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Fitting Collection (#12)

"Fitting: A Journey Through Time and Style" Step back in time to the grandeur of Harland & Wolff shipyards in Belfast

Background imageFitting Collection: Nova 2644 fol. 105r The Tailor s: Clothes of Wool, from Tacuinum Sanitatis (vellum)

Nova 2644 fol. 105r The Tailor s: Clothes of Wool, from Tacuinum Sanitatis (vellum)
ALI142933 Nova 2644 fol.105r The Tailor s: Clothes of Wool, from Tacuinum Sanitatis (vellum) by Italian School, (14th century); Osterreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna

Background imageFitting Collection: Evening Musings, The Tide of Time, 1876 (pen and brush and sepia wash and pencil on paper

Evening Musings, The Tide of Time, 1876 (pen and brush and sepia wash and pencil on paper
985371 Evening Musings, The Tide of Time, 1876 (pen and brush and sepia wash and pencil on paper) by Melrose, Andrew (1826-1901); 57x78 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Evening Musings)

Background imageFitting Collection: The Throne Room, Carlton House, 1819 (hand-coloured aquatint engraving)

The Throne Room, Carlton House, 1819 (hand-coloured aquatint engraving)
986347 The Throne Room, Carlton House, 1819 (hand-coloured aquatint engraving) by Wild, Charles (1781-1835) (after); 33.7x28 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: The Throne Room, Carlton House)

Background imageFitting Collection: Stores Officer outfits new recruit, Cambridge HQ, 24th October 1964

Stores Officer outfits new recruit, Cambridge HQ, 24th October 1964

Background imageFitting Collection: A British officer (right) is pictured at a stables in The Hull

A British officer (right) is pictured at a stables in The Hull, East Riding and Yorkshire Area. Note to editors. It is possible that these soldiers are part of the East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry

Background imageFitting Collection: Czecho-Slovakia Crisis (Sept. 13-29, 1938. ) A. R. P. measures taken in Liverpool as members

Czecho-Slovakia Crisis (Sept. 13-29, 1938. ) A. R. P. measures taken in Liverpool as members
Czecho-Slovakia Crisis (Sept.13-29, 1938.) A.R.P. measures taken in Liverpool as members of the public seen here receiving their gas masks at an un-named school 27th September 1938

Background imageFitting Collection: Child film star Mark Lester, 10 years old, being fitted for the suit which he will wear

Child film star Mark Lester, 10 years old, being fitted for the suit which he will wear when being presented to Princess Margaret at the London film premier of Oliver!

Background imageFitting Collection: Cassius Clay aka (Muhammad Ali) getting measured at Austin Reeds in London

Cassius Clay aka (Muhammad Ali) getting measured at Austin Reeds in Londons Regent Street. Cassius was looking for a suit, but they hadn t one big enough around the chest and shoulders

Background imageFitting Collection: The Sunderland squad relax at their Southport Training camp ahead of the FA Cup Semi

The Sunderland squad relax at their Southport Training camp ahead of the FA Cup Semi final against Birmingham City. Southport was a regular venue for the Sunderland team in the 1930s when they wanted

Background imageFitting Collection: A young woman is giving a helping hand by her mother as she tries on a dress Circa

A young woman is giving a helping hand by her mother as she tries on a dress Circa 1954

Background imageFitting Collection: Convair 580 N331G

Convair 580 N331G (msn 202) Capitalist Tool of Forbes Magazine at London Heathrow Airport. built as a Convair CV-340-79-, powered by Pratt & Whitney R-2800 piston engines

Background imageFitting Collection: Thai paratroopers fitting parachutes

Thai paratroopers fitting parachutes
Thai paratroop training by the Royal Air Force at RAF Sembawang in Singapore 01:My dress with parachute is X Type. (Fitting the X- Type parachute) Date: 1955

Background imageFitting Collection: McDonnell Douglas YC-15A 72-1876

McDonnell Douglas YC-15A 72-1876 (msn CX002), the second prototype, at the 1976 SBAC Farnborough Air Show. First flown in December 1975

Background imageFitting Collection: Cestina Warehouse or Belly Piece Shop, April 16, 1793. Creator

Cestina Warehouse or Belly Piece Shop, April 16, 1793. Creator
Cestina Warehouse or Belly Piece Shop, April 16, 1793. Possibly after George Moutard Woodward

Background imageFitting Collection: Fashion Show Backstage Date: 1948

Fashion Show Backstage Date: 1948

Background imageFitting Collection: Manufacture of War materials at Woolwich Arsenal 1877

Manufacture of War materials at Woolwich Arsenal 1877
Series of illustrations at Woolwich Arsenal, London, Harvey torpedoes being made by her Majestys Government to fabricate the artillery and ammunition for land and sea service. Date: 1877

Background imageFitting Collection: Royal Costume 12th century

Royal Costume 12th century
QUEEN OF HENRY II (1122?- 1204): an embroidered gown with close fitting sleeves & a girdle & a crown over a veil. A fur-lined mantle falls from her shoulders. Date: 12th cenntury

Background imageFitting Collection: COSTUME / SERVANT C17TH

COSTUME / SERVANT C17TH
An English kitchenmaid: a bodice with voluminous sleeves, pattens, a skirt with ornamented hem hitched up to reveal the petticoat & a close-fitting cap. Date: 1640

Background imageFitting Collection: FITTING AT GERSONS C1895

FITTING AT GERSONS C1895
A lady, standing in front of a large mirror, has some final adjustments made to her new gown by the dressmaker. Date: circa 1895

Background imageFitting Collection: GIRL WITH NEW DRESS 1905

GIRL WITH NEW DRESS 1905
A little girl has a fitting for her new dress. Date: 1905

Background imageFitting Collection: Costume La Mode 1846

Costume La Mode 1846
Pink dress: four scallop edged flounces, tight fitting sleeves with volans & worn with a net pelerine. Hair: covers the ears. Green dress: worn with a shawl & bonnet. Date: 1846

Background imageFitting Collection: Napier fitting shop in 1929

Napier fitting shop in 1929. Date: 1929

Background imageFitting Collection: Vancouver, Canada - Cadillac 8 - Big Tree, Stanley Park

Vancouver, Canada - Cadillac 8 - Big Tree, Stanley Park Date: 1919

Background imageFitting Collection: Interior of a London West End Boutique

Interior of a London West End Boutique, specialising in Gentlemans formal wear. Date: circa 1950s

Background imageFitting Collection: Wall lights, Amsterdam

Wall lights, Amsterdam
Amsterdam, the Netherlands - 28 May 2016; You can see pattern and abstraction everywhere, provided you look for it. This pleasing wall light was spotted by chance in Amsterdam

Background imageFitting Collection: Patent Triplex Grate F Pattern with close-fitting mantel

Patent Triplex Grate F Pattern with close-fitting mantel Best Grey Porcelain Enamelled finish Date: circa 1920s

Background imageFitting Collection: Installing Turbines

Installing Turbines
circa 1911: Huge turbine engines being hoisted into position for fitting to the Cunard luxury liner Aquitania during her construction at a Clydebank shipyard owned by John Brown and Company

Background imageFitting Collection: Fitting of Metropolitan Police uniform, south east London

Fitting of Metropolitan Police uniform, south east London
A Metropolitan Police officer is fitted with his uniform at a police clothing store in Lambeth Road, south east London. There are rows of helmets and piles of clothes on counter tops

Background imageFitting Collection: Fitting 1890-1891 Mary Cassatt American 1844-1926

Fitting 1890-1891 Mary Cassatt American 1844-1926
The Fitting, 1890-1891. Mary Cassatt (American, 1844-1926). Drypoint and aquatint; sheet: 42.7 x 31.4 cm (16 13/16 x 12 3/8 in.); platemark: 37.6 x 25.5 cm (14 13/16 x 10 1/16 in.)

Background imageFitting Collection: Advert for Charles H. Baber ladies footwear 1929

Advert for Charles H. Baber ladies footwear 1929
Elegant ladies footwear for widths - all fittings made to the specification of your foot. 1929

Background imageFitting Collection: Italian Costume 1380

Italian Costume 1380
Italian costume: garments worn with armour include parti- coloured soled hose, gipon or doublet, tight-fitting garment without sleeves or with short raglan sleeves & buckles. Date: 1380

Background imageFitting Collection: German Nobles C. 1425

German Nobles C. 1425
Man: sleeveless, fur-lined & trimmed loose fitting garment, hose, piked shoes (cracowes) & a dagged cap. Woman: long mantle with a dagged border. Date: circa 1425

Background imageFitting Collection: German Dress C14Th

German Dress C14Th
Woman: goffered veil & wimple, kirtle with buttoned sleeves, loose fitting gown, girdle & pouch. Man: dagged cape, gipon (doublet), girdle, piked shoes & hat with an up-turned brim. Date: 14th century

Background imageFitting Collection: Prometheus shaving lamp - WWI

Prometheus shaving lamp - WWI
Prometheus shaving lamp - manufactured by W. H. Williams Patent. Officers Private Purchase - shaving brush set with brush in the top section and the base as a primus type fitting for heating water

Background imageFitting Collection: Advert for Burberry weatherproof top-coats and suits 1913

Advert for Burberry weatherproof top-coats and suits 1913
Showing a man wearing a trilby hat, striped single breasted lounge suit for daytime function, in a wide range of materials, flannel, cashmere and tweed, narrow trousers and spats shoes

Background imageFitting Collection: Advertisement for Lancaster & Thorpe opticians, Derby

Advertisement for Lancaster & Thorpe opticians, Derby
Advertisement for Lancaster & Thorpe, The Opticians, The Spot, Derby, offering sight testing and the scientific fitting of glasses

Background imageFitting Collection: Brown horse with correctly fitted bridle and bit, profile

Brown horse with correctly fitted bridle and bit, profile

Background imageFitting Collection: Fitting up an Electric Contact Mine, 1914

Fitting up an Electric Contact Mine, 1914. A naval mine is a self-contained explosive device placed in water to damage or destroy surface ships or submarines

Background imageFitting Collection: Initiation into the Order of Knighthood, 1905. Artist: HMP

Initiation into the Order of Knighthood, 1905. Artist: HMP
Initiation into the Order of Knighthood, 1905. From Cassells Illustrated History of England, Vol. I. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris, New York & Melbourne, 1905]

Background imageFitting Collection: answer, blurred motion, business, collaboration, color image, complexity, concept

answer, blurred motion, business, collaboration, color image, complexity, concept
Jigsaw puzzle pieces floating in sky with spheres

Background imageFitting Collection: answer, architecture, blue sky, business, city, cloud, collaboration, color image

answer, architecture, blue sky, business, city, cloud, collaboration, color image
Jigsaw puzzle pieces floating in sky with spheres

Background imageFitting Collection: answer, blue, business, collaboration, color image, complexity, concept, cooperation

answer, blue, business, collaboration, color image, complexity, concept, cooperation
Jigsaw puzzle pieces floating in sky with spheres

Background imageFitting Collection: Falka by H. B. Farnie. Image of Alexina de Kelkirsch

Falka by H. B. Farnie. Image of Alexina de Kelkirsch
Falka by H.B. Farnie. Alexina de Kelkirsch, shown here, is a young heiress. The caption reads Ive got a mind of my own. Date: 1880s

Background imageFitting Collection: Cinderella Flyer for the Grand Theatre in Derby

Cinderella Flyer for the Grand Theatre in Derby
Cinderella. The entire front page of a four page flyer for the Grand Theatre in Derby, Christmas 1937. " Oswald Cray presents the most glorious pantomime ever staged in Derby"

Background imageFitting Collection: Evening and day wear 1913

Evening and day wear 1913
Women models wearing fashionable clothing for evening and day wear. White heavy eveing gown in charmeuse with a short train; over beaded white tulle is diagonally draped




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"Fitting: A Journey Through Time and Style" Step back in time to the grandeur of Harland & Wolff shipyards in Belfast, where the majestic Titanic and Olympic were meticulously fitted with every detail. Witness the sleekness of Concorde 002, the second prototype that soared through the skies. As it is towed from the Brabazon Hangar at Filton, you can feel its power and grace. Join in on the excitement of Social/Cup Day at Ascot, where elegance meets fashion. The perfect occasion for a fitting ensemble that turns heads. Watch as two cobblers skillfully mend shoes, their hands working like magic to restore comfort and style to worn-out soles. Marvel at an exquisite Art Deco dressing table, a masterpiece of craftsmanship designed to fit seamlessly into any glamorous boudoir. See John Inman being expertly fitted for his role in Mother Goose at Empire Theatre, Liverpool. Witness how costumes bring characters to life on stage. Discover Thomsons glove-fitting corset advertisement - a testament to innovation and beauty merging effortlessly together. Challenge your mind with a jigsaw puzzle; each piece fitting perfectly into place until a stunning picture emerges before your eyes. Relive history as you explore Nankeen trousers from 1818 - tailored garments that stood the test of time with their timeless elegance and impeccable fit. Indulge yourself in an Art Deco bathroom oasis - where luxury meets functionality. Every fixture carefully chosen for its perfect fit within this stylish space. Fitting: It's not just about measurements or sizes; it's about finding harmony between form and function, creating moments that are tailor-made for perfection.