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Advert for Mary Black Model 19341930s black dress with high boat neckline, tassel belt around the waist and diamond shape holes down the long sleeves. 1934
Two Little Sleepy Heads by Muriel Dawson -- two children and a doll make their way to bed. Date: 1934
Scaramouche playing his luteHarlequin illustration, showing Scaramouche sitting under a tree, playing his lute. Date: 1923
Business card design, cute girl with powder puffBusiness card design, depicting a cute little girl with a powder puff and hand mirror. Date: 20th century
Birthday card, two today, depicting a monkey riding on an elephant. Date: 20th century
Compact / Lipstick HolderIngenious comapct with the mirror concealed in the lid and space for two lipsticks within the large silk tassel. Date: circa 1920
Huperzia phlegmaria, tassel fernPlate 1043 from the John Reeves Collection of Botanical Drawings from Canton, China. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Ice cream vendor in the Dordogne, FranceAn ice cream vendor with her stall in a village in the Dordogne, south west France. She and her assistant don t appear to be very busy. Date: 1951
Evening cape 1918Women wearing a Voluminous cape like evening coat, with turban. Date: 1918
Two ladies in summer outfits by Martial et ArmandTwo fashionable young ladies in summer outfits by Martial et Armand. On the left, a white crepe dress with red lace trimming
Two kittens playing with a doll on a birthday postcard. Date: 1915
Three women in outfits by DoeuilletThree women wearing outfits by Doeuillet. On the left, a grey sleeveless tubular dress with scattered gold design, and red trim around neckline, hem and hips
Mother and two children in the latest French fashions
WOMENs SUITS FOR 1948Costumes or suits with narrow, straight skirts & various styles of double-breasted jacket, some with hip pockets. Hats are worn on the side of the head
Evening dress 1918Off the shoulder evening dress, with wrap around tassel on the waist and long tail. Date: 1918
Victorian girl in matching velvet jacket and skirtA little Victorian girl wearing a matching velvet jacket and skirt, leaning against an upholstered chair in the photographers studio
Victorian woman in a crinoline dressA Victorian woman in a striped crinoline dress with a dark lacy shawl round the skirt
Music cover for Valse a Deux Tems (Temps)Music cover for Valse a Deux Tems (or Temps), meaning Waltz in Two Beats or Two-Step Waltz, a popular style of waltz in the mid-19th century
Phyllis and Jack Dare in Arabian costumeThe actress and singer Phyllis Dare (1890-1975) with her elder brother Jack. They are dressed in costume for an Arabian Nights Ball
Striped Dress 1861Women: short cape & dress in vertical striped fabric & pleated border; high buttoning bodice, pagoda sleeves, purple vandyke & tassel trim. Girl: habit shirt, ankle boots
Festival Nell Gwyn 1951A " Nell Gwyn" Orange Girl at Battersea Pleasure Gardens, one of the attractions of the Festival of Britain. Costume styled by Peggy Page, fabric by Balcora
Knitted Paletot 1924Shapeless knitted jacket with raglan sleeves, wrap-over front, long roll collar & cuffs in a contrasting shade, & single button at hip level
Petit-Gris Cloak 1922A cape with a large tubular stand collar made using rectangular pieces of petit- gris (a type of squirrel) fur & fastened with a silk cord with tassel ends
Mole Fur Short Coat 1922A short hip-hugging coat in mole fur with dolman sleeves, split turned-back cuffs, a broad belt with a buckle & a large collar
Good Morning CampersGood morning campers! An enthusiastic boy in stripy pyjamas stretches his arms from his tent, excited at the prospect of the day ahead!
Tunic Dress / Doucet 1914Ornate yellow tunic dress: tango skirt with front split & train in a luxuriantly patterned fabric, translucent tunic with feathery trim drawn in with a tasseled girdle
Flapper on a Cloud 1926Androgynous woman with an Eton crop, short dress with square cut collar, patch pockets with tassel trim & pleated flounce, & rolled stocking tops sits dreamily on a cloud smoking
Richard Cromwell / 1657RICHARD CROMWELL Lord Protector Son of Oliver Cromwell
Pyjamas by Rochas 1931Pyjamas designed by Marcel Rochas: leisure wear of wide- legged trousers with co- ordinated sleeveless tops and waistcoats. Just the thing for the holiday season
Opera Dress with TurbanBlack robe with deep single flounce at the hem worn with a pink edged white opera cloak tied with a long cord with tassel ends & a colourful turban with a gold pin
Boy / Zouave Jacket / PhotoA small boy poses next to a large chair. He wears a Zouave jacket with diamond shaped ornament on the cuffs, knickerbockers, boots & white socks
Dressing Gowns 1838Dressing gowns for ladies & gentlemen with roll collars. Man: skull cap with tassel, purple wrap-over dressing gown with pink sash. Woman: beige dressing gown with cord belt
Brown Coat & Black BootsTop hat with turned up brim, brown cut-away double- breasted coat with hip pockets & gathered shoulders, blue pantaloons with soutache trim, hessian boots with high heels. Date: 1810
Negligees & Undies 1920SStylish negligees, pretty chemise & French knicker sets adorned with geometric trim, fine pleating & embroidery & a boudoir cap with chin-strap & tassel
Mole & Skunk MantletWoman wears a mantlet in mole & skunk fur with a high stand collar, leather gloves & a long pleated tubular skirt
Fur-Trimed Shawl 1913A shawl in a translucent fabric bordered with fur & with a fur-trimmed high stand collar with two pointed capes terminating in a tassel. A fur toque completes the ensemble
Quilted Silk Coat 1922Loose fitting cape style evening coat in sable & quilted silk with a huge fur collar exhibits a distinct chinese influence in the fabric design & tassel trim
Costume / Girl & Mum 1835Blue silk & black velvet pelisse-mantle with hanging sleeves, lace edged collar & brooch. Girl: pink mantle with imbecile sleeves & large revers, peaked cap with tassel
Cervantes / BartolozziMIGUEL DE CERVANTES Spanish novelist