Plaits Collection (page 3)

Three Children Reading
Three children reading a book together by the light of the candles in a Christmas wreath on the table. Date: 1950s

The Sonnet -- a grand lady sits in a garden, her lady-in-waiting standing close by. 20th century

Sketch of a little girl -- Christine

Sketch of a young girl with self-portrait
Sketch of a young girl, with a self-portrait

Little girl sitting in a chair
Study of a little girl sitting in a chair

Copenhagen Phone Exchang
Telefonselskabets Centralbureau - the central telephone exchange, Copenhagen - note the operator with the long plaits ! Date: 1888

Huddersfield Children
A group of boys and girls wearing Dutch costume at a Primitive Methodist Church in Huddersfield, Yorkshire. Date: circa 1900

Gipsy girl looking out of the back of her caravan
A gipsy girl with plaited hair looking out of the back of her caravan

Music cover for The Bohemian Polka, composed by Herrman Koenig (1827-1898) and dedicated to Viscount Bury (later the 7th Earl of Albemarle)

Studies of a lady and a seated girl in pastel by Raymond Sheppard

Studies of a young girl
Pen and wash studies of a young girl by Raymond Sheppard

Education, reading
A class of children sit quietly and read

Art Nouveau postcard - Salomko
Fantastic stylised Art Nouveau postcard design by Sergei de Salomko (1859 - 1926) featuring a woman in the guise of an ancient queen, complete with crown and exotic platted and bejewellery hair

Bulgarian Women in patterned floral dresses
Two Bulgarian Women, wearing their dark hair in long plaits and dressed in long pale patterned dresses, seemingly made from the same fabric

Egypt - Young Native Girl with Pigtails
Egypt - Head and shoulders portrait of a young Native Girl of the Fellah Tribe with Pigtails, bright red lips and hooped earrings

MYRAs MODELS 1875
Evening dresses ornamented with roses & lace, short sleeves, long waists (one ending in a point), double skirts trained & tied back, over-skirts with apron fronts

Making a Toy Horse
A girl making toy wooden horses on wheels in a British factory

Gipsy Girl & Puppy
A scruffy but pretty little blonde gipsy girl with her hair in plaits, happy to be playing amongst the chained-up dogs and a puppy. Charlwood gipsy camp, Surrey, England

Italian Immigrant / London
Italian Immigrants in London Date: circa 1935

Charlemagne & Courtiers
Lavishly embroidered mantles worn over tunics, kirtles & super-tunics. The women wear broad corset like belts & girdles, a veil & coronet or long plaits

English Lady & Knights
Woman: mantle, a kirtle with front lacing, girdle & pouch, ornamental fillet, coiled plaits & veil. Knights: mantle, various sleeveless fitted garments

Girl Plaits Dolls Hair
A girl, who wears her own hair in plaits, dresses her dolls hair in the same fashion

Catherine Ii / Fursten
CATHERINE THE GREAT Empress of Russia (reigned 1762-96)

Hiawatha / Beggars Dance
Pau-Puk Keewis dances the Beggars Dance, to the accompaniment of a merry flute flute playing crowd, at Hiawathas wedding

Eccentric Juvenile Garb
Man: trousers with decorative border on outside leg. Girl: pink print dress, pantalettes & pelerine. Boy: full skirted blue coat, V shaped waist seam & very full sleeves

Wwi / Zeppelin Danger
BRITISH MEANS PLUCK London schoolchildren are taught about the dangers of zeppelins : If the zeppelins come, keep indoors, put lights out and keep quiet

Margherita of Savoy / Sepi
MARGHERITA OF SAVOY Queen of Umberto I of Italy

Making Jews Harps 1932
A woman and two children making Jews Harps, a primitive musical instrument, in the Steyr valley, Austria. They are bought by a Birmingham firm for export to Aborigines

Costume & Harpsichord
Low corsage with tiny vandyked tucker & cuffs, plain ankle length skirt & bouffante sleeves ornamented with a large bow. Hair: dressed in coiled plaits with ribbons

Dolls at School
A smart little girl in a pretty dress with matching red shoes, ribbons and alice band, plays teacher with her blackboard and chalk. Her doll and teddy are the pupils

Costume / Ancient Egypt
ANCIENT EGYPT Depicting the clothing and regalia of an Ancient Egyptian King contrasted with commoners

Snow White Mother
Snow Whites mother pricks her finger while sewing, and drops of blood fall on the snow- covered windowsill

Childrens Breakfast
A group of well-behaved children sit round the breakfast table to eat their porridge

Charlemagne, King and Emperor, with Queen Hildegarde
Charlemagne (Carolus Magnus. Karolus Magnus, Charles the Great), King of the Franks from 768, King of the Lombards from 774, and Emperor of the Romans from 800

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