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Dressmaker Collection

Background imageDressmaker Collection: Neva. Les meilleures pour familles et ateliers, c. 1890. Creator: Tamagno, Nicolas (1862-1933)

Neva. Les meilleures pour familles et ateliers, c. 1890. Creator: Tamagno, Nicolas (1862-1933)
Neva. Les meilleures pour familles et ateliers, c. 1890. Private Collection

Background imageDressmaker Collection: Chadwick's Cotton Sewing Thread, 1890. Creator: Anonymous

Chadwick's Cotton Sewing Thread, 1890. Creator: Anonymous
Chadwick's Cotton Sewing Thread, 1890. Private Collection

Background imageDressmaker Collection: Helvetia, machines à coudre, 1890. Creator: Anonymous

Helvetia, machines à coudre, 1890. Creator: Anonymous
Helvetia, machines a coudre, 1890. Private Collection

Background imageDressmaker Collection: Pfaff, c. 1900. Creator: Reijs, F. (active ca 1900)

Pfaff, c. 1900. Creator: Reijs, F. (active ca 1900)
Pfaff, c. 1900. Private Collection

Background imageDressmaker Collection: Athos, 1895. Creator: Tabouret, Émile (1850-1927)

Athos, 1895. Creator: Tabouret, Émile (1850-1927)
Athos, 1895. Private Collection

Background imageDressmaker Collection: La White, machine à coudre américaine , c. 1912. Creator: Anonymous

La White, machine à coudre américaine , c. 1912. Creator: Anonymous
La White, machine a coudre americaine , c. 1912. Private Collection

Background imageDressmaker Collection: La légère rapide New Home , c. 1889. Creator: Anonymous

La légère rapide New Home , c. 1889. Creator: Anonymous
La legere rapide New Home , c. 1889. Private Collection

Background imageDressmaker Collection: Y.W.C.A., between c1915 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service

Y.W.C.A., between c1915 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Y.W.C.A., between c1915 and 1918. Women making dresses at the Y.W.C.A during World War I. One dress has a striped skirt and star-patterned top which resembles an American flag.

Background imageDressmaker Collection: Machines à coudre françaises Hurtu, 1889. Creator: Anonymous

Machines à coudre françaises Hurtu, 1889. Creator: Anonymous
Machines a coudre francaises Hurtu, 1889. Private Collection

Background imageDressmaker Collection: Machine à coudre Elias Howe, 1906. Creator: Wallace, Richard William (1872-1927)

Machine à coudre Elias Howe, 1906. Creator: Wallace, Richard William (1872-1927)
Machine a coudre Elias Howe, 1906. Private Collection

Background imageDressmaker Collection: Singer Machines , 1891. Creator: Anonymous

Singer Machines , 1891. Creator: Anonymous
Singer Machines , 1891. Private Collection

Background imageDressmaker Collection: Dewhurst Sewing Thread, 1890. Creator: Anonymous

Dewhurst Sewing Thread, 1890. Creator: Anonymous
Dewhurst Sewing Thread, 1890. Private Collection

Background imageDressmaker Collection: Jewish rag merchant and his daughter outside their house, c. 1888. Creator: Jozef Israels

Jewish rag merchant and his daughter outside their house, c. 1888. Creator: Jozef Israels
Jewish rag merchant and his daughter outside their house, c. 1888

Background imageDressmaker Collection: 'The Industrious Needlewomen' - painted by M. Trayer - from the Exhibition of French Artists, 1856

"The Industrious Needlewomen" - painted by M. Trayer - from the Exhibition of French Artists, 1856. We are happy to learn that the Exhibition which has been opened in Liverpool

Background imageDressmaker Collection: Duff-Gordon, Lady, with dog, portrait photograph, not before 1916. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Duff-Gordon, Lady, with dog, portrait photograph, not before 1916. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Duff-Gordon, Lady, with dog, portrait photograph, not before 1916

Background imageDressmaker Collection: Duff-Gordon, Lady, portrait photograph, not before 1916. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Duff-Gordon, Lady, portrait photograph, not before 1916. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Duff-Gordon, Lady, portrait photograph, not before 1916

Background imageDressmaker Collection: Duff-Gordon, Lady, portrait photograph, not before 1916. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Duff-Gordon, Lady, portrait photograph, not before 1916. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Duff-Gordon, Lady, portrait photograph, not before 1916

Background imageDressmaker Collection: Learning dressmaking, 1904. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston

Learning dressmaking, 1904. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Learning dressmaking, 1904

Background imageDressmaker Collection: Working women, c. 1725. Creator: Ceruti, Giacomo Antonio (1698-1767)

Working women, c. 1725. Creator: Ceruti, Giacomo Antonio (1698-1767)
Working women, c. 1725. Found in the Collection of the Pinacoteca Tosio Martinengo, Brescia

Background imageDressmaker Collection: Working women, c. 1725. Creator: Ceruti, Giacomo Antonio (1698-1767)

Working women, c. 1725. Creator: Ceruti, Giacomo Antonio (1698-1767)
Working women, c. 1725. Found in the Collection of the Pinacoteca Tosio Martinengo, Brescia

Background imageDressmaker Collection: The 'Duke of Portland', Emigrant Ship, for Port Phillip, 1850. Creator: Unknown

The "Duke of Portland", Emigrant Ship, for Port Phillip, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The "Duke of Portland", Emigrant Ship, for Port Phillip, 1850. Sailing ship leaving Gravesend in Kent with settlers bound for Australia

Background imageDressmaker Collection: At the Dressmaker, 1895-1896. Creator: William James Glackens

At the Dressmaker, 1895-1896. Creator: William James Glackens
At the Dressmaker, 1895-1896

Background imageDressmaker Collection: Emigrant Ship, between Decks, 1850. Creator: Unknown

Emigrant Ship, between Decks, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Emigrant Ship, between Decks, 1850. Sailing ship bound for the colonies, showing:..female emigrants making their arrangements for the voyage...[The women were enabled to emigrate by] the movement

Background imageDressmaker Collection: Emigrant Needlewomen on Deck, 1850. Creator: Unknown

Emigrant Needlewomen on Deck, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Emigrant Needlewomen on Deck, 1850. Sailing ship bound for the colonies. The women were enabled to emigrate by...the movement on behalf of the distressed needlewomen or London...the ladies

Background imageDressmaker Collection: The Divided Skirt, 1886. Artist: Joseph Swain

The Divided Skirt, 1886. Artist: Joseph Swain
The Divided Skirt, 1886. This cartoon shows the Liberal Prime Minister, Gladstone. Now 76 years of age, and in his third term in office, Gladstone was undoubtedly the grandee of the Commons

Background imageDressmaker Collection: Shaker Dressmakers Counter, c. 1936. Creator: Anne Ger

Shaker Dressmakers Counter, c. 1936. Creator: Anne Ger
Shaker Dressmakers Counter, c. 1936

Background imageDressmaker Collection: Fumettes Bent Head, 1859. Creator: James Abbott McNeill Whistler

Fumettes Bent Head, 1859. Creator: James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Fumettes Bent Head, 1859

Background imageDressmaker Collection: Fumette, Standing, 1859. Creator: James Abbott McNeill Whistler

Fumette, Standing, 1859. Creator: James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Fumette, Standing, 1859

Background imageDressmaker Collection: The Little Errand-Girl (Le petit trottin), 1893. Creator: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

The Little Errand-Girl (Le petit trottin), 1893. Creator: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
The Little Errand-Girl (Le petit trottin), 1893

Background imageDressmaker Collection: The Bridesmaid, 1908. Creator: Larsson, Carl (1853-1919)

The Bridesmaid, 1908. Creator: Larsson, Carl (1853-1919)
The Bridesmaid, 1908. Found in the collection of Ateneum, Helsinki

Background imageDressmaker Collection: Mademoiselle Rose Bertin, Dressmaker to Marie-Antoinette. n. d

Mademoiselle Rose Bertin, Dressmaker to Marie-Antoinette. n. d
Mademoiselle Rose Bertin, Dressmaker to Marie-Antoinette.n.d. After Jean Honore Fragonard

Background imageDressmaker Collection: Fumette, 1858. Creator: James Abbott McNeill Whistler

Fumette, 1858. Creator: James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Fumette, 1858

Background imageDressmaker Collection: The Dressmaker, ca. 1863. Creator: Henri Jean Augustin de Braekeleer

The Dressmaker, ca. 1863. Creator: Henri Jean Augustin de Braekeleer
The Dressmaker, ca. 1863

Background imageDressmaker Collection: Attire, late 18th-early 19th century. Creator: Hokusai

Attire, late 18th-early 19th century. Creator: Hokusai
Attire, late 18th-early 19th century

Background imageDressmaker Collection: Hochschule für Zuschneidekunst (College for Cutting Art), 1911

Hochschule für Zuschneidekunst (College for Cutting Art), 1911
Hochschule fü r Zuschneidekunst (College for Cutting Art), 1911. Private Collection

Background imageDressmaker Collection: Spanish Seamstresses, 1919. Artist: James Kerr-Lawson

Spanish Seamstresses, 1919. Artist: James Kerr-Lawson
Spanish Seamstresses, 1919. From Modern Woodcuts and Lithographs by British and French Artists, by Geoffrey Holme. [The Studio Ltd. London, Paris, New York, 1919]

Background imageDressmaker Collection: The Seamstresses, 1894

The Seamstresses, 1894. Found in the Collection of Zornmuseet, Mora

Background imageDressmaker Collection: Sewing school in Huizen, 1891

Sewing school in Huizen, 1891. Found in the Collection of Singer Museum Laren

Background imageDressmaker Collection: Workers leaving the Maison Paquin, in the Rue de La Paix, c. 1912

Workers leaving the Maison Paquin, in the Rue de La Paix, c. 1912. Found in the collection of Musee Carnavalet, Paris

Background imageDressmaker Collection: The Milliner, 1746

The Milliner, 1746. Found in the collection of Nationalmuseum Stockholm

Background imageDressmaker Collection: The Young Seamstresses, 1848-1849

The Young Seamstresses, 1848-1849. Private Collection

Background imageDressmaker Collection: The Milliner

The Milliner. Private Collection

Background imageDressmaker Collection: Le Lever des ouvrieres en modes

Le Lever des ouvrieres en modes. Private Collection

Background imageDressmaker Collection: Tired. Artist: Krohg, Christian (1852-1925)

Tired. Artist: Krohg, Christian (1852-1925)
Tired. Found in the collection of National Museum of Art, Oslo

Background imageDressmaker Collection: Virgilio Zanini Tailoring, 1900. Artist: Sormani, Gian Luciano (1867-1938)

Virgilio Zanini Tailoring, 1900. Artist: Sormani, Gian Luciano (1867-1938)
Virgilio Zanini Tailoring, 1900. From a private collection

Background imageDressmaker Collection: Toilet of an young Russian officer, c. 1815. Artist: Garneray, Ambroise Louis (1783-1857)

Toilet of an young Russian officer, c. 1815. Artist: Garneray, Ambroise Louis (1783-1857)
Toilet of an young Russian officer, c. 1815. From a private collection

Background imageDressmaker Collection: Trying on Jabot, c. 1815. Artist: Anonymous

Trying on Jabot, c. 1815. Artist: Anonymous
Trying on Jabot, c. 1815. Found in the collection of the State Museum of A.S. Pushkin, Moscow

Background imageDressmaker Collection: In the Drapers Shop, 1670. Artist: Bloemen, Adriaen van (active 1654-1694)

In the Drapers Shop, 1670. Artist: Bloemen, Adriaen van (active 1654-1694)
In the Drapers Shop, 1670. Found in the collection of the Hallwylska Museet, Stockholm



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