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Artistic Italian nude standing amid stylised watery backdrop
draped drape sheer white cloth nudity nude model poses pose posing stylised artistic postcard erotic naked woman Italian backdrop studio photography photograph attractive form body Date: circa 1905

An Intimate backstage moment - Paris Revue, France
An Intimate backstage moment behind the scenes of a Paris Cabaret Revue, France Date: circa 1910s

Red-headed girl seated in a sheer red dress. Painting by David Wright reproduced in Men Only Magazine

Young lady - arms crossed wearing a sheer black wrap. Reproduction of a painting by David Wright

Petra - The Treasury, Jordan
Petra - The Treasury (Al Khazneh), Jordan - the fallen pillar was restored in the 1960s - 4th century BC Building of the Nabatean Culture. Date: circa 1920s

Naked woman by David Wright, preliminary sketch
A preliminary sketch by David Wright depicting a naked woman reclining, with sheer fabric artfully placed to hide her modesty. Date: c1948

David Wright
LANCE-BOMBARDIER DAVID WRIGHT Illustrator and artist, photographed for the Sketch during his time with the Royal Artillery in 1942

French boy scout rock climbing
French boy scout on a rock climbing activity

Four costumes representing Maytime Modes. Suggestions for dancers both on and off the stage, 1928, Top left: sophisticated simplicity - a gown of black satin crepe

Advert for stockings by Bear Brand 1940
Luxury stocking, showing a model holding up a pair of sheer Bear Brand stockings Date: 1940

Cape Wrath headland and lighthouse from seaward - Scotland
Cape Wrath headland and lighthouse from seaward. North western tip of Scotland

Peggy Piano Desmond - BBC Queen of the Ivories
Peggy Piano Desmond (1913-1977) - The BBCs Queen of the Ivories Date: circa 1943

Model indoors in elegant nightgown with sheer skirt. Date: circa 1965

Model Barbara Goalen in sheer net evening gown with corset bodice - outdoor. Date: circa 1950

Cliffs at Ault-Onival, Somme Department, Haut-de-France
The Cliffs at Ault-Onival, Somme Department, Haut-de-France, France. Date: circa 1930s

Glamorous young French woman with a set waved hairstyle, string of beads and coquettish smile Date: circa 1910s

Reflections In The River Somme
A landscape oil painting of a large flock of sheer, some of which are gathered by the edge of the river Somme, drinking, three boats are stationed next to each other. Date: circa 1919

The Castle
An architectural etching of a distant castle, perched on a rocky peak, with sheer drops on each side. Date: circa 1918

Hill Climbers, Keswick, Lake District, Cumbria, England
Hill Climbers (Abraham Brothers - George and Ashley), climbing near Keswick, Lake District, Cumbria, England

Desert Village, Arizona
An oil painting showing a desert village in Arizona, U.S.A. with a sheer rock face, boasting an impressive use of shadows, Date: circa 1919

CLIMBING IS DANGEROUS
Pressed against a sheer rockface, buffeted by a howling gale, a climber gains a vivid insight into the narrow gap betwixt life and death. Date: late 19th century

International Exhibition - Milan, Italy - 1906
Publicity postcard for the International Exhibition - Milan, Italy - 1906 Date: 1906

Advertisement for Bear Brand superfine Stockings. Date: 1936

FALL / STANDARD POODLE / 84
SHEER HEAVEN FROM TIOPEPI A black poodle with a Continental clip. Owners: Bissett & Cord Date: 1984

MAN CLIMBS STEEPLY 1930S
Held tightly by safety ropes, a climber progresses up a sheer rockface. Date: 1930s

CLIMBER ON ROCKFACE
Making his way up a sheer rockface, a climber considers his next move. Date: 1930s

YELLOW EVENING GOWN 1823
Yellow gown with intricate detailing at hem, sleeves & bodice & with a star-burst detail at the bust. She wears flowers & feathers in her hair & a holds a sheer scarf. Date: 1823

TALMAS AUDIENCE
French actor TALMA, by sheer will-power, sees his audience divested of their clothes and transformed into skeletons, which he claims inspires his finest performances Date: late 18th century

A really very bizarre silhouette postcard depicting a man with a dancing monkey, entertaining a young couple, the gentleman in a suit, the lady in the sheerest of sheer negligees

Mountain Climbing - Alps - Chamonix, France. Date: 1920s

A British Bride with veil, bouquet and train
A 1920s British Bride with veil, bouquet and train Date: circa 1920s

Lila Nikolska (1904 - 1955), Russian dancer Date: 1927

Advert for Three Knots de-luxe stockings 1934
The ideal Christmas gift. Give three Knots de-luxe real silk fully fashioned stockings in attractive Christmas boxes. 1934

Sheer stockings packaging design by David Wright
Packaging for Glamour Girl sheer stockings from the Sherwood Knitwear Company, Burbage, Leicestershire, designed by pin-up artist David Wright

Pretty girl caught getting dressed
Caught " Una-wears" - a curly-haired lovely is shocked to be discovered whilst getting dressed into a tiny sheer green undergarment. Date: early 1940s

Long-haired girl on a massive black horse
A fantasy scene of a long-haired girl on a massive black horse Date: 1913

Young lady in evening gown by Paul Poiret
Young lady wearing a sleeveless evening gown of grey velvet with embroidered silver pattern, with a long lightweight sheer dress scarf draped around her neck and arm, by Paul Poiret. 1924

Sorrento, Italy - Hotel Vittoria, with lift up the cliff - perched on the hillside overlooking the Bay of Naples. Date: 1910s

Marjorie Spiers - The Punch Bowl revue - Duke of York s
Miss Marjorie Spiers () - in The Punch Bowl a revue by Archie de Bear at the Duke of Yorks Theatre, London in 1924, known as The Breakfast-time Follies

Advert for Stockings by Bear Brand 1936
What fineness this Christmas... What a perfect Christmas stocking.... all the lastest fashion able shades, fastidiously fashioned into a dismally dull-lustred stocking. 1936

Advert for Stockings by Bear Brand 1940
Loveliness that lasts 1940

Rock climbing at Bosigran, Cornwall. Date: circa 1980s

Advert for Stockings by Bear Brand 1935
Bear Brand supreme superfine 54 gauge stockings. Soft sunshine hatters - so do Bear Brands finest gauge stockings. 1935

Advert for Stockings by Bear Brand 1934
Bear Brand crepe luxury stockings. " Hallo... long distance? oh, lo darling.. sweet of you to ring me.. you ll be be back for christmas... marvellous... what do I want?

7-GUINEA SUIT 1939
A suit of elegance and dignity.. a sheer delight to wear

Woman wears a nightdress from Robinson & Cleaver
A woman wearing a nightdress of Linen Lawn from Robinson & Cleaver

Trafalgar Square Birds
Tourists in Trafalgar Square are virtually obscured by the sheer volume of pigeons around them. Date: 1950s

View of Palisade, Nevada, USA
View of Palisade, a ghost town in Nevada, USA. Date: circa 1906

Advert for Barkers of Kensington blouses 1918
Ninon blouse veiled over ivory ninon dainty trimmed with floral silk and finely hemstiched inset sleeves

Rock climbing near Porthcurno, Cornwall. Date: circa 1980s

India - Thread-like bridge over the Jadh-Gunga
Black and white. Thin, delicate bridge strung between sheer faced walls of a huge gorge. A man is visible on the bridge.. Part of India Box, Boswell Collection. Slide number 229. Date: circa 1890s

India - Bhairoghat thread-like bridge over Jadh-Gunga Gorge
Black and white. Thin, delicate bridge strung between sheer faced walls of a huge gorge. A man is visible on the bridge.. Part of India Box, Boswell Collection. Slide number 229 and 61

David Wright pin-up, American Weekly, Beauty on Parade
Front cover of The American Weekly featuring a David Wright pin-up of a dark-haired woman wearing a sheer, shawl-collared dress, surrounded by red roses. Date: 1951

Advert for Stockings by Bear Brand 1938
Not a shadow of doubt ! Each stocking by Bear Brand ia as unblemished as its reoutation, and every bit as reliable! On the score of economy too, it may be said that a step in the right direction

Advert for Aristoc stockings 1936
Thank you for these few words. Why are Aristoc such a success? Scores of reasons. Because says one, " I find them so reliable". Because they fit round the ankle without any wrinkles"

Italian soldiers climbing precipice, WW1
Italian soldiers transporting themselves and their artillery up a sheer mountain face by means of ropes during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Advert for Stockings by Bear Brand 1937
Confidence... Every woman desires that supreme self-assurance which only perfection in matters of details can give. 1937

Advertisement for Knights Castile soap -- female model (Sandra Paul) holding a pair of nylon stockings. 1959

Rich Turkish Woman in fine clothing with veil and many rings on her fingers. Date: circa 1910s

Southern Algeria - Woman holding a small decorated ewer
Southern Algeria - Woman wearing a very ornate conical hat holding a small decorated ewer. Date: circa 1908

Rock climbing - Abseiling - Switzerland Date: 1920s

Lycian rock tombs - Fethiye, Turkey
Lycian rock tombs of Telmessos - Fethiye, Turkey Date: circa 1930s

A Languid girl from Southern Russia
Languor A pretty girl from one of the southern Turcic States of Russia with her hand placed luxuriantly behind her neck - giving the a; ppearance of a dreamy, lazy mood (hence the title of the piece)

Alme - Bauty from the Caucasus
" Alme" - a Russian beauty from one of the Southern Turcic States (Turkmenistan?). Date: 1904

A Boyaryshnya - A Boyar Woman
A Boyaryshnya - A Boyar (high ranking) Russian Woman with elaborate headdress, sheer veil and strings of fine pearls. Date: 1909

Advert for Stockings by Bear Brand 1941
Saving grace.... Here is a hint for fashionwise, yet frugal folk. Choose no other stockings but Bear Brand. For they will give you all the delicacy and beauty that your heart could desire

Advert for Stockings by Bear Brand 1939
A photograph showing two ladies taking tea dressed in stylish 1930s day dresses. 1939

Sheer cloth

Parisian beauty in figure-hugging dress Date: circa 1910s

Christmas greetings postcard with dance-related poem
Christmas greetings postcard featuring an inset photograph of a pretty girl wearing a sheer veil, over a sprig of holly, above the following dance-themed poem: " Like a dance be your Christmas

Festive stockings packaging design by David Wright
Packaging for Glamour Girl sheer stockings designed by pin-up artist David Wright wishing wearers a Merry Christmas

Santa Caterina del Sasso chapel
The interior of the Santa Caterina del Sasso chapel on Lake Maggiore, Italy. Part of a Dominican Monastery, standing on a sheer rock overlooking the lake. Date: circa 1910s

Miss Perfection Alias Sandra Storme
Alias Sandra Storme. English dancer and actress. Date: 1937

Advert for Aristoc stockings 1934
The Autumn tints year are wonderful this year. Yes - especially in Aristoc. 1934

Advert for Aristoc stockings 1937
" Whenever I see hands in a stocking I think, Ah, Aristoc! " A pure silk stocking of beauty, strength and quality. 1937

Advert for Aristoc stockings
" Whenever I see hands in a stocking I think, Ah, Aristoc! " A pure silk stocking of beauty, strength and quality. 1937

Climbing Foothold
Climbing a sheer rock face should not be attempted without appropriate boots and socks, pegs and safety ropes. Date: 1930s

Two ladies in dresses by Doucet and Beer
Two fashionable ladies in the latest sleeveless dresses. On the left, a pink crepe dress with crystal edging and three layers of frills at the hem, by Doucet

Marta Eggerth (1912 - ) singer and actress from the stage and film. Date: 1934

Two young ladies in dresses by Madeleine et Madeleine

Young lady in evening dress by Jenny
Young lady wearing a black sleeveless beaded evening dress with v-neckline and angular sheer hemline, by Jenny. 1924

Young lady in evening dress by Jeanne Lanvin
Young lady wearing a sleeveless gold sheer lace evening dress worn over a white slip, with a pearl and emerald belt, by Jeanne Lanvin. 1924

Bridal fashions 1928
For a spring wedding, the bride in a 3/4 length shirmp-pink enriched lace satin dress with panels to the sides, wearing a matching long net train

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