Headress Collection

Guests of Countess Aynard de Chabrillan
A number of guests pose in their magnificent costumes inspired by the east. The central oval portrait is of the countess herself

Tribal headdress, Papua New Guinea, Victorian period

Party dress
Pattern for Art Deco style party dress from MABS FASHIONS. Frosty effect satin and georgette dress with swansdown headress and pom-poms. Artist: Anon. Date: 1924

Isabelle de Limeuil, maid of honour to Queen
Isabelle de Limeuil, maid of honour and spy for Queen Catherine de Medici of France, 1535-1609. She wears a lace headress, lace collar, and austere black dress decorated with black embroidered bands

Diane of Poitiers, mistress of King Henry II of France, 1499-1566. She wears a chaperon headress that ties under the chin, pink velvet surtout with puffed and slashed sleeves trimmed with ermine

King George V in Naval uniform and his wife, Queen Mary
Portrait photograph of King George V in Naval uniform and his wife, Queen Mary of Teck. Date: C. 1910s

Banky and Valentino in The Son of the Sheik
Vilma Banky (1901-1991) and Rudolph Valentino (1895-1926) in the Silent Film, The Son of The Sheik, 1926. Date: 1926

Cambridge-Abel Smith Balcombe wedding, 1931 - bridesmaids
The twelve bridesmaids in attendance at the wedding of Lady May Cambridge and Captain Henry Abel Smith at Balcombe church, 1931

Syrian Bedouin Women - Costume series (3 / 3)
Costume styles of five Bedouin women. Only one is veiled, another plays the tamborine and another wears expansive golden circle jewellery as a headdress. Date: circa 1910s

Angelina Claude (1851 - ?), American actress, played in theatres in London

Womens headresses 14th century
Examples of headwear worn by English ladies. 14th century

A Japanese actor plays a female role
A Japanese male actor plays a remale role. It is common in long plays for men to play a variety of different roles. Date: 1932

Tatar woman from Tomsk, Siberia, in headress and cape.. Handcolored woodcut from Auguste Wahlens Manners, Customs and Costumes of all the People of the World, Brussels, 1845

Suffragette, Hammer Headress Kew gardens. Suffragette portrayed as a hammer with tubular body, hammer headress and Votes for Women handbag

Tatler front cover, January 1964
Front cover of The Tatler featuring two Balinese dancers, to accompany a piece in the magazine entitled The Dancing Island. Date: 1964

Louise Blot - French Dancer - Perfomer at the Olympia, Paris Date: circa 1910

Princesse Mathilde Bonaparte - daughter of Prince Jerome
Princesse Mathilde Bonaparte (1820-1904), daughter of Prince Jerome, so niece of Napoleon: married Anatol Demidoff but divorced in 1846: French social leader at court of Napoleon III

Bridesmaids at the wedding of the Princess Royal, 1858
Eight bridesmaids at the marriage of Crown Prince Frederick William of Prussia and the Princess Royal, eldest daughter of Queen Victoria

Butcher prepares meat
A 15th century butcher prepares cuts of meat, including ribs and hooves. Date: 15th century

Val d Ossau Women at the fountain
Val d Ossau Women collect drinking water at the village fountain. Date: circa 1910s

Group from the Val d Ossau
Group of people from the Val d Ossau, France in traditional costume. Date: circa 1910s

Algerian Chieftain
A affluent Algerian chief, with high headdress, hand on belt knife and a long string of dark beads around his neck

Crown Princess of Romania
Marie Alexandra Victoria, a member of the British Royal Family, married King Ferdinand I of Romania in 1893, becoming queen consort of Romania

The Parisians of Paris: La Belle Otero
Carolina Otero, the famous Spanish dancer, actress and courtesan

Grand Duke Serge Alexandovich and wife
Grand Duke Serge Alexandrovich and his wife, the Grand Duchess Elisabeth Feodorovna in historical costumes. The duke was a victim of an anarchist bombing of Moscow

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