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Lady Jane DeringLADY JANE DERING (nee Edwardes) wife of Sir Edward Dering, in a sumptuous evening gown with sleeves that would be a shoplifters dream ! Date: 1811 - 1897
Silk Dress by CallotCallot of Paris: striking black silk dress, diagonally tucked & piped in white to create a panel that stands proud of the body. A flounce & bishop sleeves soften the look Date: 1930s
Chess Board Frock 1930SA silk dress with a high neck line and full, 3/4-length sleeves in a brown and white chess board check design. Worn with gauntlets & a belt with pointed ends & button fastener Date: 1930s
Worth Blouse 1930SAn Afternoon-into-Evening blouse by Worth in finely pleated black chiffon with full sleeves terminating in deep red suede cuffs with pailette (sequin) embroidery Date: 1930s
State Habits of C14ThState Habits: cote-hardie with fitchets & long tippets to the sleeves, sideless surcote worn over a kirtle, tabard style sleeveless surcote with side slits. 14th century
Prince, Noble, Page C14Prince: gipon (doublet), soled & piked hose, knightly-girdle, dagged mantle. Noble: shoulder cape, hood & cloak. Page: wide short sleeveless tunic with side vents, funnel sleeves. Date: 14th century
German Nobles C14ThHood-turbans, fur-lined & trimmed houppelande with bagpipe sleeves, a voluminous garment cape-like in shape but belted & worn over a gipon (the buttoned sleeves visible) Date: 14th century
Italian Costumes 1488-90Italian costume. Woman: bold striped gown, the sleeves decorated with ribbon bows, hair worn in a long plait. Men: fur -trimmed tabard or huke, soled hose. Date: 1488 - 1490
French Costumes 1477-80Woman: mantle, gown with a square neckline, hat with a floppy brim. Men: hat with a round crown & the brim turned up at the back, gown, doublet & jacket with hanging sleeves. Date: 1477 - 1480
Dagged Costumes C15ThMale & female costumes ornamented with dagging: short cape, jackets with full sleeves or epaulettes, hose & garters, broad brimmed hat; gown with hanging sleeves. Date: 15th century
German Costume Early C15Men: garments with hanging sleeves worn under armour, chaperon with liripipe. Woman: houppelande (gown) with hanging sleeves, ermine borders, a rosary & a barbette Date: early 15th century
English Costume C15ThMen: cap with turned up brim, chaperon with liripipe, hose, short houppelandes ( one with dagged sleeves). Woman: fur- trimmed gown, hanging sleeves, high-crowned bonnet headdress Date: 15th century
Florentine Women C. 1425Women of Florence wear softly flowing clothes & more natural hairstyles & headdresses than women of northern Europe. N.B chemise drawn through slashes in the sleeves & fret hair-net Date: circa 1425
German Noblewomen C15ThGerman ladies of rank: gown with deep fur hem & falling collar over an ornate kirtle. A loose belt is worn. Or a gown with a square neckline, wide funnel sleeves & girdle. Date: late 15th century
German Ladies 1425Kirtles with trains worn with a houppelande with funnel sleeves which hang in loose folds or a short gown with fitted bodice & a dagged ? mantle & girdle. Date: 1425
Courtiers Dress C15ThGarments: chaperon, dagged (scalloped) huke, two colour jacket worn over a doublet, riding buskins & spurs, hooded houppelande or gown with dagged, wide funnel sleeves Date: 15th century
Merchant & Wife 1590A London merchant wears a fur- lined gown with hanging sleeves, cut-fingered pumps & a low-crowned hat. His wife wears a tall crowned copotain hat, yellow kirtle & pink gown Date: 1590
Royal Costume 1566Man: jewel-encrusted trunk hose with panes & bombast padding, doublet & cloak. Woman: tight bodice, large under-sleeves, deep fur cuffs, ornate petticoat. Date: 1566
Lady & Messengers 1560SMen: doublets, large sleeves with panes & bows, voluminous hose & canions with bows at the knees, or buskins & spurs. Noblewoman: ornate petticoat, feather fan. Date: late 1560s
Court Dress C16ThMan: trunk hose with panes & padded with bombast, doublet, cod-piece, cloak, flat cap & feather, cut-fingered pumps. Woman: sleeves with deep fur cuffs, Spanish farthingale. Date: mid 16th century
English Costume C16ThRoyal Costume. Men: flat caps, fur-lined gowns, doublets, heavily embroidered sleeves, duck-bill toed shoes. Woman: ruff split at the front under the chin. 16th century
Cavalrymen & Lady 1560German cavalrymen wearing armour & chainmail, long buskins with turn-over tops, copotain hat, breeches with large bows. Woman: slashed sleeves, embroidered hem. Date: 1560
German Costume C. 1515German townspeople of the early 16th century. He wears a sleeveless gown possibly with a fur collar & his gathered shirt front is visible. The ladys sleeves have panes Date: circa 1515
Costume / Brass of C15ThMonumental brass in Digswell Church, Hertfordshire: wide, padded headdress with veil, houppelande with turned down collar, long funnel sleeves, kirtle sleeves visible. Date: early 15th century
Burgundian Dress C. 1450Hat with burlet, doublet with puffed over-sleeves, jerkins (jackets) with pleats or ermine trimmed & with hanging sleeves, hose & piked shoes (cracowes) or piked buskins. Date: circa 1450
Men of Bourgogne C. 1450Embroidered jerkin (jacket) with hanging sleeves worn over a doublet, hose, piked side- lacing boots with spurs, fur- lined & trimmed jerkin with side vents, chaperon (hat). Date: circa 1450
Frenchmen of 1470Short fur-lined jerkin (jacket) with hanging sleeves, hose, piked shoes (cracowes), long gowns - one with dagged sleeves, small round caps & hats & a chaperon with liripipe Date: 1470
French Nobles of C15ThFur-lined and edged houppelandes or gowns with hanging sleeves worn over doublets, a pouch or bag suspended from a belt & hats with burlets. Date: circa 1425
Mens Costume of C15ThVarious social classes from farmer to judge: hose, hood with tabs, pouch suspended from belt, piked pattens & shoes (cracowes), houppelande (gown) with hanging sleeves. Date: 1425
State OfficersState officers wear long gowns or houppelandes - two have pleated fronts, one has closed hanging sleeves, also a long huke, shoulder cape & hood, a chaperon & a cone shaped hat. Date: 15th century
Male Costume C16ThAn interpretation of C16th costume: cap with a feather, striped stockings & heeled shoes with roses, skirted doublet & an ermine lined half- gown with hanging sleeves. Date: c16th
English Costume 1675-80Woman: simple, yet elegant gown with ornamented bodice & long cloak. Men: lace falling collar or cravat, vests which replaced doublets, fur- lined coat with half sleeves. Date: 1675 - 1680
Men / Strasbourg CostumeTwo men of Strasbourg wearing the new vests after the Persian mode as introduced by Charles II of England, cravats & cloak like outer garments with slashed sleeves. Date: 1670
London Ladies of C. 1560Mid 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
Gown of 1835 / RobidaThe clothing of a fashionable Parisienne of 1835 according to a later source wears a pink gown with full bishop sleeves, lace mancherons & a broad green sash belt with a buckle. Date: 1835
Ball Toilet / Nos AieulesA French ball dress of the Restoration according to a later C19th source. Date: circa 1830
Gowns of 1830 / RobidaGowns of 1830 according to a later source with gigot sleeves. One gown has a ruff & lace mancherons. One lady wears a fur tippet. Both have their hair in Apollo knots. Date: 1830
Gown of Late 1820SLady of the Champ-Elysees during the Restoration according to a later source: a gown with natural waist, gigot sleeves, antique cuffs & a floral motif on the hem. Date: late 1820s
Gown of 1810 / RobidaA fair Parisienne of 1810 according to a later source, wears a high-waisted striped gown with puffed sleeves & vandyked trim, a tall crowned hat & shawl. Date: 1810
Trying on a Hat 1897A young blonde German lady in a red dress tries on a black hat strikingly trimmed in striped fabric. Date: 1897
Open Robe 1908The S-Bend silhouette in the year when the new straighter line was introduced. An open robe: flaring, swirling skirt, embroidery, volan trimmed sleeves & lace. Date: 1908
Golfing Wear for 1909H Mallaby Deeley the golfer wears a roomy light brown overcoat with deep side pockets & an outer seam down the sleeves, a tweed flat cap, checked trousers & brown shoes Date: 1909
Vamp Fashions 1914Vamp & Victem: seductively clinging gown with low back, translucent sleeves & tasselled tail in an exotic patterned fabric; soft beret style hat & high heel court shoes. Date: 1914
Wedding gown 1912An exquisite example of a wedding gown in peau de soie interwoven with silver leaves and true-lovers knots. The train is veiled with tulle
Costume Blue Dress 1820SYoung woman in a blue dress with short ornamented puffed sleeves & hemline & a round neckline & a ribbon ceinture with floating ends at the back. 1820s
Seaside Frocks for 1899Yellow tunic dress, rows of tucks on the sleeves, waist & under-skirt. Grey & purple dress with yoke skirt with curved flounces, lace bodice & jabot & saucer collar. Date: 1899
Floral & Fur Dress 1899Pale grey dress with fur edged floral print yoke, bodice panel & band on the gored skirt, tight sleeves with shoulder puff & belt with a large silver buckle. Date: 1899
Zig-Zag Blue Dress 1899Tunic dress with points at the front, a high throated sac like lace bodice, V shaped falling tucker, sleeves with shoulder puffs & inverted cuffs, flounce at the hem. Date: 1899