Exotic Collection (page 28)

Theatre / Exotic / China
Six Pekin tragedians, all dressed in traditional chinese costume for the stage

Egyptian Frocks 1924
Egyptian influence. Green tube dress with gold fabric draped diagonally from one shoulder & fastened at the hip; black print dress with handkerchief drapery at the hips

1911 Silhouette / Gose
Silhouette of 1911: high waisted tunic dress with narrow (hobble) skirt & a V necked corsage in an exotic floral fabric. She carries an American sac handbag

Exotic Lady 1830S
Hair dressed in large sausage curls; large red turban; huge pearl drop earrings; pearl necklace; red scarf; gown with black bodice, lace tucker & striped gigot sleeves

Mata Hari / Dagger Dance
MATA HARI (= Eye of Dawn) (Margarete Gertrude Zelle) dances the sacred Brahmic Dagger Dance, claiming to have learnt it as a child from the priestesses of Java

Imperia / Dress by Worth
Design by Worth: white fur coat with thick collar, sleeveless gown with tapering straps, flaring skirt with brown fur hem & a vandyked motif in gold

Oriental Fabrics 1924
Coats in fabrics with an Oriental feel by Coudurier: wrap over coat with funnel sleeves, white fur all round stand collar, cuffs & skirt; coat with hood & tassels

Egyptian Fabrics 1924
Egyptian inspired fabrics by Coudurier: strapless wrap dress in a bold gold & terracotta cloth; evening coat or wrap in a pale turquoise embellished with gold designs

Feather-Sellers, Aden
When their ship, the steamship Peshawar, stops at Aden, passengers travelling to India are offered exotic feathers by Jewish traders

Dressing Gowns 1841
Man: plaid dressing gown, skull cap & slippers. Woman: evening dress, short sleeves with lace volans & bertha, skirt en tablier trimmed with swags of lace & roses

Long Pipe 1836
Decadent gent smoking a long exotic looking oriental pipe converses with a cohort back from a night on the tiles

Social / Tango Demo 1914
A professional couple demonstrate the tango - still an exotic novelty - to supper guests at the Savoy Hotel, London

Pineapples Sold by Slice
A trader selling Pineapples - a penny a slice from a barrow when this fruit was still a rarity in Britain

Turkish Spice Merchant
Outside a spice merchants shop at Aidin, Turkey with customers & staff. Turkish cigarettes are also available

Florida Everglades
Deer and flamingoes are among the exotic fauna on a creek, tributary to the St Johns River, Florida

Asian Headdess
Depicting various styles of headgear worn in Asia including brightly coloured turbans, tall pointed hats with ornate patterns or in fur

Hat with Aigrette C1913
Blonde woman wears a soft hat with an aigrette, a blouse with a scallop edged turn down collar, a large green pendant & a wrap-over garment in an eastern style print

Sailor and Parrot
Sailors have a tendency to bring home parrots as souvenirs of their travels in exotic climes : the noise below decks must have been indescribable !

Oriental Pipes
A variety of Oriental and Asian pipes

Pipes from China, Japan
Smoking devices from China, Indo-China and Japan

Pipes from India, Persia
Smoking devices from India, Persia and other Asian countries

Sioux Pipes
A variety of Sioux pipes

Fur-Trimmed Mantle C1913
A pretty brunette wears a fur- trimmed mantle in a vibrantly coloured floral print & a small hat with a narrow brim & aigrette

Theatre Coat / Paquin 1912
Exotic pink & black kimono style theatre coat by Paquin embellished with chinese embroidery & trimmed with fur. Her headdress is ornamented with embroidery & beads

Fur-Trimmed Cape 1913
A fur-trimmed short cape with rows of beads fastened with a Chinese style medallion with tassels across a long fur stole

Dinner Robe / Worth 1913
Tango dress by Worth: draped & split skirt with a train, high waist with sash, long under- sleeves with engageantes (ruffled cuffs) & an exotic beaded headdress with aigrette

Worth Evening Dress 1913
Worth dress in an exotic shade of orange: high-waisted, decorative belt & shoulder straps, puffed & draped skirt with a train, translucent black sleeves

Evening Dress / Worth 1923
Orientally inspired gowns by Worth in lacquer reds: wrap over with diamante bows, fur trim & matching jacket; floral embroidered panels, sash & gored skirt with train

Evening Dress / Vionnet
Chinese influenced black dress by Madeleine Vionnet: slash neck, sleeveless with box- pleated or gored skirt & embroidered dragon motif on the bodice

Quilted & Ermine Coat
Orientally inpired evening coat with cape collar, loose tubular sleeves & pleated back panel in a quilted brightly coloured ornate printed fabric lined & trimmed with ermine

Satin & Ermine Cloak
Sumptuous evening cloak or wrap in ermine fur bordered with satin lame in an ornate design

Quilted Silk Coat 1922
Loose fitting cape style evening coat in sable & quilted silk with a huge fur collar exhibits a distinct chinese influence in the fabric design & tassel trim

Evening Coat with Ermine
Loose fitting evening coat shaped like an upturned triangle uses ornately patterned velvet with a high collar & back panel in ermine

Huge Hippo and People
An extraordinary depiction of a hippopotamus savaging hunters in an exotic landscape - it is the size of an elephant, and seems more a creature of land than water

Porcelain Tower Nanking
NANKING PAGODA, the porcelain tower known also as the temple of Pau Lin Shi. Inside the temple are over 10, 000 images made of plaster, some of them are over 6 feet high. Date: 1653 - 1670

Cigar Box Label
Cigar boxes are traditionally packaged with bright and striking images - this exotic lady and her pet lion are characteristic

A group of various items from India, principally enamelled, including vases and boxes

Beasts in Roman Arena
exotic beasts in a Roman arena

Xanthosoma Sagittifolia
xanthosoma and other exotic flora, and birds in the Brazilian jungle

Flying in Exotic Places
Flying in exotic places such as Polynesia can lead to interesting encounters with the natives, but the aviator cannot be sure of a warm welcome

Dangers of Travel
Flying to exotic destinations such as the Sahara presents additional dangers if the aviator has to make a forced landing

Adelaide Hall / Beaute
ADELAIDE HALL American born, British adopted. One of the highest earning entertainers of the 1940s. First black star to be given a long term BBC contract

Indian and Hookah
An Indian nobleman talks with a friend while he smokes his hookah, accompanied by music from two female performers : another servant holds a flaming torch to light it

Bewick / Flying Squirrel
(petaurista elegans) Bewick seems to say that this exotic rodent can be found in Europe, but today it is largely confined to south-east Asia

Women in Exotic Setting
Surrounded by exotic vegetation, she stands primly with her parasol by a palm tree

Exotic Play in China
Popular Chinese street theatre, commemorating the New Year

Siamese twins performing in Paris
Rosa and Josepha at the Theatre de la Gaiete, Paris, where they appeared in the course of a play entitled Les aventures de M. Martin

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