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Chantelle Crop - Murrays Cabaret Club costume designChantelle Crop - Original costume design for one of the performers at Murrays Cabaret Club, 16-18 Beak Street, Soho, London
Mrs Adair, formerly American heiress Cornelia Wadsworth. Married her second husband, the wealthy Irishman, Mr John George Adair, in 1867. A leading society hostess during the Edwardian era
Nancy, Lady AstorNANCY, LADY ASTOR nee Nancy Witcher Langhorne wife of Waldorf, 2nd viscount Astor (her 2nd husband) first woman MP, noted hostess of the Cliveden Set Date: 1879 - 1964
Dinner Party with Thirteen PeopleTHIRTEEN AT TABLE - the hostesss ultimate nightmare ! Date: 1925
Air stewardess demonstrating oxygen mask on board a passenger plane. Date: circa 1970s
Mrs Harry Payne WhitneyGertrude Vanderbilt Whitney (January 9, 1875 April 18, 1942), American sculptor, art patron and collector, and founder in 1931 of the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City
Mrs & Mrs Sweeny at an Ascot House PartyA group present at the Old Malt House in Bracknell, for an Ascot house party hosted by Mr and Mrs William Garthwaite. The group shows, from left, Mrs Charles Sweeny
727 Passengers-LufthansaAn Air Hostess checks passengers seatbelts are firmly secured prior to take- off aboard a Lufthansa Boeing 727
Princess Yourievsky, well known society hostess and singerPortrait of Princess Yourievsky, well known society hostess and a gifted singer, London, 1923 Date: 1923
Swiss Hostess, Canton of Glacis. 19th century
Sallie Monkland in SchiaparelliSallie Monkland, an American member of high society in London, pictured in the dress she wore for a cocktail party at her Carlos Place house
Shakespeare - The Taming of the Shrew - Hostess (to Sly): You will not pay for the glasses you have burst? circa 1830
Gambetta at a SalonLEON MICHEL GAMBETTA French statesman, making his debut at Madame Adams Paris salon, an influential gathering - where his hostess is the only female ! Date: 1838 - 1882
Suzanne Curchod NeckerSUZANNE CURCHOD NECKER French writer & salon hostess, wife of statesman, mother of Mme de Stael; previously betrothed to Gibbon but their relationship declined & fell. Date: 1739 - 1794
Cartoon, How Many Lumps? WW1Cartoon, How many lumps? The French comic actress Cecile Sorel serves her guests, including a bearded man who has been fighting in the war. On the left sits the French philosopher Voltaire. Date: 1917
Lady Webster and her childrenLady Webster, whose husband, Sir Augustus Webster, purchased Battle Abbey for 200, 000, is a daughter of the late Mr. Henry Crossley of Aldborough Hall, Bedale
Lady Wodehouse with her Airedale TerrierLady Wodehouse, formerly Frances Margaret Montagu, twice-divorced wife of John Wodehouse, 3rd Earl of Kimberley (often thought to be the inspiration for P.G)
Advert for Hawkins kitchen accessories 1952Home-making begins with Hawkins. Hawkins labour saving kitchen accessory to make light of every chore. From a Tecal, that automatically makes your morning tea or coffee
Lady Dorothy Nevill (1826 - 1913), English writer, hostess, horticulturist and plant collector
Bystander cover - Lady DesboroughEthel Anne Priscilla ( Ettie ) Grenfell (nÚÑáFane), Lady Desborough (1867-1952), Wife of William Henry Grenfell, Baron DesboroughEttie, Lady Desborough
Millicent, Duchess of Sutherland by Madame YevondeMillicent Fanny Sutherland-Leveson Gower- [n饠 Millicent Fanny St Clair-Erskine], duchess of Sutherland (18671955), society hostess and social reformer
The Food Problem, WW1 cartoon by FishProfessor of Economics (to Hostess): Pardon! - my bread, I believe. Polite society begin to squablle over portions as food shortages take hold in the latter part of the First World War. Date: 1917
Millicent, Duchess of Sutherland as a nurse, Tatler cover, WMillicent Fanny Sutherland-Leveson Gower- [n饠 Millicent Fanny St Clair-Erskine], duchess of Sutherland (18671955), society hostess and social reformer
Miss Susan Bligh as Calypso, by Madame Yevonde. Calypso played hostess to Ulysses when he was shipwrecked on her island. Susan Rachel Bligh (1916-1983)
Millicent, Duchess of SutherlandMillicent Fanny Sutherland-Leveson Gower- [n饠 Millicent Fanny St Clair-Erskine], duchess of Sutherland (18671955), society hostess and social reformer. Date: c.1905
Mayfair Catering Company advertisement 1928Advertisement for the Mayfair Catering Company, offering everything a society hostess might need for successful entertaining during the Season from silver and glasses to flowers
Morris flip top table advertisementThe Morris Triple Fliptop table, the table that actually grows and grows and grows. The accompanying photographs show a table four ingeniously transformed into a table for ten with the help of a
Tatler front cover, Entertaining issue, 1964Front cover of The Tatler magazine showing a girl acting hostess, representing Tatlers devotion to autumn entertaining in this particular issue
Advertisement, Dryad Tea WaggonAdvertisement for the Dryad Tea Waggon, with three oak trays, on four plated swivel wheels, rubber tyred, with cane work. Very convenient for houses with long passages and for tea on the lawn
Poems of Childhood -- two little girlsTwo little girls sit facing each other -- one is the hostess, the other is the visitor. Date: 1912
TWA air stewardess with an in-flight mealTWA (Trans World Airlines) stewardess with an in-flight meal on a tray. Date: 1940s
TWA air stewardess prepares a mealA TWA (Trans World Airlines) stewardess prepares an in-flight meal. Date: 1940s
Swissair HostessAn attentive Swissair air hostess points something out in a Swissair leaflet to an old gentleman passenger. Date: 1938
Manchester AirportA happy, blonde air hostess leads the way for her passengers to leave an aeroplane at Manchester Airport, England. Date: late 1960s
Aircraft PersonnelThe Captain (extreme left), Cabin Crew and Air Hostesses of an Air France aeroplane. Date: late 1950s
Mabel St OswaldMABEL SUSAN (nee Forbes) baroness ST OSWALD of Nostell wife of the second baron. a popular hostess at Nostell Priory, Wakefield. Date: ? - 1919
Contessa PotockaEMMANUELA PIGNATELLI, contessa POTOCKI - society hostess in Paris : Proust was one of her visitors, Maupassant one of her (many) lovers. Date: 1852 - 1930
Air HostessFull length portrait of an air hostess holding a clipboard. Date: late 1960s
AIRHOSTESSAn air hostess talks on the phone. Date: late 1960s
Soldiers-sailors and women guests - Welcome to the YWCA hostess house. Poster showing a soldier and a sailor shaking hands, as a woman looks on. Date 1917
The hostess (Budweiser lager bier). Advertisement or premium for Anheuser Busch Brewing Co. showing a young woman holding a bottle of Budweiser beer with label in German
Wartime cartoon, A Cheery Farewell, showing a hostess saying goodbye to a soldier leaving for Woodcote. " Goodbye, Sir, and when you do go to the Front
Spotted Dinner WareSpots are smart! Spots are as popular on dinner services as on curtains. Lovely spotted glass and spotted table linen - a must for the modern hostess. Date: 1930s
Lyons coffee advertisementAdvertisement for Lyons instant coffee granules showing an immaculate 1950s housewife giving a demonstration of how to make the perfect cup of coffee. 1950s
Sun-Pat Peanuts advertisementAdvertisement for Sun-Pat Peanuts which are, for Lady Rendlesham, indispensable at any party. Date: 1954
Music at home - blending with conversationA tactless hostess thanks an obliging German pianist for playing at her soiree-she especially likes his playing as it doesn t interrupt conversation! Date: 1874
The Queen entertains the Shah of PersiaThe Queen and Duke of Edinburgh entertain the Shah and Queen Soraya of Persia to luncheon at Buckingham Palace. With them are Prince Charles and Princess Anne. Date: 1955
Music at home - things best left unsaidTactless and painfully shy Captain Lovell refuses when implored to sing at a party, and in the process of refusing, accidently rubbishes the performance of his hostess. Date: 1886
