Brocade Collection (page 3)

Chateaubriand / Francoise
FRANCOISE DE FOIX COMTESSE DE CHATEAUBRIAND Favourite of Francois I of France

Spring Fashions for 1913
Sketch depicting the vivid colour and graceful lines of ladies fashion in the early twentieth century. On left: an evening dress in green

Broche and Brocade
Evening shoes made of brocade and broche

Floral Evening Gown
Evening gown of gold & silver brocade in a large floral print with full, bishop sleeves & decorative pleated panel which is allowed to flare at the hemline

Spitalfields Brocade 2
A stunning floral design in silk brocade by Vanner of Spitalfields, London, and displayed at the Crystal Palace

Spitalfields Brocade
A fine floral design in silk brocade by Campbell, Harrison and Lloyd of Spitalfields, London, and displayed at the Crystal Palace exhibition

Haut Couture 1950S
Three glamorous models adorn the catwalk, dressed in the latest satin and taffeta haute couture dresses. Note the huge chandelier above them

Students at Jacqmar
Students from the School of Fashion Design at Jacqmars in London, being shown a Coronation robe for a duchess, worn over a dress of ivory & gold brocade by Victor Stiebel

Costume / Women / 1570
An affluent lady in her town dress and hat; another lady just behind her is dressed for a masqued ball

Costume / Women / 1495
An aristocratic lady, probably French, in a richly decorated costume

Costume / 13th C Bourgeois
A medieval middle-class couple, both richly dressed; she carries a lily; he wears brocade and ermine

Costume / 1461 Aristos
A 15th century aristocrat and his wife: both are richly dressed, and she is reading a book (a sure sign of affluence) Date: 1461

Ludwig Ii / Schachinger
KING LUDWIG II OF BAVARIA Reigned from March 1864 until June 1886

Mme Recamier / Champagne
JEANNE-FRANCOISE-JULIE- ADELAIDE RECAMIER nee BERNARD French society beauty and wit

F De Remond / Larmessin
FLORIMOND DE REMOND French historian

Regino of Prum / Larmessin
REGINO VON PRUM also known as REGINON German monk and chronicler

Pocahontas / C Holland
POCAHONTAS alias MATOAKA American Indian princess at the age of 21

Pibrac / Guy Du Faur / Larme
GUY DU FAUR SEIGNEUR DE PIBRAC French jurist and poet

Northumberland / R Dudley
SIR ROBERT DUDLEY DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND EARL OF WARWICK Engineer, explorer and writer

Amalia Maria Josefa / Germ
AMALIA MARIA JOSEFA Electress of Bavaria, in her hunting costume

John Smith /s De Passe
JOHN SMITH English colonist in America and military adventurer

Josef Ii / Hre / Fursten
EMPEROR JOSEF II Holy Roman Emperor (1765-90), King of Germany (1764-90), son of Maria Theresia

Mary Tudor / Miniature
MARY TUDOR Catholic Queen of England

Copernicus / Chapman
MIKOLAI KOPERNIK (COPERNICUS) Polish astronomer

Mary Tudor / Hall
MARY TUDOR Catholic Queen of England as Princess Mary, daughter of Henry VIII

Mary Tudor / Greatbatch
MARY TUDOR Queen of England

Female Type / Fan C1890
Demure Victorian woman posing with a fan

Furs / Grunwaldt / Plate 8
Pink & lace tunic dress & a brown fur trimmed mantle (possibly sable); gown with a draped & split skirt with a train worn with a grey astrakan / astrakhan mantle

French Doll 16C
A wooden French doll in a brocade dress

Edward Vi / Holbein
EDWARD VI Only child of Henry VIII by his third wife, Jane Seymour, and only legitimate son, reigned from 1547 to 1553

Furs / Grunwaldt / Plate 7
A sumptuous black fur evening mantle; a 3/4 length coat in an unspecified brown fur (possibly sable) worn over a white brocade & beaded gown

Countess of Warwick
Frances Evelyn Daisy Greville, Countess of Warwick, here as Lady Brooke in a brocade fur-trimmed gown

Female / Strong & Proud
An American actress looking strong and proud in an elaborate brocade dress: Mary Anderson (1859-1940)

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