standing by a coach
Man in military uniform (possibly Italian or French) standing by a coach. Date: circa 1930s

George VI
insert 1937

Elegant tailored dress 1909
Natural coloured shantung with queue-de-rat braiding. The top of the corset skirt disppears under a smart vest of white pique piped with black satin

Edward VIII (1894 - 1972), in naval uniform, founder of King Georges Silver Jubilee. After just one year Edward chose to abdicate the throne (January 1936 December 1936)

Man in naval costume
An unidentified man in ceremonial naval costume, complete with epaulettes and sword

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