Nightdress Collection

Heroic fireman rescuing girl from fire
Heroic fireman rescuing a girl from a fire. Date: 19th century

A glamorous female model with her trusty Goblin Teasmade
A stylish female model wakes up fresh-faced and ready now to face the day thanks to a few sips from a hearty brew prepared by her faithful bedside Goblin Teasmade. How Delicious! Date: 1960s

Contentment - A slightly dishevelled, yet happy, young lady. Date: 1908

Woman patient, St Marys Hospital, Paddington, London
LFB Special Services trying to help a woman patient at St Marys Hospital, Paddington, London, on 15 April 1959. She has climbed out of a ward window at fifth floor level

Victorian Child & Her Dogs
Young girl in her nightdress teasing her dogs with a bird on a string. Date: 1898

VICTORIA/WILLIAM DEAD
The Archbishop of Canterbury and the Lord Chamberlain bring the news of the death of King William IV to Princess Victoria at 5 in the morning Date: 20 June 1837

Comic postcard, ambiguous Christmas invitation Date: early 20th century

Comic postcard, Come into the garden, Maud Date: early 20th century

Comic postcard, Old maid saying her prayers Date: 20th century

Advertisement for Welsbach, providers of gas mantles & burners and gas radiators, showing a cosy domestic scene with two little girls

Title page with calligraphy and skulls and crossbones
Title page with calligraphy and border of figures with skulls and crossbones, hourglasses and wings. Copperplate engraving by Joshua Gleadah rom The British Dance of Death, Hodgson, London, 1823

Cartoon, Don t You Smell Fire? (Mr and Mrs Bull)
Cartoon, Don t You Smell Fire? Mrs Britannia Bull tells her husband John that he should investigate a nasty smell of something smouldering -- smoke can be seen on the right

Cat couple in bed on a greetings postcard -- Eastbourne is the place for a jolly rest cure. Date: circa 1890s

Page of womens Autumn fashion 1925
Page of four fashion adverts for womens clothing, from The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, October 1925. Harvey Nichols, stockinette jumper suits in wool, Marshall & Snelgrove, fur coat

Advert for Dorothy Perkins - womens undergarments 1928
A selection page of undergarments for women in 1928, available at Dorothy Perkins, at Oxford Street. Date: 1928

WOMAN WAKING 1940S
Young woman, in a nightdress with gathered bodice & broad straps, stretches as she wakes up. A quilted dressing gown hangs up near her bed. N.B Satin quilt or eiderdown. Date: 1940s

SLIPS & KNICKERS 1935 SLIPS & KNICKERS 1935
Fashionable lingerie in art silk: sets composed of a slip with lace yoke & directoire knickers, or a slip & French knickers, plus a nightgown with bow trim. Date: 1935

BED JACKET 1930S
A dainty bed-jacket of peach chiffon with gathered neckline and elbow length sleeves, worn over a satin, full-length nightdress. The tips of her slippers can be seen. Date: 1930

Night-dresses and pyjamas for women 1930s
Womens high on the waist and long length nighties and pyjamas. 1930s

Underwear for Children
Various undergarments for children including drawers, chemises, night shirts, collars, night caps & corsets for girls of various ages. Date: 1875

Cat and dog in bed on a Christmas card -- Darby and Joan. Date: circa 1890s

Girls with doll and parasol, Balham, SW London
Girls with a doll in a cradle, and a parasol, in a Balham street, SW London. Date: circa 1961

Advert for Kayser Bondor undergarments & nightdresses 1953
Kayser Bondor, 7 steps to loveliness at prices you can afford. 1953

For the Tousseau 1933
Model wearing fashionable nightdresses, all available from Harrods. Date: 1933

Childrens nightdresses 1913
Little girls ready for bed wearing their nightdresses. Date: 1913

Nightdress and dressing gown, 1930
A quilted dressing gown of artificial broche silk and a sol de soie nightdress from Walpole Brothers. 1930

Woman wears a nightdress from Robinson & Cleaver
A woman wearing a nightdress of Linen Lawn from Robinson & Cleaver. The nightdress is a hand-drawn design with fine hand embroidery, trimmed with real filet lace and ribbons

Women wearing negligee 1912
Selection of womens full length negligees. Date: 1912

Advert for Peter Robinsons nightdresses 1916
Crepe de chine and silk nightdresses. 1916

Marjorie Spiers - The Punch Bowl revue - Duke of York s
Miss Marjorie Spiers () - in The Punch Bowl a revue by Archie de Bear at the Duke of Yorks Theatre, London in 1924, known as The Breakfast-time Follies

Advert for Debenham & Freebodys womens clothing 1923
Selection of womens clothing in a sale for Debenham & Freebodys department store in Wigmore Street, London. 1923

Celanese fabric advert, 1941
Celanese fabric advert in wartime, 1941, featuing a glamorous, slightly coy woman in a Celanese nightdress. " See its Celanese and your coupons will go further. " Date: 1941

Girl and boy praying on a palette-shaped greetings card. Date: circa 1890s

Little boy praying on a palette-shaped greetings card. Date: circa 1890s

Little girl praying on a palette-shaped greetings card. Date: circa 1890s

The personification of Hope, particularly in the maritime world. It is easy to see (when looking at this card) whereupon the phrase (and pub name!) The Hope and Anchor originates! Date: 1914

Sporty American Girl holding two exercise clubs. She appears to ahve forgotten her gym outfit.... Date: circa 1920

Modern Painters - Two Ladies applying their make-up, accompanied by this comparative quote by John Ruskin. Date: 1904

WELDONs LINGERIE 1930S
Floral print cami-bockers, a princess petticoat (or slip), a petticoat with an opera top & a yellow nightdress with lace edged epaulettes. Date: 1930s

Sining a carol at Mothers door by Charles Robinson
Little children singing carols indoors. Date: 1906

Advert for Debenham & Freebody woven lingerie 1937
Two women wearing nightwear, cami-knicker in lacevstitched artifical silk milanece and full-length danity nightdress in same material with georgette frills. Date: 1937

Night and Day fashions
Night and day fashions from the 1960s. From left to right: A Debenham & Freebody empire line nylon nightdress in which a 15 denier in the colours shown is mounted over a toning 30

Joining in the Fairy Revel -- a little girl in her pink nightdress joins hands in a circle with a group of fairies and elves in a garden. Date: circa 1920s

ZANDOMENEGHI, Federico. Il ricciolo (la toilette)
ZANDOMENEGHI, Federico (1841-1917). Il ricciolo (la toilette). 1894-1910. Impressionism. Oil on canvas. ITALY. LOMBARDY. Milan. Pinacotheca of Brera

Little girl sitting up in bed, by Muriel Dawson. Date: 1920s

Advert for Viyella childrens sleepwear 1936
Lets go to bed said sleepyhead. But lets first show you our nice new nightclothes. (Whose patterns came from Paris as you can plainly see). They won t shink or fade get thin and cold

Advert for Debenham & Freebody lingerie 1937
Womens lingerie in pure silk. Date: 1937

Advert for Debenham & Freebody pyjamas and nightdresses 1934
Floral printed pyjamas and nightdresses, portrayed in pure silk, crepe-de-chine and wasing satin trimmed with dainty frill of plain georgette to tone. 1934

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