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Coopers at work making wooden barrelsFour coopers hard at work in their workshop making traditional wooden barrels. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith
Blacksmith at work in his forgeAn 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 frontA 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 CroatiaMan 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 hollyBoy 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 - DouarnenezBrittany, France - The traditional costume of a man from Douarnenez. Date: 1906
STANDARD BEARER 16TH CA 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), WaiterTanzania, Dar es Salaam - Emperor Hotel (Kaiserhof), A young waiter carrying a large glass of something interesting... Date: circa 1908
Burgundian Dress 1470Short 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 CostumeRomanian man in traditional national costume of patterned embroidered jacket, wide sleeves and skirt with conical hat and high-laced boots. circa 1910
Bosnian Bandit in traditional regional costume armed to the back teeth... Date: 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 - SwedenA 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 mirrorA Veiled Turkish Woman living in Egypt, looking into an elegant oval mirror. Date: circa 1910s
Costume / Early C16ThFigures 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. 1450Embroidered 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 1470Short 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 & C17ThLandsknecht: 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 C1520French 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 comboYoung 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 1941Two 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, WWIHarrods 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 SalesmanA 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 troupeA Romanian Dance troupe in traditional National costume pose for a studio group portrait Date: circa 1910s
Romanian Couple - Traditional CostumeRomanian Couple in traditional National costume. Date: circa 1910
Romanian Woman - Traditional CostumeA Romanian Woman in traditional National costume. Date: circa 1910
Thomas MarmiTHOMAS 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 LuteSarah Bernhardt (1844-1923) in Le Passant (play by Coppee) - playing a Lute. Date: circa 1895
Norwegian Bride from Hardanger in Tradtional CostumeNorwegian 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
A Languid girl from Southern RussiaLanguor A pretty girl from one of the southern Turcic States of Russia with her hand placed luxuriantly behind her neck - giving the a; ppearance of a dreamy, lazy mood (hence the title of the piece)
Russian girl Natalka - in traditional costume. Date: circa 1910
Portugal - Madeira - Children in traditional costume, featuring pointed red carapuca caps. Date: circa 1909
Romania - Woman in National Costume Date: 1906
Traditional Romanian CostumeA studio photographic portrait of a reclining man wearing traditional Romanian Costume Date: 1907
Elderly Breton Man, France wearing distinctive traditional wide-bodied short trousers (almost bloomers) and leggings, wide-brimmed hat and jerkin waistcoat. Date: 1903
Romanian Woman by the wellA Romanian woman standing by the village well. This is likely to be a lever-action well, where the bucket and rope are attached to a long wooden lever
Young Romanian Boy in traditional costume, carrying two large flat baskets of fruit on either side, balanced on a strap across his shoulders. One basket contains pears, the other holding grapes
Oriental Beauty - EgyptOriental Beauty in Egypt holding up a thin gossamer wrap/shawl Date: circa 1909
Lady in Greek CostumeLady in Greek costume of the Peloponnese, photographed in Athens. Date: circa 1910s
French Yokel from Pont-L AbbeCountry Yokel from Pont-L Abbe, Brittany, France Date: circa 1910s
GERMAN NOBLES 1570-88Two German noblemen wear small ruffs, doublets, cut-fingered pumps, hose or breeches ornamented with embroidery or ribbon bows, a sleeveless jerkin & short cloak. Date: 1570 - 1588
Racial / German MagistrateA magistrate (left) and a knight (right) 16th century
Hand knitteds conserve couponsInstructions on how to make a ribbed sweater with peep bo front, and a green jerkin with full pink sleeves and detachable dicky-collar
Southern Croatian ManLike the Hero - a southern Croatian man in traditional costume, albeit in very Albanian-style trousers
Croatia - Traditional National Costume (6 / 8)Croatia - Traditional National Costume (6/8) - young man standing on the beach smoking a cigarette. He is holding a furled blue umbrella and wears a red jerkin adorned with silver coins or medallions
Ladies from Greece using a Singer Sewing MachineTwo Ladies and a gentleman from Greece surrounding a Singer Sewing Machine
Man from Central PortugalA young man from Central Portugal - Batalha. Pictured in tradional costume and standing with hand in belt and holding a billhook
Oriental Ottoman BeautyAn Ottoman beauty from Egypt, with large hooped earrings, beads, headdress and floral jerkin
Turkish Girl - MoorishA La Mauresque - " Lets go Moorish!"
Albania - Man in traditional peasant costume, wearing a goat hair jerkin and rather loose trousers
Albanian Dancer in traditional costume
Blacksmith shoeing a horseA Blacksmith changes the shoes on a working horse. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith
Charles Ix / King FranceCHARLES IX, KING OF FRANCE wears a cap ornamented with jewels & feathers, a small ruff, embroidered cape, doublet with slashed sleeves, jerkin & slashed & bombasted trunk hose
