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Background imageMme Collection: Music cover, La Chasseresse by Mme Menard Tissot

Music cover, La Chasseresse by Mme Menard Tissot
Music cover, La Chasseresse, Redowa, written for piano by Mme Menard Tissot. circa 1850s

Background imageMme Collection: Caricature of the French actor and singer Claude Marius

Caricature of the French actor and singer Claude Marius
Caricature of the French actor, singer and stage manager Claude Marius (Duplany), known to English audiences as Mons. Marius. He acted regularly at the Strand Theatre, London

Background imageMme Collection: Mme Deshoulieres - 3

Mme Deshoulieres - 3
ANTOINETTE DU LIGIER, comtesse DESHOULIERES French writer with a couple of sheep Date: 1638 - 1694

Background imageMme Collection: Mme Deshoulieres - 4

Mme Deshoulieres - 4
ANTOINETTE DU LIGIER, comtesse DESHOULIERES French writer Date: 1638 - 1694

Background imageMme Collection: Mme Deshoulieres - 2

Mme Deshoulieres - 2
ANTOINETTE DU LIGIER, comtesse DESHOULIERES French writer Date: 1638 - 1694

Background imageMme Collection: Mme Recamier (Viollat 1)

Mme Recamier (Viollat 1)
JEANNE-FRANCOISE-JULIE- RECAMIER French social leader who will manage to survive the Revolution. Date: 1777 - 1849

Background imageMme Collection: Mme Recamier (Gerard 3)

Mme Recamier (Gerard 3)
JEANNE-FRANCOISE-JULIE Madame RECAMIER French social leader who will manage to survive the Revolution. Date: 1777 - 1849

Background imageMme Collection: Salon of Mme Recamier

Salon of Mme Recamier
The chambre of Madame Recamier at l Abbaye aux Bois. Date: early 19th century

Background imageMme Collection: Mme Recamier (Mackenzie)

Mme Recamier (Mackenzie)
JEANNE-FRANCOISE-JULIE- RECAMIER French social leader who will survive the Revolution. Date: 1777 - 1849

Background imageMme Collection: Mme Recamier (Gerard)

Mme Recamier (Gerard)
JEANNE-FRANCOISE-JULIE- RECAMIER French social leader in a characteristic pose. Date: 1777 - 1849

Background imageMme Collection: Mme Recamier, Reclining

Mme Recamier, Reclining
JEANNE-FRANCOISE-JULIE- RECAMIER French social leader in a characteristic pose, reclining on a day-bed of the style she has made famous. Date: 1777 - 1849

Background imageMme Collection: Bal Des Livres 1909

Bal Des Livres 1909
Le Bal des Livres : M et Mme Adolphe Brisson invite their friends to a ball where each must come as a character from a famous book Date: 1909

Background imageMme Collection: Advert for Mme Guillots Corsets 1906

Advert for Mme Guillots Corsets 1906
The ideal corset for all sports is this absolutely flexible corset- gaine in non-stretch silk - no wonder Mme Guillot advertises herself as the Queen of the Corset ! 1906

Background imageMme Collection: LA FILLE DE MME ANGOT

LA FILLE DE MME ANGOT
A popular comic opera, produced at the Gaiety Theatre, London, in 1873 Date: 1873

Background imageMme Collection: LA Valliere Becomes Nun

LA Valliere Becomes Nun
LOUISE DE LA VALLIERE mistress of Louis XIV and mother of four of his sons, she is replaced by Mme de Montespan, so retires to a Carmelite convent in 1674 Date: 1644 - 1710

Background imageMme Collection: Suzanne Curchod Necker

Suzanne Curchod Necker
SUZANNE CURCHOD NECKER French writer & salon hostess, wife of statesman, mother of Mme de Stael; previously betrothed to Gibbon but their relationship declined & fell. Date: 1739 - 1794

Background imageMme Collection: Mme De Scudery / Chasselat

Mme De Scudery / Chasselat
MADELEINE DE SCUDERY French writer and social leader Date: 1607 - 1701

Background imageMme Collection: Mme Merey / Rossini

Mme Merey / Rossini
MADAME MEREY Opera singer as Rosina in Rossinis Barber of Seville Date: 19th century

Background imageMme Collection: Mme de Stael (Laederick)

Mme de Stael (Laederick)
Anne-Luise baroness de Stael (1766 - 1817) French writer and saloniste

Background imageMme Collection: Mme de Stael (Debucourt)

Mme de Stael (Debucourt)
Anne-Louise baroness de Stael (1766 - 1817) French writer and saloniste, surrounded by friends and admirers

Background imageMme Collection: Mme de Stael (Gerard)

Mme de Stael (Gerard)
Anne-Louise baroness de Stael (1766 - 1817) French writer and saloniste

Background imageMme Collection: Mme De Stael / Miniature

Mme De Stael / Miniature
ANNE-LOUISE baroness DE STAEL French writer and saloniste Date: 1766 - 1817

Background imageMme Collection: Mme Stael (Lebrun 1)

Mme Stael (Lebrun 1)
Anne-Louise baroness de Stael (1766 - 1817) French writer and saloniste

Background imageMme Collection: Mme de Stael (Anon)

Mme de Stael (Anon)
Anne-Louise baroness de Stael (1766 - 1817) French writer and saloniste

Background imageMme Collection: Mme De Pompadour / Bunches

Mme De Pompadour / Bunches
JEANNE-ANTOINETTE POISSON (MARQUISE DE POMPADOUR) - Mistress to Louis XV of France Date: 1721-1764

Background imageMme Collection: Montespan / Mme / Mote Eng

Montespan / Mme / Mote Eng
FRANCOISE-ATHENAISE ROCHECHOUART DE MORTEMART alias MME DE MONTESPAN Mistress of Louis XIV and mother of six children by him Date: 1641 - 1707

Background imageMme Collection: Montespan / Mme / Cost Hist

Montespan / Mme / Cost Hist
FRANCOISE-ATHENAISE ROCHECHOUART DE MORTEMART alias MME DE MONTESPAN Mistress of Louis XIV and mother of six children by him Date: 1641 - 1707

Background imageMme Collection: Mme Recamiers Bed

Mme Recamiers Bed
Parisian Furniture - Madame Recamiers bed: a flamboyant empire style bed with swan topped columns, female figures holding torches and a multitude of lilac drapery Date: 1807

Background imageMme Collection: Advert for Mme Duchatellier nose straightening 1908

Advert for Mme Duchatellier nose straightening 1908
A device for modifying your nose, by placing a torture device on your nose with adjustive bolts, all for the name of vanity. 1908

Background imageMme Collection: Small hats featured in the Deauville season, 1927

Small hats featured in the Deauville season, 1927
Crowning touches with small hats featured in the Deauville season, 1927 worn by Lady Louis Mountbatten, Princess de Faucigny-Lucinge, Mme Maria Kousnezoff

Background imageMme Collection: Two creations from Mme Barri, London, 1927

Two creations from Mme Barri, London, 1927
Left cardigan-cum-waistcoat dress / right evening model called Bird of Paradise both from Mme Barri, London, 1927 1927

Background imageMme Collection: Book cover design by Mme Marot-Rodde

Book cover design by Mme Marot-Rodde
Book cover design in art deco style by Mme Marot-Rodde, Poems by Maurice Donnay. Date: circa 1930s

Background imageMme Collection: Mme. Karina & pupils in patriotic dance tableau, WW1

Mme. Karina & pupils in patriotic dance tableau, WW1
Madame Karina, Danish prima ballerina, pictured with a number of her pupils, all children or sisters of serving officers, taking part in a dance called The Good Angel

Background imageMme Collection: Portrait of debutante, Mme Mary-Albert

Portrait of debutante, Mme Mary-Albert
Young lady wearing a hat decorated with a floral arrangement. Date: 1888

Background imageMme Collection: Madame De Balzac

Madame De Balzac
MADAME DE BALZAC (Mme Hanska) Polish bankers widow who, after a long-drawn-out affair, married Balzac. Date: CIRCA 1860

Background imageMme Collection: Mme Van Der Weyer

Mme Van Der Weyer
MADAME VAN DER WEYER (nee Bates) wife of Sylvain Van de Weyer, Belgian minister in London Date: CIRCA 1840

Background imageMme Collection: Francoise De Grignan - 8

Francoise De Grignan - 8
FRANCOISE MARGUERITE, comtesse de GRIGNAN, marquise de SIMIANE, daughter of mme de Sevigne who surely wrote the letter her daughter is holding - they corresponded famously. Date: 1646 - 1705

Background imageMme Collection: Reynaldo Hahn / Sem 14 / 2

Reynaldo Hahn / Sem 14 / 2
REYNALDO HAHN French musician performing chez Madeleine Lemaire (the model for Prousts Mme Verdurin) in 1904 Date: 1874 - 1947

Background imageMme Collection: Garnerins balloons

Garnerins balloons
Five illustrations of An exact representation of M. Garnerins Balloons with an accurate view of the ascent and descent of the parachute

Background imageMme Collection: Mme. Blanche Marchesi presented by HB Thearle and J. Saunder

Mme. Blanche Marchesi presented by HB Thearle and J. Saunders Gordon. Date c1908

Background imageMme Collection: School of carpet making, Algiers

School of carpet making, Algiers
Children employed at Madame Delfaus school of carpet making at 84 Boulevard Valee, Algiers, Algeria, North Africa. Date: 20th century

Background imageMme Collection: Mme Villiers De LA Noue

Mme Villiers De LA Noue
MADAME VILLIERS DE LA NOUE, (right), sister of the famous aviator GEORGE-MARIE GUYNEMER, standing on a snowy pavement with a female companion while two men sort out her car boot! Date: 1930s

Background imageMme Collection: Duchesse De Maine

Duchesse De Maine
ANNE LOUISE BENEDICTE DE BOURBON-CONDE, duchesse de MAINE wife of Louis Auguste, son of Louis XIV and Mme de Maintenon. Date: 1676 - 1753

Background imageMme Collection: Tea tango craze: learning to Tango, 1913

Tea tango craze: learning to Tango, 1913
Ladies learning the tango standing in a circle, while teacher Mme Vicarni instructs and drills them in steps and movements. Here, the correct position of the arm is demonstrated. Date: 1913

Background imageMme Collection: Silhouette of Mme. Lily Pons

Silhouette of Mme. Lily Pons
Stunning silhouette of Mme. Lily Pons, the tiny French prima donna, who sang Rosina, the leading role in Rossinis Il Barbiere di Siviglia at Covent Garden in May 1935

Background imageMme Collection: Grignan / Francoise M

Grignan / Francoise M
FRANCOISE MARGUERITE COMTESSE DE GRIGNAN Daughter of Mme de Sevigne. Date: 1646 - 1705

Background imageMme Collection: Mme Lenormand Fails

Mme Lenormand Fails
Mme Lenormand sees the futures of her clients, but fails to foresee that she will be arrested at Brussels on a charge of smuggling Date: circa 1820

Background imageMme Collection: Colourful costumes

Colourful costumes
Exotic, colourful costumes worn by Infant Fernand d Espagne, Mlse d Argenson, Ctesse B. de Clermont-Tonnerre, Guy de Lucinge, M. Dmitri Benardaky, Ctesse A



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