Ruffs Collection

English Court Dress C16
Nobleman & Knight of the Order of the Garter at the court of Queen Elizabeth I. N.B trunk- hose, canions, peascod-bellied doublets, ruffs, cloaks, copotain hat, gowns, flat cap

Costumes designed by James Bailey for an Old Vic production of "Twelfth Night". Olivia's dress is painted nylon gauze. Date: 1954

FUNERAL CLOTHING 1583
Attendants at a funeral in Padova, Italy wear: trunk hose, breeches ('Venetians'), doublets, flat shoes with pointed vamps, ruffs, cloaks, & tall hats such as copotains Date: 1583

Woman wearing headdress and dress featuring extravagent pleating and flouncing. Pleated collars, flounces (falbalas) and ruffs (chicories), have never been more in fashion than today

Racial Types / Dutch 1640
Dutch women including a housewife wearing ruffs which continued to be fashionable in the Netherlands after other European countries had ceased wearing them. Date: 1640

London Ladies of C. 1560
Mid century English costume: richly embroidered dresses & gowns with short, padded sleeves which allow the under- sleeve to be seen, plus ruffs & matching cuffs. Date: circa 1560

Female Londoners 1590
The clothing of London women of various social classes including a servant. All three wear ruffs. The 3rd woman is taken from " Descriptions of England". Date: 1590

French Cavaliers C17Th
The costume of French Cavaliers include: doublets, ruffs, trunk-hose, capes, cocked hats with feathers & very high boots reaching above the knees with tabbed tops. Date: early 17th century

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

Englishman of 1655
Puritanism is in fashion - and even the sharp dresser must go with the zeitgeist : collar instead of ruffs, simple hues, and the plainest of hats... Date: circa 1655

The Circus Clown anounces the End of the Book. Date: 1895

Two clowns and a cascade of Easter Eggs
Wishing you a Happy and Pleasant Easter. Two clowns and a cascade of Easter eggs sending Easter wishes. Date: 1906

French & Swiss Women
Women of Strasbourg & a woman from Basle, Switzerland. Largely regional or National costumes but with ruffs (by this date were no longer fashionable). Date: 1644

Racial Types Germany
Women of Cologne of various classes: maidservant, matron & a middle class woman. All wear long white aprons & ruffs. Date: 1644

GERMAN NOBLES 1570-88
Two German noblemen wear small ruffs, doublets, cut-fingered pumps, hose or breeches ornamented with embroidery or ribbon bows, a sleeveless jerkin & short cloak. Date: 1570 - 1588

Costume / Italian Students
Two Italian students from Padova wearing breeches known as Venetians with matching doublets, small ruffs & tall crowned hats. N.B fur-lined gown with hanging sleeves. Date: 1583

Costumes at Isabey s
J Isabeys exhibition rooms: Decorative carved panelling on the walls also forms a screen to divide the space. Lengths of cloth form a canopy. Earth colours are used on the walls

English Woman 1610
Her farthingale holds the panels of her gown to her sides, revealing her under- skirt far more than did the cutaway styles of yesterday; high ruffs are now in fashion

Types of Ruff Late C16Th
French and English ladies wearing elaborate RUFFS

Paris Fashions for 1874
Dresses with single, trained skirts with tablier fronts in 2 colours. Ruffs are worn. The polonaise is replaced by a basque on a jacket bodice or a large sash tied over a bustle

Costume - Women 1819
4 gowns of 1819: 3 have large ruffs with vandyke or scallop edged pelerines or collars. 1 gown has a gallo-greek bodice. All hems have decorative bands or edging

Costume / Le Bon Genre
Man: double-breasted cut-away coat, pantaloons, top hat & green overcoat with stand-fall collar. Women: white dresses with decorative hemlines, tall crowned hats, ruffs & pelisses

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