Lace Collection (#7)

Lady of quality, in neglige, reign of Louis XIV, 1696. Handcoloured steel engraving by Polidor Pauquet after
FLO4686035 Lady of quality, in neglige, reign of Louis XIV, 1696. Handcoloured steel engraving by Polidor Pauquet after Jean-Baptiste Bonnart (1654-1726)

Margaret of Valois (1553-1615), first wife of Henri IV, 1572. Handcoloured steel engraving by Polidor Pauquet after
FLO4685942 Margaret of Valois (1553-1615), first wife of Henri IV, 1572. Handcoloured steel engraving by Polidor Pauquet after Thomas de Leu from the Pauquet Brothers " Modes et Costumes

The incomparable Ravel, a guitar-playing English tightrope artist from the early 19th century
FLO4677998 The incomparable Ravel, a guitar-playing English tightrope artist from the early 19th century, with two dancers on thick ropes

Shop girls dressing in the morning. Four shop girls dressing, fixing their hair in front of mirror
FLO4677962 Shop girls dressing in the morning. Four shop girls dressing, fixing their hair in front of mirror, adjusting their stockings, playing with a cat

Drummer performing tricks with drumsticks while beating a drum, accompanied by a violinist
FLO4677652 Drummer performing tricks with drumsticks while beating a drum, accompanied by a violinist. Handcoloured engraving from Pierre de la Mesanger's Le Bon Genre, Paris

A mistress of a clothes shop and her staff playing a game of a little bird told me
FLO4677624 A mistress of a clothes shop and her staff playing a game of a little bird told me. The women wear bonnets, aprons, and black dresses

Old woman trying on a pink bonnet in front of three young shopgirls, " Women appear to have sworn to lie about
FLO4677543 Old woman trying on a pink bonnet in front of three young shopgirls, " Women appear to have sworn to lie about youth up to their last breath." Handcoloured engraving from Pierre

Women making pillow lace
2602666 Women making pillow lace; (add.info.: Women making pillow lace. Engraving, London, 1825.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Dressing bobbin net lace
2602661 Dressing bobbin net lace; (add.info.: Dressing bobbin (machine made) net lace, Messrs Manlove and Alliott, Nottingham, England

COSTUME: dress, Scotland, Ayrshire (place associated), c. 1850-1860, length 1200mm (Ayrshire embroidery, cambric)
3548496 COSTUME: dress, Scotland, Ayrshire (place associated), c. 1850-1860, length 1200mm (Ayrshire embroidery, cambric, cotton); 120x118 cm; Glasgow Museums

COSTUME: dress, Scotland, Ayrshire (place associated), c. 1850-1860, length 1200mm (Ayrshire embroidery, cambric)
3548493 COSTUME: dress, Scotland, Ayrshire (place associated), c. 1850-1860, length 1200mm (Ayrshire embroidery, cambric, cotton); 120x118 cm; Glasgow Museums

The doubling room, 1851
3479211 The doubling room, 1851; (add.info.: The doubling room, Dead Mills, near Bolton. In this room, which contained 70, 000 spindles)

Gabrielle Rejane, c.1890-1900 (watercolour)
8698364 Gabrielle Rejane, c.1890-1900 (watercolour) by Lemaire, Madeleine (1845-1928); (add.info.: Art. Fine Arts. French actress Gabrielle Rejane)

Female shop-lifter caught in the act. 18th century. (print)
7419919 Female shop-lifter caught in the act. 18th century. (print); (add.info.: A female shop-lifter is caught in the act. She had concealed lengths of lace beneath her clothes)

Women's costume of Plumelin, Morbihan (colour litho)
8677210 Women's costume of Plumelin, Morbihan (colour litho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Women's costume of Plumelin, Morbihan, Brittany, France)

Miss Georgina Hogarth, sister-in-law and life-long friend of Charles Dickens (b/w photo)
8673288 Miss Georgina Hogarth, sister-in-law and life-long friend of Charles Dickens (b/w photo) by Beresford, George Charles (1864-1938); Private Collection; (add.info)

End XVIIIth century women's headdress (litho)
8677414 End XVIIIth century women's headdress (litho) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: End XVIIIth century women's headdress)

Portrait of a Woman, 1646 (oil on wood)
XOS5879224 Portrait of a Woman, 1646 (oil on wood) by Flinck, Govaert (1615-60); 101x90 cm; Cleveland Museum of Art, OH, USA; (add.info.: Painting by Govaert Flinck)

Female portrait, France
494039 Female portrait, France by Unknown photographer, (20th century); Alinari

An unidentified young lady of the time of Charles I, c.1635 (oil painting)
7340626 An unidentified young lady of the time of Charles I, c.1635 (oil painting) by English School, (17th century); 72x61 cm; National Maritime Museum, London

Portrait of Francesca Savoia. Painting by Justus Sustermans (1597-1681). Museo Civico, Galleria Campori, Modene
VEN5032731 Portrait of Francesca Savoia. Painting by Justus Sustermans (1597-1681). Museo Civico, Galleria Campori, Modene.; Galleria Campori, Museo Civico, Modena

COSTUME: dress, Scotland, Ayrshire (place associated), c. 1850-1860, length 1200mm (Ayrshire embroidery, cambric)
3548492 COSTUME: dress, Scotland, Ayrshire (place associated), c. 1850-1860, length 1200mm (Ayrshire embroidery, cambric, cotton); 120x118 cm; Glasgow Museums

Gentleman, reign of Louis XIII, 1642. Handcoloured steel engraving by Hippolyte Pauquet after Abraham Bosse (1604-1676)
FLO4686038 Gentleman, reign of Louis XIII, 1642. Handcoloured steel engraving by Hippolyte Pauquet after Abraham Bosse (1604-1676)

French costumes, reign of Louis XIII, 1633. Handcoloured steel engraving by Polidor Pauquet after " Le Bal"
FLO4686029 French costumes, reign of Louis XIII, 1633. Handcoloured steel engraving by Polidor Pauquet after " Le Bal" by Abraham Bosse (1604-1676)

Town costumes, woman and child, reign of Louis XIII, 1633. Handcoloured steel engraving by Polidor Pauquet after
FLO4686021 Town costumes, woman and child, reign of Louis XIII, 1633. Handcoloured steel engraving by Polidor Pauquet after Abraham Bosse (1604-1676)

Nobility of Lorraine, reign of Louis XIII, 1625. Handcoloured steel engraving by Polidor Pauquet after Jacques Callot
FLO4686009 Nobility of Lorraine, reign of Louis XIII, 1625. Handcoloured steel engraving by Polidor Pauquet after Jacques Callot from the Pauquet Brothers " Modes et Costumes Historique"

Lace and Bonnet Store, Hanover Street, Boston, USA, 1852
NWI4826140 Lace and Bonnet Store, Hanover Street, Boston, USA, 1852.; (add.info.: Lace and Bonnet Store, Hanover Street, Boston, USA, 1852.); Photo © North Wind Pictures

Angel and Death (a baby stretches, his head and arms resting on a skull) - Ceramic sculpture, Baroque art
JEB4937242 Angel and Death (a baby stretches, his head and arms resting on a skull) - Ceramic sculpture, Baroque art, 17th century, Seville (Spain); (add.info.: Angel and Death (a baby stretches)

Costume of Granville
5855760 Costume of Granville; (add.info.: Costume of Granville. A woman in her finery. This hairstyle is called the "conine." It is extraordinary that this simple style can appear so)

Costume of Granville
5855758 Costume of Granville; (add.info.: Costume of Granville. This woman is a fish merchant, and wears a woollen cape, violet stockings and black shoes)

Costume of Alencon
5855752 Costume of Alencon; (add.info.: Costume of Alencon. A peasant woman returning from the market. She wears an apron on top of an apron, and headband on top of headband)

Costume of Coutances
5855734 Costume of Coutances; (add.info.: Costume of Coutances. View from the front of a bonnet similar to the one in Plate 76, with the bonnet's papillon (butterfly) wings horizontal

Costume of the Bayeux area, near the sea
5855710 Costume of the Bayeux area, near the sea; (add.info.: Costume of the Bayeux area, near the sea. The bonnet is called a "dormeuse" or sleeper)

Costume of Caen
5855702 Costume of Caen; (add.info.: Costume of Caen. The woman has fixed her bavolet bonnet with two ribbons - one under the chin and one across the forehead)

Cauchoise
5855665 Cauchoise; (add.info.: Servant woman wearing the bonnet of ordinary women in Yvetot, in striped apron and full skirt)

Cauchoise
5855664 Cauchoise; (add.info.: Woman of Limpiville on the day of the Festival of the Assumption. She wears a bonnet with very long lace tails)

Costume of Granville
5855757 Costume of Granville; (add.info.: Costume of Granville. The same bonnet as in Plate 99, with the tails of chiffon folded and tied. She has knotted her shawl in the same fashion)

Tradeswoman of Lisieux
5855743 Tradeswoman of Lisieux; (add.info.: Tradeswoman of Lisieux. She wears a serre-tete fixed with a double ribbon, like those worn by the women of Paris at night)

Servant at Carentan
5855737 Servant at Carentan; (add.info.: Servant at Carentan. The simple cotton bonnet looks good on the heads of the women of Normandy. She is spinning yarn while leaning against a wooden gate)

Costume of Coutances
5855733 Costume of Coutances; (add.info.: Costume of Coutances. While the woman in Plate 25 wore an everyday bonnet, this woman is wearing a demi-pare bonnet - the bavolet was for the finest)

Costume of St. Valery en Caux
5855714 Costume of St. Valery en Caux.; (add.info.: Costume of St. Valery en Caux. The decoration of the bonnet is unlike anything we've seen at Rolleville or Bolbec)

Costume of St. Valery en Caux
5855713 Costume of St. Valery en Caux; (add.info.: Costume of St. Valery en Caux. The bonnet is larger but not as tall as that of Bolbec, and the chignon is shorter)

Portrait of the Duchess of Polignac, 1885 (lithograph)
5893612 Portrait of the Duchess of Polignac, 1885 (lithograph); (add.info.: Portrait of Yolande Martine Gabrielle de Polastron, Duchess of Polignac, a favourite of Marie Antoinette)

Dress (Dress) of the reign of George III, 1760-1820. Woman in feathered headdress
FLO4594793 Dress (Dress) of the reign of George III, 1760-1820. Woman in feathered headdress, gown of purple silk with lace sleeves, large hooped petticoats with bunches of flowers

Dress (Robe) of the reign of George II, 1727-1760. She wears a headdress in the shape of a carriage, beauty spots
FLO4594747 Dress (Robe) of the reign of George II, 1727-1760. She wears a headdress in the shape of a carriage, beauty spots, necklaces and chokers, a dress with fitted bodice

Dress (Dress) of the reign of Queen Anne, 1702-1714. She wears a tall hat of ribbon and lace
FLO4594718 Dress (Dress) of the reign of Queen Anne, 1702-1714. She wears a tall hat of ribbon and lace, a dress trimmed with lace, white gloves, and carries a lace fan

Autumn fashion, 1852: ladies walking and home-toilet dresses
NWI4759713 Autumn fashion, 1852: ladies walking and home-toilet dresses.; (add.info.: Autumn fashion, 1852: ladies walking and home-toilet dresses.); Photo © North Wind Pictures

First World War: France, Patriotic Map showing William II on him everything the Germans took during their invasion
LUX4739840 First World War: France, Patriotic Map showing William II on him everything the Germans took during their invasion, champagne, pendulum, lace

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"Lace: A Timeless Elegance Captured in Art" The Armada portrait of Queen Elizabeth I, c. 1590 (oil on panel): In this iconic painting, Queen Elizabeth I exudes power and grace as she dons a delicate lace collar, symbolizing her regal status. Marie Antoinette Meytens: This enchanting portrait showcases the extravagant fashion of the French queen, with intricate lace adorning her gown and adding a touch of femininity to her royal persona. Queen Elizabeth, The Ermine Portrait, 1585 (1896). Artist: Nicholas Hilliard: Here we see another stunning portrayal of Queen Elizabeth I wearing an exquisite lace ruff that accentuates her majestic presence. Larkin - Lady Dorothy Cary J920335: Lady Dorothy Cary's portrait captures the essence of refinement with a beautiful lace veil delicately draped over her head, emphasizing both elegance and modesty. Larkin - Richard Sackville J920333: Lace takes center stage in this painting as it embellishes Richard Sackville's attire, reflecting his noble lineage and impeccable taste during the Renaissance era. Hals - Pieter van den Broecke J870218: Pieter van den Broecke is portrayed wearing an intricately patterned lace collar that epitomizes the opulence associated with Dutch Golden Age fashion. Portrait of Madame Rimsky-Korsakov nee Varvara Dmitrievna Mergassov, 1864: This captivating portrait showcases Madame Rimsky-Korsakov adorned in a lavish black lace dress that exudes sophistication and allure. Tamsin Blight, the White Witch of Helston by William Jones Chapman (1808-1872): Tamsin Blight captivates viewers with her ethereal beauty enhanced by a delicate white lace shawl draped gracefully around her shoulders. The Lennox-Boyd family, around 1912.