Designer Collection (page 7)

Evening dress by Elspeth Phelps
An artistic evening dress in a crinoline style rendered in silver lace embroidered with pale pink ostrich fronds by Elspeth Phelps. Date: 1920

Dame Ellen Terry and her daughter Edith Ailsa Craig
Dame Alice Ellen Terry (1847-1928) - English Stage Actress (left), pictured with her daughter Edith Ailsa Geraldine Craig (1869-1947) - a prolific theatre director, producer

Lady Bridget Poulett wearing Norman Hartnell
Lady Bridget Poulett (1912 - 1975), only daughter of Earl Poulett and society beauty, pictured in a modern setting arranged by Curtis Moffat

Clachan Bridge, Easdale, which links the west coast of the Scottish mainland to the island of Seil. Designed by John Stevenson of Oban and built between 1792 and 1793 by engineer Robert Mylne

The Statue of Liberty in New York Harbour, New York, USA
Statue of Liberty in New York Harbour, New York, USA - created by French sculptor and designer Frederic Auguste Bartholdi and opened in 1886. Date: circa 1910s

Lord President Locomotive - British Railways P2 Class engine designed by Sir Nigel Gresley - built in 1935-1936, with the external design modified to resemble the Silver Link locomotives

Four costumes designed by Natacha Rambova for Forbidden Frui
Four costumes designed by Natacha Rambova for the Paramount film Forbidden Fruit, 1921 Date: 1922

Leslie Howard and Georges Perinal, The First of The Few
Leslie Howard (1893-1943), English actor, and Georges Perinal (1897-1965), French cinematographer, on location during the filming of The First of The Few

Ankara, Turkey - Ataturk Statue - Victory Monument
Ulus Meydani (Square) with the Victory Monument (Ataturk equestrian statue) in Ankara, Turkey - left side of Bank Street. The Monument (inaugurated in 1927) was designed by Austrian Henrich Krippel

Bern, Switzerland - Universal Postal Union sculpture, designed by Rene de Saint-Marceaux (1909). Each of the five human figures represents a different continent. Date: circa 1910s

Gordon Conway (1894-1956). Prolific costume designer for the theatre and film, and contributor of fashion illustrations to magazines such as " The Tatler" and " Eve"

Johann Christian Bauer (1802-1867). Born in Hanau, Germany. Type designer, punchcutter, and founder of the Bauer Type Foundry in 1837. Date: Date unknown

Italy. Rome. Fountain of Neptune. Detail of Neptunes statue
Italy. Rome. Fountain of Neptune, 1574, designed by Giacomo della Porta (1532-1602). Detail of Neptune struggling with an octopus, by Antonio della Bitta (1807-?), 1878. Navona Square

Evening gown and bodice by Elsa Schiaparelli
Illustration of an evening gown and bodice by Elsa Schiaparelli, on a fashion page by Winifred Lewis. The outfit is described as

Hat by Elsa Schiaparelli
Illustration of a wide brimmed straw hat with a bird cage crown designed by Elsa Schiaparelli. Date: 1939

Summer dress by Elsa Schiaparelli
Illustration of a summer dress designed by Elsa Schiaparelli in flame mousseline, with tourquoise, flame and gold metal musical instruments embroidered around a dropped hip line. Date: 1939

Advertisement for a coat by Elsa Schiaparelli
Photograph of a model wearing a white ermine coat designed by Elsa Schiaparelli. The fur is worked horizontally, the coat falls in loose folds from gathered shoulders

Autumnal Borders at Munstead Wood (Grade I listed), the home of influential British horticulturist, garden designer, artist and writer Gertrude Jekyll (1843-1932)

St. Marys Roman Catholic Church, Star of the Sea, Amlwch, Anglesey, Wales. Built in concrete to a design by Italian Architect Guiseppe Rinvolucri

Tatler cover - Pucci dress, 1958
Front cover of The Tatler, 12 March 1958, Spring Fashion Number featuring a summer dance dress by master of the colourful print, Italian designer Emilio Pucci

Victor Stiebel & Lady Pamela Berry
Two prominent figures in fashion attending the Incorporated Society of London Fashion Designers ball at Dartmouth House in February 1958

Suzanne Lenglens tennis outfits for Selfridges 1930
A page depicting the outfits designed and modelled by Suzanne Lenglen for Selfridges, knickers and blouse with adjustable skirt. 1930

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