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Advert for Peter Robinsons womens spring dresses 1909Three women wearing charming tunic frocks with high neckilne, high waist and fitted dresses, available at Peter Robinsons department store in Oxford Street, London. 1909
Rembrandt (1606-1669). Self-Portrait, 1633Baroque. Rembrandt Harmenszoom van Rijn (1606-1669). Dutch painter. Self-Portrait wearing a Toque and a Gold Chain, 1633. Oil on wood. Museum of Louvre. Paris. France
Two women wearing tailored suits 1909In chasseur green serge, braided in black. The coat is cut to the shape of the tunic-kilted skirt. The second costume is carried out in Mulberry cloth, with revers and buttons of black satin. 1909
Coat with Chain MotifA stylish, 3/4 length coat with wrap-over front, large revers, self-coloured belt & padded applique chain motif running down the bodice. Worn with a brimless hat. Date: 1930s
Racial Types FranceStrasbourg costumes including a bride: skirts with gathered yokes, bodices pointed borders, ornate stomachers, large lace hat or close- fitting cap or toque. Date: 1670 - 1690
Fur Trimmed Tunic 1914Narrow fashionable silhouette of narrow skirt worn with a fur-trimmed V back tunic. Her hair is dressed simply with a soft hat worn close to the head. Date: 1914
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
Costume of 1890SBeige & green: cape collar, gigot sleeves, belt, gored skirt, inverted triangular panels at hem. Purple & grey: corselet bodice, skirt with side split, embroidery & bows Date: 1890s
Grey Tailor Made 1899Pale grey tailor made with white trim: collarless jacket with short rounded basque, tight sleeves with puff at the shoulder, gored skirt, pleated blouse & grey fur stole. Date: 1899
Brown or Blue Dress 1882Front buttoning cuirasse bodices with 3/4 length sleeves & tie-back skirts with bustles. The brown dress has an apron front & checkerboard border, the blue has a peplum Date: 1882
Edwardian bows, floral and feathered hats 1909Seletion of fashionable hats: toque, brimless hat that had a very wide crown and Merry Widow a large hat with a large brim, trimmed with bows, satin ribbon, plumed feathers and flowers. 1909
Examples of the newest millery 1909Two Edwardian women wearing toques hats. (left) Hat of black crinoline trimmed high in front with some upright ostrich feathers, held in place with jet black buttons
COSTUME / MUFF / 1799An extremely long tubular fur muff. Date: 1799
Two women in summer clothing for Henley Regatta 1907Two women wearing designs for Henley Regatta. (left) Dress is of white linen trimmed with panels of pale blue lace fastened with linen buttons
Hyde Park Parade DressWinter dress for promenading in Hyde Park: crimson pelisse & toque trimmed with ermine worn with a white muslin dress, crimson slippers & tan gloves. Date: 1808
Womens hats 1909Parisenne models wearing fashionable hats with plumes, ribbon and floral decorations. Date: 1909
Modish skipping skyward toque hats 1912Two examples of the vertiginous taste in hats in the years leading up to the First World War. The left hat is of lace straw piped with ble-coloured ribbon
Doge of Venice, 13th century.. Handcolored illustration drawn and lithographed by Paul Mercuri with text by Camille Bonnard from Historical Costumes from the 12th to 15th Centuries, Levy Fils, Paris
Military costume of an officer in the court of Frederick III.. Handcolored illustration drawn and lithographed by Paul Mercuri with text by Camille Bonnard from Historical Costumes from the 12th to
Nobleman of Milan, 15th century.. Handcolored illustration drawn and lithographed by Paul Mercuri with text by Camille Bonnard from Historical Costumes from the 12th to 15th Centuries, Levy Fils
Young page boys, 15th century.. Handcolored illustration drawn and lithographed by Paul Mercuri with text by Camille Bonnard from Historical Costumes from the 12th to 15th Centuries, Levy Fils
Young page boy, 15th century.. Handcolored illustration drawn and lithographed by Paul Mercuri with text by Camille Bonnard from Historical Costumes from the 12th to 15th Centuries, Levy Fils, Paris
Mounted knight in suit of armor, 15th century.. Handcolored illustration drawn and lithographed by Paul Mercuri with text by Camille Bonnard from Historical Costumes from the 12th to 15th Centuries
Member of a Compagnie della Calza, Venice, 15th centuryCostume of Pouraille, master of Paris.. Costume of Pouraille, master of Paris. He wears a claque bas (bicorn), tight redingote (frock coat), cravat, striped breeches, and shiny boots
Woman from Grenada, 16th century, in long purple cape over a long brick-red dress.. With small toque headdress and blue alms purse. Handcolored illustration by E
Woman wearing foulard gown 1909Darken trim, with valencienne lace, the vest and under-sleeves are net. 1909
Women hats 1914A selection of 1914 women hats. 1914
Three new toque hats 1909The new lamp shade toque after the gigantic popular of the Merry Widow. 1909
Lady on a postcard by George RansteadA lovely, dramatic illustration on a postcard by amateur soldier artist of the Great War, George Ranstead showing a lady in a turban or toque style hat applying powder to her face
Woman in a turban by George RansteadA stylised black and white illustration of a woman in a turban or toque style hat as she smokes a cigarette, the smoke of which curls artistically around her head
Turkish Trousers 1911A daring young lady wears the fashionable yet scandalous harem pants or Turkish trousers with a sleeveless bolero & turban or toque. 1911
Evening Dress 1912Society people prepare for a night on the town. He wears a fur trimmed overcoat over his dress clothes, she wears a fur trimmed mantle & a toque with a vertical feather. Date: 1912
Frilly Mantle 1899Black mantle with high fan shaped collar ornamented with passementerie & with cascades & flounces of accordian pleated chiffon which forms a ruffle down the front
Astrakhan Trimmed SuitBlack Suit by Paquin of Paris. The jacket is lined in white visible on the collar & revers & is edged with astrakhan. Worn with a brimless hat with a pointed crown
Toque NouvelleA new TOQUE ornamented with ribbons and wooden pearls
Feather Hat with VeilA toque or fitted helmet composed of black & white feathers creating a scallop design complete with a visor style veil; a black hat with a segmented brim
Fur Stole 1910A young woman in a fur toque & stole sits cross-legged on a bar stool while chatting to a man in a bowler hat & lounge suit with large turn-ups on his trousers
Moth-Eaten Fur 1960SAn elderly lady in a straw toque hat, pearls & a moth- eaten fox fur stole shelters beneath an umbrella
Fur Hats for 1922A selection of hats in various styles and furs including a petit-gris turban, velvet & mole fur Marquis, a toque & a Breton hat with a fur brim
Sears Roebuck Coats 1914American winter coats: double- breasted coat with astrakan fur collar & cuffs & a quilted lining; herringbone tweed overcoat with a half-belt at the back & pocket flaps
3 DRESSES OF 1914Skirts narrow at the ankle, tunic dress with cummerbund, double skirt with button detail & lace sac blouse. Hats: cocked or brimless hats with horizontal trim
Dresses of 1805Blue day dress with embroidered hem & fingerless gloves, deep red evening robe with melon sleeves, low square corsage with vandyked tucker worn with a turban
Redingote 1825Blue-grey redingote with gigot sleeves & cape collar trimmed with a rouleux attached in a wavy line; also a black velvet toque turban & reticule in imitation of an iced dessert
Squirrel Fur Coat 1922A 3/4 length coat in grey squirrel fur with a high stand collar, hip level seam, full sleeves, decorative shoulder panels, cuffs & border. A brimless fur hat is worn
Astrakhan Coat & HatA beautiful woman is wrapped up warmly in a Russian astrakhan coat & hat (toque). A poster depicting animals used for their fur adorns the wall behind her
Dinner Dress 1912Doeuillet Empire-line revival gown: column like silhouette, with a high waist, impossibly decollete with a V -neck, belt with pearl clasp & floating sash ends
3 Fur Muffs with RosesTwo flat white fur muffs ornamented with pink or yellow roses & a fur-trimmed pink muff with flounce & red rose trim worn with a fur coat or coats with fur collars
FUR MUFF 1913Tango dress with V -neck, broad green cummerbund / sash, green toque & black aigrette & a large fur muff with ruffle lining drawn in at the centre with a band of roses