Purple Collection (page 32)

Garden detail with stream at Abbotswood, Gloucestershire
View of a detail of the garden, with a stream running through it, at Abbotswood, Stow on the Wold, Gloucestershire. The gardens were created by Sir Edwin Lutyens

Acantholimon Glumaceum (Prickly Thrift), a perennial alpine plant of the Plumbaginaceae (plumbago or leadwort) family, with bright pink or purple flowers in the summer, best suited to rock gardens

Crocus Versicolor (Cloth of Silver crocus), with white petals and purple stripes

Tulips at Kew Gardens
A colourful display of tulips and other plants and flowers at Kew Gardens, West London

Croci at Kew Gardens
Yellow and mauve croci (crocus, crocuses) growing in the grass at Kew Gardens, West London

Flowerbeds and trees at Kew Gardens
Flowerbeds, trees and ornamental stone vases at Kew Gardens, West London

Spring bedding at Kew Gardens
Spring bedding with trees in the background at Kew Gardens, West London

Iris Iberica at Kew Gardens
Iris Iberica growing beside the water at Kew Gardens, West London

Garden in Cambridgeshire
An unidentified garden in Cambridgeshire with a view across the lawn, showing colourful plants and shrubs growing on either side of a flight of stone steps, a red brick garden wall

Delineator front cover, February 1927
Front cover illustration featuring a fashionable and stylish 1920s woman wearing a cloche hat trimmed with a purple ribbon

Porphyry Mine in Lessines, Belgium
Mine / Quarry for Porphyry at Lessines, Belgium. Porphyry is a variety of igneous rock consisting of large-grained crystals, such as feldspar or quartz

1980s Interior with ceiling light and fern
A classic 1980s-style ceiling light fitting with three glass globe covers, with the three large fronds of a fern plants rising up beneath it. Airbrush painting by Malcolm Greensmith Date: circa 1980

Sweet Pea flowers
Sweet Pea Flowers (Lathyrus odoratus). Poster design by Malcolm Greensmith

Purple Armchair C1930
A woman leans against a comfortable-looking purple armchair

Diane De Poitiers / Hargra
DIANE DE POITIERS Mistress of Henri II of France Date: 1499 - 1566

Fashions for 1878
Girl: lace edged tunic with a pleated insert set into the back. Women: purple floral dress with train & square neckline; 2 colour costume with simulated waistcoat

Jeanne Lanvin / Outfit
Front cover design by Lanvin showing a remuskah dress in purple with balloon sleeves, double breasted bodice, belted waist and contrasting hat, gloves and bag

Femina Noel Cover
Front cover design in silver and purple showing an elegant woman dressed in coat, hat and gloves with a splash of red lipstick

Women & Sailor Boy 1870S
Chatelaine, elephant brooch, sailor suit, handbag. Purple cape, jacket bodice, checker- board waistcoat front; pink polonaise, front opening skirt with black lace underskirt

Costume & Doll 1859
Purple dress with bouillons at the hem, vertical trim & pelerine bodice. Green & black dress with double skirt & funnel sleeves with epaulettes. Girl in knee-length grey dress

WOMEN & GIRL 1860
White evening dress worn with a Swiss belt with long fringed ends. Purple & white spotted dress with a black lace shawl. The girl wears a white dress with scallop & bouillon trim

Costume / Women&girl 1864
Child: white dress, red plaid sash with floating ends. Grey: jet tablier trim, jacket with jet epaulettes. Purple & white: rotonde with tassels, black cord trim

Fashions for Feb. 1861
Green: wrap-over dress, Greek key border; grey & purple: d.b bodice, revers, ribbon centre & floating ends; blue plaid dress with braces, Swiss belt, habit-shirt & ankle boots

Striped Dress 1861
Women: short cape & dress in vertical striped fabric & pleated border; high buttoning bodice, pagoda sleeves, purple vandyke & tassel trim. Girl: habit shirt, ankle boots

Purple Pardessus 1861
Purple mantle with guipure pelerine and tassels, pale purple dress with star pattern

Fashions for April 1851
Evening corsages including a lace bertha & bows (echelles); fringed green pardessus; black lace edged mantle with collar; purple morning dress: jacket corsage with tabbed basque

Louise-Marie / Belgium Qn
LOUISE-MARIE-THERESE D ORLEANS Wife of Leopold I, King of Belgium

MORN. & EVEN. DRESS 1814
Morning dress: purple velvet open pelisse with Andalusian sleeves let in with white; neck & sleeves of lace a la vandyke. Evening dress: white satin gown with accesssories

Daisy Fez & Dutch Cap
Two charming young women wearing two charming hats - a fez-like creation embroidered with multi- coloured daisies and a purple dutch style cap

Owen Jones Renaiss 80
Ornaments copied from enamelled earthenware, glassware, a carved wood panel and silk embroidery, mostly of the 16th and 17th centuries

Coloured Wigs 1914
Coloured wigs donned by society ladies for the Duchesse d Uzes fete include green, turqoise, orange, lilac, purple, blue & red

White & Purple Aubergine
A still life of purple and white aubergines (or egg plants) displayed on a cloth

Pardussus / Mantles 1861
Purple mantle with guipure pelerine; black pardessus with fur trim; childs pardessus: blue with fur trim; brown mantle with black fur cape; pardessus with decorative trim

Alpine Species 1903
Alpine Flora: Campanula Zoysii; Campanula Thyrsoidia; Campanula Pusilla; Campanula Pulla; Campanula Barbata

Purple Coat 1929 / Patou
Ensemble by Jean Patou: new style helmet hat, purple coat with fur lining, cuffs & high roll collar, brown print dress with decorative neckline

Plants / Orchis Mascula
Early Purple Orchid

Fashions for July 1864
Girl: white dress, magenta Swiss corselet with petal-like basques. Black trimmed purple dress with long pointed scallop edged basques. Fawn coloured mantle with tassels

Stage Dancers 1925
Danseurs

Druid Sencha / Battle Sign
The Druid Sencha gives the men of Ulster the signal for battle

Arthur Nikisch / Eichhorn
ARTHUR NIKISCH Hungarian musician and conductor

Jacques Coeur / Dupre
JACQUES COEUR French merchant who gained wealth through trading and manufacturing; Chancellor to King Charles VII

Fashion December 1830
She wears a green velvet bonnet decorated with plumes. Her dress is of purple velvet trimmed with marabou. The boa like the muff she carries is also of marabou feathers

Costume July 1869
Purple polonaise worn over a habit-shirt; white & gold polonaise with triple skirt & open tunic. Girl: triple skirt, over-skirt hitched up at the back with a sash bow

Purple Bonnet 1865
Blue: demi-train, silk cord at hem, neck & as a device to loop up floating ribbon ends. Grey & purple: button & flat ribbon trim down the front & in points at the hem

Jockey / Brownie Carslake
Brownie Carslake, jockey, in the colours of Lord Durham

COSTUME 1844
Grey dress: with black trim applied in horizontal bands of increasing width on the skirt (pyramid style). Dress of blue & purple shot silk: deep flounce of black lace

Shakespeare / Ophelia
Act IV, Scene I Ophelia gathers flowers by the stream

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