Skirt Collection (page 7)

Woman in dress of printed linen playing diabolo, 1913
Woman in dress of printed linen playing a game of diabolo or Chinese yo-yo. Robe de linon imprime. Handcoloured pochoir (stencil)

Woman in linen dress with double tunic in embroidered tulle, little casaque jacket lined with satin. Robe de linon a double tunique de tulle brode, petite casaque a revers de satin

Toshusai Sharaku image. He was a Japanese ukiyo-e print designer, known for his portraits of kabuki actors. Neither his true name nor the dates of his birth or death are known

Fashion model
Debenham & Freebody. Pink organdie entirely covered with pink flowers. Crisp epaulettes, detachable ruffly cape and huge bouffant skirt. 1930s style. Artist: Anon. Date: 1931

Music cover, Tenderly, Joan Crawford
Music cover, Tenderly (from the MGM film Torch Song), Joan Crawford. Lyrics by Jack Lawrence, music by Walter Gross. 1947

Paper Dolls, The Italian Twins. 1922

Advert, The Cooper Cycling Skirt, from J Strutt, London Road, Kingston-on-Thames, Surrey. 1901

Cocktail dress
Pattern for Art Deco style cocktail dress from MABS FASHIONS. Yellow georgette dress with maribou trimmed accordion pleated skirt and diamante belt and shoulder strap. Date: 1924

Sketch cover - Cicely Debenham in Zig-Zag, London Hippodrome
Cicely Debenham as Louana Lou of Honolulu in the revue " Zig-Zag!" at the London Hippodrome in 1917. Date: 1917

An evening trousered ensemble by Jean Patou
An evening trouser suit by Jean Patou, available from Debenham and Freebody of Wigmore Street, consisting of white satin trousers with a divided overskirt and coatee of black satin

Tailored coat and dress by Jean Patou, 1931
A tailored coat and dress for " a summers rainy day in town". With slightly flared skirt and belted, it fastens on one side to leave a loose draping end. Very smart and chic. Date: 1931

Summer suit by Molyneux
Black crepe de chine faced with white for a summer suit by Edward Molyneux. Worn with a white, belted blouse it is trimmed with an edging of tiny flowers cut out of the same material. Date: 1931

Lady with safety bicycle, Hereford Cathedral
Lady with her safety bicycle outside Hereford Cathedral, Herefordshire. circa 1898

Light and Variable 1931
Humorous illustration showing a young woman perched on top of a weather vane, her short skirt revealing a lace garter from her breezy vantage point. Date: 1931

Victorian scrap, a woman and child of the Greek Isles. circa 1890

Victorian scrap, a Greek shepherd. circa 1890

Woman in a park with her bicycle. circa 1900

Three people in a garden, Blanefield, Scotland
Three people in a garden in Blanefield, Scotland, May 1904. 1904

Just an old-fashioned girl - skirt lengths go down in 1930
Cartoon commenting on the sudden change in hemlines in 1930, which went down to the floor once more. Suddenly, the modern flapper girl of the mid-1920s with her short skirts looks rather

Grace Bradley, American actress
Grace Bradley (1913-2010), American actress. 1938

Young San woman nursing child, South Africa. She wears a cape, necklaces and beaded skirt. From Francois Le Vaillants Second Voyage into the Interior of Africa

Costumes of the common native people of Concepcion, Chile. The man in a poncho and hat, the woman in shawl and skirt with petticoats

Guarani man and woman of Paraguay
Guarani people of Paraguay. They wear cotton skirts and hats with nets to hold harvested corn and fruit. From Felix de Azaras Voyages dans l Amerique Meridionale

Wild man from medieval pageants
Pageantry. A wild man dressed in leaves, from a ballad of Robin Good Fellow. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England, Chatto and Windus

Man of Timor in cotton shawl and skirt, holding a kris dagger. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Frederic Shoberls The World in Miniature: The Asiatic Islands and New Holland, R

Woman in muslin dress with fichu wimple, and perkale skirt
Woman in a muslin dress with frills, fichu wimple, and perkale skirt. The headdress is an accessory, and its height should never equal the length of the face

Woman of Aran, Catalonia, Spanish Pyrenees, 19th century. She wears a kerchief over her hair braided with ribbons, fichu, wool skirt, and carries a basket and earthenware jug

Young girl of Bugard, French Pyrenees, 19th century. She wears a Pyrenean capulet over a white cornette, wool skirt, cotton fichu and apron, and carries a earthenware vase of the region

Woman of Valencia, Spain, 19th century. She wears her hair tied up, gothic lace sleeves, and falbala flounces on her skirt

Female dancer of Seville, Spain, 19th century. She dances a fandango or bolero with her hair tied up in ribbons, a short bolero jacket, calf-length skirt, and castanets

Woman in costume of Seville, Spain, 19th century. Hair in ringlets, a short jacket with open collar, and high-waisted skirt

Young girl of the Canton of Zurich, Switzerland, 19th century. A chambermaid in town has modified her rural costume with a shorter skirt and ruched sleeves

Young lady of North Holland, Netherlands, 19th century. Her embroidered cap is adorned with large gold plates called willow leaves over a veil and can cost up to 400 florins

Young girl of North Holland, Netherlands, 19th century. In distinctive embroidered cap with gold plate called a willow leaf above a veil, floral cotton camisole, silk apron and skirt

Charlotte de Montmorenci, wife to Henri de Bourbon, Prince of Conde, 1594-1650. She wears her hair tied up with ribbons, an upright lace collar, pearl necklaces, dress with embroidered corset

Marie Anne Cuppi, Mlle. La Camargo, famous ballet dancer, 1710-1770. She wears a small cap, ruff collar, dress with laced bodice, lace sleeves tied with ribbons

Ninon de l Enclos, French author, courtesan and salon hostess, 1615-1705. She wears her hair loose in ringlets, a low-cut mantua dress with bodice and skirt in green velvet decorated with bows

Queen Claude, first wife of King Francis I, 1499-1524. She wears a rich chaperon headdress, velvet robe with fur sleeves, open at the front to reveal a rich skirt

Suit of armour of the time of King James or Charles I. Quilted and stuffed, strengthened with jacked leather and covered with cinnamon coloured silk

Costume of the inhabitants of Sennar, Sudan
Costume of the inhabitants of Sennar: man with robe over white skirt 1, girl in leather fringe skirt with clam shell showing her virginity 2, woman carrying water in bowls on a yoke 3

Kanak natives of New Caledonia. Man in loincloth with spear and mace, woman in grass skirt, in front of huts. Handcoloured copperplate engraved by Sasso from Giulio Ferrarios Ancient

Different types of sari and clothes worn by Indian women. Woman of distinction in sari and veil seated on sofa, and woman of lower rank in short sari

Costumes of the native Mexicans and Aztecs. Men wearing the Maxtlat belt and Tilmatli cloak knotted at the chest, women wearing Cucitl skirt and Huepilli camisole

Native Americans of Carolina in capes, shawls and skirts, men with bows and arrows, women with necklaces and tattoos in summer dress

Costumes of the indigenous people of Quito, Ecuador. Women in shawls, aprons, skirts and bonnets. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Migliavacca from Giulio Ferrrarios Costumes Antique

Nobles of the Nama (Namaqua) people of South Africa, man in fur cape and loincloth, woman in cape and skirt with necklace

Costume of the King of the Kongo
Costumes of the King of the Kongo, and a noble man. They wear hats with brims, and carry scimitars. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Antonio Sasso from Giulio Ferrarios Ancient

Natives of the kingdom of Ardra (Benin). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Antonio Sasso from Giulio Ferrarios Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Italy, 1843

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