Wrap Gallery

Repeating Pattern - Heath Robinson Motorcars

Repeating Pattern - Wiliam Heath Robinson illustrations from How to be a Motorist - pale yellow background. *PLEASE NOTE that the magifying glass is solely to show the detail of the repeating pattern and will not feature on the final file.*

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German court messenger and old man, 15th century

German male fashions of the late 15th century. Costume of a court messenger with brooch and lance, from painting of the life of St. Sigismund. And old man with stick and sandals from a painting of the Bavarian school in the Bavarian National Museum. Chromolithograph from Hefner-Alteneck's Costumes, Artworks and Appliances from the Middle Ages to the 17th Century, Frankfurt, 1889. Illustration by Dr. Jakob Heinrich von Hefner-Alteneck, lithographed by I.M. Dr. Hefner-Alteneck (1811 - 1903) was a German museum curator, archaeologist, art historian, illustrator and etcher

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Liberty fashion, 1929

Fashions from Liberty's in 1929 showing typical artistry and creative flair. On the left, a gown of black ring velvet draped by an artist. The bold pattern on the corsage was stencilled in copper and antique metal paint while the skirt was lined with flesh coloured georgette. Above a chiffon velvet wrap with scintillating gold stencilling in a Venetian design, the collar and cuffs being of brown fur'. Date: 1929

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