Petticoat Collection (page 5)

Cloth Market - Goulston Street, Petticoat Lane, London
Cloth Market - Goulston Street, Petticoat Lane, Poplar, near Whitechapel, County of London, England. Locale made infamous by the Whitechapel (Jack the Ripper) Murders Date: 1900s

Petticoat Lane, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
View of Petticoat Lane, Kansas City, Missouri, USA, looking east from Main Street. Date: circa 1908

Lingerie & nightwear, 1915
A page of intimate luxuries of crepe, ribbon and lace suggested including (top left), a Leewig petticoat with detachable flounces of net and ribbon from Charles Lee & Son, (top right)

Raising a Toast - Can Can Dancer and smart gent
Can Can Dancer (performing on a chair, somewhat precariously!) and smart gent raising a Toast ! Date: 1905

Petticoat Lane Market, London, 1903
Illustration showing a large crowd of shoppers and sellers at the Petticoat Lane Market on a Sunday in 1903. This market, actually in Middlesex Street

Petticoat Lane haberdasher
A haberdasher sets up his stall of goods on a rickety table at the Petticoat Lane market on a Sunday morning Date: 1945

Petticoat Lane market doctor
At the Petticoat Lane market, London, a doctor, dressed as if he was a Harley Street professional, offers advice to passers by with the aid of an anatomical model of a stomach interior. Date: 1945

Petticoat Lane Market stall
A clothes stall at the Petticoat Lane market, London Date: 1945

Petticoat Lane Market
A view of Middlesex Street on a Sunday morning, the main thoroughfare of the Petticoat Lane market, London Date: 1945

Petticoat Lane salesman
A salesman at the Petticoat Lane market, London, shows his stock of shirts to a prospective buyer Date: 1945

Petticoat Lane magician
At Petticoat Lane, the London market, a young girl gazes up at a street performer wearing a turban who appears to be in the middle of a conjuring trick

Petticoat Lane escapologist
An escapologist is prepared by his assistant for another performance, entertaining the crowds at Petticoat Lane market, London, on a Sunday morning Date: 1945

Woman wearing large hat and short skirted dress, holding up skirt revealing petticoat. Date c1898

Petticoat Lane, London - Goulston Street. A street clothes market on Wentworth Street and Middlesex Street. Secondhand clothes

Petticoat Lane, London - View from Wentworth Street
Petticoat Lane, London from Wentworth Street. A street clothes market on Wentworth Street and Middlesex Street. Secondhand clothes

Petticoat Lane Market, London, 1897
Photograph showing a view of the Sunday morning market in Petticoat Lane, London, 1897. This street had been renamed Middlesex Street, but the market retained its old moniker. Date: 17 November 1897

Little Mice?

Petticoat Lane Market, London - Wentworth Street. A street clothes market on Wentworth Street and Middlesex Street. Secondhand clothes

Petticoat Lane, London - Middlesex Street, Aldgate. A street clothes market on Wentworth Street and Middlesex Street. Secondhand clothes

Petticoat Lane, London - Centre of the Market
Petticoat Lane, London - the centre of the market. A street clothes market on Wentworth Street and Middlesex Street. Secondhand clothes

Petticoat Lane Market, London - Sunday Morning. A street clothes market on Wentworth Street and Middlesex Street. Secondhand clothes

Petticoat Lane Market, London - Clothes Auction. A street clothes market on Wentworth Street and Middlesex Street. Secondhand clothes

Petticoat Lane Market, London - Looking toward Aldgate. A street clothes market on Wentworth Street and Middlesex Street. Secondhand clothes

Bavarian C18th Costume

Womens Costume Mid C17
Mourning Dress with a pointed bodice & a cloak-like garment with hood; a bodice with tabs, large slashed sleeves, lace falling collar, hitched up over-skirt & floral petticoat Date: mid 17th century

Petticoat Lane, 1858
The Petticoat Lane market on a Sunday morning

Shadow drawing. C. H. Bennett, A Pastoral Petticoat
A Pastoral Petticoat. A lady walks her dog but her shadow tells another story. Illustration from a series of shadow portraits of fictional characters by Charles H Bennett entitled Shadow

The Witch, fancy dress
Fancy dress costume suggestion for 1884. To go as a Witch it is suggested to wear a quilted petticoat touching the ground, a chintz tunic open at the front and bunched up, a muslin apron

Young woman in very fancy underwear
A young woman in very fancy underwear, getting dressed beside a fine four-poster bed

Music cover for Wavering Sea Waltzes by J [Isabella] Scales. The words of the song are from the Swedish of Baroness Barnekow, translated by Margaret Elenora Tupper

Cross-dressing male dancer
An amusing postcard depiction of a cross-dressing male stage performer from the north-west of England in frilly white dancers attire and silk headband

Young blonde girl picks flowers
A young girl with long flowing blonde locks and wearing a sky blue dress, picks blooms of many colours in a lush garden. Watercolour painting by Malcolm Greensmith

The Right Number by Pierrot
Illustration of an elegant flapper girl, dressed seemingly only in lingerie speaking on the telephone

Sellers at the Petticoat Lane Market, London, 1904
Engraving showing some of the sellers at the Petticoat Lane market; an old lady selling herbs and vegetables and a man and his son selling offcuts, London, 1904

Chemise & Nightgown 1919
WOLFHEAD UNDERGARMENTS: a lady in black stockings wears an Empire chemise with a lace yoke, her friend wears a nightdress, while the maid brings in a tiered under-skirt

An Impromptu Display
An impromptu exhibition of underwear

Underwear C. 1923
A silk crepe nightgown with wing sleeves & pin tucks & chemise & knickers to match; pleated cami-knickers; princess petticoat & knickers composed of fine pleats

Lingerie / Womans Journal
Empire nightdress worn with a lace bolero, cami-knickers with cross-over lace trim or with lace medallions, slip with lace insertions & a wrap-over dressing gown. (see also 10434676)

D. W Corset Circa 1912
A young lady, about to put on her petticoat, allows cupid to lace her into her long line corset. Her Empire chemise is visible beneath

Woman Showing Garter
A woman reveals her garter from under her full pink skirt and white petticoat

Petticoat Lane Traders
Jewish traders in Petticoat Lane market in London selling old clothes: " Here ye are! Here ye are! Any price you like! I don t care!"

Stiebel / Ballgown
A flounced debutante dance frock in shadowy white organdie embroidered with navy blue. Roses held at waist by belt. Billowing skirt falls in tiers over hooped petticoat

Petticoat Lane 1870
PETTICOAT LANE, Sunday morning

Plants / Narcissus / Curtis
Hoop petticoat narcissus NARCISSUS BULBOCODIUM With bulb illustrated

Social / Petticoat Lane
Sunday morning in Petticoat Lane, London - shoppers crowding the street market

Englishman of 1670
The Restoration and the permissive society favoured by Charles II are reflected in a new extravagance in dress, as in this gentlemans fancy petticoat, full sleeves etc

Petticoat Lane / 1960S
PETTICOAT LANE An impromptu jazz band passes through the market on a busy day

Competing with Peacock
Pelisse-robe of pink & grey vertical stripes open to reveal a white petticoat. Girl: short dress with open corsage & chemisette, flat, straw hat & fingerless gloves

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