Puff Collection (page 2)

Cartoon portrait, Quite Too-Too Puffickly Precious!! -- OSCAR WILDE (1856 - 1900), satirical portrait. Date: 1892

Edwardian theatre and dining clothing 1905
Women wearing elegant evening gowns, square and v-necklines, short puff sleeves, trimmings of lace embroidery and hair worn high with floral and feathered plumes. Date: 1905

A young woman at her dressing table
A woman applies powder puff to her face as she beautifies herself in the mirror; make-up, perfume and clothes are scattered around the room which the maid in the background seems to be sorting out

Two sisters in garden, Ealing, West London
Two sisters in the back garden of their home at 1 Carlton Road, Ealing, West London. They are Lucy and Violet Auerbach. Date: 1905

Young woman in carriage dress 1832
Young woman in a white carriage dress with fashionable bonnet. Date: 1832

Rural ball dress 1832
Woman wearing off shouldered white rural ball dress with bishop sleeves. Date: 1832

Tatler Christmas Number cover 1928
Front cover of The Tatler Christmas Number featuring illustration by Lewis Baumer of a young woman with an Eton crop getting ready for a night out. Date: 1928

Woman from Bolbec, Normandy, France
Woman from Bolbec, Normandy, Northern France. 19th century

Swiss Hostess, Canton of Glacis. 19th century

Ideas for New Years Eve Fancy Dress, 1926
Two suggestions for outfits to wear to the Happy New Year Ball to be held at the Royal Albert Hall on New Years Eve 1925/6

Young woman in Opera Dress and elaborate blue hat. 1827

Duchess of Clarence, later Queen Adelaide
Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen (1792-1849), Duchess of Clarence, wife of Prince William, Duke of Clarence. When her husband became King William IV, she became Queen Adelaide (reigned 1830-1849)

Letterhead design - Louise Perfume, Paris
Letterhead design - Louise Perfume and Cosmetics, Paris, France. 1936

Woman in a Georgian style dress -- designed at the fair of Saint Gorgon, near Rouen, France. circa 1830

Edwardian women wearing teagowns 1905
Teagowns for lounging in and receiving friends. Lemon tunic with black velvet belt, a lace coat with short puff sleeves. High neckline gown made from crepe de chine and wrap-around chiffon coat

Advert for Countess of Warwicks Easton 1896
Countess of Warwicks Easton School of Needlework, in New Bond Street, London, showing two women wearing gigot sleeved blouses. 1896

Advert for R. Hovenden and Sons, puff powder 1889
In three tints; Blanche for fair skins, Naturelle for darker complexions and Rachel for use by artifical light. Toilet powder combining every desideratum, hygienic and cosmetic

Liberty wrapper for travelling
A Liberty wrapper, or dressing gown, in printed satin - perfect for relaxing when travelling by train in 1933. Date: 1933

Secretary and soldier in an office, Braunschweig, Germany
German secretary and British soldier in an office run by the British Army of the Rhine near Braunschweig, Lower, Saxony, in postwar Germany. Date: circa 1946

Little girl on a square New Year card
Little girl with pink flowers on a square New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Compact with Open Fan
Compact & fan with diamante decoration & silk tassel. The open fan has pierced sticks of ivory or imitation ivory. The compact has lipstick, powder puff & a mirror. Date: circa 1915

Disraeli / Reform / Critic
Puff at St Stephens Disraeli makes his fellow-MPs kneel and pray for blessing on the new Reform Bill, which had just received royal assent. Date: 17 August 1867

Floral & Fur Dress 1899
Pale grey dress with fur edged floral print yoke, bodice panel & band on the gored skirt, tight sleeves with shoulder puff & belt with a large silver buckle. Date: 1899

Face Powder Lady 1887
The finishing touch : an elegant lady using her powder puff before heading out for the evening. Date: 10127529

Visiting Dress 1899
Fawn coloured dress, bodice composed of alternate panels of lace & plaid fabric, tight sleeves gathered into a puff at the shoulders, diagonal insert of lace on the skirt. Date: 1899

Purple Open Bodice 1899
Open jacket bodice, curved basques, sleeves with small puff at shoulder, lace jabot, waistcoat, high collar, gored skirt with fullness at back, 3 bands of trim on skirt & body. Date: 1899

Purple Ensemble 1899
Open bodice, velvet revers, cuffs & trim, tight sleeves with slight puff at shoulder, skirt with lace ruff collar & cravat, gored skirt with tablier trim, velvet belt. Date: 1899

Coat & Tartan Dress 1899
Full length coat, the front sloping away revealing a tartan skirt. Tight sleeves, slight puff at the shoulder. Lace jabot, high upright collar, self-coloured trim. Date: 1899

Grey Tailor Made 1899
Pale grey tailor made with white trim: collarless jacket with short rounded basque, tight sleeves with puff at the shoulder, gored skirt, pleated blouse & grey fur stole. Date: 1899

Woman in 1911
Edwardian woman powders her chin with a powder puff, while holding a hat box in one arm and a handbag in the other. 1911

Park Wear 1898
Narrow sleeves, slight puff at shoulder, d-b jacket bodice, pointed revers, border of machine stitching, scallop edge over-skirt with side split, 3/4 rounded cape. Date: 1898

Englishman 1530
He wears an embroidered shirt beneath layers of clothing notable for the padded shoulders and puff sleeves contrasting with the simple hose covering his legs Date: circa 1530

French Lady Ca 1520
Lady of the court of Francois I with a lace-up bodice and the puffiest puff sleeves you ever saw... Date: circa 1520

Powdering before taking plunge in swimming pool
A member of the cast of the Paramount film, The Garden of Weeds, powders her face before taking part in a bathing party scene

The 1958 Season - Gay companions to sparkling debut
Double page spread from The Tatler suggesting various accessories required by the debutante to ensure a sparkling season! Clockwise from top left

Victorian Scrap, woman with powder puff
Victorian Scrap, black woman with powder puff. circa 1880s

White bulldog puppy looking for chocolates
A white bulldog puppy looking for chocolates in an actresss dressing room, but only finding theatrical makeup. Date: 1905

White bulldog puppy feeling sick
A white bulldog puppy feeling sick after eating theatrical makeup. Date: 1905

Book cover design, A Gay Dog, by Cecil Aldin
Book cover design, A Gay Dog, The Story of a Foolish Year, by Cecil Aldin, showing a white bulldog looking down at some discarded female garments. Date: 1905

De Havilland Dragon VH-AON Puff Private Wodonga, Australia
De Havilland Dragon VH-AON Puff Privately-owned at Wodonga, Australia in November 1976 Date: 1976

Wolfgang Christoph von Leoprechting, died 1637
Bourgeoise fashion from a gravestone in St. Catherines Church, Frankfurt, 1468.. Bourgeoise fashion from the late 15th century from a gravestone in St. Catherines Church, Frankfurt, 1468

Womens silk jacket with puff sleeves embroidered with silver from the early 17th century.. Chromolithograph from Hefner-Altenecks Costumes

BLANCHARD, Jean-Pierre (1753 - 1809). French inventor, most remembered as a pioneer in aviation and ballooning. Blanchard in front of the Militar School. 02/03/1784. Engraving. FRANCE

Woman and maid
A woman gets ready to go out, helped by her maid. Date: 20th century

Puff Ball by Muriel Dawson -- a little boy blows the seeds off a dandelion head. Date: 1946

His mistresss vice by George Studdy
His mistresss vice -- Bonzo has fun with a mirror and cosmetics from his owners handbag. George Ernest Studdy (1878-1948), was the creator of Bonzo

Business card design, cute girl with powder puff
Business card design, depicting a cute little girl with a powder puff and hand mirror. Date: 20th century

Advert for Dubarry gift cases 1934
A seletion of beautifully decorated gift cases from Dubarry, including perfume, flower scented bath crystals, fragant talcum powder, 2 tablets complexion soap and handkerchief puff. Date: 1934

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