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Puff Pastry RecipiesA woman makes various things out of puff pastry
French lady getting ready to go out in her boudoir - she check the powder on her nose - " Yes, that is just perfect!" Date: circa 1910s
Swinging Fashions C. 1810White robes: sleeves with a double puff, scalloped hem & worn with boots, a net cap & a fringed shawl tied at the back or with vandyked hem & pantelettes
Fairies learn to dance before they learn to walk (Fairy Lore). 1920s
Advertisement, Morny Paris perfume, Essence Mysterieuse. 1918
Churchill taken ill, 1932Winston Churchill (1874-1965), English politician, having a cheeky puff on his cigar whilst being stretchered from his London flat to a West End nursing home via ambulance
Yvette Guilbert music hall singer 1865-1944Yvette Guilbert (Emma Laure Guilbert) French music hall singer. Known as a ?diseuse? for her monologue-like patter songs. Here at her dressing-table preparing for a performance
Woman applying makeup at her dressing tableBefore the Dance - woman applying makeup at her dressing table. 1920s
Machine for Tight LacingSatire on the fashion for tight corsets - A correct view of the new machine for winding up the ladies Date: circa 1830
Dandelion-Puff Balloon Club by Thomas Maybank Date: 1920
Illustration of the Helene blouse, with frilled collarIllustration of the Helene blouse or bodice, with high, frilled collar, and front, puff, leg o mutton sleeves and corseted waist. From a section, Our Ladies Pages: Fashions up to Date'. Date: 1895
Illustration of the Adele blouse, with high collarIllustration of the Adele blouse or bodice, with high collar, and elaborate, ribboned puff, leg o mutton sleeves and corseted waist. From a section, Our Ladies Pages: Fashions up to Date'
Illustration of the Carmencita blouse or bodice, striped, with puff, leg o mutton sleeves and corseted waist. From a section, Our Ladies Pages: Fashions up to Date'. Date: 1895
March, Windy Day illustration by Lewis Baumer, of woman in puff, leg o mutton sleeve gown and large hat, blown about by the wind. From an article, The Light Side of Nature'
Advert for Peter Robinson's mourning clothing 1896Variety of mourning clothing for widows kept in stock for daughters, relatives and servants, available from Peter Robinson's Mourning Warehouse, Regent Street, London. 1896
Advert for Jay's mourning clothing 1893Large and well-assorted stock of mourning costumes, mantles and millinery for immediate wear. 1893
Agatha Rose in The Shop Girl Date: 1890s
Comic postcard, Two women and a man at the seaside - too fresh! Date: 20th century
Women inside the Boulogne Panorama, Paris, 1824Women viewing the large cityscape inside the Boulogne Panorama, Boulevard Montmartre, Paris, 1824. Women in bonnets with feathers, dresses with apron, one with parasol
Fashionable guests at a masquerade ball, 1800. Woman in medival headdress, man in hussar uniform, man in striped breeches and bicorn, woman in mask and hooded habit. An opera ball, Year VIII, 1800
King Henry VIII in Victorian hunting outfit on horsebackKing Henry VIII in Victorian hunting outfit with a shepherds crook on horseback chasing a Catholic monk fleeing with the church gold. Parody of the Dissolution of the Monasteries, circa 1540
Olive bushshrike, Chlorophoneus olivaceus (Large grey-headed bush shirke, Malaconutus olivaceus). Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after an illustration by William John Swainson
German tournament helmet of the mid-15th century. Jousting helm with engraved foliage. From Prince Karl Anton of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringens collection, Signaringen Kunstkammer
Diane of Poitiers, mistress of King Henry II of France, 1499-1566. She wears a chaperon headress that ties under the chin, pink velvet surtout with puffed and slashed sleeves trimmed with ermine
Woman of the court of King Francis I, 1515-1547. She wears a chaperon headdress, a red velvet surtout decorated with gold stripes, puff sleeves, and a gold-striped petticoat
Marguerite de Navarre, sister of King Francis I, 1492-1549. (Titled Margurite de Valois in error.) She wears a cap of ribbons decorated with jewels and pearls
Catherine de Medicis, queen of Henry II of France, 1519-1589. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Edward Hargrave from The Ladys Magazine and Museum of the Belles Lettres, Fine Arts, Drama
The Youngest Woman Barrister, Yvonne Stranger, the 21-year-old daughter of Harold Stranger KC. Date: 1933
Paper Doll in yellow and grey costume
Paper Doll in red, cream and pink costume
Paper Doll in red and pink costume
Paper Doll in grey costume
Gainsborough PowderAdvertisement for Gainsborough Powder puff. Each soft caress adds loveliness! Elegant 1920s lady looking in a mirror to powder her nose. Illustration from Ladies Home Journal May 1923
Miss Carew as Clarissa in Lionel and ClarissaMiss Carew as Clarissa in The School for Fathers, or Lionel and Clarissa, by Isaac Bickerstaffe. 1825
Beautiful bride and page boysCover of Home Notes magazine: Special Wedding Number. The bride wears a floor length gown with an endless train, puff ball sleeves
Little girl in fancy dress as a powder puffPhotograph of a little girl who won first prize dressed up as a powder puff at the municipal fancy dress ball at St. Andrews Hall, Norwich, in 1922. Date: 1922
Advert for Debenham & Freebody womens silk bags 1922Selection of attractive and inexpensive silk clasp bags. Date: 1922
Yachting costume 1897Woman wearing a yachting outfit with gigot sleeved jacket, ruffle shirt and petit boaters hat. Date: 1897
Advert for John Noble womens clothing 1898Advertising half-guine costumes, available to be parcel posted free to all parts of the World. Date: 1898
Advert for International Fur Store 1893Fur overcoats for men and women. Date: 1893
Advert for Dearborn Ltd, the Ambedia Back Puff 1922A womans difficulty overcome. Curved silver-plated Ambedia Back Puff, can be applied to any part of the back and shoulders with the greatest of ease
Womens oversized sack coats 1873Stealing the palladium or scouring it? A group of young woman on holiday in March in their oversized coats. 1873
Fashions for men and women France 1827Monstrosities of 1827. Over exaggerated hats with lots of plumes and floral arrangements, leg-of-mutton sleeves, narrow waist and over sized coats were all the fashion. Date: 1827
Advert for Swan & Edgar handbags 1929 Advert for Swan & Edgar handbags 1929Selection of the newest silk handbags with grip clasp. Date: 1929
Advert for Parkins and Gotto, gambling items 1903Advertisement from 1906 for Parkins and Gotto, of Oxford Street, London, showing the wide range of gambling items, including a miniature shooting saloon, poker dice, puff billiards, roulettes
GIRL IN STRIPES 1868Girl: habit shirt with a puff at the sleeve top, skirt with pyramid trim, tunic with braces & peplum hem, small hat perched at the front of her head & blue boots. Date: 1868
MADRAS CHECK FROCK 1940SA young woman, wearing a madras check dress with short puff sleeves, paints her nails. Date: 1940s
COLLY MOLLY PUFFColly Molly Puff, a noted pastry-seller of the London streets, Date: 18th century