Sheer Collection (page 2)

Woman wears a nightdress from Robinson & Cleaver
A woman wearing a nightdress of Linen Lawn from Robinson & Cleaver. The nightdress is a hand-drawn design with fine hand embroidery, trimmed with real filet lace and ribbons

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

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. Charming ninon blouse, veiled over ivory ninon and gold lace

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 and featuring a glamorous lady with shapely legs wearing a seductive ruffled dark

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

Jungfrau Mountain Allegory
A stylised (and rather bizarre) view of the Jungfrau Mountain, depicted as... a Jungfrau! Date: 1908

Greek Costume / Louvre
ANCIENT GREECE: Nymphs of the cortege of Aphrodite (Venus) wearing sheer & ornamented chitons through which their bodies are clearly visible. Date: B.C

The Sparkle of Champagne by Rene Fallaire
An almost naked woman raises her arms and a glass of champagne in apparent ecstasy as champagne bubbles surround her

The Second Scott Polar Expedition at the Barrier
Captain Scotts expedition reached the Great Ross Barrier in January - February 1911 showing the immense height of the ice barrier, which in some places reached to 280 feet compared to the Terra Nova

Lady of Lefkada, Greece, wearing traditional costume for the region

Georgia - Tbilisi - Gorge close to Botanic Gardens. Tbilisi, the capital (and largest) city in Georgia - formerly known as Tiflis

A View up the Great Beardmore Glacier
A view on the Great Beardmore Glacier up which Captain Scott ascended to the plateau during December 1911 on his ill-fated expedition to the South Pole

Rock perched precariously on clifftop
A rock perched (somewhat miraculously) on the top of a steep clif. The striations in the stone attest to their soft compound, the way water has aroded their form over time being made fully apparent

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