Purple Collection (page 17)

Green and red ferns with mushrooms on a New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Basket of snowdrops on a New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Purple daisies on a New Year card, with seasonal verse. Date: circa 1890s

Pink, purple and blue flowers on a New Year card, with seasonal verse. Date: circa 1890s

Pansies in a vase on a New Year card
Variegated pansies in a vase on a New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Purple and white flowers in a basket on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Calendar for 1874 in the form of a fan (open). (2 of 2) Date: 1874

Calendar for 1876 in the form of a fan (open). (2 of 2) Date: 1876

Greetings card in the form of a fan (open), showing five sections decorated with flowers. (2 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Birthday card in the form of a fan, decorated with pink, orange and purple flowers. Date: circa 1890s

Ornate fan and blue vase on a New Year card
Ornate fan with tassels and a blue vase on a New Year card. circa 1890s

Fairies carrying a hamper on a New Year card
Three fairies carrying a hamper of food on a New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Goblins on a river on a Christmas and New Year card
Goblins having fun on a river on a Christmas and New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Fairies pulling a paper cracker on a Christmas card
Three fairies pulling a paper cracker on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Fairies carrying a pudding on a Christmas card
Three fairies carrying a pudding on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Fairies chasing a goose on a Christmas card
Three fairies chasing a goose through the snow on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Hands and flowers on a romantic greetings card. Date: circa 1890s

Purple flowers on a romantic greetings card with ornate gold edging. Date: circa 1890s

Circles of flowers on a fabric birthday card with white and gold ornate edging. Date: circa 1890s

Bunch of flowers on a fabric New Year card with ornate gold and white edging. Date: circa 1890s

Boy and girl in snow on a fabric Christmas card
Boy and girl in the snow on a fabric Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Philibert Dupanloup
F A PHILIBERT DUPANLOUP French churchman, bishop of Orleans, holding his purple biretta in a folded position. Date: 1802 - 1878

Girl admiring a poppy
A girl dressed in imitation of a poppy in a polonaise dress and pantelettes shades herself beneath a parasol as she looks at a poppy with its head held high

Crocus Garden 1904
A young woman, seated on a garden bench, enjoys the abundance of crocii (in white, yellow & purple) planted in large beds & in long tom pots on an Auricula theatre. Date: 1904

Seaside Frocks for 1899
Yellow tunic dress, rows of tucks on the sleeves, waist & under-skirt. Grey & purple dress with yoke skirt with curved flounces, lace bodice & jabot & saucer collar. 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

Costume of 1890S
Beige & green: cape collar, gigot sleeves, belt, gored skirt, inverted triangular panels at hem. Purple & grey: corselet bodice, skirt with side split, embroidery & bows Date: 1890s

Greenhouse Fashions 1899
White gown: gauged bodice, simulated tunic with flounces & pearls. Purple & lilac dress & bolero: bold floral print trimmed in black. Both have square necklines. Date: 1899

Ball Dress 1899
Gold low cut gown with shoulder straps (tied into bows), roses worn on the corsage, draped lace edge panel to the skirt, lace applique & purple ruched trim Date: 1899

Purple Dress 1899
Purple dress with wrap-over bodice, 3/4 length sleeves, accordi on pleating on cuffs, yoke, sleeves & collar. Tunic simulated by the addition of broad lace panels. Date: 1899

Morning Dress March 1801
Long-sleeved, spotted muslin gowns with ruffs. A purple garment - possibly a Tyrolese cloak, bonnet with veil & a muff grace the green dress, a simple lace cap suffices for the white. Date: 1801

Marie De Hautefort / Lante
MARIE DE HAUTEFORT DUCHESSE DE SCHOMBERG Lady of the French court Date: 1616 - 1691

Olivier De Clisson / Frago
OLIVIER DE CLISSON French soldier and Constable of France Date: 1336 - 1407

Gaspard II De Coligny
GASPARD II DE COLIGNY SEIGNEUR DE CHATILLON French Protestant leader Date: 1519 - 1572

Dryden / Fashion / 326
Long purple evening dress with bolero Date: circa 1930

Plants / Orchis Purpurea
PURPLE ORCHIS Date: late 19th century

Music cover, Good-Bye, Madame Fashion, Come again some day! sung by Miss Lee White in a Vaudeville Theatre success, Cheep. 1917

Pretty French lady and pet sheepdog - Christmas Mistletoe
Very Pretty French lady in wide-brimmed hat and purple fur-trimmed coat holding a bunch of Christmas mistletoe to her fine pet sheepdog, who bounds up at her in excitement. Date: circa 1910s

The Purple Mask adapted by Matheson Lang
Promotional postcard for The Purple Mask adapted by Matheson Lang from Le Chevalier du Masque by Paul Armont & Jean Manoussi (1913)

American Art Deco Playing Card Back - Female bather (2)
High stylised (and stylish) American Art Deco Playing Card Back - Female bather rather seductively taking off (or putting on) her bathing top against a black background. Date: circa late 1920s

Watering can and flowers on a Victorian scrap. Date: circa 1890s

Flowers and butterfly on a greetings card
Flowers and a butterfly on a greetings card with pink and gold decorative surround. Date: circa 1890s

Lacy envelope with a birthday greeting
Lacy envelope decorated with flowers, with a birthday greeting at the centre. Date: circa 1890s

Bird in an envelope on a Christmas card
Bird in a nest in an envelope on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Tabby kitten in an envelope on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Purple lilac in an envelope on a Christmas card
A spray of purple lilac pinned inside the flap of an envelope on a Christmas card. circa 1890s

Variegated pansies in an envelope on a New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

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