Drapers Collection

Map of London
Map, made by Pieter Vanden Keere, showing the extent of London in 1593. Around the edge of the map are the crests of twelve of the Merchant Guilds

English gentleman in hunting pinks having his portrait painted, 19th century. Ruddle the artist smoking a pipe while painting Bragg seated on a saddle stand. Mr. Braggs equestrian portrait

W Lewis & Co - Drapers Shop, High Street, Harlesden, Brent, London, England. Date: 1915

Hockley Brook, Birmingham. Date: circa 1908

The Gardens, Drapers Hall, London, Victorian period

Advertisement for Hinde's Hair Curlers, London, Birmingham
Advertisement for Hinde's Hair Curlers, by Hindes, Manufacturers of Hair Brushes and Toilet Articles, London and Birmingham. Illustrated with seated and a Hinde's Hair Curler

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

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

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

At the drapers shop 1887
Two women choosing some material to be made into the latest fashionable dress. Date: 1887

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

Drapers Hall Garden
In the early 17th century mulberry trees were planted probably following the example of James I. The Hall burnt down in the Great Fire of London in 1666

Market below Ely Cathedral
An elderly couple in the market at Ely, Cambridgeshire, England - the cathedral towers can be seen in the background. First published in The Sunday Times. Date: 1990

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

High Street, Sutton, Surrey
High Street, Sutton, near Croydon, Surrey, England. Showing the Christmas Show Week Celebrations. Also the shop/premises of Walsh Drapers, The Victoria Wine Company and Freeman Hardy Willis Date: 1908

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

Main street, Randfontein, Transvaal, South Africa
Main street, Randfontein, a gold mining town in Transvaal (now Gauteng), South Africa. Date: 1911

Advert for Vendonis womens underwear 1937
Next to myself I Like- Vendonis. Models wearing sporty underwear made of wool. 1937

The Cross of Kells, West Face - a view of the high cross in the street, with a drapers shop behind. (Location: Republic of Ireland: County Meath: Kells). Date: circa early 1900s

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

Clothmakers raising the nap on a large bolt of cloth with teasels.. Chromolithograph from Jakob Heinrich von Hefner-Altenecks Costumes

Shopfront, Croydon, Surrey, England. Showing Musk & Co. Drapers & Stationers Date: 1910s

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

Eastgate, Bramhope, Yorkshire
Eastgate, Bramhope, Leeds, near Otley, Yorkshire, England. Showing Millers Drapers Date: 1900s

FRANCE. Semur-en-Auxois. Church of Notre-Dame. Detail of the Window of the Cloth Merchant. French school. 15th c. Drapers trade. Gothic art. Glass window

The Needless Question, predominance of khaki, WW1
The Customer: Will the colour run? The Assistant: Oh, no, Madam; its a khaki shade. A lovely reverse silhouette image from the First World War showing a woman at a drapery shop

Farewell to the Land Girls
Princess Mary presenting medals to Land Girls in December 1919 at the Drapers Hall, at their last rally before demobilisation

Courtaulds waterproof crape for mourning, 1915
Advertisement for Courtaulds Waterproof crape, available in the usual firm finish, or in a soft finish. Ideal for fashionable mourning and obtained from the leading drapers of the world. Date: 1915

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

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

Drapers Hall
The interior of Drapers Hall

Ladies daywear, 1927
A design, from the Drapers Exhibition, for a dress featuring a low slung waist fastened with a metal clasp and a skirt adorned with embroidery and fringing, 1927

Arms of Companies 2
Arms of six London city companies - Drapers, Fishmongers, Goldsmiths, Merchant Taylors, Mercers and Grocers

Tailor / Draper
A girl leans her bicycle against the window of THE EMPIRE - Williams, Tailors and drapers. But where this is, we do not know

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