Ornaments Collection (page 6)

Beauty Spots C17
Fashionable ladies of late 17th century London stuck stars and suchlike ornaments onto their faces, believing they made them attractive

Owen Jones Celtic 63
A stone cross, and ornaments from stone crosses, from various churchyards in Scotland

Owen Jones Indian 51
Ornaments from embroidered and woven fabrics, and paintings on vases, seen in the Indian Collection of the Great Exhibition and later at the South Kensington Museum

Owen Jones Persian 47
Ornaments from a Persian manufacturers pattern book in the South Kensington Museum

Owen Jones Persian 44
Ornaments from Persian manuscripts in the British Museum

Owen Jones Greek 19
Ornaments from Greek and Etruscan vases in the British Museum and the Louvre

Living Room
In this middle-class sitting room the upright piano - with two oil lamps fixed to it - is the most prominent feature, but notice also the photo album and other ornaments

Lady Shopper 1970
A woman in a green floppy hat and green dress browses in a shop selling various mirrors and ornaments. She holds a rather full wicker basket full of shopping over her arm

Stone Age men treat their wounds after hunting
Mens costume of the Stone Age is simple but practical, using animal skins to good effect : their teeth are used as ornaments, worn as necklaces

Steeple Headdress
A fanciful Victorian depiction of a mediaeval lady wearing a Hennin or steeple headdress of the late C15th. Other aspects of her costume date from the 14th century

3 Evening Dresses 1843
Hair is worn off the face & covers the ears & is ornamented with white ostrich plumes & wheat, rosettes & tiny flowers. Ans shaped coil of hair is secured with a comb

Mme. Schliemann & Jewels
MADAME SCHLIEMANN wife of archeologist Heinrich Schliemann, wearing ornaments found at Mycenae and supposed by her husband to be the property of Helen of Troy

Duchess of Lancaster
CONSTANCE OF GAUNT (married in 1369) depicted wearing a horned headdress with veil. In this later image she is shown in costume of both the 15th & 16th centuries

Maori Girl (Hardy)
Maori girl with tattooed chin, hair ornaments and ear-rings

Hats / Au Louvre 1932
A stylish selection of womens hats including many brimless designs, plus a several floral & bow ornaments to accessorise them

Modern Mantlepiece / 1873
An open fireplace with metal screen, ornate mantelshelf, fender and fire tools - the archetypal Victorian hearth

Highland Ornaments
A collection of ghastly ornaments with which the true Highlander would never desecrate his home but which the Sassenach tourist carries home enraptured

African Ornaments 19C
A display of African ornaments (full description available from the book)

Sideboard, Ornaments
Sideboard and ornaments designed by Marochetti, made by Snell. Two lamps are included, also a metal bowl too big to be a spittoon

Lady and Etagere
A lady admires her appearance in the mirror which stands on the top shelf of her etagere, which is otherwise filled with ornaments of dubious chic

Boy Blows Bubbles
An over-dressed boy - wearing a wig, whats more - blows bubbles at a table littered with ornaments

JAMES II not one of the finest ornaments of the British monarchy with his autograph

Churchgoing
Children emerge from church carrying ornaments

Decking the Tree
Two girls dress the tree with ornaments and presents

Working Class Home
A working mans home at Lincoln Court, London : mantelpiece ornaments contrast with the mother searching her childs head for lice, and washing hanging up to dry

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