Leather Collection (page 18)

Coaling a Train
A railway worker putting coal into a tender, a scene at Liverpool Street Station, London, England

German Man 1550
The artist Lucas Cranach, the elder, wears a short, thick fur coat and leather breeches

Airport Tantrum
A young mother wearing a fur coat and patent leather platform boots does her best to control her naughty child as it has a tantrum at London Gatwick Airport, England

SPOILT CAT
A spoilt young cat reclining on a velvet cushion on a leather armchair!

Motoring Hand Signal
A fashionable female motorist uses a hand signal to indicate her intention to turn right. Note her leather driving glove with a built-in make-up mirror!

Costume / Girl / Franchomme
Girl wears a red fur or plush hat, buttoned up tunic or skirted jacket with soutache (Russian braid) over her dress, matching cape with blue lining & leather gloves

Leather work and tannery
Various stages of leather work and tannery

Filming, Manchester, 1959
A film crew prepare a scene in Manchester. Photograph by Norman Synge Waller Budd 1959

Transport / By Horse / Stage
Coaches were generally made of tough ash wood, with mahogany panels and leather upper parts; the finest made coaches commanded the best wages

Industry / Leather / Currier
A currier dressing a colouring leather after it has been tanned

John Buchan / Bookman
JOHN BUCHAN Scottish author and administrator, as an officer during World War One

Elvis Presley / Leather
ELVIS PRESLEY American pop singer, guitarist and actor in musical films, seen here in a leather jacket and peaked cap

Advert / Vulcan Tyres 1907
Vulcan leather tyres

Boy in Knitted Outfit
A small boy with aesthetic curls wears a hand-made knitted costume of jumper and shorts with short white socks & leather shoes with a bar across the front

Nanny & Charges C. 1880
A baby & a little girl in white frocks: shoulder ribbons, vandyked broderie Anglaise short sleeves & hem. Leather shoes with ankle straps or crossed lacing

Girls & Hoop / Photo 1890S
Two German girls in identical yoked dresses with a single scallop edged flounce, full sleeves & sash, sailor hats, socks & patent leather shoes with a bar & shoes roses

Velvet Suit C. 1880
Boy wears a velvet suit of narrow cut short trousers & blouse with buttoned cuffs & square sailor collar, ribbon bow at the neck, socks & leather lace up shoes

Boy in Suit 1860S
A boy wears a dark suit, waistcoat & boots & holds a pair of leather gloves. His jacket has a tiny turn down collar, a top button only & the front borders rounded off

Children / Photo / 1870S
Baby wears an embroidered frock. The little girl wears trousers ornamented with tucks showing below the flounced skirt of her dress & leather shoes with a bar

Costume / Baby 1870S
A baby sitting upright wears a broderie Anglaise frock with up-gathered sleeves & ribbon bows on the shoulders & leather shoes with a bar across the instep

Sailor Suit / Franchomme
A boy in a nautically inspired costume with gold braid, open bottom or Danish trousers, sailor collar, broad leather belt, black ribbed stockings & buttoned leather boots

Girl in Green / White 1870
Girl with ringlets: green & white striped tunic dress, square cut corsage, ribbon ceinture & pointed hem drawn up over a short green skirt with flounce & bouillon trim

Frock Coat Photo
Young man in frock coat, high stand-fall shirt collar with rounded ends, slim patterned tie, pale coloured waistcoat, dark narrow trousers, top hat, cane & leather gloves

Doffing Top Hat 1834
Velvet D-B coat with broad M -cut collar, cut-away in a shallow curve, spurs, striped waistcoat, wool cloth & leather strapped pantaloons buttoning over the boots

Old Bell Maker
Albert Barber, bell maker, swings on a large bell, which is dated 1616

TOPCOAT 1938
Single-breasted, loose fitting topcoat in a window-pane check with large patch pockets. This gent wears his with leather gloves & a trilby hat

MENs SHOES 1908
An example of a front lacing shoe & boot with a contrasting upper which may be composed of canvas

Shoes of C15
English footwear: a pair of Piked or Copped shoes, also called Poulaines or Cracowes ; a pair of late C15th leather pattens

Mole & Skunk Mantlet
Woman wears a mantlet in mole & skunk fur with a high stand collar, leather gloves & a long pleated tubular skirt

Back View of Frock Coat
An American gentleman with top hat, silver topped cane & leather gloves models the back view of frock coat which shows the vents

Tanner (Series)
Le tanneur - TANNER - at work scraping a leather hide

Tom Brown Performing
Tom performing the old west country song of The Leather Bottle, with considerable applause

Mole & Chamois Skin Coat
3/4 length coat narrow in the bodice & then flaring from the hip composed of triangular sections of moleskin & chamois leather with a hood, deep fold back cuffs, belt & fur beret

Sealskin Coat 1922
Flared coat in russet & grey leather with an embroidered yoke & high stand collar & deep cuffs of sealskin. The lining & toque hat are also of sealskin

Golden Seal Collar 1930S
A long tweed coat with a large collar of golden seal fur & a deep chestnut coloured leather belt by Martial et Armand. The coat has a wrap- over front & turned back cuffs

Pub Scene Crane 1883
Words and music to a song, The Leather Bottel, with an appropriately jolly scene on the left

Pugilist Gladiators
Pugilist gladiators, with no weapons but their arms bound with leather thongs

Hunting Dress 1813
Single-breasted green coat cut away below the waist, cuffs unbuttoned, stand-fall collar & leather belt, red waistcoat, cravat, breeches, top boots, spurs, velvet hard hat

Leadenhall Market
LEADENHALL MARKET, apart from butchers, fishmongers and cheesemongers, houses dealers in leather, from the skins of the millions of animals slaughtered in the city

Leatherworker
THE LEATHERWORKER ( tanneur ) at work

First Leatherworking
The First Leather Working

Social Scenes / C19 Slums
Sunday morning in a working mans home, Leather Lane, London

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