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Hems Collection

Background imageHems Collection: Stitch Types Diagram

Stitch Types Diagram
Leaflet that is promotional & instructional as it clearly & simply shows you how to do various basic handsewing stitches & hems such as handkerchief or rolled hem

Background imageHems Collection: Manchester Mr Birch's Orphan Homes Hulme 1880s

Manchester Mr Birch's Orphan Homes Hulme 1880s
Manchester, Mr, Birch's, Orphan, Homes, Hulme, 1880s, A, view, of, Hems, also, known, as, the, Cornbrook, Orphanage, at, founded, in, 1860s, by, William, children's, home, childrens, care

Background imageHems Collection: Child Fashions circa 1870

Child Fashions circa 1870
Boy: D-B jacket with cape, knickerbockers, striped socks & heeled boots. Girls: striped polonaise & fringed cape; tunic dresses with dentate hems, bustles & button trim Date: circa 1870

Background imageHems Collection: Summer Frock / Doeuillet

Summer Frock / Doeuillet
Summer tunic dress: V -neck & fold-over collar, a gauged yoke to the gathered over- skirt, scalloped hems, a sash with floating ends & shoes with 3 bars over the instep

Background imageHems Collection: COSTUME 1788

COSTUME 1788
Man: striped dress coat with stand collar, coat with a sloping front border & waistcoat & a bicorne hat. Women: petticoats with vandyked hems, reticule, mob Date: 1788

Background imageHems Collection: Racegoers Fashions 1899

Racegoers Fashions 1899
Blue: tucked front & sleeves, wrap-over front, high pointed collar. Lilac tunic dress: dentate wrap over body, pointed & curved hems, flat braid trim, lace & belts. Date: 1899

Background imageHems Collection: De Hems restaurant, Soho

De Hems restaurant, Soho
De Hems restaurant, oyster bar, saloon bar and grotto on Macclesfield Street, Soho, London. Date: 1947

Background imageHems Collection: Faubourg Saint Antoine

Faubourg Saint Antoine
At the battle of the Faubourg Saint-Antoine, Turenne hems in the frondeurs under Conde at the walls of Paris : but the Parisians are persuaded to open the gates to the rebels

Background imageHems Collection: Costume - Women 1819

Costume - Women 1819
4 gowns of 1819: 3 have large ruffs with vandyke or scallop edged pelerines or collars. 1 gown has a gallo-greek bodice. All hems have decorative bands or edging

Background imageHems Collection: Photo / Costume / Fratelli

Photo / Costume / Fratelli
Photograph showing the rear view of dress in watered silk with the sleeves ornamented with lace, a broad band of ribbon hems the skirt. Hair: dressed in a chignon

Background imageHems Collection: Bon Genre No. 76 Costume

Bon Genre No. 76 Costume
Triple vandyke ruff, habit shirt with high frilled neck, hems with rows of tucks or scalloped, coloured aprons or pinafores & a fur trimmed pelisse

Background imageHems Collection: Bon Genre No. 71 Costume

Bon Genre No. 71 Costume
White cotton robes with short puffed sleeves & embroidered hems worn with tall florally ornamented bonnets & a green Kashmir shawl

Background imageHems Collection: She Hems a Curtain

She Hems a Curtain
She hems a curtain


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