Edwardian Black Silk Bodice
We believe this bodice to be from around the turn of the 20th century.
Made from black satin, it has long sleeves, and crosses over at the front of the body and fastened with press studs. It has a ...
Edwardian Black Skirt
Edwardians preferred a simpler style, after the Victorians, with silhouette’s 'thinning'.
For the first time in decades skirts were not exaggerated and were more natural in appearance.
This skirt ...
Edwardian Blouse
Edwardian lady's wore blouses which were quite full at the front and this is emphasized in this blouse with the frilly lace which runs along the low neckline.
The blouse is not boned and has many fastenings ...
Edwardian Bodice and Skirt
The outfit is made up of a fitted bodice and skirt that when worn together appear like a dress.
The heavily detailed style of the garment and lower neckline suggests it was probably an evening dress.
The ...
Edwardian Day Dress
During the Edwardian era women’s fashion altered to be less restrictive than previously seen in the nineteenth century.
Informal day dresses started to become more popular and were suitable for visits ...
Edwardian Green Silk Dress
This Edwardian period dress is typical of the era.
It is full at the chest creating the ‘pigeon breast’ effect and slopes down at the back and front with a narrow waist that is emphasised by the black ...
Edwardian Pink 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 ...
Edwardian Shooting Party
An unidentified shooting party pictured on the steps of the porch of a large house. The location maybe somewhere in the Cannock Chase area.
The gentleman standing far right is thought to be John Parker ...
Edwardian Wedding Dress
This cream satin dress was in the typical style of the day, it has a high waist and a high collar and would have been worn with a corset.
Gigot sleeves were popular during the period, as the sleeves ...
Edwardian Wedding Dress
This wedding dress was worn by Winnifred Mary Leeke (nee Robinson). She was married in Stone Roman Catholic Church in around 1909.
It is made of cream silk and has an inner hem lining specially made ...
Egg and Spoon Race, Siemen's Sports Day, Stafford
In August 1906 the first Stafford Sports Day was organised by Siemen's Social and Athletics Association, to raise funds for the society to take over part of Hough House as a 'Club House for recreation, ...
Eighteenth Century Slippers
During the 1700s womens fashion went by a simple idea of big and tall, to the extent that arms on chairs had to be taken off to accommodate for the width of womens dresses and some women had such vastly ...
Eleanor Maud Johnson and niece, Tean
Eleanor Maud Johnson was born in Upper Tean in 1898, and married John T Snow at Cheadle in 1928. She died 1974. She was a daughter of William Henry and Frances Johnson, grocers and drapers at Bon Marche, ...
Electricity Exhibition, Assembly rooms, Tamworth
The machine being demonstrated here is the Braiding Machine, presumably then in use at the Hamel Mill. Fourth from the left is Mr W. Wright, Mill Manager of Hamel's Mill, with Miss Dorothy May Wright ...
Elizabeth and Clara Blake, Longton
William Blake’s mother, Elizabeth (left), and his aunt Clara (right), outside the Blakes’ house at Woodside Villas, Sandford Hill, Longton. The Blakes are recorded as living here in a 1907 directory.
Photographer: ...
Elizabeth and Clara Blake, Southampton
William Blake’s mother, Elizabeth (left), and his aunt Clara (right). A cat is perched on Elizabeth’s shoulder. Taken during a visit to Blake’s father’s family in Southampton.
Photographer: William ...
Elizabeth Briscoe, Croxton
Studio photograph of Elizabeth Briscoe (née Smith, 1853-1926) born at Denby, Derbyshire. Her mother farmed and kept a shop and Post Office and was widowed when Elizabeth was young. At the time ...
Elizabeth Mary Blake, Southampton
Portrait of a young lady in a garden setting. This is possibly Elizabeth Mary Blake, sister of Longton photographer William Blake. Probably photographed in Southampton where her grandparents and aunts ...