Pleated Collection (page 7)

Tunic dress circa 1912
Exotically patterned & brightly coloured tunic dress: narrow skirt, over-skirt draped to form a polonaise & a pleated tunic with a wrap over corsage. Worn with a soft hat. Date: circa 1912

Dancing Frock 1909
A dancing frock with square lace yoke threaded with ribbon tied to make a rosette with sash ends, pleated skirt with ruched ribbon trim, sandal slippers with ribbon ties. Date: 1909

Feminine Boater 1919
Soft crowned hat with chin strap, accordian pleated short tubular skirt, short coatee, boater style hat, checked suit with open jacket with a narrow belt at the bustline. Date: 1919

Swedish Frocks 1927
Rather matronly low waisted dresses: two with pleated skirts, also a two-piece dress with blouson top, an open robe in a bright pattern & a blue dress with a tiered skirt. Date: 1927

Green Spotted Cloak 1899
Pale green theatre cloak with high collar edged with white accordion pleated chiffon & trimmed with black lace applied in serpentine waves to the border. Date: 1899

Lady and Parasol 1899
Pink polonaise: wrap-over front ornamented with white flowers, accordion pleated under-skirt. Bonnet with black & pink ostrich feathers tied on with a bow & frilly parasol Date: 1899

Frilly Fashions 1892
Blue: yoke bodice, sleeves (3 vandyked flounces, pleated transparent flared cuffs). Brown: wrap-over coat bodice, frilled revers, gored skirt, gigot sleeves, broad belt. Date: 1892

Ball Dress 1891
Low-cut lilac dress with tucker, pleated bodice front, skirt pinned up with gold ornaments to reveal an embroidered under-skirt, open waistcoat & puffed sleeves. Date: 1891

Ladies Treasury 1880
Jacket body: pointed side basques, wrap-over front & buckle, skirt of narrow flounces & slight train. Plum & grey tunic: pleated bodice, cord & tassel belt. Date: 1880

Grey Tailor Made 1899
Pale grey tailor made with white trim: collarless jacket with short rounded basque, tight sleeves with puff at the shoulder, gored skirt, pleated blouse & grey fur stole. Date: 1899

Green / Yellow Dress 1899
Polonaise: open body, 3/4 length sleeves, high collar, accodian pleated under-skirt with flounce & ruched trim. Hat with fabric trim & plumes. Pink flower worn in her hair. Date: 1899

Skirt & Blouse 1828
Ruff, kerchief, ribbon adorned bonnet, blouse with full sleeves contained at the upper arm by a band, a canezou, skirt trimmed at waist & at knee level with lilac & foliage. 1828

Autumn Dress 1899
Grey & black dress: open bodice, embroidered revers with short cape, gored skirt with pleated panels contained to the knee with cords & buttons & flaring out below. 1899

Costume / Men / Jap Archer
A Japanese archer of ancient times, fully equipped with a quiver full of arrows and an enormous bow Date: ANCIENT JAPAN

Advert for Peter Robinson winter garments 1909
Exceptional bargains in the winter sale. 1909

Cool frocks for hot days 1929
Women wearing fashionable clothing with either floral or abstract design patterns. Date: 1929

Advert for Debenham & Freebody dressing gown & negligee 1937
Models wearing fashionable high neckline night wear, a satin dressing gown and full length nightdress with rope tassel. Date: 1937

John Cavanagh day dress, 1965
A day dress of navy blue wool georgette, gently bloused over a finely pleated skirt, a single pink rose below its white pique collar. Worn with a close-fitting cloche in navy straw by Reed Crawford

Servant of Fecamp.. Handcolored fashion plate illustration from Louis-Marie Lantes Costumes des femmes du Pays de Caux, 1827/1885

Studio portrait, three people with boxer dog. Date: circa 1920s

Young woman with a German Shepherd dog, France
Young woman with a German Shepherd dog in a tree-lined park, France. Date: circa 1930s

Couple in a park with a dog, France
An elegant couple in a park with a dog, France. Date: circa 1920s

Woman with a dachshund on her lap. Date: circa 1930s

Children with puppy, Balham, SW London
Group of children with a cute puppy, sitting in an open doorway of a Balham street, SW London. Date: circa 1961

Little girl and bulldog in a garden. Date: circa 1920s

Woman and boy with dog and cat
A woman and a boy with a dog and a cat in an armchair. Date: circa 1920s

Woman and dog in garden
Woman and dog in a garden. Date: circa 1920s

Four children playing on a Balham street, SW London. One boy seems to be blowing a raspberry at a girl wearing Girl Guides uniform. Date: circa 1961

Group of children on a Balham street, SW London
Group of children standing in front of a house on a Balham street, SW London. Date: circa 1961

Skating suit from Harrods, 1929
A practical skating suit for wearing to the rinks of fashionable winter resorts. The blouse is of black stockinette, relieved with black and white to match the check skirt

German family group in studio portrait
German family group in a studio portrait -- a man and three women, all in their smartest clothes. Date: early 20th century

Advert for Gor-ray skirts 1948
Gor-ray skirts one better! and no nonsense. 1948

Woman and maid
A woman gets ready to go out, helped by her maid. Date: 20th century

Advert for Gor-ray Koneray pleated skirts 1946
To account slendered. Figures always balance in this beautifully tailored Gor-ray skirt. Cleverly cut pleats subtract form the waistline and add to the charm

Advert for Gor-ray Koneray pleated skirts 1947
To do you justice Gor-ray. You ll know the new Gor-ray skirt at a glance. Fine material, eight stylish pleatsine Gor-ray label, you can t mistake it. Date: 1947

Peggy Page advertisement, 1964
Advertisement for Peggy Page fashions of Margaret Street, London W1, showing a model in the pink wearing a pleated chiffon dress with tie neckline available for just 7 1/2 guineas. Date: 1964

Middle class woman in residential street
A middle class woman in smart clothes standing by a shiny car in a residential street

Woman with large hat and pleated skirt
A woman wearing a large hat and pleated skirt, poses on a bench in a photographic studio Date: c. 1910

Woman riding a hobby horse on board ship
A woman riding a hobby horse on board ship. Date: 1930s

Advert for Debenham & Freebody evening gown 1938
Delightful evening black gown in knife pleated chiffon with tiny frills of net on each pleat; gauged bodice and graceful attached cape Date: 1938

Advert for Lillywhites tennis clothing 1937
White tennis wear for 1937. Tailored tennis dresses of white pique or heavy linen. Date: 1937

Advert for Bradleys womens clothing 1929
Models wearing end of winter sale womens clothing reading for the new season of spring wear. 1929

Black and white illustration of hands pleating a strip of tissue paper, to wrap a dried onion seed head in (storing dried flowers)

Count Dracula in a pleated cape with high collar

Portrait of Jacob Cats at the age of 57, Willem Jacobsz. Delff, 1635

Portrait of Gillis van Breen, Hendrick Goltzius, 1586 - 1590

Portrait of Jacob Duym at the age of 53, Jacob de Gheyn II, Bonaventura Vulcanius, 1600

Young couple and an old woman with money box (Unequal love), Anonymous, Jan Saenredam, Hendrick Goltzius, 1589 - 1607

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