Pin-up calendar girl by David Wright, 1950A woman with her red hair swept up in a bun, poses elegantly in some diaphanous lingerie as she speaks on a red telephone. Date: 1950
Poster - Eat More Fruit - for Health and Vitality - published / issued by the Retail Fruit Trade Federation Ltd. Date: 1950s
Advert for English Rose dream corselette, 1952Advertisement for underwear and foundation garment manufacturer, English Rose featuring a woman wearing a dream corselette, 1952. Date: 1952
English Rose Corsetry advertisementAdvert for the new corselette from English Rose corsetry, exquisitely styled and entirely without bones. It is described as a corselette with wired
Pifco electric vibratory massagerBeauty that is yours sincerely: 1950s electric vibratory massager, claiming to help you keep slim and trim, promotes a healthy scalp, affords relief for tired feet and many muscular aches and pains
An Intimate backstage moment - Paris Revue, FranceAn Intimate backstage moment behind the scenes of a Paris Cabaret Revue, France Date: circa 1910s
David Wright woman reclining in black lingerieElegant woman with blonde hair, reclining on her bed in black lingerie and red shoes. David Wright (1912 - 1967), was a popular British artist specialising in glamour
Advertisement for Thomsons glove-fitting corsetAn advertisement for Thomsons glove-fitting corset, promising the wearer comfort and elegance
This cost a pretty figure by Merlin EnabnitPin up girl by Merlin Enabnit (1903-1979) posed provocatively in her underwear while examining a string of pearls. Enabnit was born in Des Moines, Iowa and was a successful commercial artist
Putting on lipstick - David WrightA smart blonde girls sitting in her boudoir applies some vivid red lipstick. Her red and black evening gown, awaits... Painting by David Wright
The Siren by David Wright, showing a woman clad in little more than underwear and stocking, with a head scarf round her head, posing on a carpet of furs
David Wright woman in short black underslipElegant woman with red hair, wearing a short black, semi-transparent underslip. She is sitting on the edge of her dressing table, loosening her hair
Young lady - arms crossed wearing a sheer black wrap. Reproduction of a painting by David Wright
Holeproof Hosiery 1924A woman, so proud & pleased with her Holeproof stockings, bends down to admire them while she daintily lifts her black see-through shift out of the way
Bra - vo by David WrightBra-vo by David Wright, showing a blonde model holding her bra. Wright produced a series of over 160 illustrations or pin-ups for The Sketch during the 1940 s
Advert for J. Roussel underwear 1949A blonde bombshell model wears a rather elaborate creation. Date: 1949
The benefits of taking the water at Bad Wildungen, GermanyComic illustration of the wonderful benefits to a ladys urinary tract (!) having taken the water at Bad Wildungen - a German therapeutic spa Town with springs that bring forth water containing iron
Tennis-playing brunette beauty prepares to smashStriking! A tennis-playing brunette beauty prepares to hit a net-side smash shot. It looks like game, set and match for her handsome male companion. Date: early 1940s
Underwear for 1962 drawn by Barbara HulanickiA lycra girdle with tapering side sections and black lace front panel on the right, and a black lace bra mounted on white both by Lily of France and excellent for magically transforming the figure
1960s tennis fashionFrilly panties by Teddy Tinling, as worn by tennis players in the 1960s. Worn with a navy banded white cardigan by Maxine Leighton
Arrested by an undercover police officerAn undercover female police officer springs her Honey Trap on an unsuspecting criminal, who goes from a jolly evening with a fetching lady to staring down the barrel of a revolver!
Litesome Body BeltAdvert for the Litesome Body Belt, underpants devised to offer support and relief while hiking miles " without exhaustion". " Every man should wear one constantly"
Girl in her underwear riding a large Easter eggA girl in her underwear riding a large Easter egg
Lady in pink underwear by BarribalPainting of a young woman with dark glossy hair, captured in the middle of getting ready. She sits in pink lingerie and stockings, having just brushed and tied a matching pink ribbon in her hair
Advert for Morley silk stockings 1931Morley silk stockings British from top - to - toe. Date: 1931
Just Wright by David Wright showing a glamorous woman fixing her shoe. Wright produced a series of over 160 illustrations or pin-ups for The Sketch during the 1940s
Womens lingerie 1932A selection of lingerie, with lace, crepe-de-Chine of taffetas. Date: 1932
Advert for Courtaulds Rayons 1936The miracle of Rayons. Rayon is what you used to call artifical silk. Its name was changed because it isn t silk and it isn t artificial. It is beautiful thread
Advert for William Whiteley, womens underwear 1906Elegant corset cut very low at the bust and rounded at the hips. 1906
Roller-skating girl cutting a dash on the beachside boardwalFrivolous - a roller-skating beauty cutting a dash on the beachside boardwalk Date: early 1940s
David Wright pin-upRed-headed woman in black underwear with bra straps slipping seductively down her shoulders. David Wright (1912 - 1967), was a popular British artist specialising in glamour
Calendar girl by David WrightA blonde woman dressed in a transparent black teddy which leaves little to the imagination relaxes on a chaise lounge and enjoys the sensation of a new pair of silky stockings through her elegantly
Lady in Underwear 1919A scantily dressed woman stands in her nighty, stocking and shoes and adjusts her hair
Female Type / Reading BookA lady reads a book, wearing a cloche hat, Louis heel shoes, stockings and either a chemise or a pair of cami-knickers
Harness Electric Corsets for women of all ages
Le Furet Corsets PosterArt deco style poster advertising Le Furet corsets, depicting a slim and glamorous woman wearing the said item
Advert for Gorringes womens underwear 1927Advertisement for F. G Ravissant undergarments, the newest fashion of wrap-around corsets lightly boned, with dainty embroidered silk lacing and ribbon and buttoning. 1927
Cooling Her Heels! By Dorothy M. MorganLady sitting in front of a fan in her underwear, trying to cool herself in the heat. Date: 1927
Woman lying on her front by David WrightA drawing by pin-up artist David Wright of a woman in a swimsuit or lingerie lying on her front, possibly sunbathing. Date: c.1944
NIGHTDRESSA blonde woman reveas her long legs as she poses for the camers wearing a white nightdress Date: 1950s
Lingerie modesty screen / W H RobinsonFor those who don t wish to air their lingerie in public - the modesty screen can be placed to enclose such offending items from view when on the washing line
Advertisement for the Kestos Backless Brassiere 1935Advertisement for the Kestos Backless Brassiere
Studies In FemininityLady dressed in a negligee, coyly glancing away from her newspaper. Suzanne Meunier was a French artist who produced a number of erotic illustrations for The Sketch
Can-Can (Postcard)A girl with skimpier underwear than usual for can-can dancers shows us her matching knickers
Advert / Gossard Corsetsthis shimmering Gossard combination etches with Diana- like clarity the natural, supple lines of the fashionable silhouette
PERSEPHONE CORSET ADJust see what a Persephone corset can do for your figure - however svelte you are, it will make you svelter !
Corset Persephone, 1911The veritable corset Persephone renders the sveltest Parisiennes even svelter
