Leather Collection

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Hetty King music hall male impersonator 1883-1972
Hetty (Hettie) King (Winifred Emms) immaculately dressed with bowler hat, cane and leather gloves. Suit with cut-away jacket, waistcoat with pocket watch and albert, pocket handkerchief

Boxer of Quirinal, also known as the Terme Boxer
Greek Art. Hellenistic. Boxer of Quirinal or the Terme Boxer. Bronze sculpture of the Hellenistic period (1st century B.C.). Boxer sitting at rest, with metal and leather dressings used for combat

Rolex precision watches 1937
A selection of womens wristwatches for Rolex, Oyster watch that is waterproof, dustproof, anti magnetic and unbreakable glass. Products for Army & Navy catalogue. Date: 1937

Film Poster for Jack Cardiffs The Girl on a Motorcycle (1968)
Alain Delon Marianne Faithfull Roger Mutton Marius Goring

Falconry equipment
Plate from Hermann Schlegel and A.H. Verster de Wulverhursts Traite de Fauconnerie (1844-1853)

Harley Davidson Hertigage Springer US USA

Heavy shire horse pulls an old hay rake
A farmer and his heavy horse take a break from working to gather hay on a field

Ines Levy in Don Levys Herostratus (1967)

Farmer and team of working horses plough a field
A team of two heavy horses plough a field, watched by a large crow and a pet springer spaniel. Watercolour painting by Malcom Greensmith Date: circa 1980

Leather making and tannery tools
Various tools used in tannery and leather making, including a knife, pincers and a hook

Norton Motorbike, winner of 28 TT Races
Norton Motorbike - winner of 28 TT Races, September 1952. 1952

Aston Martin DB5 (original James Bond 007 Goldfinger car) 1964 silver

heavy metal cat
Adam Lawless

Pretty Parisian Girl lacing up her brown leather boots
Les Bottines Jaunes (The Yellow Boots) by Leo Fontan (although the boots appear in this reproduction as brown!) - a pretty Parisian girl lacing up her brown leather boots Date: circa 1919

Leather slippers for sale in the Souk, Marrakech (Marrakesh), Morocco

London Leather Lane
The premises of a Dealer in old china are on the right

Ancient Roman athletes boxing in leather gloves
Ancient Roman athletes boxing wearing a cestus (leather glove) on each hand

Michael Ball - February 1989 Dbase MSI

Poster advertising Acel chamois leather for cleaning cars, showing a chauffeur in green uniform holding a miniature red car. early 20th century

RAF Bomb-Aimer at his position; Second World War, 1943
Photograph showing a Royal Air Force bomb-aimer at his position with the bomb release cable ready in his right hand, November 1943

Falco rusticolus, gyrfalcon
Plate from Hermann Schlegel and A.H. Verster de Wulverhursts Traite de Fauconnerie (1844-1853)

Chouwara traditional leather tannery in Old Fez, vats for tanning and dyeing leather hides and skins, Fez, Morocco, North Africa, Africa

Aston Martin DB7 Volante

KTM 690 Duke Austria

Shoemakers, Tunisia
Two shoemakers in their small workshop, Tunisia

Lord Kitchener making a presentation to an Indian trooper
Field Marshal Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener, (1850 - 1916), a British Field Marshal, diplomat, and statesman, hands a colonial Indian cavalry soldier a medal

Male Riding Dress 1813
Double-breasted cut-away coat worn open to reveal a white waistcoat with stand collar, shirt frill & white stock, leather breeches with falls, top boots, spurs & top hat

Rocker boys on motorcycles - called "sickles"- talking to girls
Rocker boys on motorcycles - called " sickles" - talking to girls. Wearing black leather jackets and calf length boots - Rocker symbols. Ace Cafe on the North Circular Road in London

Two of the original San Francisco Hells Angels in London. They are riding their massive 1200cc bikes. They are Peter Knell and Sweet William Tumbleweed. 12th December 1968

King Alis tent at Benowm, Kingdom of Ludamar
View of a moorish camp: King Alis tent at Benowm, Kingdom of Ludamar. Ali sat on a black leather cushion clipping the hairs on his upper lip while a female servant held a mirror

American rock n roll singer Chuck Berry smoking a cigarette after a concert. 22nd February 1975

Joan Collins actress starred in Dynasty arrives at Heathrow. November 1988

Princess Elizabeth riding as Colonel of the Grenadier Guards
Princess Elizabeth (1926-2022) (later Queen Elizabeth II) riding in the uniform of Colonel of the Grenadier Guards - pictured outside Buckingham Palace. Preparing to hold the reins of power

Pocket watches and wristwatches 1929
A selection of pocket watches that register the minutes

Rudolph Valentino / Mail
RUDOLPH VALENTINO Italian-American romantic film idol with his fan mail Date: 1895 - 1926

Old Leadenhall Market, London, c. 1880
Series of views of the Old Leadenhall Market, London, c.1880

Hells Angels
9th June 1972: Members of the Wolverhampton Hells Angels at Bardney festival. (Photo by Evening Standard/Getty Images)

TT races on the Isle Of Man, Great Britain. Jimmy Guthrie on his Norton motorbike

Queen Elizabeth reviews female LFB dispatch rider, WW2
Visit to LFB by Queen Elizabeth and Princess Elizabeth. Queen Elizabeth reviews a female dispatch rider at the Lambeth Headquarters of the London Fire Brigade

Aston Martin DB7 V12 Vantage Volante

Salvation Army Womens Night Shelter, East London
The dormitory of the Salvation Army night shelter for women, opened in 1889 at 194 Hanbury Street, Whitechapel in the East End of London

Hells Angel biker at Isle of Wight pop festival, August 1970

Marthe Carpentier boxer born 1893
Marthe Carpentier French boxer. On 8th March 1914 she won a bout against Lucie Warner from England for the world female title

Studio photo, young man in army uniform, WW1
Head and shoulders studio photo, young man in Royal Fusiliers uniform, February 1917. He is Albert Auerbach (1894-1918). Date: 1917

Man on his 1956 / 7 Royal Enfield motorcycle
Travelling biker on his 1956/7 Royal Enfield Meteor motorcycle outside the Post Office at John O Groats in the late 1950s

Good Luck card with two cricket bats, a ball and a wicket. Date: circa 1890s

Tatler cover photoshoot focusing on sunglasses. A variant shot from this particular photoshoot was used for the cover of The Tatler issue for 4 November 1959. 1959

Moroccan leather slippers for sale in market, Marrakech, Morocco, North Africa, Africa

WWII: TUSKEGEE AIRMEN, 1945. Edward Gleed and two other Tuskegee Airmen adjust an external 75 gallon drop tank on the wing of a P-5/D fighter plane Creamers Dream, at Ramitelli Airfield, Italy

Man dressed in traditional Celt or Finnish attire
Turanian of Finland in traditional clothing, similar to that worn by the ancient Celts. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Jaguar XKR, 1998, Black
Jaguar XKR 1998 Black

Bentley Continental GTC Mulliner

Ducati M696 Monster

Mercedes-Benz 300D

Metropolitan Police cosh
A Metropolitan Police cosh with a leather looped handle

Female Gurner
A woman gurner pulls a truely awful face through a leather ring during the gurning contest at Egremont Crab Fair, Whitehaven, Cumbria, England

Leather bags for sale, San Lorenzo Market, Florence, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

Roman Boxing W / Cestus
Detailed views of a Roman cestus, a leather glove used in ancient boxing

Advertisement for the London Glove Company of Cheapside and New Bond Street, showing a selection of womens gloves including long white evening gloves

View outside a leather factory, Bermondsey, south London
View outside Neckinger Mills leather factory, Bermondsey, south London. Date: 1842

A woman machinist seen here of the factory floor of J Searsy of Northampton sewing uppers. 6th April 1930

Three members of the Devils Club at the Young volunteers Force Foundation at Low Hill. 22nd June 1970

Edwin Macklow, second generation cobbler at work in his fathers shop

A pair of chestnut Suffolk Punch working horses in harness with blinkers, Suffolk, England Date: 2010

Advert for Asprey mens leather wrist watches 1938
Aspreys stock of mens watches is representative of finest work of the recognised leaders in the craft of watchmaking. Date: 1938

Anglo-Saxon Men Pl. XIX
Anglo-Saxons of 9th & 10th century: green tunic, pan-hose & shoes, tunic with gold border & front slit, mantles, leg bandages, shoes with a central slit on the upper. 9th century

Diane Leather winning the mile race
The worlds fastest woman miler: Diane Leather of Birchfield Harriers winning the womens mile in 4 minutes 45 seconds at an athletics meeting at the White City on 21st September 1955

Jaguar E-Type 5. 3 V12 Roadster, 1974, Blue, v. dark
Jaguar E-Type 5.3 V12 Roadster 1974 Blue v.dark

Two young Pokot girls wearing traditional ornaments that denote their unmarried status. Their broad belts are made with the metacarpus and metatarsal bones of dikdiks interspersed with beads. Kenya

Advert for Cussons Imperial Leather soap, one of a series of ads utilising the language of the fan. Date: 1954

Two of the original San Francisco Hells Angels in London. They are riding their massive 1200cc bikes. Pictured outside Apple in Saville Row are Sweet William Tumbleweed and Peter Knell (right)

Admiral Sir William Garnham Luard KCB (1820-1910) - leading British naval figure during the latter half of the 19th century. Date: circa 1909

Lawyers books, brief and wig in a leather chair. Date: circa 1990s

Tatler cover - Rosita Forbes
Front cover of The Tatler featuring a photograph of Rosita Forbes (1893-1967) British traveller and author (later Mrs. A. T. McGrath)

London Trade Card - James Potter, Leather Breeches Maker, at the sign of the Boot and Breeches, Shoemaker Row, near Aldgate. 18th century

Louis Vuitton advertisment
Advertisment for the Louis Vuitton showroom in New Bond street, London. 1928

Cowboy boots lining the shelves, Austin, Texas, United States of America, North America

Advertisement for Vivier Freres leather gloves, featuring an elegant lady in a long black dress. 1924

Ferrari Daytona Italy

Indian Chief America

A Pokot warrior wearing a cheetah skin jumps high in the air surrounded by young women to celebrate an Atelo ceremony. The Pokot are pastoralists speaking a Southern Nilotic language

Croatia - Traditional National Costume (5 / 8)
Croatia - Traditional National Costume (5/8) - Full-face view of a young man with hand on hip in decorated jerkin and cape with blue embroidered trousers

Asprey Christmas presents, 1926
Colour advertisement for Asprey of Bond Street displaying a wide variety of Christmas present ideas, including an attache case, a shagreen cigarette box, leather handbag, crocodile handbag pochette

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"Embracing the Timeless Elegance: Leather in All Its Glory" From the ancient Boxer of Quirinal to the iconic Rolex precision watches of 1937, it has been a symbol of enduring craftsmanship and sophistication. Whether it's adorning the Harley Davidson Heritage Springer or equipping falconry enthusiasts with their tools, leather exudes both strength and grace. In Jack Cardiff's film poster for "The Girl on a Motorcycle" (1968), Marianne Faithfull mesmerizes as she rides fearlessly, clad in her sleek leather attire. Meanwhile, Marrakech's vibrant Souk offers an array of exquisite leather slippers that blend tradition and modernity seamlessly. Witnessing a heavy shire horse effortlessly pulling an old hay rake showcases not only the durability but also the versatility of this remarkable material. And let us not forget Norton Motorbike's triumphs at 28 TT Races, where its riders embraced speed while wrapped in supple leather protection. London's Leather Lane stands as a testament to centuries-old traditions upheld by skilled artisans who continue to create timeless pieces that captivate discerning individuals worldwide. In Don Levy's "Herostratus" (1967), Ines Levy embodies rebellion and allure through her daring portrayal adorned in rebellious black leather. The Aston Martin DB5, famously known as James Bond's Goldfinger car from 1964, epitomizes luxury and style with its silver exterior accentuated by fine leather interiors. Lastly, observing farmers ploughing fields alongside their team of working horses reminds us how deeply intertwined our connection with nature is – even reflected in our choice of sturdy yet comfortable leather gear. Leather transcends time; it is more than just a material – it is an embodiment of heritage, adventure, resilience, and elegance.