Neckline Collection (page 6)

Champagne through Straw
A young woman sips champagne through a straw. Date: 1890s

Chinese Embroidery 1913
A narrow fitting dress with bateau (boat) neckline made from an oriental (Chinese) fabric depicting cranes & flowers. She wears 2 long strings of beads. 1913

Costume Blue Dress 1820S
Young woman in a blue dress with short ornamented puffed sleeves & hemline & a round neckline & a ribbon ceinture with floating ends at the back. 1820s

Pink Ball Dress / 1823
A pale pink gown with a deep, decorative border at the hem, ornamented with blue flowers at the neckline and on the sleeves. She wears a pearl necklace & pearls in her hair. Date: 1823

Mary Davis / Harding
MARY DAVIS Actress Date: floruit 1660s

Geraldine Ulmar / 1889
GERALDINE ULMAR Actress Date: 1889

Eva Gabor (1919 - 1995), Hungarian-American film actress

Mrs Campbell
MRS PATRICK CAMPBELL (1865 - 1940), English actress

Beresford / Lady Charles
LADY CHARLES BERESFORD Wife of Lord Charles Beresford Intimate friend of Edward VII Date: -

Lady Carew Drawing
JULIA MARY, (NEE LETHBRIDGE), LADY CAREW Wife of the 3rd Baron

Maintenon / Tavernier
Francoise d Aubigne MADAME DE MAINTENON widow of the poet Scarron, and second wife (secret) of Louis XIV Date: 1635 - 1719

Normah Whalley (Norma), Actress Date: 1909

Lea Taxil, French entertainer at the Scala, Paris Date: late 19th century

Lucy Hutchinson / Anon Eng
LUCY HUTCHINSON nee Apsley Writer Date: 1620 - ?

Anne Killigrew / Chambars
ANNE KILLIGREW Poet and painter; subject of one of Drydens Odes Date: 1660 - 1685

Anna Maria Hall / Kirkwood
ANNA MARIA HALL nee FIELDING Irish writer, wife of Samuel Carter Hall Date: 1800 - 1881

Elisabeth Hamilton / Lely
ELISABETH HAMILTON COUNTESS OF GRAMMONT La Belle Hamilton - wife of Philibert, Comte de Grammont Date: 1641 - 1708

Ann, Lady Fortescue
ANN, LADY FORTESCUE nee CAMPBELL Wife of Matthew Fortescue, 2nd Baron Date: - 1812

Princess Sarah Frederica
PRINCESS SARAH FREDERICA CAROLINE ESTERHAZY nee VILLIERS Wife of Prince Nicholas Esterhazy Date: 1822 - 1853

Rita Hayworth (1918 - 1987), American film actress and dancer

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

Examples of the newest millery 1909
Two Edwardian women wearing toques hats. (left) Hat of black crinoline trimmed high in front with some upright ostrich feathers, held in place with jet black buttons

Mrs Dennistown & Child
Mrs Dennistowns child: a lace frock with a wide, low neckline exposing the shoulders, bows at the shoulders, wide sash, lace bonnet and square-toed shoes. Date: 1841

Woman wearing a hat for spring 1912
Woman wearing straw hat for spring with flowers, plumes and ostrich feathers. Date: 1912

Elisabeth Hamilton / Full
ELISABETH HAMILTON COUNTESS OF GRAMMONT La Belle Hamilton - wife of Philibert, Comte de Grammont Date: 1641 - 1708

Elis Hamilton / Harding
ELISABETH HAMILTON COUNTESS OF GRAMMONT La Belle Hamilton - wife of Philibert, Comte de Grammont Date: 1641 - 1708

Elis Hamilton / Oval
ELISABETH HAMILTON COUNTESS OF GRAMMONT La Belle Hamilton - wife of Philibert, Comte de Grammont Date: 1641 - 1708

Summer frocks 1907
Two women wearing charming summer frocks, (left) white muslin with black spots, valenciennes lace and narrow rouleaux of pale blue silk

Justine Yilve wrapped in a sheet
Justine Yilve (?) wearing a sheet in a decorative but not very practical fashion. She is admiring herself in a hand-held mirror. Date: 1904

Womens country clothing 1886
Two women wearing beautiful summer clothing with narrow waists and bustles. 1886

Womens bustle 1886
Side view of a woman wearing a plain plaited striped skirt and jacket with a ledged bustle. 1886

Costume August 1886
Hand-coloured page of the latest Paris fashion of 1886. 1886

Woman in riding clothing 1907
Woman wearing riding clothing with puffed sleeved jacket. 1907

Countess of Berkeley
The Countess of Berkeley in an inexplicable costume and pose. Date: 1889

Fashionable clothing 1910
French women wearing fashionable outdoor wear. 1910

Autumn fashionable evening frocks 1929
Late 1920s evening dresses in three different styles available from Debenham and Freebody. 1929

Estelle Lingerie Glamour Wear - catalogue cover. 1971

Woman sitting on a bed on a greetings card -- just send for me if you re feeling lonely! Date: circa 1890s

White pique dress from Horrockses
A white pique dress from Horrockses. The full skirt is supported by a stiffened new petticoat, shoe-string shoulder straps and neckline edging are of narrow fondant pink cotton

Cover design, Weldons Beautiful Needlework, No. 2, showing a young woman in a crinoline dress sewing. Date: circa 1920s

A debutante gets ready for court presentation, 1880s
A 20th century impression of a young debutante getting ready to be presented at court. As two maids put the finishing touches to her dress, her mother beams at her proudly

Advert for Mary Black Model 1934
1930s black dress with high boat neckline, tassel belt around the waist and diamond shape holes down the long sleeves. 1934

You can call it a Day - cover by David Wright
Book jacket design for You Can Call It a Day by Peter Cheyney, designed and illustrated by artist, David Wright. Featuring a red-haired woman in a black dress with a plunging neckline

Elegant woman in visiting dress 1922
Young woman wearing gold pattered visiting dress, leaning against a black french rococo sideboard. Date: 1922

Two evening gowns by Sarah Jane 1936
Two women in slender evening gowns by Sarah Jane. Date: 1936

Lace frock 1906
Edwardian woman wearing a very elegant Irish lace frock for the Spring season. Date: 1906

Women wearing embroidered linen dress 1906
Side view of an Edwardian woman wearing a embroidered linen dress with high neckline and bell shaped skirt. Date: 1906

Catherine I / St P Ptg
CATHERINE I Empress of Russia (1725-27), second wife of Tsar Peter I Date: 1684 - 1727

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