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Musical terms up to date - Fortissimo - very loud1903
THE AGE OF GOLDWhen the living and the loving were easy; when, if you felt hungry, you just stretched your arm for some grapes
British Huntsman on a small-format Carte de visite (Portrait carte-de-visite, CdV) - an an albumen print to which a thin paper photograph was mounted onto a thicker paper card. Date: circa 1870s
French Fashion - Large back felt hat worn by a photographic model, although the hat is rendered in felt and fabric and the girls hair is from some un-determined source
Turk from Tunis and a Turk from DamascusOttoman Empire - Turk from Tunis and a Turk from Damascus. Date: 1821
Alexandra of Hohenlohe-Langenburg with her childrenPrincess Alexandra of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg, Princess Ernst of Hohenlohe-Langenburg with her daughters and future son-in-law in 1915: (l to r) Princess Irma, Alexandra herself
A Variety of Mens HatsA selection of mens hats, including a Bowler Hat, a Tweed Cap, a soft felt hat, a best silk hat, an opera hat, a chauffeurs cap, a Ladies Riding hat and a Tweed hat
Hat with comic verse on a Christmas and New Year cardBowler hat with comic verse on a Christmas and New Year card. Date: circa 1890s
Three smartly dressed British Caribbean people sitting on beNottingham. Three British Caribbean young people sitting on a bench outside an ice cream parlour. Man in a dark suit and felt hat, sit between two ladies, in white dresses and sun hats
Manufacture of felt hats. HungaryManufacture of felt hats, formerly widely used in Hungary. Reflects the regional differences, social and occupational. Ethnographic Museum. Budapest, Hungary
Woman doing automatic writing in a garden -- she is Mrs P Savile of South Norwood, London, who could receive psychic information from an entity called White Cloud
Romania - Woman and DancersA Romanian woman in traditional National costume kneeling between two male dancers, who have removed their soft felt hats. Date: circa1906
Romania - Dancer in National Costume Date: circa 1910s
Making a FezMaking a fez or tarboosh (from the Persian sar, meaning head and poosh, cover) worn by East Mediterranean Muslim men, which originated in Fez, Morocco, North Africa. Date: 1930s
Advert for Goochs winter clothing 1915Winter double breasted tweed coats for little boys. 1926
Woman sits with parasolWoman wearing a frilly voile frock made by Robinson and Cleaver relaxes on a bench holding a parasol. 1927
Clothing for women and girls 1913Women and young girls wearing winter garments. Date: 1913
A Tatler Fashion, by Gordon ConwayA Spring ensemble destined to be made in a light woollen material. The red coat is lined with the same material as the dress, the stripes being reversed. The scheme is completed with a red felt hat
Shako, officers full dress, 6th Bengal European Regiment, 1858.Felt with leather crown and peaks and gilt metal fittings. Date: 1858
Selection of hats 1909Selection of hats for Edwardian women, made in beaver fur, velvet and felt. 1909
French woman wearing bird feathered hats 1908Photographs of a fashionable French model wearing a selection of cartwheel hats decorated with Guinea fowl feathers and floral arrangements. 1908
Two black men under the stairs in a Nottingham houseNottingham. Two black men under the stairs in the hall way in a Nottingham house. Elder man left of picture holding his felt hat Date: 1960s
The new Captain Lindbergh hat, all the rage in Paris in 1927, the year he made his record-breaking flight to Paris. It was built of grey felt and embossed in dull red. Date: 1927
Early woman police sergeant, LondonAn early (possibly the first) woman police sergeant in London, wearing the Stanley Uniform, introduced in 1919. The tunic was single-breasted with six metal buttons down the front
Woman police officer helmet, Stanley uniform, LondonAerial view of an early Metropolitan Police female officers helmet, part of the Stanley Uniform introduced in 1919. The helmet was made of cork and hard felt, with a large badge on the front
Superintendent Stanley and three women police officersSuperintendent Sophia Stanley (served 1918-1922, seated), the first Superintendent of Women Police, and three women police officers (left to right: Elinor J Robertson, served 1919-1922)
Woman police officer in new Stanley UniformWoman police officer in the new Stanley Uniform, introduced in 1919, and named after the first Superintendent of Women Police, Sophia Stanley
Skirt & Cape Suit 1930SNavy blue suit, in a heavily textured wool, composed of a long line skirt & short cape worn over a beige angora jumper. N.B clutch handbag, leather gauntlets & felt hat. Date: 1930s
Plum Coloured Dress 1899Side buttoning dress: yoke, cuffs & hem in a contrasting colour. Skirt fits tightly & flares at the back & has a scallop design at the hem. N.B mink faces on muff & fur boa. Date: 1899
Green Velvet Coat 1899Long dark green velvet single- breasted coat with large gold buttons & fur yoke, cuffs, collar & epaulettes. Accessories: felt hat with feather trim & parasol. Date: 1899
STUMBLING FOX TROTI stepp d right on her toes, And when she bump d my nose, I fell and when I rose, I felt asham d and told her, Thats the latest step, my honey ! Date: 1922
WOMENs COAT 1940A double-breasted woollen coat with broad lapels and 4 buttons. Accessories include a hat with felt feather decoration and leather handbag and gloves. Date: 1940
Two black cats made of felt, one with a blue bow, the other with a pink bow. Date: early 20th century
Skull cap hats 1929Models wearing autumn hats from Henry Heath. Date: 1929
Suits for the Spring, 1966Model wearing a palest lilac tweed, a huge cream felt Garbo hat together with two rows of pearls by Vendome and gloves by Morley. Date: 1966
White wool suit by CardinA white wool garbardine suit by Cardin. It is single-breasted with an officer collar and a front panel of semi-circular cutouts and is worn with a welders helmet in white felt. Date: 1966
1960s Parisian fashionsFashions in Paris- Clockwise from top left: Stunning coat and matching gaiters by Lanvin in tomato-red window-pane checked wool ratteen (by Garique)
Felt-capped Catasetum orchid or Mother of Pearl flower, Catasetum pileatum.. It caused quite a sensation when it was first shown in London in 1886. Chromolithograph drawn by P
W Moult and J Fidler, workers at hatworksErnest Battersby took a number of photogrpahs of employees at the family hatworks in Stockport, and noted their names as well
Blocking shop at Battersbys hatworks - the felt hat on the right awaits further forming. Note the massive chain drive on the machine on the left. Date: 1902
Machine plank shop at Battersbys hatworks - the top end where more exposed drive belts run next to a table with hundreds of felt cones await the next stage of the manufacturing process Date: 1902
Plank shop at Battersbys hatworks showing formed felt cones, te basis for a fur felt hat. Note the huge amount of pipework, and the exposed belt drives to the machinery. Date: 1902
Advert for D. H Evans ready-to-wear felt hat 1914Advertisement for a new ready-to-wear hat in velour-finished felt from D H Evans of Oxford Street, London. In black and all colours
Advert for Scotts womens hats 1912Matlock, hat, in smooth or rough finished felt with smartlt turned up brim, trimmed, with a wing and knot of ribbon. 1912
Contrasting hats 19331930s hats for women, above: a black straw Suzanne Talbot model from Debenham and Freebody. Below: two views of a new felt hat from Scotts which may be obtained in several different colours. 1933
Fragment of a CoveringFragment of a felt covering for a saddle, with an Elk design. Pazyryk Culture. Scythian Art. Altai or Altay Territory Date: 4th-6th Century BCE
Poster requesting Rags for salvagePoster: request for Rags for salvage. Rags are needed to make engine wipers, blankets, uniforms, overcoats, gun wadding, charts, roofing felt, maps, etc