Volans Collection

Race Going Couple
A bright orange tunic dress with a narrow hobble skirt, sleeves with volans, a V neck bodice & pannier or polonaise over-skirt & a soft brimless hat with a plume

English Dresses Oct 1838
3 gowns all with bishop sleeves, 2 with reverse cuffs, V necklines and pointed waists. Hemlines are trimmed with flounces, embroidery, rouleaux and puffing

Tadpole shrimps: Triops cancriformis 1, and Lepidurus species 2. Fillopi; Apo cancriforme, Lepiduro. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle

Flying fish and dolphin
Flying fish, Exocoetus volitans (Harangus volans) and dorado or dolphin, Coryphaena hippurus. Copperplate engraving after an original illustration by Captain John Gabriel Stedman from his Narrative

Flying dragon, Draco volans. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Heath after an illustration by George Shaw from his General Zoology, Amphibia, London, 1801

American flying squirrel, Glaucomys volans
Species of American flying squirrel, Glaucomys volans or Glaucomys sabrinus. Handcolored engraving by Annedouche after an illustration by Edouard Travies from Charles d Orbignys Dictionnaire

Lacertilia lizards and chameleons: Cameroon sailfin chameleon, Trioceros montium, chameleon forest dragon, Gonocephalus chamaeleontinus, flying dragon, Draco volans, Texas horned lizard

Philippine flying lemur, Cynocephalus volans. (Colugo, Galeopithecus rufus). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Basire from Edward Griffiths The Animal Kingdom by the Baron Cuvier, London

Nile monitor, basilisk and flying lizard
Nile monitor lizard, Varanus niloticus 1, common basilisk, Basiliscus basiliscus 2, and flying lizard, Draco volans 3. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur

AT THE RACES 1912
A bright orange tunic dress with a narrow hobble skirt, sleeves with volans, a V neck bodice & pannier or polonaise over-skirt & a soft brimless hat with a plume. Date: 1912

Costume La Mode 1846
Pink dress: four scallop edged flounces, tight fitting sleeves with volans & worn with a net pelerine. Hair: covers the ears. Green dress: worn with a shawl & bonnet. Date: 1846

Striped Dress 1899
yellow & black vertically striped tunic dress ornamented with rows of tiny flounces on revers, cuffs, epaulettes, over-skirt & cravat. Worn with a blouse with horizontal tucks Date: 1899

Flying maucauco or Philippine flying lemur, Cynocephalus volans.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from The Naturalists Pocket Magazine; or

Flying dragon, a type of gliding lizard, Draco volans.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodders The Naturalists Miscellany, 1800

Eastern gray squirrel, Sciurus carolinensis, and southern flying squirrel, Glaucomys volans.. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Frederic Cuviers Dictionary of Natural Science: Mammals

Common flying dragon, Draco volans, and two-horned chameleon, Furcifer bifidus.. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieus Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles 1816-1830

Philippine Flying Lemur (Cynocephalus volans). Philippines

Flying Lemur / Colugos - Gliding
FLYING LEMUR / COLUGOS - Gliding (Cynocephalus volans). Philippines

Dryden / Fashion / 155
A white dress to illustrate flounce Date: circa 1928

Costume / Women / Paris 1863
A later 19th century depiction of fashions of the 1860s. A young Parisian lady wears a dress with full bishop sleeves & wide skirt supported by a cage crinoline

Bell Assemblee 1852
The skirt of her gown has six flounces, the sleeves have two. The bodice of the dress comprises of 2 pleats from the shoulder diminishing to a point at the waist

Blue & White Dress 1875
Blue & white dress with low, square neckline & jacket bodice, under-skirt composed of lace flounces & puffings, the over-skirt arranged over a bustle or crinolette

Costume / Lingerie 1851
Items of Lingerie: embroidered casaque (jacket) & mantlet with scallop edges; 2 lace caps; chemisette; the cuffs of 2 undersleeves trimmed with ribbon & volans

Le Follet Fashions 1850S
NB: Bows arranged on the bodice like echelles & fringing; open bodice with a habit shirt; a waistcoat body; white dress with plaid sash crossed over the bodice & floating ends

Child in Frock 1860S
A small child wears a frock with short sleeves ornamented with full rosettes of narrow ribbon, volans & ribbon trim on the skirt, broad belt with buckle & button boots

Costume / Girl / Photo C1860
Girl: very low bodice, no shoulder straps, short sleeves with volans, short double skirt - the upper trimmed with a zig- zag design. Hair worn long & off the face

Ladies Sewing / 1850S
Open bodices with or without revers worn with chemisettes (with buttoned front, broderie Anglaise, volans), pagoda sleeves, various styles of engageantes & lace caps

Dressing Gowns 1841
Man: plaid dressing gown, skull cap & slippers. Woman: evening dress, short sleeves with lace volans & bertha, skirt en tablier trimmed with swags of lace & roses

Costume May 1869
Girl: over-skirt with apron front, fringing & bows. Brown polonaise with train & sleeves with volans; white dress with pelerine cape, sash bow & over-skirt raised at the back

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