Elaborately Collection

Ballet / Firebird 1914
An elaborately dressed woman with a firebird on her hand: a design influenced by the recent Diaghilev ballet, with music by Stravinsky

Chantry of Henry V
An elaborately carved chantry chapel in Westminster Abbey was built above between 1437 and 1450

French Velocipede C1820
An elaborately dressed man embarks on a velocipede ride, to the amazement of a lady spectator

Daisy Jerome music hall mimic, comic singer and dancer
Daisy Jerome music hall mimic, toe dancer and wooden shoe dancer. A comic singer with a reputation for sauciness. Here depicted in a toe dancing pose wearing ballet shoes

Dorothy Ward music hall and musical comedy star 1890-1987
Dorothy Ward billed on the music halls as the ?Queen of Musical Comedy?. Pantomime principal boy. Holding out the skirt of an elaborately fringed dress. Hat with long tassel and feathers

Ballroom Equipment and Decoration for Simmonds Bros, London
Advert for Ballroom Equipement and Decoration for Simmonds Bros, London, December 1922, with a view of an elaborately decorated ballroom Date: 1923

At The Window
A portrait painting of an elaborately dressed young lady, holding a green fan, as she sits by the window, with a round tray of fruit and tea waiting for her. Date: circa 1919

The Home Magazine Advertisement
An advertisement for the release a number of The Home, an Australian quartlerly magazine, featuring two women dressed elaborately on some cushions, beside a table bearing fruit. Date: circa 1924

W. T. Baker & Co Advertisement
An advertisement illustration for W. T. Baker & Co. Ltd, specialists in engraving, printing and advert design. The image shows that of an elaborately dressed lady, making a grand arrival

HOUSE OF LORDS The Thrones, under an elaborately panelled and tabernacled canopy - a new chair is made for each successive monarch Date: 1850

A Courtship Cake Date: 1935

Dress of the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, 1558-1603.. She wears a high lace ruff and cuffs, elaborately jeweled bodice, belt and headdress. Stubbs, Stow, portrait at Henham, described by Miss

BURMESE MUSICIANS 1861
An elaborately equipped sextet perform at a funeral at Rangoon : most of their instruments are percussion, two sets being housed in playpen-like rings. Date: 1861

Mayan Ruins - Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico
Mayan Ruins at Chichen Itza - a large pre-Columbian city built by the Maya people of the Terminal Classic period. The archaeological site is located in Tinum Municipality, Yucatan State, Mexico

Las Monjas - Uxmal, Yucatan, Mexico
Las Monjas (nicknamed The Nunnery Quadrangle by the Spanish) - Uxmal, Yucatan, Mexico - actually a Government Palace with elaborately carved facades on both the inside and outside faces

Casa del Gobernador (Governors Palace) Uxmal Yucatan Mexico
Casa del Gobernador (Governors Palace), Uxmal, Yucatan, Mexico. Date: circa 1940s

Alexander the Great: the marriage of Europe and Asia
Alexander the Great celebrates the symbolic union of Europe with Asia with a five day wedding feast, in which he and 92 of his generals wed Persian noblewomen

Hindu Juggernaut Car - Ceremony at Colombo
Hindu Juggernaut Procession - Ceremony at Colombo, Sri Lanka. The word juggernaut is derived from the Sanskrit Jagannatha (meaning Lord of the universe)

Elaborately carved stern of a Burmese Boat / Barge. Date: circa 1908

Costume / Asia Minor
ANCIENT ASIA MINOR Protective clothing and weaponry of Warriors and the elaborately patterned clothing of man and a woman of rank. Date: B.C

Court Dress
English court dress stills employs the use of hoops to hold out the elaborately ornamented skirts even though they had fallen out of use for fashionable dress. Date: 1800

Hair Styles / Bon Ton / 1840
A selection of hairstyles, mainly women s, with elaborately curled locks and ringlets and a woman with a large muff. Date: 1840

Racial / Zulu Man Close-Up
A close-up photograph of a Zulu man in profile wearing a large white headdress. Date: 1936

Zulu Warriors / Standing Guard
Line of Zulu warriors holding their shields aloft infront of a Zulu settlement. Date: 1936

Zulu Soldiers / War Clothing
Three Zulu soldiers having donned War clothing and clutching spears and shields. Date: 1936

Group of Zulu Men
A seated group of spectacularly dressed Zulus. Date: 1936

Seated Zulu Men
Zulu men sit and watch something, seemingly captivated. Date: 1936

Gates of the Presidential Palace, Port au Prince, Haiti
The elaborately-decorated gates/entrance to the Presidential Palace, Port au Prince, Haiti. The name of Francois C. Antoine Simon (aka Antoine Simon) (18431923)

Sri Lanka - Colombo - Hindu Juggernaut Procession
Hindu Juggernaut Procession - Ceremony at Colombo, Sri Lanka. The word juggernaut is derived from the Sanskrit Jagannatha (meaning Lord of the universe)

Traditional costume from Valencia, Spain
Traditional costumes from Valencia, Spain. Date: 1910s

Oriental Turkish Beauty - Istanbul, Turkey Date: circa 1910s

Hindu Temple, Singapore Date: circa 1950s

Tudor Window Shutters
One of the elaborately carved shutters on the house in Tombland, Norwich, Norfolk, England, built in 1526 for Augustine Steward, Sherriff, Mayor and M.P. for Norwich. Date: 16th century

GIPSY READING WAGGON
This gaily painted and elaborately carved gipsy wagon wagon is known as a Reading Wagon. Date: mid 19th century

I-CHING
Consulting the I-CHING in the elaborately decorated establishment of a Chinese fortune-teller Date: circa 1835

Music cover for The Keepsake, a Sequel to the Celebrated Song, The Cavalier, sung by Miss Poole. Words by W H Bellamy, music by Charles W Glover

Music cover for The Cavalier, a song sung by Miss Poole, with words by W H Bellamy, music by Charles W Glover. A very elaborately dressed Cavalier of the 17th century is depicted with a guitar under

Portrait of a working horse at a show
A detailed portrait painting by Malcolm Greensmith showing the head of a elaborately decorated working horse at a show, with hair braiding and ribbons

French Fashion 1827
A French lady in a blue full- length dress in the Naples style with an elaborately- decorated hat in grey and gold

Mandarins Barge
A Chinese Mandarins ceremonial barge - an elaborately decorated flat- bottomed vessel

Margherita hats
An array of elaborately embellished hats and bonnets from the Victorian period

Death / Marble Tomb / Malta
An elaborately carved marble tomb covering depicting an allegory of the figure of death from a tomb in the Cathedral at Victoria (Rabat) on the island of Gozo, Malta

St Peter & St Paul Cath
A view up to the elaborately decorated ceiling of the St Peter and St Paul Cathedral, Mdina, Malta

House at Windermere
Mr Schneiders elegant home at Belsfield, Bowness-on- Windermere, in the English Lake District : notice too the elaborately laid-out garden and the huge greenhouse

Aristocratic Couple 1780
She watches from beneath her parasol while he helps himself to a pinch of snuff; she moves her head carefully so as not to endanger her elaborately high-piled hair-do

Woman of Annes Reign
An elaborately gowned woman of Queen Annes reign sits holding a fan of peacock feathers

Chippendale Bed 1761
An elaborately ornamented state bed by Thomas Chippendale

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