Jerkin Collection (page 3)

Romania - Woman in National Costume Date: 1906

Traditional Romanian Costume
A studio photographic portrait of a reclining man wearing traditional Romanian Costume Date: 1907

Elderly Breton Man, France wearing distinctive traditional wide-bodied short trousers (almost bloomers) and leggings, wide-brimmed hat and jerkin waistcoat. Date: 1903

Romanian Woman by the well
A Romanian woman standing by the village well. This is likely to be a lever-action well, where the bucket and rope are attached to a long wooden lever

Young Romanian Boy in traditional costume, carrying two large flat baskets of fruit on either side, balanced on a strap across his shoulders. One basket contains pears, the other holding grapes

Oriental Beauty - Egypt
Oriental Beauty in Egypt holding up a thin gossamer wrap/shawl Date: circa 1909

Lady in Greek Costume
Lady in Greek costume of the Peloponnese, photographed in Athens. Date: circa 1910s

Bosnian Bandit in traditional regional costume armed to the back teeth... Date: circa 1910

French Yokel from Pont-L Abbe
Country Yokel from Pont-L Abbe, Brittany, France Date: circa 1910s

GERMAN NOBLES 1570-88
Two German noblemen wear small ruffs, doublets, cut-fingered pumps, hose or breeches ornamented with embroidery or ribbon bows, a sleeveless jerkin & short cloak. Date: 1570 - 1588

Racial / German Magistrate
A magistrate (left) and a knight (right) 16th century

Hand knitteds conserve coupons
Instructions on how to make a ribbed sweater with peep bo front, and a green jerkin with full pink sleeves and detachable dicky-collar

Southern Croatian Man
Like the Hero - a southern Croatian man in traditional costume, albeit in very Albanian-style trousers

Croatia - Traditional National Costume (6 / 8)
Croatia - Traditional National Costume (6/8) - young man standing on the beach smoking a cigarette. He is holding a furled blue umbrella and wears a red jerkin adorned with silver coins or medallions

Ladies from Greece using a Singer Sewing Machine
Two Ladies and a gentleman from Greece surrounding a Singer Sewing Machine

Man from Central Portugal
A young man from Central Portugal - Batalha. Pictured in tradional costume and standing with hand in belt and holding a billhook

Oriental Ottoman Beauty
An Ottoman beauty from Egypt, with large hooped earrings, beads, headdress and floral jerkin

Turkish Girl - Moorish
A La Mauresque - " Lets go Moorish!"

Albania - Man in traditional peasant costume, wearing a goat hair jerkin and rather loose trousers

Albanian Dancer in traditional costume

Blacksmith shoeing a horse
A Blacksmith changes the shoes on a working horse. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Charles Ix / King France
CHARLES IX, KING OF FRANCE wears a cap ornamented with jewels & feathers, a small ruff, embroidered cape, doublet with slashed sleeves, jerkin & slashed & bombasted trunk hose

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