Toilette Collection

Hogarth / Marriage-Mode 4
4. Toilette scene

Woman reading a letter wearing a velvet dress and toque
Woman reading a letter wearing a dress and toque hat of sea-green silk velvet edged with ermine. Ermine shawl and muff. Robe et toque de velours de soie vert de mer bordees d hermine

A Sa Toilette
A portrait illustration of a young lady sat at her dressing table, looking into the mirror. Date: circa 1901

Royal Cologne Advertisement
A photographed advertisement for Royal Eau de Cologne, which always appeals to the discriminating woman. The decorative bottles are made to be an attractive ornament upon a toilette table

Young Indian woman with gazelle, 18th century
Young bare-breasted Indian woman in transparent dress and veil pulling down branches toward a young gazelle. Giovanetta indiana. From an Indian miniature

Man in dressing gown over yellow trousers and green waistcoat. Robe de chambre. Handcoloured pochoir (stencil) etching after an illustration by George Barbier from Tommaso Antonginis Journal des

Butterfly brooches mounted in diamonds designed by Morgan. Papillons naturels montes en diamants par Morgan. Handcoloured pochoir (stencil)

Woman in elegant finery of low-cut, gold sheath gown with cape holding a fan. Grande parure. Handcoloured pochoir (stencil)

Woman in afternoon outfit of sheath dress with sash belt
Woman in afternoon outfit of long green sheath dress with purple sash belt. Toilette d apres midi. Handcoloured pochoir (stencil)

Woman in evening gown of black satin and tulle, edged with brillants. Robe de soir satin noir et tulle, bordee de brillants

Rear view of man in travel overcoat by Marcel Lus, hat, pants with turn-ups. gaiters over shoes. Pardessus de voyage par Mr. Marcel Lus

Woman in ball gown and mask, costume of Manon Lescaut. Handcoloured pochoir (stencil) etching after an illustration by H. Robert Dammy from Tommaso Antonginis Journal des Dames et des Modes

Woman in dress trimmed with zibeline and ermine, 1913
Woman in dress trimmed with zibeline and ermine, ermine waistcoat, ermine muff, and clergyman slippers, with pet dog in coat

Man and woman in fashionable suits, 1913. Costumes pour un ensemble. Handcoloured pochoir (stencil) etching after an illustration by Bernard Boutet de Monvel from Tommaso Antonginis Journal des Dames

Woman in velvet waistcoat with Kolinski fur trim, 1913
Woman in waistcoat of embroidered velvet with Kolinski (Siberian weasel) fur trim. She is putting on lipstick while looking in a compact mirror. Veste de velours broche, borde de Kobinskey

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

Gentleman with cane and top hat interrupting a lady at her toilette. Hello, how nice to see you! (You beast!) Handcoloured lithograph by the Gihaut brothers after an illustration by Jean Gabriel

Two pretty maids helping to dress two old crones
La toilette: Two young women help older women with baby bonnets and false bosoms - while giving knowing looks to the viewer. Women of 19 and 20 are in open war with women of a certain age (30)

A Parisian woman getting dressed in the Chinese style. Our artist has turned three magots (grotesque porcelain figures) into makeup artists eager to transform a beautiful Parisienne into a Chinese

Paris fashion, visiting toilette, black plush with silk band
Paris fashion, visiting toilette, black plush with bands of silk, waist buckle and buttons of old silver. 1901

Advert for Dearborn Ltd, the Ambedia Back Puff 1922
A womans difficulty overcome. Curved silver-plated Ambedia Back Puff, can be applied to any part of the back and shoulders with the greatest of ease

18THC FRNC / TOILETTE
A French ladys toilette is attended to Date: 18th century

Perfume label, Eau de Toilette, Paris
Perfume label in art nouveau style, Eau de Toilette, from Daubigny, Paris. Date: circa 1910s

Waiting for the Train
This young lady knows she is dressed correctly for her train journey, since she is wearing a toilette de promenade ou de voyage pour une jeune femme. Date: 1899

French Lady Ca 1580
Grande toilette of a lady of the court Date: circa 1580

Aristocratic Levee
An aristocrat at his morning levee : while a valet puts the finishing touches to his toilette, a manservant brings a book for his lady friend Date: mid-18th century

Ciros pearls advert, 1927
Advert for Ciros Pearls - the essential complement to your toilette - with the actress Juliette Compton Date: 1927

Lady at her dressing table
An half-dressed lady of the 18th century inspects her reflection in a hand mirror. Date: 20th century

The Beauty Spot by Fortunino Matania
A sketch of an 18th century beauty seated at her dressing table and applying a beauty spot. Date: 20th century

ZANDOMENEGHI, Federico. Il ricciolo (la toilette)
ZANDOMENEGHI, Federico (1841-1917). Il ricciolo (la toilette). 1894-1910. Impressionism. Oil on canvas. ITALY. LOMBARDY. Milan. Pinacotheca of Brera

British and French soldiers
A soldier of the British Expeditionary Force, having arrived in Boulogne, is watched while shaving by a French comrade. Date: August 1914

Toilette d une famille Espagnole. Print shows a Spanish family standing and sitting one in front of the other, picking lice from each others hair; on the left, a dog cleans itself. Date 1812

The Toilette of the Rose by Brunelleschi
Stylised illustration showing a beautiful woman in 18th century costume representing a rose, admires her reflection as a masked harlequin spies on her from behind a tree. Date: 1927

Lady at the Seaside
The dress this lady is wearing is described as toilette de plage, casino etc. obviously just the thing for looking ones best among the holidaymakers and gamblers. Date: 1890

French Ladys Maid
A maid helps her mistress with her toilette Date: 1847

Bath Preparations, 1957
A woman wearing a rather flammable looking nightdress and dressing gown prepares to anoint her bath with Joli Madame perfume by Pierre Balmain

Boudoir Beauty by Charles Robinson
A lady at her toilette is brought yet more bottles and boxes to add to the rather lavish collection already in her dressing room

That Saving Grace by H. M. Tolintyre
A young woman beautifies herself at her dressing table with the help of no less than three maids! The cartoon punchline reads, " Apart from the hygienic value of bobbed hair

The Power of Make-up
Little Bits of Powder - Little Bits of Paint - Make a Girl with a Face like this - Look like what she ain t! The powers of correctly applied cosmetics - making a face that might not launch a thousand

Lear / Nonsense / Crete
There was a Young Person of Crete, whose toilette was far from complete; She dressed in a sack, spickle-speckled with black, that ombliferous person of Crete

Summer and Cycling Fashions for 1901
Illustration showing three costumes that The Graphic felt were suitable for the Summer, 1901. The Lady facing us wears a Simple Toilette for the Seaside or Country

C18 Clothing Shop
La Marchande a la Toilette - a French clothing shop attracts a potential customer

The Toilette of Salome (Second Version). An illustration from Salome by Oscar Wilde, 1894. Aubrey Beardsley (1872-1898)

French Lady / Toilette 18C
A French ladys toilette is attended to

Striped Toilette ?1885
Costume in vertical striped fabric (see real swatch): pointed waist, deep V neck with falling lace collar, tunic hitched up at one side & trimmed with ribbon

Toilet / Hair / Roman Aristo
A Roman aristocrat at her toilette having her hair dressed

Futuristic mechanised toilette
A futuristic scene, showing a woman doing her toilette the mechanised way, so that she hardly needs to lift a finger

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