Ninon Collection

Ninon de l Enclos, French author, courtesan and salon hostess, 1615-1705. She wears her hair loose in ringlets, a low-cut mantua dress with bodice and skirt in green velvet decorated with bows

Ninon de Lenclos 1620-1705, French author
Ninon de Lenclos or Anne Ninon de l Enclos, 1616-1705, French author, courtesan and patron of the young Moliere and Voltaire

Black mourning boa 1910
Very much in demand the black boa, due to the recent death of King Edward VII. May 1910

Ninon de L Enclos or Ninon de Lanclos, French author
Anne (Ninon) de L Enclos or Ninon de Lanclos (1620-1705), French author, courtesan, freethinker, and patron of the arts. 17th century

Women theatre goer 1905
Woman wearing an attractive dainty theatre bodies of white ninon, threaded with scarves of old rose crepe de chine, sleeves are outlined by a finger-depth of dark fur. 1905

Christmas gift from Dickins & Jones catalogue, showing three ladies wearing slim-lined satin evening gowns. Date: 1911

Modern women wearing beautiful dresses 1912
Women models wearing simple spring dresses for afternoon and evening. Date: 1912

Latest fashion from Paris and Berlin 1912
Women models wearing the latest evening and afternoon frocks. Date: 1912

Advert for Peter Robinsons summer fashion 1913
Fashionable clothing for women available in Peter Robinson s, Oxford Street, London 1913

Advert for D. H Evans womens motor veils 1915
Ninon and oilsilk motor veils and storm hats available from D. H Evans, Oxford Street, London. 1915

Advert for Debenham & Freebody undergarments 1915
Danity negligees, tea frocks and dressing gowns. 1915

Advert for Debenham & Freebody autumn blouses 1915
Inexpensive new autumn high collar blouses for women in 1915. 1915

Motor Veil advertisement
An advertisement for an adjustable Ninon Motor Veil, as sold by the Oxford Street department store D.H.Evans (now House of Fraser) in 1914 1914

Advert for Barkers of Kensington blouses 1918
Ninon blouse veiled over ivory ninon dainty trimmed with floral silk and finely hemstiched inset sleeves. Charming ninon blouse, veiled over ivory ninon and gold lace

A page of adverts from The Tatler, dated 22nd July 1914
A page of advertisements from The Tatler, dated 22nd July 1914. D.H Evans adjustable ninon Motor Veil, life assurance policy from The Standard Life Company

Ninon De Lenclos
NINON DE LENCLOS French beauty, social leader and patron of literature. Date: 1616 - 1706

Advert for Celanese curtain ninon 1938
Light and Shade and.. Celanese curtain ninon. Hanging over the windows are soft folds of Celanese curtain ninon. So gossamer-fine it lets all possible light flood through. Date: 1938

Spring Fashions for 1913
Sketch depicting the vivid colour and graceful lines of ladies fashion in the early twentieth century. On left: an evening dress in green

Fancy Dress Hats
These three young women model the latest ideas for what to wear for a head-dress party - very becoming tricorn hats! Made of panne velvet, with ninon veils under the chin

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