Flexible Collection

Lady Constance Stewart-Richardson, WW1
Lady Constance Stewart-Richardson (1883-1932), daughter of the 2nd Earl of Cromartie, society figure, danced and promoter of the healthy benefits of exercise

C17th Fire Engine / Dutch
An early fire engine in use in Holland. The first flexible hose was invented by Jan van der Heijden in 1672 in the Netherlands, and a pre-cursor of this may be shown here

Interior of invitation for one-woman exhibition
The (folded-open) interior of the invitation card to Nancy Sandys Walker's one-woman exhibition Feminine Eye View at the Ilford Gallery, 106/7 High Holborn, London - December 1955

Fouberts surgical operation to remove a bladder stone: Mr Fouberts scalpel 1, flexible canula 2 and mark on the perineum for the external incision

Acrobates - acrobats
A delightful illustration from Larousse Encyclopedia detailing a variety of acrobatic entertainers performing impressive physical feats. Date: 1930

Bottlenose dolphins - dancing underwater (Tursiops truncatus). Distribution: Worldwide except polar regions

LArcher
A sculpture showing the flexible form of an archer, who is holding his bow directly out to his front. Date: circa 1915

Anime armour. Hungarian type. Italian, ca. 1580. Back
Anime, articulated armour. Hungarian type. Italian, ca.1580. Back. Armoury. Grandmaster Palace. Valletta. Malta. Date: 2019

Dentist's equipment, dental drill Date: 1920

A little girl does the splits in a jolly stage costume of striped trousers and top hat. Date: 1930s

Jewelry cockade and flexible rings designed by Morgan. Aigrette et bagues souples par Morgan. Handcoloured pochoir (stencil) etching from Tommaso Antonginis Journal des Dames et des Modes

Fashionable man walking past bouquinistes on the Seine, 1913
Man in suit, bowler hat and cane walking past bouquinistes on the Seine. Tenue du matin. Handcoloured pochoir (stencil) etching after an illustration by Bernard Boutet de Monvel from Tommaso

Sahary Djeli, oriental dancer
Sahary Djeli, Oriental dancer, appearing at the London Hippodrome with a dance in which she displayed particularly sinuous arm movements in what was known as the, Les Danse des Bras Date: 1911

Gem flexible bracelets in pearl, diamond, enamel, sapphire and ruby. Chromolithograph from Edwin Streeters Gems Catalog, Bond Street, London, circa 1895

Helmet and cuirass
Helmet found at Bosworth Field, and flexible cuirass of metal laminae on leather said to have belonged to King Henry VIII. Copperplate engraving by J

Sketch cover - Prunella Stack (Lady Douglas Hamilton)
Ann Prunella Stack OBE (1915-2011), President of the Womens League of Health and Beauty, founded by her mother Mrs Bagot Stack pictured when she was Lady David Douglas-Hamilton with her baby son

Flexible Metallic Tubing Shop - 112 Queen Victoria Street, London. Flexible metallic tubing is seemingly a perfected substitute for rubber or canvas hose

Dancer & Contortionist performing vertical splits
An English dancer & contortionist ( Marie ) performing vertical splits!

A Trio of French Child Contortionists and Acrobats. Date: circa 1930s

Electrical household appliances 1929
Products from the Harrods catalogue electrical department, household items with a flexible wire and wall plug. Date: 1929

Salix viminalis, osier willow
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London. Osier willow foliage

Nipponites mirabilis, ammonite
This ammonite from the Upper Cretaceous of Japan displays a loose, tangled coil

Joy Henderson - Dancer - in a very flexible pose Date: circa 1910s

Advert for Mme Guillots Corsets 1906
The ideal corset for all sports is this absolutely flexible corset- gaine in non-stretch silk - no wonder Mme Guillot advertises herself as the Queen of the Corset ! 1906

Russian Desman - adult - searches environment with its sense of smell - probing air with flexible nose - typical posture (Desmana moschata )

Woman in elegant close-fitting hat
Woman in an elegant close-fitting hat of miroir velvet, with soft crown and flexible brim, trimmed with corded ribbon, as seen at D H Evans in Oxford Street, London. Date: September 1914

Mademoiselle Mona de Gray (real name: Florence Cockle) (1893-1987) - British Contortionist and acrobat. Date: circa 1910s

German female dance troupe striking a sculptural pose! Date: 1907

The Seal - Exercise regime for 1927
A recommended exercise for the 1920s lady, the Seal improves the general circulation, strengthens the abdomen and corrects that very common fault called sway back. Date: 1927

Christmas Bullet aircraft
Madison Square Garden, March 1919. Photograph of a sign displayed with an airplane at an aeronautical show at Madison Square Garden, reading as follows: CHRISTMAS BULLET/FLEXIBLE WING, STRUTLESS BIPLA

Exhibition Exhibit - The United Flexible Metallic Tubing Co
The Franco-British Exhibition at White City, London of 1908. The exhibit of the United Flexible Metallic Tubing Company (of 112 Queen Victoria Street, London) in the Palace of Machinery (stand no)

Jointed Steamship
A remarkable concept steamship, jointed in three places, seeminglyto counteract the motion of the sea!

Demonstration of the Dracone, Southampton, 1958
Photograph of the Dracone, a flexible towed trailer for the transport of fluids lighter than water, Southampton, 19th September 1958

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