Crinolines Collection

Great Expectations: The Dickens Christmas Spirit by Matania
A Dickensian Christmas as imagined by the Italian-born artist, Fortunino Matania, who in his later career concentrated on historical genre subjects

Marriage of Prince and Princess of Wales, St George's Chapel
Waiting for the Bride, Marriage of Prince and Princess of Wales, St George's Chapel, Windsor, 10 March 1863 Date: 1863

Original Artwork - Three identical maids with hat boxes
Original Artwork - Three identically-dressed maids, with matching capes and bonnets carrying their striped hat boxes. Date: circa 1937

Cocktails and Crinolines, 1929 Cocktails and Crinolines: That Victorian Revival. 1
Cocktails and Crinolines: That Victorian Revival. 1. We are told that womens costumes tend to become more and more Victorian. 2

Watching the comet, Paris, 1857
Fashionable people watching the comet of 1857 from a boulevard balcony, Paris. Woman in crinoline with binoculars. Handcoloured lithograph by R.V

English grocer giving a lecture on hunting in a large room in the Dragon tavern, 19th century. The wall is decorated with hunting cap, leather breeches and three fox tails. Mr

Ladies in crinolines embracing in front of a coach
Ladies in crinolines embracing in front of a gate, 19th century. Betsey Shannon and Lucy Somersville kiss and hug outside Beldon Hall

Facey Romford dispossessed by the rightful heir, young
Sporting man with gun, gaiters and hound surprised by his guests. Facey Romford dispossessed by the rightful heir, young Gilroy and his governess. Who am I? I m the mistress of this ere ouse

Cartoon, A hint for the seaside, no bathing machine required (just a wide crinoline). 1857

Cartoon, Australia - Topsy Turvey or our Antipodes. 1854

The afternoon promenade at Biarritz on the SW coast of France, made into a fashionable resort by Napoleon III and Empress Eugenie who built the Villa Eugenie here. Date: 1866

USE FOR CRINOLINES
A novel suggestion for the use of cage crinolines - an ornament for the Fire Stove! Date: 1859

HOW MANY CHAIRS?
A disgruntled looking woman wearing an enormous crinoline is asked by the chair proprietor how many chairs she is sitting on so that he can calculate her bill. Date: 1859

Words About Crinoline
A young man leans forward in an attempt to obtain a kiss from a woman in a an extraordinarily wide crinoline who stands in anticipation beneath the mistletoe. Date: late 1850s

PARIS / LOUVRE C1860
Le Louvre: general view Date: circa 1860

DIEPPE / BEACH C1860
Dieppe: the beach Date: circa 1860

Crinoline Difficulties 1860s
A lady goes to extreme lengths to wear the widest, most fashionable crinoline skirt during the 1860s when the fashion was at its height. Date: 1865-70

La Crinolonomanie by Charles Vernier -- A fashionable young woman visits a blacksmith for repairs to the iron ring of her crinoline frame. circa 1850

Music cover, The Floral Hall Polka, by Albert Reinhold. circa 1850s

Music cover, Belgravia Valse, by Dan Godfrey
Music cover, Belgravia Valse (Waltz), by Dan Godfrey. circa 1866

Modes Pour Rire by Charles Vernier -- A woman (left) asks her ladys maid (right) whether the crinoline she has brought will be full enough. She doesn t want to be ridiculed for being too flat

Crinoline by Barbier
La Rose de l Infante: a woman in a wide-skirted crinoline, possibly for a theatrical performance. Date: 1924

Madras Railway Opens
The opening of the Madras Railway in southern India, European ladies in crinolines and a bishop to bless it on one side of the tracks, mutinous natives on the other. Date: 1856

Burns Centenary Procn
ROBERT BURNS centenary procession in honour of Scotlands national poet: the Triple Arch in the High Street Date: 1859

Poppy by Dorothy Donnelly
Promotional postcard for Poppy by Dorothy Donnelly; music Stephen Jones and Arthur Samuel. (Apollo Theatre, New York, 3rd September 1923)

The Crinoline by Miss Haddon Chambers
Stylised illustration showing a woman dressed up in a Victorian crinoline, accompanied by a man in a Pierrot costume. Date: 1918

Christmas shopping 1831
Two young ladies in crinolines, hats and muffs and carrying hat box entering a shop at Christmas. Artist: M Palmer-Smith Date: 1931

Three French ladies in crinolines

Maid and Crinoline
When crinolines are in fashion, household breakages are apt to be even more frequent than usual... Date: 1864

Paris Fashions for September 1859
From left, a highed necked walking dress with one deep flounce at the bottom of the skirt edged with narrow velvet, and five small plaited flounces above also edged with narrow velvet

The Graphic Christmas Number front cover
A show man on a stage at a fair entertains crowds of ladies in crinolines and bonnets

Crinoline Shape Mid1860S
An early 20th century stylised depiction of a woman wearing a cage crinoline typical of the shape fashionable from around 1863 until 1867

Crinoline Manufacture
Women in Germany making cage crinolines which are constructed around a wooden frame or template. Judging by the positions they adopt they are not wearing crinolines

Crinoline in High Wind
The fate that befalls fashion conscious women when visiting places susceptible to high winds. A womans skirts are blown over her head revealing her cage crinoline

Women and unwelcome dog
Two ladies out walking in crinolines are barked at by a rather unpleasant sheepdog so one of them decides to attack it with her parasol

The Belle of Yesterday by William Barribal
Painting by William Barribal (1873-1956) showing two Victorian coquettes wearing crinolines and gazing seductively at the viewer

Victorian Clothing Exhib
A poster advertising an exhibition of 19th century womens clothing at Portman Square, London in 1934 in aid of the Pioneer Health Centre

Crinoline Difficulties
A lady falls dramatically onto the road having had trouble in squeezing her crinoline through the tight entrance of a London bus. Print title: Crinoline Difficulties

Crinoline Bus Accident
A lady wearing a large crinoline knocks over a man as she attempts to board a London bus. Two ladies in bonnets look on in amazement. Title: Cause and Effect

Making Crinolines
Crinoline production

Dance, English Lancers
People at a ball, dancing the Lancers (reflecting the military pride engendered by the war in the Crimea)

Kitty Discards Crinoline
Forced to her senses Kitty abandons extremes of fashion to preserve her love with the long-suffering Adolphus, who with Fido the dog trample the collapsed hoops in triumph

Crinoline Destroys Love
Frustrated at every turn poor Adolphus, defeated by the crinoline, decides to leave the fashion conscious Kitty. Whale bone and metal triumph over love

Crinoline Prevents Kiss
Adolphus is foiled in his attempts to obtain a kiss from his beloved. The new fashion is proving a barrier to matrimony and intimacy between the sexes

Crinoline Spoils Dancing
The men are forced out of the ballroom. There is barely enough room to accomodate the crinolined belles. A page in an attempt to serve tea tilts forward precariously

Crinoline Trips Adolphus
Adolphus becomes ensnared in the hoops of Kittys crinoline forcing him to keep his distance. The beau of another crinoline wearer is forced to sit on the arm of a bench

Crinoline in the Rain
Another sacrifice made in the name of fashion. The breadth of poor Kittys crinoline prevents her and Adolphus, her chivalrous beau, from gaining shelter inside a carriage

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