Worn Collection (page 7)

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

Psychadelic Mini Dress
A colourful Pyschadelic mini dress, worn with a blue beret and white patent leather boots - So Sixties! Date: 1968

Girl from Piedmont
A lovely young Italian girl wearing one of the unusual hats which are worn by the women of Piedmont with the national costume. Date: 1930s

Horse Mounting Block
An ancient horse-mounting block of steps, well worn over the centuries, at Burford, Oxfordshire, England. It was made from a solid piece of Cotswold stone. Date: 1950s

Medieval wall-ring with devils head - Italy
Italy, Tuscany, Province of Siena, Pienza: Medieval wall-ring with devils head Date: 2010

Capitan Pacha, Head of the Ottoman Navy
The Capitan Bachi in his dress worn on public Occasions. Depicting the Capitan Pacha or head of the Ottoman Navy. 1803

COSTUME 1774-1780
French costumes of the later 1770s include the examples of the high, elaborate hairstyles then worn, also the polonaise gown & pelerines. One lady wears a calash (folding hood). Date: 1774 - 1780

Princely Costume C17Th
German Princely costumes: Armour worn with a lace edge sash, falling collar & reverse cuffs; breeches & doublet trimmed with lace - even the shoe roses are made of lace. Date: 1625 - 1640

Chevron Stripe Jumper
Jumper & scarf set in a chevron design, possibly machine-knitted, with short, puff sleeves fitting tightly above the elbow. Worn here with a white skirt. Date: 1934

Tailor-Made / Fur Collar
A tailor-made costume with long-line jacket with a luxurious collar of clipped beaver, a small hat & veil worn on one side & an elegant clutch bag. Date: 1930s

Suede Jacket & Gloves
Stylish double-breasted, belted, suede jacket with large pointed collar & revers & pocket flaps. Worn with matching gauntlets & clutch handbag. Date: 1930s

Rayon Ballgown
Love-in-a-mist coloured rayon gown with a long skirt, & heart (en coeur) shaped pleated corsage with narrow shoulder straps & worn with a triple belt trimmed with roses Date: 1938

Bird on Nellies Hat
A fashionable hat of the period trimmed with a stuffed bird worn by May Ward - the dainty little comedienne. Date: 1906

German Costume 1790

C12th Dress / Women
Super-tunics with pendant cuffs, long ornate girdles, mantles, hair worn uncovered or with a veil & an ornamental fillet or diadem. Date: 12th century

Costume / Sem 1901
Depicted in caricature actress Liane de Pougy illustrates the current silhouette with extra height suggested by the plumed picture hat & trained skirt. A white feather boa is also worn Date: 1901

Book cover design, Two Well-Worn Shoe Stories, showing a red-haired girl and her two dogs looking at a picture book. 1899

Bathing Beauties / 1899
Fashion plate showing costumes worn by bathing beauties Date: 1899

Bust Supporter
MAKE YOUR HUSBAND PROUD OF YOU - what greater incentive could a lady need to rush out and buy a Joujou to support her bust ? Can be worn next to the skin, whats more. Date: 1920

Hywel, Welsh Prince
HYWEL DDA, the Good : Cambrian prince, depicted in robes of state as worn in the hall of judgment. He visited Rome to consult jurists about the laws of his kingdom. Date: flourished 940

Rock perched precariously on clifftop
A rock perched (somewhat miraculously) on the top of a steep clif. The striations in the stone attest to their soft compound, the way water has aroded their form over time being made fully apparent

Sidi-bou-Medine, Algeria - The Koubba Wells
A superb photograph of a man and a young boy at the Wells of Koubba at Sidi bou Medine, Algeria. The gentleman (right) is possibly the Well operator?

Knitting a Jersey
A woman, seated by an open door, knits a jersey as worn by fishermen and sailers on the Cornish coast

Peeress Tricorne Hat
A tricorne hat, made from black velour to be worn by the life peeresses in the House of Lords. Designed by Ede and Ravenscroft the robe-makers

Prince Paul of Greece, later King of the Hellenes (1901-1964), youngest son of King Constantine I of Greece and Princess Sophie of Prussia

Autumn fashion by Gordon Conway
Woman wearing tweed suit worn with a wool sweater and a matching scarf

A lovely gown in which to celebrate Christmas festivies, by
A fashion illustration by Gordon Conway of a black velvet and net dinner gown worn with a net jacket

A suit for the sports woman, by Gordon Conway
A fashion illustration showing a polka dot suit worn with a molded felt hat

Prince George Donatus of Hesse
George Donatus of Hesse (1906-1937), son of Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig of Hesse and his second wife, Eleonore. George is wearing a Cossack style outfit

The Mode in May by Gordon Conway
A fashion illustration of a heavy pink satin gown, cut on the bias. The bodice is cut like a small bolero, tied at the back with a bow. The dress is worn with long pink suede gloves

Kenilworth / Amy & Earl L
What... does that emblem signify? Countess Amy examines the various noble devices and jewels worn by her husband the Earl of Leicester

The waistcoat of Nelson worn at the Battle of Trafalgar
This is an illustration of a relic of Nelson. It is the waistcoat worn by him at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805

The coat worn by Nelson at the Battle of Trafalgar
This is an illustration of a relic of Nelson. It is the coat worn by him at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805

Articles worn by the Duke of Wellington at Waterloo
Photograph showing some of the clothing and weapons used by Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, at Waterloo on display in Apsley House, London, late 19th century

British Fashions in 1946
Unusual utility fashion made from wool and worn with a wedge heel, the playsuit is the latest thing to come from our British fashion designers

The Weighing Office at the Bank of England. Bates Scales fo
In June 1842 a proclamation was issued announcing that a large prportion of the gold coinage in Britain had become worn and devalued and was below its prescribed weight of five penny weights

Brazil. Gold Washing. Rounded Water-Worn Pebble of Gold with
Worn specimen of gold encrusted pebble, containing 6 oz of gold

Costume / Ancient Persia
ANCIENT PERSIA Clothing worn by Ancient Persians

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