Plaits Collection

St Matilda / Butler Lives
SAINT MATILDA Queen of Henry I of Germany, noted for her philanthropy; she founded many convents

Putting on Ice Skates
Three young women, sitting down to put on their ice skates at Wimbledon Common, London. One girl is accidentally showing off her bloomers!

Gipsy girl plaiting horses tail at an encampment in Surrey
A gipsy girl plaiting the tail of the family horse as she sits on the step of their caravan at an encampment in Surrey. (2 of 2)

Nimidoff - Russian Operatic Mezzo-Soprano
Mademoiselle Vera Nimidoff - Russian Operatic Mezzo-Soprano in a historical role. Date: circa 1906

Three people in Cowboy and Indian costume in studio photo
Three people in Cowboy and Indian costume in a studio photo -- signed The Three Shentons. Date: circa 1910

Gipsy girl plaiting horses tail, Surrey
A gypsy girl plaiting the tail of the family horse as she sits on the step of their caravan at an encampment in Surrey. (1 of 2)

Justice Personified
Justice holding scales to symbolise even-handedness, stability and equality

Hiawatha / Portrait
A portrait of Hiawatha

A labour of love
Dutch boy plaits the hair of his girl friend while she is knitting socks. Artist: Ethel Parkinson Date: 1911

Sudetenland Elections
Schoolgirls counting the votes during the Sudetenland elections, which had become part of the new Republic of Czechoslovakia in 1918 and included many German speakers

Learning Sign Language
A class of young women learning sign language at a school for the deaf

Malvina Dunreath music hall singer and long boot dancer. In costume, wearing ?little girl? knee length white dress with full skirt. Hair in long plaits with large bow

Four young women, Nigeria, West Africa
Four young women with fashionable headdresses and hairstyles, Nigeria, West Africa. Date: 1922

Quechua woman sitting in the sun, Bolivia, South America, wearing homespun cloth made from the fleece of local animals such as llama and vicuna. 1922

Empress Elisabeth of Austria (Elisabeth of Bavaria, 1837-1898), also Queen of Hungary by her marriage to Emperor Franz Joseph I. 19th century

The Sleeping Beauty and the old woman at a spinning wheel
Illustration, The Sleeping Beauty and the old woman at a spinning wheel, by Muriel Baines Date: 20th century

Cartoon, Bread and Circuses, WW1
Cartoon, Bread and Circuses. The figure of Death kneels by his broken sword. He says he's done enough now, and would like some bread to eat. Date: 1916

Children of Thomas Egerton, 2nd Earl of Wilton
Viscount Grey de Wilton and Elizabeth Grey Egerton, children of the Thomas Egerton, 2nd Earl of Wilton. Daughter in ringlets and frilly dress holding a doll

Ancient Roman hairstyles
Ancient Roman hairstyle from a head in the Mattei Garden 1, hairstyle from the Casa Giustiniani 2, and hairstyle from the Villa Albani 3

Three graces of the Ballet of **. Elegant ballet dancers in costume (one in turban and shawl, one with tambourine and dress decorated with flowers)

Young girl of the Canton of Schaffhausen, Switzerland, 19th century. She wears a small toque and her long hair is plaited with ribbons

Anne of Auvergne, Dauphine d Auvergne, 1358-1417
Anne of Auvergne, Dauphine d Auvergne, wife of Louis II, Duke of Bourbon, 1358-1417. In a crown of jewels, hair in plaits

Eleanor of Austria, second wife of King Francis I, 1498-1558. She wears a Spanish net cap, hair parted in the centre and plaited over the ears in oreillettes, slashed sleeves with ermine trim

Norman fashions 11th century: Norman soldiers with chainmail hauberks covered in square plates or tegulated armour1, woman with her hair in long plaits encased in ribbons 2

Rear view of woman in chignon plaited in three parts with a fichu bonnet. Handcoloured lithograph by de Laubadere from Octave Uzannes Stylish Hairstyle or Eccentric Finery from the era of King Louis

Studio portrait of a young woman, Francesca Sullivan, Italy
Studio portrait of a young woman, Francesca Sullivan, Venice, Italy. Date: circa 1880

Daphne Strutt and Vida Cuthbert by Madame Yevonde
Double portrait of the Hon. Daphne Strutt (1911-2003), later Daphne, Lady Acton, together with her step-sister, Vida Cuthbert, later Vida Schreiber (circa 1910-2003)

Quechua woman, Bolivia, South America
Quechua woman sitting in profile, Bolivia, South America, with silver spoons adorning her plaited hair. Date: 1922

Queen Victoria as a young woman. 19th century

David Frances Barry photo - Wolf Chief
Wolf chief wearing traditional dress and jewellery, including a beaded necklace, earrings and rings. His hair styled in plaits wrapped with fur and cloth. Wolf is wrapped with a heavy blanket

Sewing dollys dress - Young girl with plaits mending her dollys dress, aided by her friend. Artist: Enid Warne Browne Date: circa 1930

Advert for International Hair Co. 1910
Latest transformation in wiglets for women. Date: 1910

Victorian women 1869
Selection of fashionable hairstyles for Parisian women. Date: 1869

LITTLE GIRLS DRESSES
Two little girls in attractive dresses. The one on the left is in two shades of blue and white. The one on the right in green wool crepe. Note the jacket effect on the bodice. Date: circa 1930

GIRLS PARTY FROCK
A fair-haired girl with long plaits wears a pretty party dress in salmon-pink crepe ornamented with frills and smocking. Date: 1930s

GIRLS JUMPER 1930S
A jumper suitable for a young girl with round neck & long sleeves. The body is enlivened with rows of different colours. It is worn with a box pleated skirt. Date: 1930s

GIRL WITH POTS C1850
A German girl with remarkably long plaits carries her basket of earthenware pots securely balanced on her head. Date: circa 1850

The Sleeping Beauty, pantomime. early 20th century

Frankish Court Dress C11
Man: mantle fastened with a brooch, embroidered super- tunic. Woman: coronet, veil, hair worn in long plaits, mantle & super-tunic with a girdle. Date: 11th century

Cartoon, The New Dance Mistress, WW1
Cartoon, The New Dance Mistress, showing an Austro-Hungarian or German officer in eastern costume introducing a plump German woman, Fraulein Gans (Miss Goose)

Clare Leighton
CLARE LEIGHTON British/American writer and artist, who in her long lifetime wrote 15 books and illustrated over 40 others. Date: 1899 - 1989

Tuareg Girl from the Hoggar Mountains, Algeria. Taken during the expedition led by Captain Angus Buchanan to the Sahel region of the Sahara in 1922-23

Gina Lollobrigida / Levin
GINA LOLLOBRIGIDA Italian film actress dressed as a gipsy

Aryan Types / Couple
The Aryan race : " nobility of blood, incomparable beauty of form and mind, and a superior breed". An ideal Aryan couple

Aryan Types / Girl / Profile
The Aryan race : " nobility of blood, incomparable beauty of form and mind, and a superior breed". The German ideal - here a girl is shown in profile

Aryan Types / Ideal Girl
The German Girl; the ideal type of the Northern Race. The Aryan race : " nobility of blood, incomparable beauty of form and mind, and a superior breed"

10th Century Woman
A Carlovingian noblewoman, wearing her hair in plaits as became the fashion

Two women in costume with horse in studio photo
Two women in costume, one dressed as a cowboy, the other dressed as a native American Indian, with a horse in a studio photo. circa 1910

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