Veil Collection (page 9)

Chalice Veil, cloth with covers the chalice. 18th century. Diocesan Museum. Tarragona. Catalonia. Spain

Female head. Paphos, Cyprus
Female head with veil and diadem. 4th century BC. Terracotta. From area of Paphos, Cyprus. Neues Museum. Berlin. Germany

Head of a priestess of the goddess Vesta. 100-20 AD
Head of statue of a priestess of the goddess Vesta. Marble. 100-20 AD. British Museum. London. England. United Kingdom

Bride with wedding presents. circa 1940s

Bride with bouquet on her wedding day. circa 1940s

Cartoon, wedding scene with Henry Irving
Cartoon, wedding scene with the legendary actor Henry Irving in the background. The Bride Elect, Better Late Than Never. 1880

Royal wedding 1863 - Princess Alexandra
Queen Alexandra, formerly Princess Alexandra of Denmark (1844 - 1925), and then Princess of Wales, consort of King Edward VII, in her wedding gown for her marriage to Albert Edward, Prince of Wales

Fairies of the Garden - The Wild Hyacinth. 1903

Cartoon, The Queen and the Bar (Gaiety). Queen Victoria rides past the Gaiety Theatre, London, in an open carriage. 1882

Music cover, Les Yeux d Amour Valse, dedicated to Jeanne et Victor, by Edouard Odele. circa 1910

Japanese woman playing a flute. Date: 1910s

A Last Peep at the World or Taking the Veil. circa 1850s

Bab Dekakene Gateway, Fez, Morocco, North Africa
Scene at the Bab Dekakene (Bab Dekkaken) Gateway at Fez (Fes), Morocco, North Africa. on a Festival (Fete / Holiday) day. Date: circa 1920

Christmas card in the form of a fan, with a bride in white gown and veil. Date: circa 1890s

Henry Lord of Dryburgh
HENRY lord of DRYBURGH Scottish nobleman, over whose origins, deeds private or public, abilities or defects, a veil is discreetly drawn. Not by us, but by everyone. Date: 16TH CENTURY

Clara M Codd - 2
CLARA M CODD Writer of an interesting article on the Rending of the Veil. Date: CIRCA 1914

Model with Fox Terrier
Military style tunic in lime green with epaulettes & button detail worn with a box-pleated skirt in pale lime & bottle green & a tiny hat with veil. N.B Wire haired fox terrier. Date: late 1930s

Riding Habit / Albanesi
Dark blue, tailored riding habit with a double row of brass buttons to the corsage & a white collar & a black top hat with a veil. Date: 1840s

C13th German Costume
Women: tabard style super- tunic (surcote) worn over a gown, loose flowing hair, ornamental fillet (circlet), veil, barbette & fillet. Man: tunic, mantle & cape. Date: 13th century

Costume 1500 / Durer
A German lady in Sunday dress wears a wired veil headdress (possibly a butterfly headdress) & a finely pleated mantle over her gown which has a fur hem. Date: 1500

German Ladies 1425
Kirtles with trains worn with a houppelande with funnel sleeves which hang in loose folds or a short gown with fitted bodice & a dagged ? mantle & girdle. Date: 1425

English Costume C14Th
Woman: mantle, sideless surcoat, wimple & goffered veil. Men: gipon, girdle & pouch, parti-coloured hose, piked shoes, cap with up- turned brim, armour. Date: 14th century

English Costume 1400
Man: buskins, doublet with sleeve apertures, pouch & dagger, brimless hat. Women: cote-hardie, ermine trimmed sideless surcoat, houppelande Headdresses: horned, padded V Date: 1400

Costume / Brass of C15Th
Monumental brass in Digswell Church, Hertfordshire: wide, padded headdress with veil, houppelande with turned down collar, long funnel sleeves, kirtle sleeves visible. Date: early 15th century

German Nobles C. 1515
The clothing of early 15th century, German noblewomen. Date: circa 1515

Alexandra Fedorovna
ALEXANDRA FEDOROVNA of Prussia Wife of Nicholas (Nikolai) I of Russia (1796 - 1855) (ruled 1825 - 1855) Date: 1798 - 1860

Wedding gown 1912
An exquisite example of a wedding gown in peau de soie interwoven with silver leaves and true-lovers knots. The train is veiled with tulle

Bathing Beauty C1910
An elegant bather in red swimsuit and cap, and a diaphanous pink veil, steps gingerly into the sea. Date: circa 1910

Wedding Dress 1899
Unadorned trained skirt, floor length veil, gauged yoke, double flounce descending from the shoulders to the waist, high collar & long, knuckle length sleeves. Date: 1899

Riding Habit 1835
" Le Trot a L Anglaise" Blue riding habit with full sleeves (imbecile) white cuffs & collar, military style corded trim on the bodice worn with a top hat & veil. Date: 1835

Morning Dress 1801
Both gowns are probably of printed muslin - one white the other pink. Both ladies wear straw hats, one has a veil. The white gown has a ruff & is worn with a white spencer. Date: 1801

Morning Dress March 1801
Long-sleeved, spotted muslin gowns with ruffs. A purple garment - possibly a Tyrolese cloak, bonnet with veil & a muff grace the green dress, a simple lace cap suffices for the white. Date: 1801

Joan of Navarre / Gouttier
JOAN OF NAVARRE Queen of Henry IV of England. She was regent of Brittany on behalf of her son by her first marriage. Date: 1370 - 1437

Bridal headdresses and veils 1912
Two ways of arranging the bridal veil. In one silver leaves and pearls blossom hold the filmy lace in position on the hair

Cartoon, German relations with the Middle East, WW1
Cartoon, German relations with the Middle East, showing a German soldier struggling with two ladies of the harem. Date: 1918

Cartoon, French relations with the Middle East, WW1
Cartoon, French relations with the Middle East, showing a French soldier being charming towards two ladies of the harem. Date: 1918

Felicia Dorothea Hemans
FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS nee BROWNE English poet of light Romantic lyrics Date: 1793 - 1835

Jesus Veiled
JESUS OF NAZARETH When the soldiers struck him, they veiled his face, but even so the kindliness of his expression shone through the fabric of the veil... Date: 6 BC - 30 AD

Edwardian bows, floral and feathered hats 1909
Seletion 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

Liane De Pougy / Walery
LIANE DE POUGY French actress, posing with a veil Date: early 20th century

Mere Agnes Arnauld
JEANNE-CATHERINE-AGNES ARNAULD Known as Mere Agnes, Jansenist nun, abbess of Saint-Cyr, and later of Port-Royal Date: 1593 - 1672

Mere Angelique Arnauld
JACQUELINE-MARIE-ANGELIQUE ARNAULD Known as Mere Angelique, abbess of Port-Royal, Paris Date: 1591 - 1661

Womens headresses 14th century
Examples of headwear worn by English ladies. 14th century

Marguerite De Flandre
MARGUERITE DE FLANDRE Wife of JEAN de MONTFORT, DUC de BRETAGNE, circa 1341 Date: -

Two women in summer clothing for Henley Regatta 1907
Two women wearing designs for Henley Regatta. (left) Dress is of white linen trimmed with panels of pale blue lace fastened with linen buttons

Wedding dress and bridemaids frocks 1907
Beautiful laced wedding dress and bridemaids frocks with large bouquet of flowers. Date: 1907

Women in dust cloak 1907
Edwardian woman wearing a charming loose cloak without sleeves in shantung, silk trimmed with red and black embroideries. 1907

Anne Elizabeth / Countess
ANNE ELIZABETH COUNTESS OF CHESTERFIELD nee Forster Wife of George, 6th Earl Date: 1803 - 1885

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