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The Head Decorative - A Fashion of Old EgyptMiss Enid Bell wearing an elaborate headdress as Princess Amenset in The Dust of Egypt playing at Wyndhams Theatre in 1912 Date: 1912
Sarah Liston (nee Miss Tyrer) as Queen Dollalolla in Tom Thumb - Then tremble all who weddings ever made. 1805
Young woman in traditional costume, Minho, PortugalYoung woman of the Minho province in traditional costume, northern Portugal. Date: circa 1908
Ashantee Captain and CabossierAshantee (Ashanti) Captain in his War Dress and a Cabossier dressed in a Cloak of Ashantee Cloth, West Africa. 1834
Araucanians of ChileAraucanians of Araucania, central Chile. 1837
Many Folk Misfitz - North America - Native American boy. early 20th century
Italian woman in traditional costume. early 19th century
Four children in fancy dress, c. 1925Four children in fancy dress. From left, Peter is a Native American with his feather headdress and grass skirt, Lorna is perhaps a bumble bee or a cat (difficult to tell)
Debutantes court gowns of 1905A page of Debutantes wearing traditional white court gowns. Date: 1905
Christmas present - blackbird headdress 1938Womens unusual evening headdress, with five blackbirds mounted on velvet-cover, available from Dickens and Jones, " nice to be given something really frivolous
Afternooon costume 1896Latest ladies fashion. 1896
Breton lace seller in Granville, Normandy, France, with a war memorial in the background. Date: circa 1960s
Wedding Dress 1861High buttoned corsage with collar, pointed waist with corsage, bell shaped sleeves, page boy in brown and black tunic with cape and woman in pulple dress with rainbow shawl. Date: 1861
Fashions for September 1862Womens and girls fashionable clothing. Date: 1862
David Frances Barry photo - Chief Hand HornChief Hand Horn and his two wives in full traditional native American dress including beaded moccasins and leather belt. Hand Horn is wearing tights and a roach headdress
David Frances Barry photo - Chief Rushing War EagleChief Rushing War Eagle also known as Charging Eagle and Bad Gun, the son of Four Bears and Brown Woman of the Mandan tribe, Sioux, Dakota
Poster advertising Iberia Airlines -- Enjoy the charm of Andalusia. Printed by Rivadeneyra, Madrid. Date: circa 1950
2nd Dragoons - Royal Scots Greys - Insignia2nd Dragoons - Royal Scots Greys - A mounted soldier, his field cap, collar badge, shoulder strap, bearskin headdress badge (back) and field cap badge. Date: circa 1910
Egyptian woman from Cairo wearing traditional clothing. Date: 1902
A Roman Standard-BearerA Roman Soldier carrying a standard, the Roman equivilent of a flag, bearing the Roman symbol of the eagle. The symbols beneath show the regiment fighting in the battle. Date: Circa 55BC
Mlle Gheltzer, the star dancer of the Russian season in Paris 1910
Smart bridge frock 1909Woman wearing pale yellow ninon with a hem embroidered in shades of deeper yellow and brown. The tunic overdress is of satin souple in golden brown, caught back with dull gold buttons and buckles
Woman wearing lace straw hat with deep maize shade, trimmed with maize crepe and a bunch of field flowers in a flot of crepe. Date: 1886
Woman wearing a coarse brown straw hat, lined with brown velvet shade mordore and trimmed with velvet bows and pink roses. Date: 1886
Second half of C15th. Man: demi-gown with hanging sleeves. Women: kirtle & short gown or ermine trimmed gown. Headdresses: butterfly & a hood-like one with an under-cap Date: 15th century
A long snouted sow plays a harp, walks on stilts and wears the fashionable French steeple-shaped headdress known as a Hennin. A style rare in England. Date: late 15th century
Traditional Costumes from the Bresse region of FranceTraditional Costumes from the Bresse region - a former French province. It is located in the regions of Rhone-Alpes, Bourgogne, and Franche-Comte of eastern France
Old man from Central Sahara - Africa - Remarkable headdressOld man from Central Sahara (Mali?) - Africa wearing a remarkable headdress cap adorned with sea shells. Date: circa 1904
Woman wearing bonnet 1896Lady wearing a netted veil. Date: 1896
Costume of Madame de Contades, merveilleuse.. Costume of Madame de Contades, merveilleuse. She wears a Greek dress in white tarlatan with gold stars, gold bands on her arms and legs
Dress of the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, 1558-1603.. She wears a high lace ruff and cuffs, elaborately jeweled bodice, belt and headdress. Stubbs, Stow, portrait at Henham, described by Miss
10935619Horned headdress of the 15th century, reign of Edward IV 1461-1483.. She wears a blue dress with voluminous sleeves, lined with ermine
Model from 1920sWomen with short hair wearing a feathered headband and a full length tunic dress for the evening. Date: 1920s
Paris coiffures for May 1866A selection of womens headdresses. Date: May 1866
Ladies head-dresses, 18th centurySelection of ladies head-dresses and wigs of the 18th century. Date: 18th century
Ladies head-dresses, 15th & 16th century Ladies head-dresses, 15th & 16th centuryLadies head-dresses of the fifteenth and sixteenth century. Date: 15th & 16th century
Marie Stuart Headdress 1886Black velvet edged with pearls, trimming consist of goldlace, roses and gold wheatears. Date: 1886
Papal Tiara - Pope Pius XPope Pius X (Giuseppe Sarto) wears the TIARA, the traditional Triple Crown symbolising his power and authority Date: 1903
Tunic Dress - WolfhoundTango skirt draped & ornamented with a large brooch, tasseled train, V- neck corsage & pleated tunic, shoes with cross over ribbons, green wig & feather headdress. Date: 1914
EVE AS SERPENT COSTUMETravesti costume by Redfern in which Eve is depicted as the serpent in a green dress with a snakes-head headdress. She sinfully picks an apple. Date: 1913
Ladies Soire Early 1850sDark red dress: open bodice, basques, pagoda sleeves & 2 bands crossing over a habit shirt. Pink dress: vertical striped fabric worn with black lace fingerless gloves. Date: early 1850s
LODOVICOS MARRIAGE / 1343King Lodovico of Sicily, son of the Duke of Anjou, weds the daughter of the Duke of Pedro. Date: circa 1343
Knight with Eagle CrestA knight on horseback with an eagle as his crest and an elaborate eagle headdress
DUCIMO ABOARD PENELOPEThe Admiral receiving King Ducimo (West Africa) and his entourage on board The Penelope, off Lagos Date: 1854
DUCHESS OF LANCASTERCONSTANCIA DUCHESS OF LANCASTER Wife of John of Gaunt and daughter of King Peter of Castile (Spain) Date: flourished 1525
Mademoiselle FalconDate: early 19th century
The Mighty Megissogwon Streaked with crimson, blue and yellowThe Mighty Megissogwon " Streaked with crimson, blue and yellow, Crested with great eagle feathers". - The Song of Hiawatha by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1855). Date: circa 1904
A Rickshaw boy of Durban in their remarkable costume. Introduced from Japan, the rickshaw became a form of transport in Durban in the late 19th century