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Silk embroidered on card - Hope and Love Union FlagSilk embroidered on card - Hope and Love. Union Flag. White Flower. Inscribed on reverse. Commemorative Art
Embroidered silk on card - Allied flags and Courage et Confiance. Commemorative Art
Embroidered badge of the Tank Corps. Commemorative Art
Woven badge of the Machine Gun Corps, WW1Woven badge of the Machine Gun Corps. Commemorative Art
Patterned stockings including patriotic flags, WW1 fashionTwo pairs of stockings with the embellishment fashionable during the First World War on the left, a pair featuring squirrels on the ankles from Peter Robinson an don the right
Silhouette of boy in school blazerFull length silhouette of a boy called John, wearing a school blazer with embroidered pocket. Date: 1933
Elegant woman in visiting dress 1922Young woman wearing gold pattered visiting dress, leaning against a black french rococo sideboard. Date: 1922
Couple in formal wedding photoA couple in a formal wedding photo
Lady posed with a chairEdwardian lady wearing an embroidered blouse and ankle-length skirt with a gathered waist, plus sturdy lace-up shoes. Date: C.1913
Romanian Woman - carrying waterYoung Romanian Woman carrying water across a small stream or shallow river. Date: 1910
Romanian Woman - making fabricA lovely postcard photograph of a Romanian woman, working at a loom (to produce the highly patterned fabric used in traditional clothing) Date: circa 1910s
Romanian Couple in traditional National costume. Date: circa 1910s
Romanian Couple - Traditional CostumeRomanian Couple in traditional National costume. Date: circa 1910
Romanian Villagers - Traditional costumeRomanian Villagers wearing traditional folk costume. Date: circa 1900
Romanian Woman - Traditional CostumeA Romanian Woman in traditional National costume. Date: circa 1910
Young Romanian GirlA pretty young Romanian Girl in a traditional embroidered blouse, wearing a decorated headband and carrying a flower. Date: 1904
Romanian Woman and watering canRomanian Woman in traditional National costume, carrying a rather fine green watering can Date: circa1900
Romanian Man in traditional costumeA flamboyant Romanian man with a prodigous moustache, wearing an incredible embroidered outfit, fur hat and boots. Date: circa 1906
Advert for Asprey hand bags & clutches 1928A wide variety of hand bags and clutches, available from Asprey of Bond Street. 1928
Middle-aged woman in a gardenA middle-aged woman sitting in a garden in front of an ivy-covered wall
Advert for Army & Navy bridal gown 1934Ivory crepe satin bridal gown. The bodice and sleeves are embroidered entirely with silver bugles and diamate. Date: 1934
Advert for Peter Robinsons womens undergarments 1913Sale of attractive undergarments embroidered by hand. 1913
Tsaritsa Maria FeodorovnaEngraving from a photograph of Empress Maria Feodorovna, later Dowager Tsaritsa, formerly Princess Dagmar of Denmark (1847-1928), wife of Tsar Alexander III
Women wearing embroidered linen dress 1906Side view of an Edwardian woman wearing a embroidered linen dress with high neckline and bell shaped skirt. Date: 1906
Polish BagpipesAn old man playing the bagpipes in the Tatra mountains of Poland. His costume is made of embroidered goatskin and his dog is a breed peculiar to the area. Date: 1930s
Two Japanese Geisha Girls walk hand in hand in the park Date: circa 1906
Fantastic Pyrgi Costume - Island of Chios, GreeceFantastic Female Costume from the Village of Pyrgi, Island of Chios, Greece Date: circa 1906
Smiling Moroccan Man - Tangiers with a colourful overgarment and gold ring in his right ear. Date: circa 1909
Rich Turkish Woman in fine clothing with veil and many rings on her fingers. Date: circa 1910s
Japanese Wedding Ceremony series - Changing wedding dressJapanese Wedding Ceremony series - The bride changing her wedding dress (Shiromuku) for another ceremonial dress, mostly embroidered silk. Date: circa 1910s
Japanese actress in spectacular costume. Date: circa 1910s
Embroidered Postcard - Can Can Dancer - A Kiss from FranceWW1 - Fantastic Embroidered Postcard depicting a French Can Can Dancer - A Kiss from France. Our lady holds aloft the corners of her skirt to reveal their decoration - the flags of the allies
Sarah Bernhardt in Le Passant - playing a LuteSarah Bernhardt (1844-1923) in Le Passant (play by Coppee) - playing a Lute. Date: circa 1895
Georgian Woman in Traditional costume Date: circa 1910s
Traditional National Costume of Croatia - Bride from Sisak. Date: circa 1920s
Chinese Actors, Hong Kong Date: circa 1910s
Traditional costume from Valencia, SpainTraditional costumes from Valencia, Spain. Date: 1910s
Norwegian Bride from Hardanger in Tradtional CostumeNorwegian Bride from Hardanger, Norway wearing traditional marital costume, including the famous crown headdress worn by the bride. Date: 1902
Three Russian women in traditional costume off boatingThree Russian women in traditional costume head off for a boating jaunt on a still lake (or a very wide river - possibly the Volga?). Date: circa 1902
Russian Countrywoman in traditional costume Date: 1902
Kathleen Courtney as Princess Badroulboudoir in AladdinActress Miss Kathleen Courtney in the role of Princess Badroulboudoir in the pantomime Aladdin. Date: circa 1907
Oriental Turkish Beauty - Istanbul, Turkey Date: circa 1910s
Izmir, Turkey - Two young toddlers in Traditional costume Date: circa 1902
A Languid girl from Southern RussiaLanguor A pretty girl from one of the southern Turcic States of Russia with her hand placed luxuriantly behind her neck - giving the a; ppearance of a dreamy, lazy mood (hence the title of the piece)
Alme - Bauty from the Caucasus" Alme" - a Russian beauty from one of the Southern Turcic States (Turkmenistan?). Date: 1904
Traditional Hungarian Costume - MezokovesdA family in traditional Hungarian Costume surrounding the Christmas tree from Mezokovesd, a town in Borsod-Abauj-Zemplen county, Northern Hungary. Date: circa 1933
Russian girl Natalka - in traditional costume. Date: circa 1910
Chinese Actor in elaborate costume - Singapore Date: circa 1909
