Draped Collection

Artistic Italian nude standing amid stylised watery backdrop
draped drape sheer white cloth nudity nude model poses pose posing stylised artistic postcard erotic naked woman Italian backdrop studio photography photograph attractive form body Date: circa 1905

Shell Fountain / Costume
Tunic dress by Paquin: draped tango skirt with front split & train, translucent flared tunic & pearl adorned corsage, toque / turban with feather trim

Stiebel Evening Dress
An evening dress in golden jersey classically draped and folded. By Victor Stiebel at Jacqmar

Evening Dresses / Worth
Sensually draped dresses with narrow beaded straps, square necklines & detailing over one hip - some with double or triple skirts, uneven hemlines & trains. N.B feather fans

Khadidja, Exotic Dancer with Veil - Algeria
Khadidja, Exotic Dancer with Veil (barely!) - Algeria. Date: circa 1910s

Miss Columbia - Personification of the USA
Columbia - a historical and poetic name used for the United States of America and is also the name of its female personification (Miss Columbia)

Evening Dress / Worth 1922
Dusky pink evening gown in a bold printed fabric with a low scooped neckline revealing a sleeveless grey bodice beneath. The skirt is draped up over one hip

Evening Dress / Zimmerman
Back view of a high waisted draped gown with train by Zimmerman. An embroidered floating panel hangs from the shoulders. Worn with a toque & aigrette

Evening Dress 1913
Exotic gown witih Chinese style tassels, a narrow draped satin skirt with train worn with an embroidered lace, square necked bodice with decorative cut under-sleeves

Draped Balenciaga Gown
Gown in mauve jersey by Balenciaga of Paris which makes dramatic use of classical style drapery. Worn with long evening gloves

Edwardian Blushing Bride
A nervous looking Edwardian bride complete with veil and bouquet stands upon a Turkish carpet in order to be photographed, her long train draped over her arm

Great Britain - Union Flag with modern Britannia and Lion
Great Britain - Union Flag with a modern Britannia and more traditional Lion. Date: 1906

The late King George VI lies in State at Westminster Hall. A Guard stands alongside the coffin, his head bowed in respect. Date: 1952

Female art students at the Royal Academy school
Women art students in a life drawing class at the Royal Academy school

The funeral procession of Queen Victoria passing through Windsor on its way to St. Georges Chapel, with her eldest son Edward VII, Kaiser, Wilhelm II and Prince Arthur

Court Whist playing cards scorecard, royal fanfare trumpets draped in flags of four suits

The Flag
An evocative painting of a soldier, who lay dead at the paws of a lion, (a symbol of Britain) with a Canadian red ensign flag draped over him to a grieving gathering of people

Hetty Hamer, actress, theatrical studio portrait in pale satin draped gown, holding lilies. Date: 1895

Alyse Berton Draped in Raw Silk
Alyse Berton, a Seattle resident, draped in raw silk. Seattle had become the most important silk port in the United States. Date: circa 1925

Burial of Queen Victoria, Mounted Gun-Carriage
Burial of Queen Victoria, the coffin surmounted by the crown and emblems, mounted on a gun-carriage drawn by eight cream-coloured horses caparisoned in gold, passing Buckingham Palace, London

A touching scene in a charitable institution, showing a portrait plaque of Queen Alexandra (Queen-Mother at the time) on the wall of a children's ward in the Alexandra Hospital

Queen Victoria Lying-in-State 1901
Queen Victoria's coffin draped with state robes, guarded by Ist Grenadier Guards, at Osborne House for ten days. Date: January 1901

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

Ancient draped statues, Acropolis Museum, Athens Date: 1903

Arthur George Morrison (1863 - 1945), English writer and journalist known for his realistic novels and stories about working-class life in Londons East End, and for his detective stories

Woman in hooped dress, era of Marie Antoinette
Woman in English-style hooped dress with fan, bonnet, ringlets, era of Marie Antoinette. Copperplate etching by Auguste Etienne Guillaumot from Costumes et coiffures du XVIIIe siecle

Woman in embroidered satn blouse and draped skirt, 1913
Woman in white embroidered satin blouse and silk cashmere draped skirt at the racetrack. Blouse de satin blanc brodee, jupe drapee de cachemire de soie

Woman in dress of hand-painted old-blue veil looking at cherry blossom out of a window. Robe de voile bleu ancien peint a la main

American Flag
Some Flag. Small child in uniform draped in large American flag. Artist: Flora White Date: 1915

Tailored coat and dress by Jean Patou, 1931
A tailored coat and dress for " a summers rainy day in town". With slightly flared skirt and belted, it fastens on one side to leave a loose draping end. Very smart and chic. Date: 1931

Saharan woman on a camel, Algeria, North Africa
Saharan woman inside a litter draped with carpets on a camel, Algeria, North Africa. Date: 1922

Gun carriage and soldiers at funeral of Unknown Warrior
Gun carriage flanked by soldiers, with a flag-draped coffin, during the funeral of the Unknown Warrior, brought from France, via Dover and Victoria Station

Postcard booklet, oak trees draped with moss, USA
Postcard booklet, live oak trees draped with Spanish moss, Dixieland, USA. Date: 1937

Anglo-Saxon lady in a pink tunic or kirtle underneath a purple draped mantle. Her hair is hidden by an orange head- rail or veil which is draped over the shoulders. Date: 11th century

Anglo-Saxon women wear tunics over which are worn super- tunics or rocs & mantles. Head-rails or veils which are draped over the head, neck & shoulders cover their hair. Date: 8th century

A monarchal state habit: long green super-tunic worn under a draped mantle, bare feet, long hair worn with a gold fillet and a forked beard. Date: 8th century

Blue Baby Carriage

Lovers Intimate Embrace Date: 1881

Woman with train

Henrietta Hodson as Nydia the blind flower girl of Pompeii
Date: circa 1910s

Tunic Dress - Wolfhound
Tango skirt draped & ornamented with a large brooch, tasseled train, V- neck corsage & pleated tunic, shoes with cross over ribbons, green wig & feather headdress. Date: 1914

Edwardian Blushing Bride
A nervous looking Edwardian bride complete with veil and bouquet stands upon a Turkish carpet in order to be photographed, her long train draped over her arm. Date: circa 1905

SHOPPING, BOND STREET
Fur-draped ladies shopping in Bond Street, Londons most fashionable shopping street Date: 1904

Over 5000 people an hour passed through Westminster Hall to pay their tributes to the late King George VI during his ceremonial lying-in-state with Officers of the Life Guards of the Husehold Cavaly

Young lady in evening gown by Paul Poiret
Young lady wearing a sleeveless evening gown of grey velvet with embroidered silver pattern, with a long lightweight sheer dress scarf draped around her neck and arm, by Paul Poiret. 1924

A camel palanquin (covered litter), used to transport wives and children across the arid desert of southern Algeria, each with a central ventilation shaft. This picture is from Bousaada

Six Gents sitting beside Porch of the Caryatids, Acropolis
Six Gents sitting beside the Porch of the Caryatids at the Erechtheion or Erechtheum - an ancient Greek temple on the north side of the Acropolis of Athens in Greece which was dedicated to both

Greece. Hellenistic period. Statue of a woman. Marble. Ashkelon. 2nd century BC. Rockefeller Archaeological Museum. Jerusalem. Israel

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