Frilly Collection

People dancing flamenco in the street, Seville, Spain
People dancing flamenco in the street in traditional costume, Seville, Spain. circa 1930s

David Wright woman in short black underslip
Elegant woman with red hair, wearing a short black, semi-transparent underslip. She is sitting on the edge of her dressing table, loosening her hair

Advert / Gaiety Girl 1896
Poster for A Gaiety Girl

David Wright woman in a red swimsuit
Elegant woman with red hair, wearing a one-piece red swimsuit, red shoes, and a wide brimmed floppy hat. She is sitting on a table with a red and white tablecloth

Music cover for Two Marionettes Polka, composed by May Ostlere. Two puppets (without strings!) are depicted dancing on a small stage, framed by red and gold curtains

French maid taking a break and enjoying a cigarette before her next duty calls.... Date: 1910s

Diana, Princess of Wales (1961-1997) on a visit to St Columb, Cornwall

Leonhard Euler, Swiss mathematician and physicist

PRINCESS DIANA
DIANA, PRINCESS OF WALES (1961-1997) Former wife of Charles, Prince of Wales, mother of Prince William and Prince Harry. Tragically killed in a car crash in Paris

Poster, Nil Simile, The Ladys Shoe, sold by W F Heddon, Bridge Street, Carmarthen, Wales. Date: circa 1920

1960s tennis fashion
Frilly panties by Teddy Tinling, as worn by tennis players in the 1960s. Worn with a navy banded white cardigan by Maxine Leighton

The Balloon Baby by Muriel Dawson
A little girl in a frilly dress and bonnet marches along with a doll under warm and a bunch of balloons in her other hand

Music cover, Ta-Ra-Ra Boom-De-Ay Polka, arranged by Josef Meissler on Lottie Collins popular song. 1892

Caricature of Cora Cardigan, flautist
Caricature of Cora Cardigan (Hannah Rosetta Dinah Moulton, 1860-1931), virtuoso flautist who worked mainly in theatres and music halls. She also played the violin. 1883

David Wright woman in black evening dress
Elegant woman with red hair, wearing a black evening dress with a red flower on the bodice, and matching red material below the waist

Label design, Tom Smiths Christmas Crackers. circa 1900

I Want to be Happy, by Elsie Harding. 1925

Claudette Colbert, actress
Claudette Colbert (1903-1996), French-born American-based actress of screen and stage. circa 1940s

Royal Wedding 1904 -- Princess Mary as bridesmaid
Princess Mary of Wales (later Princess Royal, Countess of Harewood, 1897-1965), seen here in her bridesmaids dress for the wedding of Princess Alice of Albany and Prince Alexander of Teck

Elderly woman in front of a Welsh dresser, Mid Wales
An elderly woman in Victorian style costume sitting in front of a Welsh dresser, Mid Wales. The dresser contains family photographs and crockery

Can-Can Dancer
A solo dancer in a huge white hat displays a lot of frilly undergarments as she dances

Gertie Millar and Nora Nagle
Gertie Millar Actress with Nora Nagle in The New Aladdin Date: 1907

Chocolate box design, lady in carnival mask
Chocolate box design, featuring the head and shoulders of a smiling lady in a carnival mask. Date: 20th century

Couple at Eastbourne
He: straw boater, cane, wing collar & single-breasted suit. She: hat adorned with chiffon & plumes, blouse ornamented with pin-tucks & feather trim & a plain skirt cut in panels

James Madison / Scrap
JAMES MADISON 4th American President (1809-17) Date: 1751 - 1836

Lessing / Gotthold / Miniatu
GOTTHOLD EPHRAIM LESSING German dramatist and critic

Domenico Cimarosa / Coltel
DOMENICO CIMAROSA Neapolitan composer

Female Type / Reading 19C
A young Victorian woman looking at a postcard. Date: late 19th century

GIRLS / SISTERS 1910
Two sisters in their best dresses: the elder one carries a basket of flowers. Date: 1910

Young Girls Underwear
A girl wears lace & ribbon edged cotton drawers, a chemise, a wadded bodice to keep her chest warm, socks & shoes with a bar across the instep

Comic postcard, Husband after riotous night out Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Woman kneeling in bed, praying for a man Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Drunk man speaks to woman in the street Date: 20th century

Queen Wilhelmina of Holland and Prince Consort
Queen Wilhelmina of Holland and the Prince Consort, Duke Henry of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. circa 1900s

Teddy Tail, Duke of Yorks Theatre, London
Teddy Tail, a childrens fantastic musical play by Charles Folkard, music by Frederic Norton, based on the Teddy Tail comic strip in the Daily Mail newspaper, at the Duke of Yorks Theatre

WW2 American Forces comic postcard - I'm on Observation Duty Date: 1940s

Ella Hall, actress in The Master Key'. Date: 1915

Reading the Tea Leaves, Mazawattee Tea Co, London
Advert, Reading the Tea Leaves, Mazawattee Tea Co, London Date: 1894

Victorian scrap, girl holding a bunch of flowers Date: late 19th century

Alexandra, Princess of Wales, in bridal dress, 10 March 1863
Alexandra, Princess of Wales, in her bridal dress, 10 March 1863 Date: 1863

French glamour postcard - La Belle de Miranda Date: circa 1910

Princess Elizaveta Trubetskaya, Parisian salon hostess
Princess Elizaveta Esperovna Trubetskaya (Lise Troubetzkoi, 1834-1907), Russian lady-in-waiting and Parisian salon hostess. Date: circa 1860s

Hortense Schneider, French soprano, in evening dress
Hortense Schneider (1833-1920), French soprano, best known for her roles in Offenbach's operettas. Seen here in evening dress. Date: circa 1850s

Irene Vanbrugh as heroine in Pinero's Trelawny of the Wells
Irene Vanbrugh as the heroine, Rose Trelawny, in Pinero's play, Trelawny of the Wells Date: circa 1900s

Binnie Hale
Beatrice Binnie Hale-Monro was an English actress, singer and dancer. Here she is publicising a revue show at the London Hippodrome. Date: circa 1932

Victorian scrap, girl with letter and basket of flowers Date: late 19th century

Music cover, A Street in Old Seville, Marjorie Stedeford
Music cover, A Street in Old Seville, by Rodd Arden and Leo Towers, featured and broadcast by Marjorie Stedeford. Date: 1935

Advert, Watson's Matchless Cleanser for every household and laundry use. Date: 1927

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