Tunic Collection (page 12)

Bathing Costume 1899
A highly decorative but thoroughly impractical bathing costume of fine red serge trimmed with silk, braid and fringed edging

Costume / Men / Florence 14C
A well-to-do Florentine gentleman in two-tone blue and white tunic and hose, with a dagger and moneybag at his belt

Costume / Men / Peru / Warrior
A Peruvian warrior chief in ornate costume of red, gold, black and white

Costume / Men / Venetian / 14C
A well-to-do young Venetian in striped hose, slashed top and puffy sleeves; he wears a dagger at his belt

Reception Dress 1909
High waisted Directoire / Empire revival reception gown with a square corsage, open tunic - the whole richly trimmed with beads, gold braid & embroidery

Norwegian Warrior / 6th C
A Teutonic (Norwegian) warrior in full battle dress

Military / Dress / 16th Cent
A French rifleman in helmet, tunic, brown breeches, and boots

Costume / Women / Austria
An Austrian lady in traditional dress, admiring her own reflection in a hand mirror

Costume / Women / Scandinav
A Scandinavian woman wearing a red tunic and rounded bonnet

Costume / Men / Algerian 19C
An Algerian man in white tunic and red hat, carrying a jar of water or oil

Coloured Wigs 1914
Coloured wigs donned by society ladies for the Duchesse d Uzes fete include green, turqoise, orange, lilac, purple, blue & red

Costume / Children 1859
Boy: tunic, gaiters, sash & knickerbockers. Girls: black pardessus, plaid tunic dress with velvet trim, chemisettes with bishop sleeves, other short dresses with sashes

Dinner Dress 1911
Empire line revival gown: square corsage & an asymmetrical tunic / over- skirt with a deep side split & train trimmed with ropes of amethysts

Harem / Turkish Pants
The fashion that was to cause a scandal: daring harem pants or Turkish trousers by Boue can just be seen beneath high waisted tunic dresses

Lilac & Gold Dress 1911
A mauve & gold high waisted Empire revival dress with V neck, draped corsage, finely pleated tunic with long fringing, narrow hobble skirt & ornate gold embroidery

Costume Sears Roebuck
Dress with pleated Russian tunic, low sash & gathered bodice; or flaring Russian tunic with yoke, narrow under- skirt & a hanging waist coatee bodice. Hats: brimless

Costume / Gimbel Bros 1914
Fur hat, stole, fur-trimmed coat, double skirts (narrow under-skirt) or long jackets creating a tunic effect, hats with broad brims & vertical trim, Louis heel boots

Klimt Dress Circa 1914
Artistic & exotic looking Klimt inspired dress with a translucent upper bodice, embroidered split tunic with train & fringed tango skirt worn with a feather headdress

3 DRESSES OF 1914
Skirts narrow at the ankle, tunic dress with cummerbund, double skirt with button detail & lace sac blouse. Hats: cocked or brimless hats with horizontal trim

Tunic Dress / Doucet 1914
Ornate 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

Backless Dresses 1919
The latest vogue for backless gowns causes a stir. N.B low waists & the return of the tunic skirt. The middle lady has the high curly hairdo popular at the time

Englishman 1470
He wears a short belted high- necked tunic over his shirt and hose; the ribbon on his hat is the relic of the once- fashionable liripipe

Dinner Dresses 1900 / Liz
Decolletee tunic dresses with transparent fabric high neck & chemisette infill. Applique, embroidery & relief trimmings, a lace under-skirt & long kid gloves

Fashion 1900 / Liz
Tunic dress. The simulated tunic is pointed front & back with a chevron design to which is attached accordian pleated flounces. A double ruffle ornaments the bodice

Costume / Girl / Franchomme
Girl wears a red fur or plush hat, buttoned up tunic or skirted jacket with soutache (Russian braid) over her dress, matching cape with blue lining & leather gloves

Fashions April 1868
Girl: habit shirt, short dress, tunic of overlapping panels that end in tasselled points. Woman: green pelerine, dress with train & gored skirt with white edged seams

Visigoth Chief Warrior
Warrior chief of the Visigoths in fur tunic, carrying a heavy stick

Costume / Men / Peasant / 1461
A peasant in plain grey-green tunic and brown hood

Costume / Men / Mexican 14C
A Mexican Indian warrior chief in feathered headdress and tasselled orange tunic

Saxon Infantry / 14th C
A fully armed Saxon infantryman in armour and helmet, with a dagger at his belt and a heavy sword in his hand

Costume / Men / Lord / 14C
An aristocrat in striped brown and yellow doublet and hat, carrying a scroll of parchment and a short sword

Costume / Men / Scottish 12C
A middle-class Englishman (or, more likely, Scotsman, judging by his kilt and tartan socks?) in travelling costume, with moneybag at his belt and another bag at his side

Costume / Men / German 18C
A German messenger of the royal court in red tunic

Stephen / Red Tunic / Scrap
STEPHEN, KING OF ENGLAND (reigned 1135 - 1154) with a coin, and part of his great seal

Francesco Guicciardini
FRANCESCO GUICCIARDINI Florentine historian and politician

Fernando Columbus / Son
FERNANDO COLUMBUS Son of the Italian navigator and Beatriz Enriquez de Arana (his second wife)

1911 Silhouette / Gose
Silhouette of 1911: high waisted tunic dress with narrow (hobble) skirt & a V necked corsage in an exotic floral fabric. She carries an American sac handbag

Pink Full Dress 1805
A short white transparent tunic with self-coloured embroidery & fringing worn over a pink slip. Worn with long white gloves & a lace handkerchief in her hair

Evening Dress / Oct 1803
Yellow gown with round neckline worn with matching turban & slippers. A light blue gown & white tunic with a divided front cut away at the sides and ending in a train. Date: 1803

Summer 1915 / Bon Ton
Summertime fashions for women & girls by Paquin, Doucet, Beer etc. N.B tunic dresses, short voluminous skirts & small vertical hats & feathers or broad brims & flowers

Swimmers at Hastings
Two girls stand on a seaweed- covered rock at low tide at Hastings, showing off their two-piece bathing costumes which consist of shorts or bloomers & tunics

CREON IN ANTIGONE
ANTIGONE Creon

Costume June 1870
Dresses comprised of an under- skirt, upper-skirt with apron front & jacket bodice with basques deep enough to form an over-skirt. Girl: tunic with pointed hem & waistband

Costume July 1869
Purple polonaise worn over a habit-shirt; white & gold polonaise with triple skirt & open tunic. Girl: triple skirt, over-skirt hitched up at the back with a sash bow

Fashions May 1868
White paletot with peplum points. Girl: habit shirt with a puff at the sleeve top, skirt with pyramid trim, tunic with peplum skirt ends. N.B use of broad ribbon trimmings

Racial / India / Guard 1850
Member of the Imperial Guard, Delhi, in a magnificent blue skirted tunic

Sporting Fashions C. 1805
A group of ladies enjoy a spell outdoors. Two ladies wear their hair in the fashionable titus cut. Their gowns have half-length sleeves & low, square necklines

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