Worn Collection (page 6)

Evening Dress 1818
White evening gown worn over a blue slip. The neck-line is cut low & off the shoulder. The long sleeves have vandyked epaulettes & cuffs. The hem has 3 deep flounces of lace. Date: 1818

Morning Dress 1815
Woman in a white muslin, long- sleeved gown worn with a white cap: possibly a mob cap or a cornette, decorated with pink roses and tied beneath the chin with a pink ribbon. Date: circa 1815

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

Afternoon Dress 1801
A yellow gown trimmed in blue & black with a ruff & matching turban & plume. A white gown worn with a red spencer & white ruff & feather headdress. Date: 1801

Englishman 1205
Over his flowing gown he wears a surcoat : originally worn over armour, it has now become a staple item of dress, cut without sleeves and slit up the sides Date: circa 1205

Court Dress 1806
Full court dress worn on the Queens Birthday 1806 by Marchioness of Townshend. The skirt is bordered with a Greek key pattern & decorated with large tassels. Date: 1806

Slum Children / Hoxton
Slum children from Hoxton, London, sitting at the side of the road playing cards with cigarette cards and the odd playing card Date: early 20th century

Garden Party Dress 1912
A garden party dress with a high waist, gathered corsage, sash belt & heavily embroidered skirt with a plain yoke. Worn with a capeline hat with a velvet hatband. 1912

Englishman of 1685
The body-coat has now become the universal fashion, as have the wide knee-breeches : wigs are universally worn by men with any pretensions to being in the swim Date: circa 1685

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

Men / Headwear / C14 / Strutt
Examples of headwear worn by English men. Date: 14th century

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

Wedding Dress 1870
A bridal gown of the year 1870 is modelled approximately 60 years after the happy event and is worn without the crinolette or bustle required to support the skirt. Date: 1870

Electric Trouve Lamp
ELECTRIC LAMP A portable electric lamp by Gustave Trouve worn on the head

Jos Chamberlain / Vfair 08
JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN Liberal MP looking " War-Worn" Date: 1836 - 1914

FUR STOLE, 1889
Fur stole worn by society lady (Miss Jeune) Date: 1889

Charlemagnes Crown
The coronation crown of the emperor Charlemagne, worn at Rome in 800 and preserved in the Imperial Treasury, Vienna Date: 800

Girdle that reduces waist and hips
New hour-a-day girdle reducess waist and hips often 3 inches the very first week ! now at last you can wear the stylish, decoming clothes your heart desires - without worrying about an unattractive

Hyde Park Parade Dress
Winter dress for promenading in Hyde Park: crimson pelisse & toque trimmed with ermine worn with a white muslin dress, crimson slippers & tan gloves. Date: 1808

Five Imperial patients, Winter Garden, Quex Park
Five Imperial patients outside the front of the Winter Garden, Quex Park. They are wearing hospital blues the uniform worn by patients who were in the Imperial forces

Winston Churchill and his various headgear
An article entitled The colonel and his new " nut" (every apology!) showing a vast array of hats and helmets worn by Winston Churchill

Small hats featured in the Deauville season, 1927
Crowning touches with small hats featured in the Deauville season, 1927 worn by Lady Louis Mountbatten, Princess de Faucigny-Lucinge, Mme Maria Kousnezoff

Lady Colebrooke Munitions Worker WW1. Lady Alexandra Colebrooke in working garb worn by her in munitions plant in Great Britain Date: circa 1916

Suffragettes and a Cabinet Minister. Pro-Suffrage Viewpoint showing suffragettes waylaying a Minister weary and worn, who treated the suffragette with scorn The HOUSE that man Built series

Alexandra Day ribbon tabard, worn by collectors
An Alexandra Day ribbon tabard, worn by collectors for Alexandra Day collections. Includes an Alexandra Day posy of roses.. Commemorative Ware

WWI mahogany plaque in the shape of Australia
A First World War mahogany plaque in the shape of Australia. The piece contains the following : 1. A multi-coloured badge worn at the top of the left sleeve by members of the Australian Flying Corps

Derby recruiters sleeping at a recruiting office, WW1
Worn out Derby recruiters snatching some sleep at their offices after a busy night dealing with the final rush of recruits under Lord Derbys group system

Zulu Dancers / Tresses
A group of Zulu Men dancing whilst wearing tresses as body adornments. Date: 1936

Tatler fashions by Gordon Conway
A fashion illustration of a light green suit with matching jacket. The outfit is worn with a soft straw hat and peach kid skin shoes. Date: 1929

Japanese Acting Mask
The rather frightening mask and costume worn by Japanese actor KUBUKI in the role of a loner in a Japanese play. Date: 28 April 1933

Rooftop Crinoline
Old and new fashions on a London rooftop, one woman in modern clothes and the other in a rather incongruous mix of a crinoline worn with a modern top and tricorn style hat! Date: 1931

Bejewelled Nail Covers
A model shows off her bejewelled nail cover talons, similar to the type worn by traditional dancers in Bali. Date: early 1930s

China - Chinese Girl flicking through a Photo Album Date: circa 1910s

Battered old boot-shaped Christmas card with blue tits and snow. Date: circa 1890s

Railway passes worn by George Stephenson

Acropora, Worn coral
This specimen was collected by Charles Darwin in 1836 from Keeling Atoll, Indian Ocean

Dressed for Winter
Long line sweater (jumper) in green & white checker board with red belt & cuffs worn with a white skirt, long red & black striped scarf with fringed ends & a green hat. Date: 1912

The novelty of the cabaret meal has worn off; it is time other things had a cabaret accompaniment. Illustration shows a vignette cartoon where Cabaret Accompaniment is introduced into various social

The little man has had a busy day... Harry himself. Harry, the owner of a New York style bar in Paris pokes fun at himself in this advertisement piece

Laborers hands. Date not after 1925

Backstage at the girlie show at the Vermont state fair, Rutland. Date 1941 Sept. Backstage at the girlie show at the Vermont state fair, Rutland. Date 1941 Sept

Magatama?, curved gems - kudatama, straight gems, worn by high off. Drawing shows two long sets of gems suspended from cords, worn by high government officials. Date 1878?

A Slippery Customer by W. S. Hutton 1927
Young woman being very indecisive on what shoes to buy, while the shop assistant is on her hands and knees exhausted. Date: 1927

Women porters of the Italian Lakes with mules
Women porters of the Italian Lakes region with a man, a young boy, a mule and a young calf. Date: circa 1909

Venetian Dress
A beautiful traditional Venetian dress, embroidered brocade worn with a becoming lace shawl. Date: 18th century

Japanese Straw Boaters
If we MUST bring back the straw hat, why not copy the Japanese method of popularising it? Three straw boaters, worn with advertising sandwich boards! Date: 1933

Model Bride
A lovely model bride, wearing a tiara-like beaded head- dress, worn with a simple dress, the unusual feature of which are the sleeves and the gathered front. Date: 1930s

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