Jerkin Collection

Coopers at work making wooden barrels
Four coopers hard at work in their workshop making traditional wooden barrels. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Blacksmith at work in his forge
An elderly blacksmith hammering a horseshoe on his anvil. The owner of the horse awaiting a new set of shoes looks in at the window, while the blacksmiths cat scratches an ear on the work bench

Tunisian Beauty showing plenty of front
A beautiful Tunisian Moorish woman who decided to forgo the usual lacing up of ones bodice for a more Summery open-air look... Date: circa 1909

Man in traditional costume of Dubrovnik region of Croatia
Man in the traditional costume of Dubrovnik region of Croatia. Date: circa 1920s

Croatia - Traditional National Costume (5 / 8)
Croatia - Traditional National Costume (5/8) - Full-face view of a young man with hand on hip in decorated jerkin and cape with blue embroidered trousers

Syria - Punishment of a servant (2 / 3)
A domestic situation unfolds in Syria - the Mistress of the house punishes her serving maid - she is tied up and her upper-body clothes are removed. Date: circa 1910s

Summer fashion ideas for women: a plage suit with a lozenge-patterned jerkin, and two swimsuits. Date: 1954

Xmas. Carrying holly
Boy in blue jerkin carrying a large bundle of holly. Artist: John Hassall Date: circa 1900

Costumes include: hood with liripipe, hose, short doublet or jerkin, tall crowned hats, hood-like headdresses, pouches suspended from belts, short gowns with full sleeves. Date: 15th century

Brittany, France - Traditional male costume - Douarnenez
Brittany, France - The traditional costume of a man from Douarnenez. Date: 1906

STANDARD BEARER 16TH C
A standard bearer with ruff and jerkin with puffed sleeves carries a magnificent flag Date: 1587

An old man and a young man from Bukovina, a historical region in Central Europe, [1][2] divided between Romania and Ukraine

Syria - Punishment of a servant (3 / 3)
A domestic situation unfolds in Syria - the Mistress of the house punishes her serving maid - she is tied up and flogged across her bare back. Date: circa 1910s

Portugal - Madeira - Woman in traditional costume, featuring the pointed Carapuca hat/cap. She is holding a rather deceased fowl and a large stick

Tanzania, Dar es Salaam - Emperor Hotel (Kaiserhof), Waiter
Tanzania, Dar es Salaam - Emperor Hotel (Kaiserhof), A young waiter carrying a large glass of something interesting... Date: circa 1908

Burgundian Dress 1470
Short jacket or jerkin with hanging sleeves & collar worn over a doublet, hose & piked boots (cracowes), jerkin with a heraldic eagle worn over armour, fur hat with feather. Date: 1470

China - A Manchurian Girl in Traditional attire - Manchuria was occupied by the Japanese for most of the early part of the 20th century. Date: circa 1903

Traditional Male Festival Attire - Baranya, Hungary. Skirt, lacey sleeves, embroidered jerkin, strapy shoes... Date: circa late 1920s

Severe-looking Iberian Woman holding riding crop. Date: circa 1905

Romania - Dancer in National Costume Date: circa 1910s

Romania - Traditional National Costume
Romanian man in traditional national costume of patterned embroidered jacket, wide sleeves and skirt with conical hat and high-laced boots. circa 1910

Albanian woman from Shkoder, with an embroidered waistcoat/jerkin, a substantial belt (with hoops for hanging things off it) and floral headscarf

A Floda Girl in traditional costume - Sweden
A Girl from Floda, Lerum Municipality, Vastra Gotaland County, Sweden - in traditional costume. Date: 1922

A portrait of an old Turkish Veteran Soldier with medals Date: circa 1905

English comic stage performer (or clown?) wearing Arab Clogs, a fez a massive moustache, fake enlarged head and a jerkin decorated with birds and flowers

The League of Nations Union - Children of Spain. The LNU was an organisation formed in October 1918 in the United Kingdom to promote international justice

A Turkish Woman living in Egypt, looking into a mirror
A Veiled Turkish Woman living in Egypt, looking into an elegant oval mirror. Date: circa 1910s

Costume / Early C16Th
Figures taken from tapestries depicting clothing of the early 16th century. Both the front and back views are given. Date: early 16th century

Men of Bourgogne C. 1450
Embroidered jerkin (jacket) with hanging sleeves worn over a doublet, hose, piked side- lacing boots with spurs, fur- lined & trimmed jerkin with side vents, chaperon (hat). Date: circa 1450

Frenchmen of 1470
Short fur-lined jerkin (jacket) with hanging sleeves, hose, piked shoes (cracowes), long gowns - one with dagged sleeves, small round caps & hats & a chaperon with liripipe Date: 1470

Male Attire C16 & C17Th
Landsknecht: a form of decorative slashing. Also garments form C16th & C17th: petticoat breeches, peascod- bellied doublet, jerkins, copotains, cross-gartering... Date: circa 1530

French Court Dress C1520
French court dress: paned & bombasted trunk-hose, cod- piece, doublet & jerkin with fur-collar & wings, gown, ruff, ermine cape & cut- fingered pumps. Date: mid 16th century

Young lady - London - smart blouse / jerkin combo
Young lady (Mrs Wiseman) walking purposely down a North London street - she is wearing a very smart and distinctive embroidered blouse and jerkin outfit and has her hair set with a permanent wave

Claude of Lorraine, first Duke of Guise (1496-1550), in brown cape over slashed jerkin.. From a portrait of him at the age of 30, lithograph signed by J. Jacquet. Handcolored illustration by E

Spanish noble, 16th century, in cape, jerkin, trunk hose and stockings, ruff and velvet cap.. Handcolored illustration by E. Lechevallier-Chevignard, lithographed by A. Didier, L. Flameng, F

Ladies knitted cable pullover and jerkin, circa 1941
Two cheerful looking outdoors-types model a cable pullover and a sleeveless jerkin, made from the same knitting pattern. They hold on to a knotted woollen rope. Date: c. 1941

Harrods advertisement, Leather Cuirass, WWI
Harrods advertisement from 1915, specifically for the O.W. Leather Cuirass, a sort of protective jerkin - waterproof, windproof and when fastened up completely, fully protects ALL the vital organs

Yoghurt Salesman
A youthful Romanian Yoghurt Seller, with a defiant look in his eye, carrying two pans of his dairy wares (carried on a yolk over his shoulder). Date: 1910s

Romanian Dance troupe
A Romanian Dance troupe in traditional National costume pose for a studio group portrait Date: circa 1910s

Romanian Couple - Traditional Costume
Romanian Couple in traditional National costume. Date: circa 1910

Romanian Woman - Traditional Costume
A Romanian Woman in traditional National costume. Date: circa 1910

Thomas Marmi
THOMAS SPINULA MARMI Italian writer, wearing a fashionably slashed jerkin. Date: 17TH CENTURY

Pretty Hungarian Girl reclining amongst cushions Date: circa 1925

Rich Turkish Woman in fine clothing with veil and many rings on her fingers. Date: circa 1910s

Sarah Bernhardt in Le Passant - playing a Lute
Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923) in Le Passant (play by Coppee) - playing a Lute. Date: circa 1895

Norwegian Bride from Hardanger in Tradtional Costume
Norwegian Bride from Hardanger, Norway wearing traditional marital costume, including the famous crown headdress worn by the bride. Date: 1902

Oriental Turkish Beauty - Istanbul, Turkey Date: circa 1910s

Lebanese girl in Festival Costume Date: 1907

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