Plaits Collection (#4)

Two deformed heads, 1625-77. Creator: Wenceslaus Hollar
Two deformed heads, 1625-77

Florence Glossop-Harris, British actress, c1911. Artist: Jarman
Florence Glossop-Harris, British actress, c1911. Florence Glossop-Harris as Ophelia in Hamlet

Female costume, 1135-1154, (1904)

Queen Clotilda, 6th century, (1910). The plaits of Clotilda, the Frankish queen who died c545 AD, reach below the knees, and are bound together by ribbons

Matilda of Scotland, Queen of Henry I, (c1850s). Artist: WH Mote
Matilda of Scotland, Queen of Henry I, (c1850s). Matilda (1080-1118), daughter of Malcolm III of Scotland, married Henry I of England in 1100

The Burates, 19th century. Artist: T Spendelone
The Burates, 19th century. Indigenous inhabitants of Siberia

Woman of the Aleutian Islands, 1848. A woman from islands in the northern Pacific Ocean between Alaska and Russia. An engraving from the Natural History of Man, by James Cowles Prichard

Norwegian Farm Girl, 1809. Artist: W Dickes
Norwegian Farm Girl, 1809. The dress of a country girl is very pretty, Her hair is drawn back off her face and plaited with red braids in two long tails

Young Hova women, Madagascar, late 19th century. Illustration from Island of Madagascar, sites, manners and costumes, (Paris)

Ladys dress, 14th century, (1910). Costume of a well-to-do woman from the reign of Edward III (ruled 1327-1377). The headdress consists of a gorget

Erik, Else, Ove and Birthe Schultz on the Beach, 1919. Artist: Gabriel Jensen
Erik, Else, Ove and Birthe Schultz on the Beach, 1919

Costume design for a Ballets Russes production of Ravels Daphnis et Chloe, 1912. Artist: Leon Bakst
Costume design for a Ballets Russes production of Ravels Daphnis et Chloe, 1912. Published in L Art Decoratif de Leon Bakst. (Paris, 1913). From a private collection

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