Gown Collection (page 22)

Young couple in a wedding photo (Ernest Protor and Lilian Egerton). 1905

Wedding group photo, West Ham, East London
Group photo, wedding of Robert Ferguson and Ada Egerton, West Ham, East London, May 1914. 1914

Mae Bacon - British Actress
Miss Mae (often, as here, credited as Mai ) Bacon (18971981) - British Actress, shown here in The Little Revue Starts at Nine at The Little Theatre, London

Jean Peron shows off two of his couture creations
At his salon on Regent Street, London, fashion designer Jean Peron shows off two of his beautiful couture creations to Mrs Philip Maufe

Fashionable ascot frock 1933
Woman wearing a fashionable Ascot frock designed and carried out by The White House of 51 New Bond Street. It is expressed in white organdie, patterned with pastel black

Dresses for dining 1910
Four women wearing fashionable dinner dresses with high waists. 1910

Advert for Debenham & Freebody undergarments 1915
Danity negligees, tea frocks and dressing gowns. 1915

Jessie Preston - British stage actress
Jessie Preston - British stage and music hall actress of the late Victorian era. Date: circa 1900s

Evening dress for a cruise
An evening frock suitable for a cruise in uncrushable crepe ideal for a cruise. It is boldly striped in four tones of green (or red)

Nursery Rhymes - Mother Hubbard and her Dog
Mother Hubbard and her Dog - old woman, glasses, red and white gown, dog on chairPart of Box 52 Boswell Collection Nursery Rhymes Date: circa 1890s

Pig couple with three children on a postcard. Date: circa 1890s

The Spell by H. M. Bateman
A gentleman is mesmerised by the languid glance of a lady acquaintance. Date: 1932

Evening frocks for fashionable casinos
A holiday abroad necessitates many lovely evening frocks for fashionable casinos. On the left is a dress of shimmering satin in duck egg blue, embroidered with diamante from Marshall and Snelgrove

Harrods advertisement, presentation gowns for 1931
Harrods advertisement for presentation gowns suitable for Their Majesties Courts. Appropriately, the three models shown all have regal names - Elizabeth, Anne and Victoria. Date: 1931

Swan and Edgar bridal outfits, 1931
Advertisement for Swan & Edgar of Piccadilly Circus, London, promoting their bridal fashions in 1931. The blushing bride can opt for simplicity in a gown

Kate Douglas Wiggin, American educator and author
Kate Douglas Wiggin (1856-1923), American educator and author of childrens stories, best known for her novel Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm. circa 1900s

Lord and Lady Weymouth at Antibes
Viscount Weymouth, only son and heir of the Marquess of Bath, pictured on honeymoon at Cap d Antibes on the French Riviera with his new wife, the former Hon. Daphne Vivian

Grosvenor Ball, 1954 - guests
The third annual Grosvenor Ball at Londonderry House, on Park Lane in Mayfair, London. (The building was demolished in 1965.) Guests Mrs R M Hicks, wearing a beautiful tiered ballgown

Couple at the Cambridge Uni Conservative ball
A couple - Miss Colette Hinedson and Mr Leslie Thornton-Wallis - dancing the samba (apparently!) at the Cambridge University Conservative Association Ball. Date: 1949

Riviera evening wear drawn by Edmund Blampied
Illustration in The Bystander to accompany an article on Riviera Fashion Forecasts which stipulates that while fashion is simple for daywear, nothing is too ornate or elaborate for the evening

Wedding of Mr I. M. B. Stuart and Mis Barbara Millar
The wedding of Irish rugby international Mr I. M. B. Stuart (also a master at Harrow School) and Miss Barbara Ethel Millar, a first-class golfer, at St. Johns Church in St. Johns Wood in April 1931

Advert for Jays smart clothes 1935
Lovely gown for the jeune fille, made in filmy tulle with medallions of cobweb lace. Pretty floral georgette dress, can be worn for day or evening

Woman with snoring husband
A woman sits up in bed with cotton wool in her ears, kept awake by her snoring husband. Date: 1960s

Advert for Ciro jewellery 1937
Ciro will inevitably attend the years Courts... A variety of their twinkly products are displayed and in the middle, a woman, perhaps a debutante, in court dress by Marshall and Snelgrove

Find the Fault card No. 14 -- bride and groom. circa 1930s

Bride with wedding presents. circa 1940s

Bride with bouquet on her wedding day. circa 1940s

Little Folk Misfitz - Wee Willie Winkie. Date: circa 1910

Royal wedding 1863 - Princess Alexandra
Queen Alexandra, formerly Princess Alexandra of Denmark (1844 - 1925), and then Princess of Wales, consort of King Edward VII, in her wedding gown for her marriage to Albert Edward, Prince of Wales

The Attorney. circa 1840

Happy Families Playing Cards - Mr Silence the Usher. late 19th century

Caricature of Sir Julius Benedict, composer
Caricature of Sir Julius Benedict (1804-1885) -- Baby Mine. He was a German-born composer and conductor who lived in England for most of his career. 1881

Caricature of William Ballantine, Serjeant-at-law
Caricature of William Ballantine (1812-1887), Serjeant-at-law, a legal position abolished in the reforms of 1873. In the early 1880s he retired from the law and published several volumes of memoirs

Caricature of David James and James Albery
Caricature of David James (left, 1839-1893), English comic actor, and James Albery (right, 1838-1889), English dramatist. Two Roses at the Lyceum, a Little Cheque

The Tatler Summer Number front cover by Lewis Baumer
Front cover of The Tatler Summer Number for 1924 featuring an illustration of a fashionably dressed young woman, wearing a graduated pink evening gown with a matching feather fan. Date: 1924

An Ascot frock from Ernest and Redfern, 1924
An Ascot frock from the salon of Ernest and Redfern of Albemarle Street, London. The fourreau is of black satin, the overdress being of black and white foulard marocain

A Lovely Ascot frock from Harrods, 1924
A black and white georgette frock, embroidered with silk and beads, worn with a osprey trimmed hat and silken sunshade decorated with sheared marabout (marabou), all from Harrods of Knightsbridge

Three women police officers in a dormitory, London, WW2
Three women police officers, one of them in uniform, sitting in a dormitory (possibly also an air raid shelter) in London during the Second World War, having a cup of tea. Date: 1940s

Christmas card in the form of a fan, with a bride in white gown and veil. Date: circa 1890s

Lady Jane Dering
LADY JANE DERING (nee Edwardes) wife of Sir Edward Dering, in a sumptuous evening gown with sleeves that would be a shoplifters dream ! Date: 1811 - 1897

Bedtime Story
Mother (the one in the rather tasteless dressing gown with a bouffant hairdo), reads a bedtime story to her enthralled son. Date: 1960s

Tucking in at Bedtime
Mother (in a dressing gown, with bouffant hairstyle), tucks her son into bed at bedtime. Date: 1960s

Mum Brushes Girls Hair
Mother (in a dressing gown, with bouffant hairstyle), brushes her daughters hair at bedtime. Date: 1960s

Polo Dress 1936
A young woman in a pretty taffeta gown and novel hat, daintily shaded with a parasol. A lovely outfit in which to watch the England vs USA polo match, Hurlingham. Date: 20 June 1936

Sulky Little Girl
But I don t want to go to bed yet! A rather sulky little girl sits in an armchair, ready for bed. Date: 1940s

Woman / Tapestry 1930S
A woman sews a tapestry following a design drawn onto the canvas Date: 1930s

Cocktail Gown 1930S
Gown by Lucien Lelong in black & red jersey with a heavily textured (possibly knitted) jacket with contrasting revers & cuffs. Worn with a belt & chinese style cap. Date: 1930s

Advert for Marshall & Snelgrove frilly dress 1938
Like a petal of a flower, frills, frills, frills... even at the demure neckline. Woman wearing a full length Christmas party evening dress with frills around neckline and from the hips down. 1938

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