Lace Collection (page 18)

Female Type / Actress 1889
Unidentified Victorian actress of the older generation. Date: 1889

Ball Dresses 1899
Gowns with square Victorian bodices, shoulder straps & transparent epaulettes. Pink: draped corsage. Green: corsage of horizontal rows of lace, panels of lace on the skirt. Date: 1899

Evening Dress 1899
Pink spotted gown (possibly a net over dress ornamented with sequins), corsage en ceour, cascade of lace from the bodice to the hem, trimmed with sinuous gold braid. Date: 1899

Lilac Stripe Dress 1899
Lilac & lace vertical striped tunic dress, vandyked tucker, trained triple skirt with accordian pleats. Black & pink tunic dress with simulated open bodice & fringing. Date: 1899

Green Spotted Cloak 1899
Pale green theatre cloak with high collar edged with white accordion pleated chiffon & trimmed with black lace applied in serpentine waves to the border. Date: 1899

Frocks / Red Parasol 1899
Blue tunic dress: 3 pointed upper skirts draped up at the back, gauged lace edged yoke. Grey mohair costume with orange lace bodice & simulated tunic. Date: 1899

Seaside Frocks for 1899
Yellow tunic dress, rows of tucks on the sleeves, waist & under-skirt. Grey & purple dress with yoke skirt with curved flounces, lace bodice & jabot & saucer collar. Date: 1899

Zig-Zag Blue Dress 1899
Tunic dress with points at the front, a high throated sac like lace bodice, V shaped falling tucker, sleeves with shoulder puffs & inverted cuffs, flounce at the hem. Date: 1899

Visiting Dress 1899
Fawn coloured dress, bodice composed of alternate panels of lace & plaid fabric, tight sleeves gathered into a puff at the shoulders, diagonal insert of lace on the skirt. Date: 1899

Bolero Dress 1899
Blue tunic dress: lace edge bolero with epaulettes & tight sleeves extending in points over the hands, wrap over lace edged tunic, belt with paste buckle, hat with wavy brim. Date: 1899

Purple Open Bodice 1899
Open jacket bodice, curved basques, sleeves with small puff at shoulder, lace jabot, waistcoat, high collar, gored skirt with fullness at back, 3 bands of trim on skirt & body. Date: 1899

Purple Ensemble 1899
Open bodice, velvet revers, cuffs & trim, tight sleeves with slight puff at shoulder, skirt with lace ruff collar & cravat, gored skirt with tablier trim, velvet belt. Date: 1899

Coat & Tartan Dress 1899
Full length coat, the front sloping away revealing a tartan skirt. Tight sleeves, slight puff at the shoulder. Lace jabot, high upright collar, self-coloured trim. Date: 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

Fashions / Lefranco 1892
Tartan blouse, gigot sleeves, sleeveless bolero with passementerie. High necked lace blouse, coat bodice with long basques simulating an over-skirt, gored skirt. Date: 1892

Fashions Early 1880S
Black mantle: lace, jet beads & passementerie. Blue dress: panniers, vandyked skirt, under-skirt with flounces at hem. Jacket body: frilled basques & shoulder puffs. Date: early 1880s

Princess Lind Dress 1880
French fashions: princess dresses with tie-back skirts ornamented with embroidered panels, flounces & gauging or in lilac with lace, gauging & a quilted & trained skirt. Date: 1880

Ball Dress 1899
Gold low cut gown with shoulder straps (tied into bows), roses worn on the corsage, draped lace edge panel to the skirt, lace applique & purple ruched trim Date: 1899

Purple Dress 1899
Purple dress with wrap-over bodice, 3/4 length sleeves, accordi on pleating on cuffs, yoke, sleeves & collar. Tunic simulated by the addition of broad lace panels. Date: 1899

Evening Frocks 1932
Dinner and Evening frocks: features to note include lace sleeves; bow detail and low back; cartridge pleating; cowl bodice and a taffeta coatee with unusual cuffs. Date: 1932

Evening Dress 1818
White evening gown worn over a blue slip. The neck-line is cut low & off the shoulder. The long sleeves have vandyked epaulettes & cuffs. The hem has 3 deep flounces of lace. Date: 1818

Sewing / Faggotting
Faggotting, the decorative joining of two pieces of cloth, to form a lacy opening, often worked on cotton, lace and silk. Date: 1930s

Walking Dress 1805
London walking dress: white muslin gown & a lace edged, brown pelisse that fastens with gold clasps. Accessories: a fur muff, quizzing glass & Spanish hat with plumes. Date: 1805

Ethel Matthews 1906
ETHEL MATTHEWS Musical comedy actress Date: 1906

Morning Dress March 1801
Long-sleeved, spotted muslin gowns with ruffs. A purple garment - possibly a Tyrolese cloak, bonnet with veil & a muff grace the green dress, a simple lace cap suffices for the white. Date: 1801

Englishman 1610
His doublet is stiff but his breeches are loose; his collar is plain but he wears ribbons at his knees. Lace cuffs add an extra touch of luxury... Date: circa 1610

French Lady Ca 1520
Lady of the court of Francois I with a lace-up bodice and the puffiest puff sleeves you ever saw... Date: circa 1520

Fashionable 1950S Hat
The hat is made out of lace and has been sewn on to a black fabric. It also has black netting which covers the chin and has little white dots attached to it - very elegant. Date: 1950s

Suggestions for a spring wedding 1909
Orinigal designs for bridesmaids frocks. 1909

Emma Albani
MARIE LOUISE CECILE EMMA ALBANI (1847 1930) Canadian opera singer Date: 1884

Costume / June 1814
Evening dress: blue sarsnet with crape draperies, short full sleeves. Morning dress: of muslin trimmed with lace, coloured petticoat with fringing & an oldenberg bonnet. Date: 1814

Bridal headdresses and veils 1912
Two ways of arranging the bridal veil. In one silver leaves and pearls blossom hold the filmy lace in position on the hair

Garden Party Dress 1912
A garden party dress with a high waist, gathered corsage, sash belt & heavily embroidered skirt with a plain yoke. Worn with a capeline hat with a velvet hatband. 1912

Francis Beaumont / Townsen
FRANCIS BEAUMONT English dramatist Date: 1584 - 1616

Embroidered Gown 1805
A white gown drawn close round the throat with a lace frill, short puffed sleeves and decorated with colour floral embroidery. She carries a long shawl with a patterned border. Date: 1805

Orleans / Duchess / Liselott
CHARLOTTE-ELISABETH DUCHESS OF ORLEANS LISELOTTE VON DER PFALZ Wife of Philippe, Duc d Orleans (brother of Louis XIV) Date: 1652 - 1722

Maury / Jean-S / Lassalle
JEAN-SIFFREIN MAURY French priest, member of Estates-General (1789), created cardinal (1794), Archbishop of Paris (1810-14) Date: 1746 - 1817

Julie Suedo (1901 - 1978), British film actress Date: 20th century

William Lenthall / Athow
WILLIAM LENTHALL English Parliamentarian, Speaker of the Long Parliament Date: 1591 - 1662

Lacemaker 1827
A lacemaker at work outside her cottage. Date: 1827

Marie De Hautefort / Lante
MARIE DE HAUTEFORT DUCHESSE DE SCHOMBERG Lady of the French court Date: 1616 - 1691

Aff Kotzebue / Holl
AUGUST FRIEDRICH FERDINAND VON KOTZEBUE German dramatist Date: 1761 - 1819

Hugh Earl Cairns / Cassell
HUGH MCCALMONT CAIRNS 1st EARL CAIRNS British politician and Lord Chancellor Date: 1819 - 1885

Phyllis Dare / Postcards
Phyllis Dare (1890 1975), English actress, with postcards of herself Date: 1907

Henri Louis De Bourbon Duc D enghien Date: -

William Cowper / 1st Earl
WILLIAM COWPER First Earl Cowper English judge, parliamentary orator, lord keeper of the great seal, and first Lord Chancellor of Great Britain Date: 1665? - 1723

Queen Anne / Ronjat
QUEEN ANNE Reigned from 1702 Date: 1665 - 1714

Mother and Child 1809
Fashionable mourning dress. The womans gown is decorated with vandyking at the neckline & edge of the sleeves. The childs dress has a square neckline with lace tucker. Date: 1809

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