Shaped Collection (page 59)

Eccentric Juvenile Garb
Man: trousers with decorative border on outside leg. Girl: pink print dress, pantalettes & pelerine. Boy: full skirted blue coat, V shaped waist seam & very full sleeves

Girl with Guitar
A young girl plays a rather odd- shaped guitar

Bonnets & Hats 1860S
Hat designs by Mademoiselle Herst: a flat shaped hat tied to the head with broad lappets or bonnet strings. Trimmed with lace, ribbon, artificial flowers & beaded fringing

Dreamy Teenager
A dreamy teenage girl sits on her bed, sipping coffee, flicking through her magazine and listening to her Ekco 9 Octave radiogram, heart- shaped ashtray on the carpet

Comets of 1st Century
Various shapes of comet reported by Plinius the Elder (Gaius Plinius Secundus) including disk-shaped, twin- tailed, bearded, sword-like and other variants

Pyramid and temple, Tuxpan, Mexico
A pyramid-shaped monument with a temple on the top at Tuxpan (Tuxpam, Tusapan), in the State of Veracruz, Mexico

Nos Loisirs March 1924
Warm tubular shaped low waisted dresses: one with fur cuffs & collar & a pleated skirt, the other with double hip flounces. N.B ribbed stockings & small bags/ purses

Nelson / Birthplace / Iln
HORATIO LORD NELSON English naval officers birthplace at Burnham Thorpe Parsonage, Norfolk

Future Atlantic Liner
Transatlantic passenger liners will be aerodynamically shaped for faster travel. This vessel is based on a project by American designer Norman Bel Geddes

English Headdresses C15
Tournament spectators: their gowns have deep V -necklines & revers, narrow sleeves & fur cuffs. Headdresses: truncated cone, butterfly, V shaped roll, veils, cap with liripipe

Walking Dress 1818
Blue pelisse with military style Brandenbourg trim. The decorative cuffs & epaulettes have small, padded oval shaped detailing. Worn with a blue hat & red reticule

Costume for 1814
A young woman in a blue, fur- trimmed pelisse shows a leg. She wears a lace ruff, large bonnet, lace trimmed slippers and carries a pink shell shaped reticule

Ball Dress 1821
French lady wears a white robe the hem of which is ornamented with bouillon, rouleaux, leaf shaped applied trim & bunches of red roses. Her red cloak is lined with fur

3 Evening Dresses 1843
Hair is worn off the face & covers the ears & is ornamented with white ostrich plumes & wheat, rosettes & tiny flowers. Ans shaped coil of hair is secured with a comb

Evening Dress 1824
Pale yellow gown with short, puffed sleeves. The hem is decorated with 2 rouleaux infilled with puffings & oval shaped designs, topped with paisley pattern trim

Helicopter Disc
This disc-shaped saucer is propelled by conventional helicopter action, but more sophisticated than we know it, with in-built directional stability

Lady and her Linen / 1929
A bias cut dress with V shaped back & cape, narrow sleeves, bell shaped reverse cuffs & soft gored skirt which dips slightly more at the back

Lace Frocks 1929
Feminine dresses with uneven hemlines using lace, silk & satin in tiered flounces, chevron shaped inserts & in gathered side panels & capes

Evening Modes for 1929
A device to lengthen hemlines: the train of this grey princess-shaped gown, also a velvet bridge coat with ruffle trim, a lace gown & a green gown with double bolero corsage

Fringed Hem 1924
Two tubular shaped dresses with low waistlines. One has a deep V neckline, uneven seam at the hip & a gored skirt, the other a slanting low waistline & fringed skirt

Two-Sided Coat 1924
Vaugeois et Binot fabrics: sleeveless dress, scalloped hem & diamond shaped wrap over front; striped dress with a double skirt; double-sided fur coat with bright print lining

Handkerchief Hem 1924
Designs by Perugia: white strapless dress with red & gold shoes; narrow low cut tubular shaped dress with pleated side vents worn with purple & pink T-bar shoes

Boy / Zouave Jacket / Photo
A small boy poses next to a large chair. He wears a Zouave jacket with diamond shaped ornament on the cuffs, knickerbockers, boots & white socks

Costume / Baby C. 1900
A baby in long clothes & an elaborate high lacy bonnet has its photograph taken with its nurse maid who wears a short cape, square shaped headgear & apron with a scalloped edge

Fashionable Couple 1837
Man: frock coat with roll collar & pointed lapel. Woman: pink & white open-robe, bodice with lace tucker & quilling, tunic fastened at intervals with a shell shaped trim

Lady in Shawl 1837
Pale grey robe: scallop shaped trim down one side of the skirt composed of black velvet & blonde lace, large Kashmir shawl & lace edged collar with brooch. Footman in livery

DELIA MASONs HAT C1906
Delia Mason wears a hat composed of lace & gauze over a wire frame & trimmed with daisies. The brim is shaped into waves

Grey Hat with Feather
A fetching grey & black felt hat with a low flat crown & broad up-turned brim ornamented with a dyed & shaped feather & a jewelled device for holding it

Ermine Stole, Scarf, Hat
A young woman wears an ermine muff, hat and scarf to keep out the winter chills while out foraging for fir tree branches to decorate her home at Christmas

Costume / Photo 1902
A young woman wears a plain gored skirt & a blouse trimmed with lace with an all-round collar of a sensible height. A V shaped belt emphasizes her small waist

D-B Varsity Suit 1907
American suit: D-B Varsity with broad lapels, shaped cuffs, double pocket flaps & loose-hip trousers tapering at the ankle. A tad too elaborate to be considered elegant

Evening Coat with Ermine
Loose fitting evening coat shaped like an upturned triangle uses ornately patterned velvet with a high collar & back panel in ermine

Afternoon Dress 1922
As the autumn leaves fall, a lady takes her saluki for its walk : they pause beneath a tree, pondering the mutability of nature, the rhythm of the changing seasons... Date: 1922

Hun Settlement
Ring-shaped fortified settlement of the Huns, who invade Europe from the east in the 4th century, occupying parts of Hungary and Germany before trying to move west

Balenciaga Dinner Gown
A dinner gown in pale pink crepe trimmed with rows of black lace by Balenciaga of Paris. The jacket buttons & has a shaped basque & tie belt

Royal Crescent Bath
The Royal Crescent in Bath was designed by John Wood II and built between 1767 an 1775. It is comprised of 30 houses, and is shaped like a half- Colosseum, with Ionic columns

1930S Short Skirt
When the mini was known as an abbreviated skirt. Worn here with a cropped sun-top & a square bag shaped hat worn at a rakish angle

Fox Coat by Lanvin 1930S
A grey three-quarter length coat with large buttons teamed with a brimless fez shaped hat by Jeanne Lanvin. Both are trimmed with grey fox fur

Silver Fox Coat 1939
A Fourrures Halifax model: a short, silver fox fur coat lined in black silk cut to curve round the hips. Worn with a bag shaped cap wired to create a striking shape

Indian Lamb Coat 1930S
A short length coat in grey Indian lamb by Maurice with decorative suede insets. The funnel shaped sleeves are gathered at the shoulder. A fur cap completes the outfit

Brown Seal Coat 1930S
A brown seal half-length coat with suede collar, fly fastening & tulip shaped patch pockets. Designed by George Kaplan

Epaulette Jumper 1934
A hand-knitted jumper in a lacy stitch with round neck line & 3 button fastening. An unusual touch is the triangular shaped epaulettes attached with knitted buttons

JUMPER WITH V YOKE
Long sleeved jumper in tiny, two colour, geometric pattern with plan welt, cuffs & V shaped yoke ornamented with 3 silver buttons. Worn with a jazzy patterned skirt

Theatrical Costume 1890S
Margaret Corneille (possibly an actress) wears a theatrical looking costume with arrow headed, strap shaped applied trimmings & sequin adorned diamond shaped straps & belt Date: late 1890s

Dress with Apron
Costume with open jacket body, gored skirt with train & ornamented with self-coloured languette or tongue shaped flat trimmings & a gathered, lace edged apron with pockets

Theatrical Dress
A decollete gown with theatrical skirt length: bell shaped skirt with layers of accordian pleated flounces. N.B applique leaf motif, diamante straps, court shoes

Arquebusier 17th Century
An Arquebusier insert the powder into his Arquebus, a portable long-barrelled pre- cursor to the musket, which had a wheel or match-lock action and a hook-shaped butt

Whitsunday Island
A madreporic atoll comprising a ring-shaped coral reef, on which seeds borne by the wind have taken root

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