Elegance Collection (#9)

French postcard with image of a woman holding a cat
3665528 French postcard with image of a woman holding a cat; (add.info.: French postcard with image of a woman holding a cat.); Universal History Archive/UIG

French postcard with image of a woman holding flowers, 1900
3665518 French postcard with image of a woman holding flowers, 1900; (add.info.: French postcard with image of a woman holding flowers 1900.); Universal History Archive/UIG

French postcard with images of a young girl with flowers, 1900
3665506 French postcard with images of a young girl with flowers, 1900; (add.info.: French postcard with images of a young girl with flowers 1900.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Men's Fashion 1920 - Men's conservative single-breasted suits. Chromolithograph from a catalog of male winter
FLO4595865 Men's Fashion 1920 - Men's conservative single-breasted suits. Chromolithograph from a catalog of male winter fashions from Bruner Woolens

Dress (Dress) of the reign of James I, 1601-1625. She wears a dress with jeweled bodice, double lace ruff
FLO4594741 Dress (Dress) of the reign of James I, 1601-1625. She wears a dress with jeweled bodice, double lace ruff, puff sleeves, embroidered petticoat, hat with pearls and veil, and feather fan

Dress (Dress) of the reign of Charles II, 1660-1681. She wears her hair in ringlets, a necklace
FLO4594695 Dress (Dress) of the reign of Charles II, 1660-1681. She wears her hair in ringlets, a necklace, low-cut dress with puff sleeves decorated with jewels

Men's Fashion 1920 - Men's single-breasted suits in sack. Chromolithograph from a catalog of male winter
FLO4595857 Men's Fashion 1920 - Men's single-breasted suits in sack. Chromolithograph from a catalog of male winter fashions from Bruner Woolens

Men's Fashion 1920 - Men in double-breasted Ulster coats, with hats, gloves, canes and spats, in a snow scene
FLO4595823 Men's Fashion 1920 - Men in double-breasted Ulster coats, with hats, gloves, canes and spats, in a snow scene

Men's Fashion 1920 - Men in Raglan and Ulsterette coats, with cloth caps, gloves, canes and spats
FLO4595806 Men's Fashion 1920 - Men in Raglan and Ulsterette coats, with cloth caps, gloves, canes and spats. Chromolithograph from a catalog of male winter fashions from Bruner Woolens

Dress (Dress) of the reign of James II, 1685-1688. She wears her hair in ringlets
FLO4594708 Dress (Dress) of the reign of James II, 1685-1688. She wears her hair in ringlets, a low-cut check dress with bodice and puff sleeves over an embroidered petticoat

portrait of man: Mr de C with his Michelin card in the Parc de la Branchoire, 1917, Chambray-les-Tours
LUX4698066 portrait of man: Mr de C with his Michelin card in the Parc de la Branchoire, 1917, Chambray-les-Tours, France - Autochrome anonymous; Private Collection; (add.info.: portrait of man)

France, Brittany, Ille-et-Vilaine (35), Saint-Lunaire (Saint Lunaire): leaving the church of the village with a family
LUX4782452 France, Brittany, Ille-et-Vilaine (35), Saint-Lunaire (Saint Lunaire): leaving the church of the village with a family on Sunday, 1903; (add.info.: France, Brittany, Ille-et-Vilaine (35)

France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37), Tours: Group photo of a wedding in Touraine with women in headdress and musicians
LUX4746861 France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37), Tours: Group photo of a wedding in Touraine with women in headdress and musicians, 1900; (add.info.: France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37)

France: young girl sitting in an Amazon on a donkey, on a mountain path, shadow of photographer, 1900
LUX4771839 France: young girl sitting in an Amazon on a donkey, on a mountain path, shadow of photographer, 1900; (add.info.: France: young girl sitting in an Amazon on a donkey, on a mountain path)

France, Poitou-Charentes, Charente-Maritime (17), Royan: Protestant Temple. Protestant marriage
LUX4766906 France, Poitou-Charentes, Charente-Maritime (17), Royan: Protestant Temple. Protestant marriage. United Reformed Church of Royan. Pastor Mr

Henry Campbell - Bannerman (1836 - 1908)
2603920 Henry Campbell - Bannerman (1836 - 1908); (add.info.: Henry Campbell - Bannerman (1836 - 1908) Scottish - born British statesman. Leader of the Liberal Party, 1899

Christopher Teesdale, major
672683 Christopher Teesdale, major; (add.info.: Christopher Teesdale - Woodbury Major-General Sir Christopher Charles Teesdale (1 June 1833 - 1 December 1893)

Portrait of Victor Emanuel II. 19th century (chromolithograph)
673041 Portrait of Victor Emanuel II. 19th century (chromolithograph); (add.info.: Victor Emanuel II, 1820 - 1878 king of Sardinia from 1849 until, on 17 March 1861)

Portrait of Nicolas-Marie d'Alayrac
672816 Portrait of Nicolas-Marie d'Alayrac; (add.info.: Nicolas-Marie d'Alayrac, known as Nicolas Dalayrac (born 8 June 1753 in Muret, Haute-Garonne, France, died 26 November 1809, in Paris)

Portrait of James Brindley. 18th century (engraving)
672804 Portrait of James Brindley. 18th century (engraving); (add.info.: James Brindley (1716 - 27 September 1772) was an English engineer, He was born in Tunstead, Derbyshire

Portrait of Alexander II. 19th century (engraving)
672798 Portrait of Alexander II. 19th century (engraving); Universal History Archive/UIG

Title page from the first edition of Mrs. Perkins's Ball, 1847 (print)
865911 Title page from the first edition of Mrs. Perkins's Ball, 1847 (print); (add.info.: Title page of first edition of Mr Perkins's Ball)

Portrait of Richard Trevithick
863538 Portrait of Richard Trevithick; (add.info.: Richard Trevithick (1771-1833) English engineer and inventor, born near Redruth, Cornwall

Portrait of Mary Russell Mitford, English novelist, 1836 (engraving)
863525 Portrait of Mary Russell Mitford, English novelist, 1836 (engraving); (add.info.: Mary Russell Mitford (1787-1855) English novelist and dramatist, born at Alresford, Hampshire

President James K Polk 1844
2601299 President James K Polk 1844; (add.info.: President James K Polk 1844); Universal History Archive/UIG

The Prince of Sagan, 1891 (engraving)
2069712 The Prince of Sagan, 1891 (engraving); (add.info.: Mode. Charles Boson de Talleyrand Perigord, prince de Sagan, dandy celebre. Gravure in: La Revue Illustree, France, 1891. Coll)

By the Forest Brook 1875 (Oil on canvas)
8766547 By the Forest Brook 1875 (Oil on canvas) by Brown, John George (1831-1913); 74.5--63.5 cm; High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia, USA; © High Museum of Art

French new year postcard depicting a middle class couple in aromatic setting, 1900
3666172 French new year postcard depicting a middle class couple in aromatic setting, 1900 by French Photographer, (20th century); (add.info)

Unsigned illustration for the musical score of a work by Emile Fischer entitled "Polka des hamteaux"
PCT4284907 Unsigned illustration for the musical score of a work by Emile Fischer entitled "Polka des hamteaux"

French postcard with image of a woman holding a flower, 1900
3665361 French postcard with image of a woman holding a flower, 1900 by French School, (20th century); (add.info.: French postcard with image of a woman holding a flower 1900)

French new year postcard depicting a middle class mother and child, 1900
3665964 French new year postcard depicting a middle class mother and child, 1900 by French Photographer, (20th century); (add.info)

French postcard dated circa, 1900, showing two well dressed young girls
3665655 French postcard dated circa, 1900, showing two well dressed young girls by French Photographer, (20th century); (add.info.: French postcard dated circa 1900)

Dress (Robe) of the reign of King George II, 1727-1760. She wears jewels in her hair
FLO4594736 Dress (Robe) of the reign of King George II, 1727-1760. She wears jewels in her hair, a velvet dress trimmed with ermine, with puff sleeves and long train, over a white petticoat

Dress (Robe) of the reign of George I, 1714-1727, copied from one preserved from the era
FLO4594727 Dress (Robe) of the reign of George I, 1714-1727, copied from one preserved from the era. She wear a flat hat decorated with ribbons, a dress with long train in floral stripes

Men's Fashion 1920 - Men's single-breasted suits from the 1920s. Scene in the background from an American
FLO4595890 Men's Fashion 1920 - Men's single-breasted suits from the 1920s. Scene in the background from an American football game

Dress of the reign of King Henry VII, 1485-1509. She wears a frontlet headdress with blue embroidered top
FLO4594631 Dress of the reign of King Henry VII, 1485-1509. She wears a frontlet headdress with blue embroidered top and gold-decorated wings, jeweled necklace

Dress (Dress) of the reign of Edward III, 1327-1377. She wears a gold crown over a hairnet
FLO4594563 Dress (Dress) of the reign of Edward III, 1327-1377. She wears a gold crown over a hairnet, an ermine-lined mantle over a green dress

Dress (Dress) of the reign of Edward II, 1307-1327. She wears an elaborate headdress with wimple
FLO4594552 Dress (Dress) of the reign of Edward II, 1307-1327. She wears an elaborate headdress with wimple and long veils wrapped over the breast, and a crimson long dress with white apron

Dress (Dress) of the reign of King Stephen, 1135-1141. Long veil and full wimple
FLO4594509 Dress (Dress) of the reign of King Stephen, 1135-1141. Long veil and full wimple, full dress with long sleeves and apron, holding a garland of flowers

Young woman painting in the garden, 1897 (b/w photo)
PCT4257075 Young woman painting in the garden, 1897 (b/w photo); 12 x 17 cm; (add.info.: anonymous sepia print); © Patrice Cartier. All rights reserved 2023

Anne de Batarnay (1560-1587), Duke of Joyeuse, intimate friend of King Henry III of France, 16th century
FLO4565182 Anne de Batarnay (1560-1587), Duke of Joyeuse, intimate friend of King Henry III of France, 16th century. He wears the Order of the Holy Spirit from a blue ribbon

Stage costume in the Watteau style for Le Petite Abbe (a play by Bocage and Liorat with music by Grisart)
FLO4565154 Stage costume in the Watteau style for Le Petite Abbe (a play by Bocage and Liorat with music by Grisart). In silk suit with short cape, shoes with silver buckles, and tricorn

Feminine mole coat and grey fox set - in "Journal des dames et des modes: Costumes Parisiens", no. 154, 1914
LSE4079665 Feminine mole coat and grey fox set - in "Journal des dames et des modes: Costumes Parisiens", no. 154, 1914 by French School

France, Brittany, Finistere (29), Brest: Wedding photo in studio of a Breton couple in the fashion of the crazy years
LUX4757155 France, Brittany, Finistere (29), Brest: Wedding photo in studio of a Breton couple in the fashion of the crazy years, 1920; (add.info.: France, Brittany, Finistere (29)

France, Centre, Loiret (45), Orleans: forging workshop with outside a woman and her baby and a little girl
LUX4758053 France, Centre, Loiret (45), Orleans: forging workshop with outside a woman and her baby and a little girl and her doll, 1900; (add.info.: France, Centre, Loiret (45)

France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37), Vernou: the house of the green rocks with their owners and their daughter, 1895
LUX4752322 France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37), Vernou: the house of the green rocks with their owners and their daughter, 1895; (add.info.: France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37)

D: Letter D vegetale - Woman picking flowers at the end of a branch, boy taking a picture of a little girl - Art
DUV4221700 D: Letter D vegetale - Woman picking flowers at the end of a branch, boy taking a picture of a little girl - Art Nouveau Alphabet - Fashion 1904

H: Vegetal letter H - Two women and a girl in traditional costume and headdress
DUV4221678 H: Vegetal letter H - Two women and a girl in traditional costume and headdress. One carries a pot of hyacinths on his head - Art Nouveau Alphabet - Fashion 1904

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"Elegance: A Timeless Tapestry of Beauty and Grace" Step into a world where elegance reigns supreme, guided by the impeccable taste of Charles and Flora McDonald. Like an Art Deco lady with perfectly painted lips, they curated a collection that exudes sophistication. The Dolly Sisters, enchanting New York with their charm and style, epitomized elegance in every step they took. Their presence was as captivating as a Hartnell ballgown, flowing effortlessly with grace. An Antique Japanese Woodblock depicts a woman serving tea with delicate movements - her poise reflecting the essence itself. Raphael Kirchner's Art Nouveau Girl playing the harp transports us to an ethereal realm where beauty harmonizes with talent. Monsieur de St. George's portrait from April 4th, 1788 captures the refined allure of another era; his attire speaks volumes about his cultivated taste and timeless elegance. In contrast to historical grandeur, the sleek lines of CJ8 3660 Ferrari Roma embody modern-day opulence while maintaining an air of understated refinement, and is a symbol of contemporary elegance on wheels. Lily-of-the-valley blooms delicately illustrated in the 19th century remind us that nature too possesses its own brand of elegant simplicity – a reminder that true beauty can be found even in the smallest details. The Tatler Autumn Fashion Number for 1955 showcases fashion-forward designs that transcend time; each ensemble capturing the spirit through innovative cuts and luxurious fabrics. Dior dresses and Fath suits from 1954 transport us back to an era when haute couture reigned supreme – where craftsmanship met creativity resulting in garments that exuded unparalleled sophistication. Le Smart Carman wearing only diamonds by Bluze immortalized by Auguste Roubille reminds us that sometimes extravagance can also be synonymous with elegance – if done tastefully and artfully crafted. Elegance is not merely a word.