Piste Collection

Riviera holiday makers on the piste
Illustration by William Heath Robinson showing skiiers intrigued by the appearance of glamorous Howard. K. Elcock characters

Tatler front cover, Winter Sports Number 1956
Front cover design for The Tatler Winter Sports Number, featuring a number of cheery, jolly skiiers

Winter Sports in France - French Goverment Poster

Poster for The Upper Austrian Tourist Board - Ski Scene Date: circa 1937

Taking a Ski Break 1927
Skiers take a break, off the piste, by standing their skis in the snow and having a drink

Smart Ski Costume
She pauses before embarking on the piste in her elegant ski costume

Christmas and New Year Greetings Card - Skiing Date: 1946

Lectures pour tous - Winter Sports
Front cover of Lectures pour Tous magazine featuring illustration of a woman skiing in the French Alps. Date: 1932

Bystander Winter Sports Number 1930
Front cover of The Bystander magazines Winter Sports number featuring two stylish skiiers on the piste. Date: 1930

Skiing misfortune
A Skiing misfortune as a skier takes a tumble trying to navigate through a clump of trees on a Swiss alpine slope. Date: 1924

Sporting with Winter Sports by H. M. Bateman - ski-ing
Ski-ing high jinks according to H. M. Bateman in his series of cartoons on winter sports. Date: 1912

Skiers gather on the piste. Date: 1910

SKIING GROUP & PISTE SKIING GROUP & PISTE
A group of male and female skiers stand against a dramatic mountain backdrop. Date: 1930s

The Rescue by Fortunino Matania
The Rescue - a scene on a Swiss snow slope. One skier leans over to rescue a small pet dog who has fallen over the edge of a snowy ledge, much to the distress of a small child. Date: 1922

Elegant Skier
Kitted out by Madeleine de Rauch, a chic piste artiste poses in front of a Fiat. Date: 1931

The Mollisons at St. Moritz, 1933 (Amy Johnson)
Aviation power couple, Amy Johnson and her husband Jim Mollison, pictured on the slopes at the fashionable ski resort of St. Moritz. Date: 1933

Her Shadows by Pierrot
A couple stand together at the top of the snowy slope. Date: 1928

Tatler Front Cover, Christmas Number 1925
Front cover design for The Tatler Christmas number 1925 featuring an enthusiastic skier on-piste November 27 1925

Simpson of Piccadilly advertisement - ski fashion 1956
Advertisement for ski fashions from Simpson of Piccadilly featuring a woman wearing a royal blue ski jacket with a shoulder flutter of embroidered snowflakes

ɣole de perfectionnement de Chateauroux - La Piste - WWI
ɣ ole de perfectionnement de Chateauroux - La Piste. On reverse - MɃ ANOS D ANNAM ET TRAVAILLEURS KABYLES - Camp de Chateauroux - 1916. Further information follows heading

Skiing friends, 1930s
A group enjoy a day of skiing, although one woman appears to have taken a tumble. Date: 1930s

Indoor ski school at Piccadilly Circus
Miss Audrey Sale-Barker, the well-known aviatrix, at the opening of the new ski school at the Criterion building, Piccadilly Circus, London. Date: 1931

Blonde Skier
A blonde model on the piste. Date: 1960s

Alpine Snow Scene
A snowy, mountainous terrain in the Alps. Date: 1930s

Caux Railway - Switzerland
The Chemin de fer MontreuxGlionRochers-de-Naye railway at the small village of Caux, Switzerland in Winter, depositing skiers and sledgers directly at the top of their run! Date: 1908

Avalanche victim aided by St Bernards
At the Hospice du Grand Saint- Bernard (2472m), dogs are trained to rescue unfortunate travellers who lose their way in the darkness and snow on the Alpine pass

Their Winter Sport by Illingworth
Four local and proficient child skiiers have a laugh at the expense of a man (probably British) who seems to have come a cropper on the piste

The Bystander Winter Sports Number front cover
Front cover of The Bystander designed by Dugo showing some enterprising skiiers being pulled up the piste by some horses, much to the annoyance of their fellow holidaymakers

Tatler Winter Sports Number 1954
Lovely 1950s illustration by David Judd for the front cover of The Tatlers Winter Sports Number, showing a lone female skiier arriving at a quaint looking chalet on the ski slopes

Ski-ing streamline
A contrasting ski outfit from Jaeger. The tough looking, loose-fitting wool sweater, with its ribbed knit and roll collar, and the tailored ski-pants of black barathea produce an ensemble that

French Skiers Refreshed
A skiing couple enjoy a freshing drink after a long day on the piste

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