Padded Collection (page 2)

London Ladies of C. 1560
Mid century English costume: richly embroidered dresses & gowns with short, padded sleeves which allow the under- sleeve to be seen, plus ruffs & matching cuffs. Date: circa 1560

Englishman 1530
He wears an embroidered shirt beneath layers of clothing notable for the padded shoulders and puff sleeves contrasting with the simple hose covering his legs Date: circa 1530

Louise De Lafayette
LOUISE MOTTIER DE LAFAYETTE French beauty, wit and nun Date: 1609? - 1665

Mesmers Patients
Mesmers patients in padded Salle des Crises Date: circa 1780

Boating scene with robin on a Christmas card
Boating scene with robin and flowers on a Christmas card. circa 1890s

Flowers and verse on a romantic greetings card -- Forget-Me-Not. Date: circa 1890s

Garden scene with flowers on a greetings card
Garden scene with flowers, water spouts and a statue in a niche on a greetings card. Date: circa 1890s

Flowers and butterfly on a greetings card
Flowers and a butterfly on a greetings card with pink and gold decorative surround. Date: circa 1890s

Girl in red cloak on a Christmas and New Year card
Girl in a red cloak, carrying a basket and jug and looking up at a robin on a Christmas and New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Fruit and flowers on a Christmas card
Fruit, leaves and flowers on a Christmas card, with a red tassel. Date: circa 1890s

Flowers and verse on a birthday card with white and gold ornate edging. Date: circa 1890s

Flowers with ornate edging on a Christmas card
Flowers with ornate edging in blue, white and gold on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Bunch of flowers on a greetings card with white and gold ornate surround. Date: circa 1890s

Romantic couple on a greetings card -- the man is arriving by boat as the woman stands watching. Date: circa 1890s

Bird and cottage on a Christmas and New Year card
Bird singing in front of a cottage on a Christmas and New Year card, surrounded by white and gold decoration. Date: circa 1890s

Boy with robin on a Christmas card
Boy in a sailor suit with a robin perched on his finger on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Victorian style domestic interior with large fireplace
A Victorian style domestic interior with a large fireplace, and different items of furniture everywhere you look

Advert for J. Roussel underwear 1948
A blonde bombshell model wearing the Roussel suspender belt garment, with bullet padding bra. 1948

Anchor Bar, Portobello Hotel, Walton, Essex
The Anchor Bar at the Portobello Hotel, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex. 1967

Metropolitan police officer and dog with shopkeeper
A Metropolitan police officer with his Alsatian dog chats with a shopkeeper in front of his shop. late 20th century

Madagascar - St Mary Island - Lady in finest clothes
A Madagascan lady in her Sunday best bonnet - St. Mary Island, Madagascar. Date: 1913

American Football Team Photo - possibly a British-based team as they appear to be playing on a football (soccer!) pitch. Date: 1910

French customs sign, Western Front, WW1
A French customs sign (possibly a joke) at the side of the road on the Western Front during the First World War. With an empty open-topped car at the side. Date: 1914-1918

American Football - Columbia University versus Cornell - New York, USA. Columbias star player Ralph Hewitt (1907-1987) is brought down by Pond of Cornell in the third period of the battle between

Todder blowing bubbles
A young toddler sat atop a padded stool playing with a large bubble, that he has blown through a pipe Date: circa 1906

Advert for Gossard underwear 1948

Bonang Players - Bali
The Bonang is a musical instrument used in the Javanese gamelan (percussion orchestra). It is a collection of small gongs (sometimes called kettles or pots)

Drawing room of a country house, South Wales
The typically Victorian drawing room of a country house, somewhere in South Wales. There are two large sash windows with a mirror in between, reflecting a ceiling rose

Metropolitan Police Animal Catcher
Officer of the Metropolitan Police Dog Handling Unit, wearing protective clothing worn to prevent injury when capturing dangerous animals

Eating lunch in China
A lovely photograph of three Chinese workers (of very different ages) having their rice for lunch. The padded clothing attests to either the season or the type of labout they were occupied in

Middle-aged Victorian woman
A middle-aged Victorian woman poses in the photographers studio, leaning on the back of a chair, on the seat of which a small dog is sitting

Uyghur Children - close to Kashgar
Two young Uyghur Children, close to Kashgar in Xinjiang, South West China. Photograph taken by Ralph Ponsonby Watts, who travelled up from Kashmir to Kahgar

Bentall 16 / 20 Tourer
The magnificent luxury of a Bentall 16/20 Tourer

House of Lords cleaners
Two cleaners in the House of Lords, vacuuming and polishing in preparation for the State Opening of Parliament in a few days time

A Uyghur man smoking an elaborate pipe. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Turkic Man
A man from far Northern India or Southern China, displaying the highly Turkic facial morphology of the peoples of this region. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

A Young Jew from Tashkent, Uzbekistan
A reflective Young Jewish boy wearing a fine robe from Tashkent, Uzbekistan

Walking Dress 1822
White dress with highly ornate & padded over-sleeves, cuffs, hem & bodice & with a natural waistline, also a lace collar, gold belt, parasol & gauze hat trimmed with camelias

Training Dog to Attack
A police dog is trained to attack an intruder - well padded-up for the purpose !

Otter & Chinchilla Fur
A full-lengthcoat in luxurious sea otter fur with cuffs & a padded all-round collar in chinchilla

Walking Dress 1818
Blue pelisse with military style Brandenbourg trim. The decorative cuffs & epaulettes have small, padded oval shaped detailing. Worn with a blue hat & red reticule

Discussing US Football
American version of a Chester or Chesterfield overcoat. This is a restrained model with fly-front & without a velvet collar. Worn with trousers with turn-ups & half-boots

Trouser Suit 1939
Madeleine de Rauch design: masculine cut trouser suit in striped linen with broad padded shoulders, deep revers & wide leg trousers with turn- ups (cuffs) & loafer shoes

Charles Ix / King France
CHARLES IX, KING OF FRANCE wears a cap ornamented with jewels & feathers, a small ruff, embroidered cape, doublet with slashed sleeves, jerkin & slashed & bombasted trunk hose

C17th Noblewomen
French noblewomen: lace falling collar & collars that mark the transition between that & the ruff; padded sleeves, double-skirts tabbed bodices

Family travelling at night on a French train
A family travelling at night in their compartment of a French railway train

Man in Brown Suit 1817
Top hat, cravat, light brown pantaloons with falls, brown double-breasted coat cut away at the front, small collar & sleeves padded & gathered at the shoulder & buttoned cuffs

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