Draper Collection

Rubans de Paris - Corner of Maddox Street / St George Street
Rubans de Paris (Milliner and Draper) - Corner of Maddox Street (39a) / St George Street, London. Date: 1930s

John Lewis, founder of the department store
John Lewis (1836 - 1928), founder of John Lewis department store on Oxford Street, London

High Street, Jedburgh, Scottish Borders, Scotland - a promotional card for the business on the far left of the image - David Thomson, Draper, Hatter and Outfitter at 14 High Street

The Wardens of the Amsterdam Drapers Guild, known as The Syn
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606-1669). Dutch painter. The Wardens of the Amsterdam Drapers Guild, known as The Syndics, 1662. Rijksmuseum. Amsterdam. Holland

Market square, Mafeking, South Africa
Market square in Mafeking (Mahikeng, Mafikeng), NW Province, South Africa, with people and stalls, with shops in the distance. Date: circa 1910s

Peter Jones, London
MR. PETER JONES, GENERAL DRAPER, SILK MERCER, OUT FITTER AND FURNISHER. The Sloane Square shopping emporium in the late 19th century

Samuel Spencer Bill 1880
Samuel Spencer, draper, of Chester

Cricket / Team / Yorkshire
Yorkshire: Turner, Wardall, Whitehead, Dodworth, Mounsey, Draper, Tunnicliffe, Peel, Hawke, Jackson, Wainwright, Brown, Hunter, Hirst

John William Draper / Harp
JOHN WILLIAM DRAPER American scientist and author, born in England Date: 1811 - 1882

Two models discussing a fabric held out by the draper. Advert for Arden's Crochet Cotton. Date: 1918

Grafton's Chiffonelle Advertisement
An illustrated advertisement for Grafton's Chiffonelle, a draper specialist in women's lingerie, using perfect washing fabrics. Date: circa 1920

Japan - Cloth Dealer
Cloth Dealer, Japan. Date: circa 1920s

A wife who is unusually early alarming her husband. Bateman (1887-1970) was a popular artist and regularly contributed to the Sketch, the Tatler and the Bystander

The Bell Edmonton
cThe Bell Inn was made famous in William Cowpers 1782 ballad, The Diverting History of John Gilpin. The star of the ballad, the draper from Cheapside, John Gilpin

Hall & Polley, Drapers and Haberdashers, Birmingham
Hall & Polley, Drapers and Haberdashers, Bull Street, Birmingham. circa 1900

Hodgkinson, British Drapery Store, Edgware Road, London
Hodgkinson, British Drapery Store, 214 Edgware Road, London, with staff posing at the entrance. Date: circa 1908

Robert Waithman (1764 - 1833), draper and British politician, employed for some time in a London linen draper s, he opened, about 1786, a drapers shop of his own in Ludgate Circus, London

The Market Square and Henwoods Arcade - Johannesburg, South Africa. Date: 1905

Londons drapers 1900
Busy work room in a drapers in London. Date: 1900

Beerbohm Tree
Sir Herbert Draper Beerbohm Tree (1852 - 1917), English actor-manager, in the role of Macbeth Date: 1911

Waithmans shop
Robert Waithman (1764-1833) was a master draper and British politician. He opened a drapers shop of his own by Ludgate Circus, from which he made a considerable fortune

Longmarket Street, Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa
Longmarket Street, Pietermaritzburg, Natal Province, South Africa. Date: circa 1906

Blitz in London -- Tyler Street, Greenwich, WW2
Blitz in London -- drapers shop in Tyler Street, near Trafalgar Road, East Greenwich, SE10, damaged by an incendiary bomb on 7 September 1940. Date: 1940

Linen-Draper 1827
A young woman feels the quality of the fabric before deciding whether to purchase it from the linen draper. Date: 1827

Charlton Road, Kingswood, Bristol County, England. Showings Crates Stores & TL Dunsford Draper Date: 1920s

Beerbohm Tree as Fagin
Sir HERBERT DRAPER BEERBOHM TREE English actor-manager in the role of Fagin in Oliver Twist

Ruth Draper, from a drawing by John S. Sargent
Ruth Draper (December 2, 1884 December 30, 1956), " From a drawing by John S. Sargent R.A. of Miss Draper as The Scotch Immigrant at the Kings Theatre in Hammersmith on 15th February

Kay Snap - Mr Cotton the Draper. 1930s

Lieutenant G. A. Boyd-Rochfort, VC
George Arthur Boyd-Rochfort (1880 1940), lieutenant in the Scots Guards and recipient of the Victoria Cross for bravery in the trenches between Cambrai and La Bass饬 painted by Herbert Draper

Miss Draper, a Beauty
Miss DRAPER In the year that Americans declared their independence, Miss Draper got her portrait into the London Magazine, but it doesn t do her justice. Date: CIRCA 1776

Sir William Draper
SIR WILLIAM DRAPER British general and political controversialist, opponent of the mysterious Junius. Date: 1721 - 1787

Beerbohm Tree
Sir HERBERT DRAPER BEERBOHM TREE English actor-manager Date: 1911

Drapers shop, c. 1810
A drapers shop, c.1810 Date: C.1810

Yorkshire Cricket Team 1890s
Group photo, Yorkshire Cricket Team: Turner (Scorer), Wardall, Whitehead, Dodworth, Mounsey, Draper (Umpire), Tunnicliffe, Peel, Lord Hawke, Jackson, Wainwright, Brown, Hunter, Hirst. Date: 1890s

Cartoon, In trouble, WW1
Cartoon, In trouble, showing a draper with a pile of cloth. He claims to be as patriotic as the next person, but is wondering whether he should dye his stock in grey-green (the German uniform colour)

Shop-front - Premises of Field - Draper and J Hitchings
Shop-front/Premises of Field - Draper and J Hitchings - Cabinet Maker and Upholsterer, Hanley, near Leominster/Worcester, Worcestershire, England. Showing Field Drapers & Milliners Date: 1912

Green Parrot Tea Gardens & G. Keen Grocer & Draper, Unknown Location, England. Date: 1940s

Old High Street, Newhaven, Sussex
Old High Street, Newhaven, near Seaford, Sussex, England. Showing Shop/Premises WD Stone - Draper & Grocer Date: 1900s

Hall Lane, Bradford, Yorkshire, England. Showing WH Barker - Draper Date: 1900s

Reflections by Arthur Watts
A man tries on civilian clothes in a tailors or draper and considers his reflection which brings back memories of his time spent serving as a British soldier during World War One. Date: 1919

William Baron Wynford
WILLIAM DRAPER BEST, first baron WYNFORD judge Date: 1767 - 1845

William Wallace, Soldier
WILLIAM WALLACE - Scottish soldier, formerly a hussar but no longer one. He doesn t look the belligerent type, anyway, and will do better as a drapers assistant. Date: circa 1821

Germany - Monschau - Eifel Region - The Red House. The postcard caption notes that this building was visited by Kaiser Wilhelm II on 18th October 1911

Woman wearing the trousers
" What material would you like for your trousers, Sir?" " Oh! The same as my Wife s." !! A comment on a strong woman, most definitely wearing the trousers in this relationship

Russia, Lace Seller / Draper. In his right hands he appears to be holding a measuring stick (or ruler) of some sort. Date: circa 1901

Draper Hall, Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, USA Date: circa 1902

Reims Cathedral, France - Bas Relief - Drapers
Cathedral of Notre Dame, Reims, France - Intricately carved column pier with a bas relief depicting the Guild of Drapers - 13th century, located near the left entrance to the Cathedral

Sturminster Newton Cross
The remains of the ancient cross at Sturminster Newton, Dorset, where locals say that anyone can stand on the cross and say what they want with complete impunity from the law Date: 1940s

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