Elsa Collection

Elsa Schiaparelli and daughter Gogo at Monte Carlo
Elsa Schiaparelli (1890 - 1973), Italian fashion designer, pictured on holiday at Monte Carlo in the company of her daughter, Gogo. Date: 1938

A Fantasy
A theatrical artwork showing performers wearing Elizabethan costumes upon a black and white tiled floor, a younger boy receives praise in the form of thrown flowers. Date: circa 1914

Charles Laughton and Elsa Lanchester
Husband and wife, actors Charles Laughton (1899-1962) and Elsa Lanchester (1902-1986). At the time they were respectively playing Henry VIII

The coffee-stall presided over by an artist barman : Miss Elsa Lanchester and Mr John Armstrong at the Select Evenings club, 1924, a club and cabaret show in Bloomsbury, London

Page from The Sketch, 5th October 1927: The presiding genius at the new Seven Dials Cave of Harmony. Miss Elsa Lanchester and her expressive hands. Date: 1927

John and Benita Armstrong with Charles & Elsa Laughton 1938

The Wiesenthal Sisters, appearing at London Hippodrome
The embodiment of joy, the three Wiesenthal sisters, Grete, Elsa and Berta, demonstrating their carefree and ecstatic form of dance

The Sisters Wiesenthal at the London Hippodrome
The three Wiesenthal sisters, Grete, Elsa and Berta, who were causing a sensation at the London Hippodrome in 1909 when the theatre had re-opened after a four-month long refurbishment

Elsa Maxwell and her Moods painting
Feature in The Sketch showing party thrower, entertainer and social fixer Elsa Maxwell alongside a painting she did as part of an exhibition organised by her in Paris on the theme of Moods in which

The Company of the Co-optimists, October 1921
Nine of the ten Co-Optimists, a variety revue in London. From left to right (top row) Phyllis Monkman, Laddie Cliff, Elsa Macfarlane, Stanley Holloway; (second row) Betty Chester

Bystander front cover - Elsa Macfarlane
Bystander cover featuring a colour photograph of actress and entertainer, Elsa Macfarlane, who was a member of the revue group, the Co-optimists

Tallulah Bankhead, Elsa Lanchester & Gwen Farrar
Stars of a charity matinee in aid of the Central Council for the Care of Crippled Children organised by Gwen Farrar (second from left) and attended by H.R.H. the Duchess of York

Lohengrin and Elsa of Brabant, an old German legend

Knitted outfit by Schiaparelli 1930
A beige and brown knitted tricot sweater with demure front buttons and a little basque that emerges from below the belt. 1930

Cecil Beaton and Elsa Maxwell at the Venice Lido
Cecil Beaton pictured with renowned party-giver Elsa Maxwell at the Venice Lido in 1933. Date: 1933

A Lido Reflection by Tony Wysard
A gathering of society at the Venice Lido, at a party given by Elsa Maxwell. Left to right are: Serge Lifar, Miss Elsa Maxwell, Lady Abdy, the Baroness d Erlanger and her daughter

The Six Swans - Scene from The Six Swans. Elsa, throwing shirts over her brothers to permit them to regain their human form. Artist: Millicent Sowerby Date: 1909

Lohengrin & Princess Elsa - Lohengrin fells his adversary Date: circa 1916

The Worthing Pier Pavilion. Performing were the Co-Optimists, a variety revue from London starring: Laddie Cliff, Elsa Macfarlane, Stanley Holloway, Davy Burnaby, Melville Gideon, Babs Valerie

Elsa Schiaparelli Pour le Sport advertisment
Advertisment for Elsa Schiaparellis first shop, Pour le Sport, in 4, Rue de la Paix, in Paris. Her first collection consisted of knitwear

Alice Keppel and Elsa Maxwell at Biarritz in 1933
Mrs George Keppel, otherwise known as Alice Keppel, formerly mistress of King Edward VII, pictured here on holiday at Biarritz in 1933 with Elsa Maxwell, American gossip columnist

Some of the lads in Charles Gullivers pantomime Dick Whitti
Seen in Vaudeville: (top) some of the lads in Charles Gullivers pantomime Dick Whittington at the Palladium Theatre and (bottom) Elsa Kruger appearing at the London Coliseum, 1924 Date: 1924

Evening gown and bodice by Elsa Schiaparelli
Illustration of an evening gown and bodice by Elsa Schiaparelli, on a fashion page by Winifred Lewis. The outfit is described as

Hat by Elsa Schiaparelli
Illustration of a wide brimmed straw hat with a bird cage crown designed by Elsa Schiaparelli. Date: 1939

Summer dress by Elsa Schiaparelli
Illustration of a summer dress designed by Elsa Schiaparelli in flame mousseline, with tourquoise, flame and gold metal musical instruments embroidered around a dropped hip line. Date: 1939

Advertisement for a coat by Elsa Schiaparelli
Photograph of a model wearing a white ermine coat designed by Elsa Schiaparelli. The fur is worked horizontally, the coat falls in loose folds from gathered shoulders

Winter sports outfit by Elsa Schiaparelli
Illustration showing a sweater with adjustable high collar, bonnet and high woollen leggings by Elsa Schiaparelli. 1928

Schiaparelli ski oufit, 1929
A ski-ing outfit by Elsa Schiaparelli featuring loosely cut breeches in dark blue toile and a novel fitted jumper, pointed hood-like cap

Hon Mrs Richard Norton wearing a Schiaparelli outfit, 1937
Mrs Richard Norton modelling an enchanting ensemble from Schiaparelli, which consists of a short, fitted jacket of tweed in a dull shade of pink and a dress of brown wool with a sleeveless bodice

Elsa Macfarlane in the Midnight Follies cabaret and Clifford
Elsa Macfarlane in the Midnight Follies cabaret at the Hotel Metropole, London and a portrait of Clifford Whitley, producer of the Midnight Follies (1926) Date: 1926

Wedding Lohgengrin and Elsa, daughter of the Duke of Brabant
Lohengrin. Character in German Arthurian literature. Wedding Lohgengrin and Elsa, daughter of the Duke of Brabant. Engraving by A. Closs. Germania, 1882. Colored

Summer outfit by Elsa Schiaparelli
Photograph of a model wearing a coulotte suit styled by Elsa Schiaparelli in plain and checked Viyella. Date: 1939

Summer skirt and jacket by Elsa Schiaparelli
Illustration of a summer skirt and jacket designed by Elsa Schiaparelli, in black crepe, tight to the hips, cunningly folded across the front, a violin ornament at the high throat

Half-length coat by Elsa Schiaparelli
Half-length coat designed by Elsa Schiaparelli. The coat is made in carbon blue embroidered with black soutache. The skirt is blue

Advertisement for Salut de Schiaparelli, a perfume recommended for the evening, as the advert states: For the evening - The essence of all that an exclusive and individual perfume should be

Advertisement for Elsa Schiaparellis Shocking products
Advrtisement for Elsa Schiaparellis Shocking perfume, powder and lipstick Date: 1937

Caricature of Elsa Schiaparelli drawn by Sirra Date: 1935

Elsa Martinelli Italian film actress sitting on a car Date: 1933 -

Elsa Martine Italian film actress Date: 1933 -

Illustration, Clever Elsa -- When she saw the pickaxe just above her head, Clever Elsa burst into tears. Date: 1909

Suffragette Elsa Gye, Will Bullock. Elsa Gye (1881-1943) with her future husband, William Bullock in April 1909. Joined the W.S.P.U in 1906

Suffragette Elsa Gye and Children. Elsa Gye (1881-1943) with two of her sons, Jack and Richard in 1915. Date: 1915

Miller & Hogarty present Americas daintiest comedy queen, Elsa Ryan in the stirring comedy drama of western life, Nevada by Fred. Darcy. Date c1902

Elsa MacFarlane and Basil Howes and in the Midnight Follies
Elsa MacFarlane and Basil Howes (left as the highwayman) and in the Midnight Follies cabaret show at the Hotel Metropole, London, 1927 - showing the Claude du Vall or A Maid O Mayfair episode

Elsa MacFarlane in the Midnight Follies cabaret show at the Hotel Metropole, London, Spring 1927 - showing the Claude du Vall or A Maid O Mayfair episode. Date: 1927

Charles Laughton as Captain Hook
Charles Laughton playing Captain Hook in Peter Pan at the London Palladium. Elsa Lanchester, his wife, was Peter

Einstein and Wife 1922
ALBERT EINSTEIN German born physicist with his wife Elsa in 1922

Ortrud at the Church
Ortrud denies Elsa entrance to the church

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