Elegance Collection (page 6)

Pochoir technique - Stylish Art Deco Greetings Card
Stylish Art Deco Greetings Card created using the Pochoir (French: stencil) technique, a highly refined method of making fine limited editions of stencil prints

Antonio Pascual de Borbon y Sajonia, Infante of Spain
Antonio Pascual de Borbon y Sajonia (1755-1817). Infante of Spain. Portrait by Anton Raphael Mengs (1728-1779), 1767. Prado Museum. Madrid. Spain

United States. Cincinnati. Jewellery. Inside view. 1876
United States. Cincinnati, Ohaio. Duhme & Co. Manufacturing Jewelers. Jewellery. Inside view. 1876. Colored engraving

Young lady showing the double train of a Paul Caret gown
A young stylish lady wearing a gown of pink moire satin by Paul Caret of 16, Orchand Street, London. The double train springs from the waist. 1923

Mrs James Beck in a Schiaparelli suit
Mrs James Beck, socialite and daughter of one of the famous Wyndham sisters painted by Sargent, pictured in a black suit made of amusing quilted material by Schiaparelli

Claire Luce in Schiaparelli
Actress Claire Luce (1903-1989), actress and entertainer, photographed in a Schiaparelli evening dress worn in the film, Vintage Wine

Sallie Monkland in Schiaparelli
Sallie Monkland, an American member of high society in London, pictured in the dress she wore for a cocktail party at her Carlos Place house

Betty Blythe - American Actress
Betty Blythe (1893 1972), American actress. Date: 1922

Tatler cover November 1959
Front cover of The Tatler magazine for 11 November 1959, featuring a woman wearing a copper bronze South West African Persian lamb jacket banded at the hem with baum marten

Holiday fashions from Gorringes & Army and Navy Stores
From left, a frock of new washing material showing an indefinite damask design, while the smart little coat with glass buttons is of wool

Advertisement for natural silk -- Really elegant people wear real jewels and real silk. 1929

Evening dress for a cruise
An evening frock suitable for a cruise in uncrushable crepe ideal for a cruise. It is boldly striped in four tones of green (or red)

Modes for the Riviera sunshine, 1931
Fashions for wearing on the French Riviera. Above is a frock of pale eucalyptus green hopsack and a jacket of the same light woollen material in a deep shade of myrtle

Evening frocks for fashionable casinos
A holiday abroad necessitates many lovely evening frocks for fashionable casinos. On the left is a dress of shimmering satin in duck egg blue, embroidered with diamante from Marshall and Snelgrove

Molyneux outfit, 1937
An outfit of beige and black stripes accentuate the chic of this woollen dress and three quarter length coat by Edward Molyneux. Date: 1937

Fashions for the deck on summer cruising days
Suggested outfits to wear on a summer cruise or transatlantic voyage all from Debenham and Freebody. From left, a two-piece costume in scarlet wool with a smartly flared skirt

The modern trend towards vivid colouring in dress
Series of illustrations showing fashionable brightly coloured dresses and garments to be worn by women at Royal Ascot during 1913

ART XIX century. FRANCE. RENOIR, Pierre-Auguste (Limoges, 1841, Cagnes-SurMer, 1919). French Impressionist painter. PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG, 1892. Museum of Fine Arts. Budapest. Hungary

DORE, Gustave (1832-1883). French artist, engraver and illustrator. Lady with white scarf, 1870. Museum of Fine Arts. Budapest. Hungary

Portrait of Manuela Camas y de las Heras, Consort to Juan Ag
Francisco de Goya (1746-1828). Spanish romantic painter. Portrait of Manuela Camas y de las Heras, Consort to Juan Agustin Cean Bermudez. C. 1785, Museum of Fine Arts. Budapest. Hungary

Bourgeois families in the foyer of the Theatre Francais. Colored engraving from 1885

Meeting of aristocratic families in the living room. Colored engraving by George Scott, 1892

Lady writing a letter. Colored engraving from 1888

Lady and gentleman. Engraving by Bonamore. Coloured. 1891

Evaristo Arnus y de Ferrer (1820-1890). Spanish financier. Engraving. Coloured

Paris Fashions, 1924 by drawn by Peroud
An illustration, by Peroud, originally drawn for The Tatlers counterpart, Eve - The Ladys Pictorial. Special artists were engaged in Paris

Longing for Past Fashion
Poor little functionally garbed, war-weary girl of 1917 looks tearfully on as belles of other eras mock her with their pretty feminine elegance. Date: 1917

Lady Motorists Dress
Elegance sportive - dress suggestions for the girl who wants to look her best while driving, while keeping warm... Date: 1905

Sightseer, Venice 1924
An elegant sightseer contemplates the elegance of Venice... Date: 1924

Social / French Party 1931
Two evening dresses by Philippe Rodier: one in dark green with a gored skirt and diamond buckle on one hip; the other is in pale blue. Date: April 1931

Hotel Foyer Fashions
Well-heeled people in evening dress mingle in an hotel foyer. Some sit at tables possibly waiting for drinks ordered from the cocktail waiter at the hotel bar. Date: 1930s

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