Mantle Collection

Ladislaus I of Hungary or St. Ladislaus (Laszlo) (1040-1095). King of Hungary between 1077-1095. Portrait by Ignac Roskovics (1854-1916). Hungarian National Gallery. Budapest. Hungary

Byzantine art. Greece. Virgin Hodegetria. Icon. Greece
Byzantine art. Greece. Virgin Hodegetria. Icon from the church of Agios Demetrios tou Kolla. Dated to the mid-sixteenth century. Byzantine Museum. Zante. Ionian Islands

Advertisement for Aladdin safety paraffin mantle lamp from Aladdin Industries Ltd. of Aladdin House, South Street, London. Date: c.1924

High-waisted houppelandes (gowns) with turned-down collars, V -necks, funnel sleeves & trains, sideless surcoat, mantle, girdle & headdresses, templers & veils Date: 15th century

Interior of a working class home 1920
Decor of early 1910s working class home, but photograph taken near the end or just after the First World War, showing carpeted floor, wallpaper, photographs in frames and ornaments on shelving

Byzantine Art. Virgin and Child. Mosaic. Xi century a. C
BYZANTINE ART. GREECE. PANAGHIA KAPNIKAREA. Mosaic of the Orthodox church built in the eleventh century, dedicated to the presentation of the Virgin Mary. Picture shows the Virgin and Child. Athens

Coronation of King George VI, robes, regalia and vestments
Four pictures showing the changes of Kings Coronation robes and vestments during the Coronation ceremony. On the left, the King arrives at Westminster Abbey in crimson velvet Robe of State

Our Lady of Atocha, circa 1680, by Juan Carreno de Miranda
Juan Carreno de Miranda (1614-1685). Spanish painter. Our Lady of Atocha, circa 1680. History Museum. Madrid. Spain. (On loan, Prado Museum, Madrid)

Cloak that the Hawaiian chiefs wore as a symbol of status
Cloak that the Hawaiian chiefs wore as a symbol of their high social status. Feather and vegetale fibre. Polynesia. Hawaiian Islands, United States. Last third of the 18th century

Funerary stele of Sosias and Kephisodoros. 410 BC. Detail
Funerary stele of Sosias and Kephisodoros. Detail of two soldiers. 410 BC. Pentelic marble. Found at Athens, Greece. Pergamon Museum. Berlin. Germany

Worth designs: Grey mantle with a heavy border of fur; dress with a train, narrow straps, uneven hemline & tassels or pendant motifs on the bodice & skirt. Date: 1924

Fashions for October 1857
Fashions for October, 1857. The lady on the left wears a fashionable style of outdoor clothing for mourning. The mantle she wears is called the Conheath

Racing at the Bois de Boulogne, Paris, 1862. Woman in violet crinoline dress and mantelet cape watching the horse racing in the park. Handcoloured lithograph by R.V

A curious gate called St. John Gate, the oldest house
A curious gate in variegated brickwork called St. John Gate, the oldest house in Stepney. Copperplate engraving by John Thomas Smith after original drawings by members of the Society of Antiquaries

English gentleman carried in a sedan chair for an election
English gentleman carried in a sedan chair through the rotten borough of Grapple Town during an election for parliament. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Thomas Rowlandson

Georg Potschner in suit of armor with his sons, 1477
Georg Potschner in suit of armor with his sons, Caspar and Walthauser, 1477. From the Potschner altar in Saint Peters Church, Munich

Chainmail suits of armour and helms, 12th century
Chainmail suits of armour and helms of 12th century German knights. From manuscripts in Hamburg library. Chromolithograph from Hefner-Altenecks Costumes

Figures of Greek kings from ancient vases
Figures of ancient Greek kings. King dressed like Amamemnon of Homer 1. From ancient Greek vases in the collection of Sir William Hamilton. Figure degli Antichi Re della Grecia

Stagg & Mantle shop window display, designed by Sage and Co, Shop Fittings. circa 1930

A Nereid (sea nymph) in mantle and bracelets riding on a sea monster or hippocampus, half horse and half fish. Museo Naz. XXII, Stabiae

Marguerite de Beaujeu, daughter of Edward
Margaret of Beaujeu, daughter of Edward I of Beaujeu, wife to James of Piedmond, 1346-1402. She wears a wimple, hooded cloak and blue surtout

Natives of the Island of Cape Verde, early 19th century. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrarios Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World

Curtis British Entomology Plate 204
Coleoptera: Micropeplus tesserula (Irish Micropeplus) [Plant: Alchemilla alpina (Cinquefoil Ladies? Mantle)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 185
Lepidoptera: Hepialus sylvinus = Hepialus sylvina (Orange Swift, Wood Swift) [Plant: Alchemilla vulgaris agg. (Alchemilla vulgaris, Common Ladies? Mantle)] Date: 1824-39

Advert for Mappin & Webb luxury items 1916
Varity of sterling silver luxury Christmas gifts for the homefront. 1916

Anglo-Saxon lady in a pink tunic or kirtle underneath a purple draped mantle. Her hair is hidden by an orange head- rail or veil which is draped over the shoulders. Date: 11th century

A monarchal state habit: long green super-tunic worn under a draped mantle, bare feet, long hair worn with a gold fillet and a forked beard. Date: 8th century

Anglo-Saxon nobleman with a forked beard wears a green mantle fastened with a brooch, a blue roc or super-tunic & a long gold tunic. Date: 8th century

Anglo-Saxon with a forked beard wears a green mantle fastened with a long brooch, a roc or super-tunic with a gold border over a short tunic with side vents & an ornate border. Date: 8th century

Anglo-Saxon king in his State Habit wears a blue tunic with embroidered hem, a mantle secured with a brooch, red hose with gold criss-cross leg bandages & a square crown. Date: 9th century

Nobleman in his Habit of State wears a tunic with slit to the skirt & magyar sleeves, a mantle with jewelled clasp, criss-cross leg bandages over soled-hose & a stalked beret. Date: 13th century

Dress of the reign of King Henry II, Curtmantle, 1154-1189.. Long red ermine-lined mantle over long green dress, white veil and wimple

Costume - King Edgar 966
Anglo-Saxons. King: red tunic, blue mantle with gold border fastened with a brooch & leg bandages. Youth: embroidered tunic, red mantle, criss-cross leg bandages. Date: 966

Royal Costume 12th century
QUEEN OF HENRY II (1122?- 1204): an embroidered gown with close fitting sleeves & a girdle & a crown over a veil. A fur-lined mantle falls from her shoulders. Date: 12th cenntury

Womens hairstyles 1839
Fashionable coiffures, with ringlets, ribbons and flowers. Date: 1839

OUTDOOR GIRLS 1832
Girls: white knee-length dress ornamented with tucks, black velvet spencer with imbecile sleeves, pantalettes, pelerine with vandykes; red & black plaid mantle with a cape. Date: 1832

Fashions for December 1856
If the children are male then they wear pantaloons or if female the garments that are visible below their skirts are pantalettes. Date: 1856

Advert for Oetzmann & Co. Victorian furniture 1885
A range of luxurious Victorian furniture; ivory Worseley toilet service, double chime mantle clock, Chesterfield settee, luxurious cane lounge, Ebonized walnut or mahogany three glass shelves

THEMIS statue, goddess of justice. Greece. IV century B. C
GREEK ART. GREECE. IV century B.C. THEMIS statue, goddess of justice. Penteli marble. It was sculpted by CHAIRESTRATOS OF RHAMNOUS and was dedicated to Themis by Megakles. Dated around 300 B.C

Frankish Court Dress C11
Man: mantle fastened with a brooch, embroidered super- tunic. Woman: coronet, veil, hair worn in long plaits, mantle & super-tunic with a girdle. Date: 11th century

English Noblewomen C14Th
English noblewomen: headdresses include a goffered veil, a coronet & an ornamental fillet. One lady wears an ermine lined mantle & surcoat. 14th century

Carl Auer Welsbach
CARL AUER baron von WELSBACH Austrian chemist who discovered two rare-earth elements and invented the incandescent gas mantle. Date: 1858 - 1929

Rhododendron Time in Hyde Park, London, 1926
Illustration showing Hyde Park in spring, with adults and children promenading along the walkways admiring the rhododendron blooms, 1926

Byzantine icon. Virgin of Tenderness. XV century. Greece
BYZANTINE ART. GREECE. Double-sided ICON with the Virgin of Tenderness (GLYKOPHILOUSA) and Saints in front and crucifixion on the back. Dated in the fifteenth century. Workshop conducted by Rhodes

Victorian women 1875
Parisian woman from the mid 1870s, decortive mantle with lilies of the valley and ribbons. 1875

Norman Costume C11Th
Normans: embroidered super- tunic with wide sleeves, kirtles, mantle tied with cord, veil or phrygian cap, tunic, super-tunic, mantle & phyrgian bonnet. Date: 11th century

German Nobles C. 1425
Man: sleeveless, fur-lined & trimmed loose fitting garment, hose, piked shoes (cracowes) & a dagged cap. Woman: long mantle with a dagged border. Date: circa 1425

English Costume Mid C14
Woman: cote-hardie with long tippets, kirtle buttoned over the hands, ornamental fillet, veil & plaits coiled over the ears. Men: mantle, fur hood, houppelande, girdle & pouch. Date: 1365 - 1376

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