Wimple Collection

Saint Brigid of Ireland
Saint Brigid (Bride, Bridget) of Ireland (or of Kildare, or Mary of the Gael), one of Ireland's patron saints. She is thought to have been a slave who became a Christian nun

Bust of a Roman woman. Roman art. Early Empire. Sculpture. SPAIN. CATALONIA. BARCELONA. Barcelona. Archaeology Museum of Catalonia

Tilly Losch (1903-1975), also known as Ottilie Herbert, and later Countess of Carnarvon, was an Austrian dancer, actress and painter

Beatriz Galindo (1465-1535), called La Latina. Latinist, writer, humanist, educator and teacher of Queen Isabella of Castile and her children. Portrait, detail. Illustration by Llanta. Lithography

Thw Wimple Children
I say, whispered Willie, if I didn t know better, I should think we are walking across a large leaf. Artist: Hilda Cowham Date: circa 1908

Man and woman of Armenia, 1818. The man wears a turban, coat, tunic and breeches, the woman wears an embroidered dress. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Mary Anne Vennings A Geographical

Georg Potschner in suit of armor with his sons, 1477
Georg Potschner in suit of armor with his sons, Caspar and Walthauser, 1477. From the Potschner altar in Saint Peters Church, Munich

European mens costumes of the mid-15th century
Mens costumes of the mid 15th century. Young man in doublet with long sleeves from a Saxon lineage book, nobleman in costume of the Lower Rhine from a painting in the Van Eyck school

Tournament helmet from the mid-15th century
Tournament helmet with coat of arms on rear from the mid-15th century. From the collection of Prince Karl Anton of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen

Woman in muslin dress with fichu wimple, and perkale skirt
Woman in a muslin dress with frills, fichu wimple, and perkale skirt. The headdress is an accessory, and its height should never equal the length of the face

Woman in mourning dress, Majorca, Spain, 19th century
Woman of Majorca, Spain, 19th century. She is in mourning, and wears a black cornette (veil, wimple and fichu) and long black dress

Young woman of the west coast of Friesland, the Netherlands, 19th century. She wears a distinctive weathercock shaped bonnet and wimple, cravat fichu, arm protectors, gloves and full petticoats

Young girl of the Pfafflar Valley, Tyrol, Austria, 19th century. While the hat is oriental, the rest of the outfit is gothic

Marguerite de Beaujeu, daughter of Edward
Margaret of Beaujeu, daughter of Edward I of Beaujeu, wife to James of Piedmond, 1346-1402. She wears a wimple, hooded cloak and blue surtout

Louise Adelaide d Orleans, later Abbess of Chelles, 1698-1743. She is depicted as a young woman before becoming a nun, wearing a simple morning dress in back with white fur trim

Louise of Savoy, Regent of France, mother of King Francis I, 1476-1532. She wears a French hood and wimple, velvet brocade surtout with long train and fur sleeves, and chain belt

Michelle de Vitry, widow of Jean Jouvenel des Ursins, died 1456. After her husbands death in 1431, she wore black mourning dress with the wimple and headband of a nun. From a painting on wood

Costume of a king and queen, 14th century. King in crown and short tunic with long slashed sleeves, queen in crown over wimple, long robe with long slashed sleeves

Dress of the reign of King Henry II, Curtmantle, 1154-1189.. Long red ermine-lined mantle over long green dress, white veil and wimple

German Dress C14Th
Woman: goffered veil & wimple, kirtle with buttoned sleeves, loose fitting gown, girdle & pouch. Man: dagged cape, gipon (doublet), girdle, piked shoes & hat with an up-turned brim. Date: 14th century

Eleanor of Aquitaine (1122-1204), Queen of Henry II.. Handcolored engraving from Civil Costume of England from the Conquest to the Present Period drawn by Charles Martin and etched by Leopold Martin

Isabella, by Francis W Topham (from Measure for Measure). 1888

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

Lady in Full Dress
A woman wearing a tunic, cloak and wimple covering her head Date: 9th century

Englishwoman 1145
Her dress laces up at the back, its long sleeves are knotted to keep them off the ground; she is about to wind her wimple round her head Date: circa 1145

Women / Headwear / C15-C16
A variety of headwear worn by English women. Date: 15th - 16th century

Medieval lady with lilies
A lady of the Middle Ages wearing a form of wimple on her head breathes in the fragrance of a bunch of lilies. Date: 1934

Adele of Vermandois, Countess of Flanders, died 978.. Handcolored copperplate drawn and engraved by Leopold Massard from French Costumes from King Clovis to Our Days, Massard, Mifliez, Paris, 1834

French peasant farmer, 14th century.. Handcolored copperplate drawn and engraved by Leopold Massard from French Costumes from King Clovis to Our Days, Massard, Mifliez, Paris, 1834

French royal gardener in work wear, 14th century.. Handcolored copperplate drawn and engraved by Leopold Massard from French Costumes from King Clovis to Our Days, Massard, Mifliez, Paris, 1834

Wolfgang Christoph von Leoprechting, died 1637
Bourgeoise fashion from a gravestone in St. Catherines Church, Frankfurt, 1468.. Bourgeoise fashion from the late 15th century from a gravestone in St. Catherines Church, Frankfurt, 1468

Waterlily flower fairy in nuns habit.. Handcolored steel engraving by C. Geoffrois after an illustration by Jean Ignace Isidore Grandville from Les Fleurs Animees, Flower Fairies, Paris

Dress of the reign of King Henry III, 1216-1272.. She wear a crimson fur-lined mantle over a blue and white damask dress, crown of roses, veil and wimple

Dress of the reign of Edward II, 1307-1327.. She wears an elaborate headdress with wimple and long veils wrapped over the breast, and a crimson long dress with white apron

Dress of the reign of King John, 1199-1216.. She wears a green mantle fastened at the throat over a grey-blue dress, white embroidered veil with diadem and wimple

Dress of the reign of King Stephen, 1135-1141.. Long veil and full wimple, full dress with long sleeves and apron, holding a garland of flowers

Queen of Sheba Royal Court. Story of King Salomon and Queen of Sheba, Ethiopia, 20th c. Painting. Private Collection

Avelina / Lancaster / Hill
AVELINA COUNTESS OF LANCASTER Wife of Edmund Crouchback (Founder and Earl of Lancaster) Date: - 1269?

MAN & WOMAN 1290
He wears an overcoat with slashed sleeves for convenience; she wears gown and under-gown, and a cloak and wimple when out of doors

Wimpole Hall 1704
WIMPLE in the County of CAMBRIDGESHIRE. A bird s-eye view of the hall built in 1643 showing formal gardens, tree- lined walks, a deer park and extensive parkland

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