Victorian Cerise and Gold Shawl
Shawls are colourful pieces of cloth used to cover the upper body, arms and sometimes the head.
This shawl is brightly coloured with a floral pattern covering the entire piece and is made out of cotton....
Victorian Day Dress, 1860s
This is a handmade crinoline dress from the 1860s.
It is made from a cotton floral fabric and would have been a day dress. It has scalloped sleeves with green tassels on each edge and a pleated bodice.
Although ...
Victorian Floral Day Dress
Day dresses were meant to be informal wear that was suitable for family and friends; however they could still restrict a woman’s activities as the fastenings required assistance.
This dress is different ...
Victorian Girls Drawers
These would have been worn by an older Victorian Girl.
Victorian Ivory Wedding Bodice and Skirt
This garment is a bodice and skirt which would have been typical of the day. It has a silk bodice with long sleeves and is fastened at the front with many silk covered buttons. The skirt is unlined and ...
Victorian Ladies Black and Gold Apron
This apron was made for formal wear or for show as it has no practical use; instead it was used for decoration or status. This apron was possibly used by a servant for formal occasions or for a wealthy ...
Victorian maternity Bodice and Skirt
The bodice is fairly plain purple silk, with long sleeves and a narrow black velvet ribbon around the cuffs.
There is a cream lace trim at the neckline, lace partway down the front, and 6 gold metal ...
Victorian Walking Dress
The bodice and skirt ensemble were worn as a walking dress.
Walking dresses were tighter than normal clothes, typically with long sleeves and skirt. They also would have been worn with a small hat or ...
Victorian White Nightgown
Victorian nightdresses were always white with high necklines and long-sleeved demonstrating the modesty and purity of the wearer. Tucks and embroidery, such as broderie anglaise and feather stitching ...
Victorian White Chemise
The chemise was one of the first undergarments a Victorian woman wore, as it protected the skin from the corset and vice versa, as it was much easier to launder than a corset and cheaper.
We believe ...
Victorian White Nightdress
Victorian nightdresses were always white with high necklines and long-sleeved demonstrating the modesty and purity of the wearer.
Tucks and embroidery, such as broderie anglaise and feather stitching ...
Victorian White Nightdress
Victorian nightdresses were always white with high necklines and long-sleeved demonstrating the modesty and purity of the wearer. Tucks and embroidery, such as broderie anglaise and feather stitching ...
Victorian White Petticoat
The petticoat had a dual role as underwear and a structural garment, as it helped to shape the dress and mirrored the cut of the skirt.
It also protected the dress from sweat and provided the wearer ...
Victorian White Petticoat
The petticoat had a dual role as underwear and a structural garment, as it helped to shape the dress and mirrored the cut of the skirt.
It protected the dress from sweat and provided the wearer with ...
Victorian White Pettipants
Pettipants were popular female underwear in the nineteenth century, and were usually made out of cotton and lace with ruffles on each leg. They were worn underneath clothes for modesty and comfort. These ...
Victory celebrations, English Electric Co., Stafford
Female employees celebrate Victory at the end of World War Two in one of the typing pools on the Lichfield Road Site in Stafford; note the decorations and tin hats hanging on the wall. In later years ...
Village coach outing, Weston
Pictured are a group from Weston, near Stafford preparing for a coach outing. Among those in this photograph: on the left Fred Johnson, in the centre Mrs Smith (holding gloves), Mrs Marks (holding a ...
Villiers Street, Dresden. Photographed by William Blake.
Villiers Street, Dresden, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
The street was named after the politician Charles Pelham Villiers who was the longest serving MP in Parliamentary history. For sixty three years ...