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Glamorous woman by David WrightA woman strikes a seductive pose by a window, revealing the tops of her stockings. Date: c.1948
Stockinged legs by David WrightA pair of shapely legs in stockings and suspenders belonging to someone wearing a pair of black, silk French knickers, by pin-up artist, David Wright. Date: c.1947
Hanging the Christmas stockingChildren hanging their stockings at Christmas for Santa to fill. Date: c.1907
Festive stockings packaging design by David WrightPackaging 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
Kayser Tights Advertisement Date: circa 1950
Advert for Kestos Brassiere and GirdlesAdvertisement for Kestos Brassiere and Girdles Date: 1932
Advertisement for Selfridges toys for Christmas, with a silhouette of children hanging up their stockings ready to be filled with presents
Advert for Aristoc stockings 1934The 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
Christmas PuppiesA puppy is not just for Christmas... two puppies standing either side of a mantlepiece, which has stockings hanging from it, waiting for Santa. Date: early 1930s
Studio photo of young girl and teddy bearA little girl poses with her teddy bear in the photographers studio. Date: circa 1940
David Wright woman with a bare backElegant woman with a bare back, wearing a skirt decorated with star-shaped flowers, and black stockings. David Wright (1912 - 1967), was a popular British artist specialising in glamour
Christmastime. Artist: Susan Beatrice Pearse. 3 children watch Santa fill their stockings with toys Date: circa 1916
Can Can DancersAny " can can" girl who can " can can" can " can can" here!! Date: circa 1930s
David Wright woman in stockings and underslipElegant woman in a skimpy pink underslip and stockings. David Wright (1912 - 1967), was a popular British artist specialising in glamour
Children see Santa filling their stockingsThree children see Santa Claus filling their stockings in their bedroom on Christmas morning. early 20th century
Peacock design in an advertisement for stockingsA striking peacock design in an advertisement for Argus stockings made by Andre Gillier of Troyes, France. 1924
Advertisement for ladies garterAdvertisement for Le Ruban Tube Bicolore, a garter in red and blue to keep ladies stockings up and show off their thighs -- quick, elegant and simple. 1924
Santa filling the stockings by Hilda Dix Sandford. Illustration from a postcard by Hilda Dix Sandford (1875-1946). She specialised illustrating children at play. circa 1909
Woman modelling underwearA woman modelling underwear (brassiere, corset, suspenders and stockings) against a dark background. circa 1940s
Woman with stockings
C12th Male DressLabourer: Phrygian cap, hooded tunic hitched up, long stockings & short boots. Rich Jew: conical hat with brim, mantle pinned with a brooch, super-tunic, girdle & pouch. Date: 12th century
BOX COAT 1812Man in striped breeches, black hessian boots, black double- breasted jacket & box coat with 5 capes. The other man wears a cut-away coat, striped waistcoat & silk stockings. Date: 1812
Female Type / SignorinaAn Italian signorina shows a daring glimpse of thigh. Date: circa 1920
Santa Filling Stockings" He spoke not a word, but went straight to his work, & filled all the stockings..." Date: First published: 1823
Costume / Children / 1880Boys: knickerbockers, bowler hat, tunic with cape. Girls: low waisted dress with yoke, striped stockings; coat- bodice, kilted or flounced short skirts, trimmed hats. Date: 1880
Filling Santa Claus stockings at the Tom Smith factoryFemale workers sit at tables filling net stockings with trinkets and toys at the Tom Smith Christmas cracker factory. Machines would cut out and sew the stockings and with this help
David Wright woman in frilly yellow evening dressElegant woman with red hair, wearing a low-cut yellow evening dress with layers of frills in flamenco style. She has one foot up on a stool, straightening her stockings
David Wright woman in red and cream evening dressElegant woman with dark brown hair, wearing a low-cut red and cream patterned evening dress with a red flower at the front. She is raising her skirt to adjust her stockings
Lady passenger on the underground -- Route MapsAn illustration entitled Route Maps, depicting a seductive lady passenger on the underground reading a little book with the word Kisses on the front cover
Two Edwardian children in a garden, Mid WalesTwo Edwardian children in a garden in Mid Wales. The girl on the left sits on a swing which is suspended by ropes from a wooden pole
Christmas Morning by Muriel DawsonTwo little boys, who look like twins, engrossed in emptying their stockings of toys on Christmas morning
New Year card - two children on a sled in the snow (albeit in a photographic studio!). One would imagine that the shout of warning for the impending swift arrival
Pretty girl from Knin - CroatiaPretty girl in traditional National Costume from Knin - Croatia. Knin rose to prominence twice in history, as a one-time capital of both the Kingdom of Croatia and briefly of the unrecognized
Letterbox at Cranmere Pool, DartmoorTwo women stand in front of the letterbox at Cranmere Pool on Dartmoor, Devon. Cranmere Pool is famous for being the first place on Dartmoor to have a letterbox -- it was established there in 1854
Princess Beatrice, later Princess Henry of BattenbergPrincess Beatrice Mary Victoria Feodore, later Princess Henry of Battenberg (1857-1944), the fifth daughter and youngest child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
Duchess of Westminster at Church Army depotKatherine Caroline Cavendish, Duchess of Westminster (1857-1941), second wife of the 1st Duke of Westminster, opening a Church Army Labour Relief Depot in Artillery Row, Central London
Lady checks her appearance in a dressing table mirrorA glamourous lady in fur trimmed spotted wrap, stockings and high heels, checks her appearance in a slender dressing table mirror, draped with a scarf in a similar fabric to the wrap
Beefeaters at the Tower of LondonBeefeaters, guardians of the Tower of London, line up in full uniform as they are greeted by military officers
Advertisement for Kestos Backless Brassieres and girdles
Bear Brand stockings advertisementAdvert for Bear Brand superfine stockings with a slim and elegant lady, wearing a full skirted evening dress, pulling up her skirt to reveal shapely legs clad, of course, in Bear Brand
A Live Wire - Mutoscope postcard featuring an evocatively posed young woman on the telephone to her beau. She lies on some colourful plump cushions and the telephone sits atop a fine period table
A Pair Of Silk StockingsLady lifting her skirt in a carefree way, exposing her stockings
Bridget Greets The SpringYoung lady putting on stockings
Dancing LadyA dancing lady reveller, who is cheekily showing her stockings
The Last Silk Stocking. By David WrightA lady reclining in an easy chair or chaise lounge, dressed in a negligee and inspecting the last of her stockings. Wright produced a series of over 160 illustrations or pin-ups for The Sketch during
Coronation Shoes & HoseHand painted stockings and shoes - all the rage in the Coronation year of 1911