Maternelle Collection

Mother playing with daughters in a garden
A young mother dandles a girl on her foot, while her other child drops her toys to beg for a cuddle. A glance at these engravings is enough to see what one can say about this subject

Anne Francoise Fougeret
ANNE FRANCOISE de FOUGERET (nee Doutremont) French philanthropist, founder of the Charite maternelle, 1788. Date: 1745 - ?

Elegance Maternelle maternity fashion, 1965
Advertisement for a couple of elegant couture cocktail gowns for expectant mothers, available from Elegance Maternelle of Sloane Street and Thayer Street, London. Date: 1965

Maternity trousers and blouse, 1964
Maternity fashion for the expectant mother. Black stretch Helana trousers with an elasticised waist are worn with a neat overblouse in a black

C19 French Schoolbook
Two pages from a French schoolbook, with a scene from an ecole maternelle (= dame school) and images of trades

Babies in a French nursery run by nuns
Babies in a French maternelle, a day nursery run by nuns

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