Tailoring Collection (page 3)

Key and Bloor, wholesale and retail linen and woollen drapers, tailors, hatters, silk mercers, milliners (engraving)
731572 Key and Bloor, wholesale and retail linen and woollen drapers, tailors, hatters, silk mercers, milliners (engraving) by English School

S Ware, draper and tailor, trade card (coloured engraving)
731621s Ware, draper and tailor, trade card (coloured engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.:s Ware, draper and tailor, trade card)

Three Evening Dresses from Les Robes de Paul Poiret pub. 1908 (pochoir print)
3057139 Three Evening Dresses from Les Robes de Paul Poiret pub. 1908 (pochoir print) by Iribe, Paul (1883-1935); Private Collection; (add.info)

Plan showing the Ravages of the late Fire at Kingston, Jamaica (engraving)
1620358 Plan showing the Ravages of the late Fire at Kingston, Jamaica (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Advert, W Shingleton, Tailor & Habit Maker
Advert, W Shingleton, New Bond Street, London, Tailor & Habit Maker - showing a woman riding sidesaddle on a horse. 1880

Gamages Royal Air Force uniform advertisement
Advertisement for the officers uniforms for the newly formed Royal Air Force in April 1918 From Gamages of Holborn, London. Date: 1918

Victorian Card - Little Tailors. 19th century

Detail of a gentlemans full dress suit, comprising coat, waistcoat and breeches
CH469821 Detail of a gentlemans full dress suit, comprising coat, waistcoat and breeches, 1780s-90s (textile) by English School, (18th century); Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; English

Page from Army and Navy Stores Catalogue, 1939-40 (litho)
5988078 Page from Army and Navy Stores Catalogue, 1939-40 (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Illustration for catalogue of Army & Navy Stores Ltd)

The Strike Of The Swimming Pools (Girls) Of The Milan Tailoring And Millinery Workshops (Colour Litho)
2798563 The Strike Of The Swimming Pools (Girls) Of The Milan Tailoring And Millinery Workshops (Colour Litho) by Beltrame

Mentally Defective Girls at Needlework, Mentally Defective Boys at Tailoring, Liverpool Special Schools (b / w photo)
3633317 Mentally Defective Girls at Needlework, Mentally Defective Boys at Tailoring, Liverpool Special Schools (b/w photo) by English Photographer

John Allin Jones, woollen draper and tailor, hatter and hosier, trade card (engraving)
731604 John Allin Jones, woollen draper and tailor, hatter and hosier, trade card (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: John Allin Jones)

Sketches and fabric swatches, from L oficiel de la couleur des industries de la
STC255256 Sketches and fabric swatches, from L oficiel de la couleur des industries de la mode (colour litho) by French School; Private Collection; The Stapleton Collection; French, out of copyright

Pelisse, 1815 (soft twilled silk)
FMB329172 Pelisse, 1815 (soft twilled silk) by English School, (19th century); Fashion Museum Bath; (add.info.: a pelisse was a coat-like garment often made from sarsenet ; it could be worn indoors)

Three ladies in dresses (colour lithograph)
XCF286438 Three ladies in dresses (colour lithograph) by Iribe, Paul (1883-1935); Private Collection; French, out of copyright

Indian tailoring (chromolitho)
2782762 Indian tailoring (chromolitho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Indian tailoring. Liebig card, published in late 19th or early 20th century)

Dirzee, or Tailor, terracotta figurine, India, c. 1880 (statuette)
5928630 A Dirzee, or TailorA, terracotta figurine, India, c.1880 (statuette) by Indian School, (19th century); National Army Museum, London; (add.info.: A Dirzee, or TailorA, terracotta figurine)

The Tailors Workshop, 1661 (oil on panel)
3545937 The Tailors Workshop, 1661 (oil on panel) by Brekelenkam, Quiringh Gerritsz. van (c.1620-68); 66x53.5 cm; Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Dutch, out of copyright

Edward Watts, tailor and woollen draper, trade card (engraving)
731583 Edward Watts, tailor and woollen draper, trade card (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Edward Watts, tailor and woollen draper, trade card)

Thompson, tailor and ladies habit maker, trade card (engraving)
731601 Thompson, tailor and ladies habit maker, trade card (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Thompson, tailor and ladies habit maker)

Two tailors came with cloth and tape to fit them out in handsome shape (colour litho)
2776753 Two tailors came with cloth and tape to fit them out in handsome shape (colour litho) by Campbell, Floyd V. (d.1906); Private Collection; (add.info)

Tailors workshop in the Middle Ages (chromolitho)
2782765 Tailors workshop in the Middle Ages (chromolitho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Tailors workshop in the Middle Ages)

Arab street tailor in Morocco (chromolitho)
2782764 Arab street tailor in Morocco (chromolitho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Arab street tailor in Morocco)

"There was an Old Man of the West, who wore a pale plum-coloured vest", from A Book of Nonsense
LLM386657 " There was an Old Man of the West, who wore a pale plum-coloured vest", from A Book of Nonsense, published by Frederick Warne and Co

A tailors workshop, from the Encyclopedie des Sciences et Metiers
STC243968 A tailors workshop, from the Encyclopedie des Sciences et Metiers by Denis Diderot (1713-84) published c.1770 (engraving) by French School

The Tailor (colour engraving)
CHT272997 The Tailor (colour engraving) by Leclerc, Jean (c.1587-1633); Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France; (add.info.: le couturier; ); eArchives Charmet; French, out of copyright

Tailor, plate from Prangs Aids for Object Teaching, 1874 (colour litho)
AQS256871 Tailor, plate from Prangs Aids for Object Teaching, 1874 (colour litho) by American School, (19th century); American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA; eCourtesy

Fashion Advert for Eloy Mignot (colour litho)
STC255061 Fashion Advert for Eloy Mignot (colour litho) by French School; Private Collection; The Stapleton Collection; French, out of copyright

A Special Wardrobe, from a Vogue Pattern Book c. 1930 (colour litho)
STC255056 A Special Wardrobe, from a Vogue Pattern Book c.1930 (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; The Stapleton Collection; English, out of copyright

The Technical Schools at the Peoples Palace, Mile End (engraving)
1038163 The Technical Schools at the Peoples Palace, Mile End (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Technical Schools at the Peoples Palace, Mile End)

Three Empire Line Evening Coats from Les Robes de Paul Poiret pub
3057141 Three Empire Line Evening Coats from Les Robes de Paul Poiret pub. 1908 (pochoir print) by Iribe, Paul (1883-1935); Private Collection; The Stapleton Collection; French, out of copyright

Two empire line day dresses from Les Robes de Paul Poiret pub
3057135 Two empire line day dresses from Les Robes de Paul Poiret pub. 1908 (pochoir print) by Iribe, Paul (1883-1935); Private Collection; The Stapleton Collection; French, out of copyright

Tailors workshop at the Paris Opera (b / w photo)
3098680 Tailors workshop at the Paris Opera (b/w photo) by French Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Tailors workshop at the Paris Opera)

Punch cartoon: Circumference - fat man at a tailors shop (engraving)
6034815 Punch cartoon: Circumference - fat man at a tailors shop (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Punch cartoon)

Breeches Makers, William Rogers, trade card (engraving)
984050 Breeches Makers, William Rogers, trade card (engraving) by English School, (18th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Breeches Makers, William Rogers, trade card)

The Tailor (engraving)
3646625 The Tailor (engraving) by Amman, Jost (1539-91) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Tailor. Illustration for Kulturgeschichtliches Bilderbuch aus drei Jahrhunderten by Georg Hirth)

The Tailor And The Crow (colour litho)
3630662 The Tailor And The Crow (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Tailor And The Crow)

Women packaging patterns at McCalls Magazine, New York, 1913 (silver gelatin print)
MNY380821 Women packaging patterns at McCalls Magazine, New York, 1913 (silver gelatin print) by Byron Company (fl.1890-1942); 27.9x35.6 cm; Museum of the City of New York

Women working on patterns at McCalls Magazine, New York, 1913 (silver gelatin print)
MNY380819 Women working on patterns at McCalls Magazine, New York, 1913 (silver gelatin print) by Byron Company (fl.1890-1942); 27.9x35.6 cm; Museum of the City of New York

Fashion workshop, from the Encyclopedie des Sciences et Metiers
STC444554 Fashion workshop, from the Encyclopedie des Sciences et Metiers by Denis Diderot (1713-84) published c.1770 (engraving) by French School

R Hoskin, linen draper, hosier, haberdasher, trade card (engraving)
731626 R Hoskin, linen draper, hosier, haberdasher, trade card (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: R Hoskin, linen draper, hosier, haberdasher, trade card)

H Pritchard, mercer, tailor and draper, trade card (engraving)
731623 H Pritchard, mercer, tailor and draper, trade card (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: H Pritchard, mercer, tailor and draper, trade card)

Kilpin, tailor and habit maker, trade card (engraving)
731563 Kilpin, tailor and habit maker, trade card (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Kilpin, tailor and habit maker)

Grant: a pattern for pen wiper... 1866 (colour litho)
AQS336788 Grant: a pattern for pen wiper... 1866 (colour litho) by Kellogg, Edmund Burke (1809-72); American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA; (add.info.: General Ulysees S)

Two empire line evening dresses, from Les Robes de Paul Poiret
STC255309 Two empire line evening dresses, from Les Robes de Paul Poiret 1908 (pochoir print) by Iribe, Paul (1883-1935); Private Collection; The Stapleton Collection; French, out of copyright

Sketches and fabric swatches, from L officiel de la couleur des industries de la
STC255304 Sketches and fabric swatches, from L officiel de la couleur des industries de la mode (colour litho) by French School; Private Collection; The Stapleton Collection; French, out of copyright

Sketches and fabric swatches, from L oficiel de la couleur des industries de la
STC255259 Sketches and fabric swatches, from L oficiel de la couleur des industries de la mode (colour litho) by French School; Private Collection; The Stapleton Collection; French, out of copyright

Latest Paris Fashions, from The Queen May 23 1885 (colour engraving)
STC255058 Latest Paris Fashions, from The Queen May 23 1885 (colour engraving) by English School; Private Collection; The Stapleton Collection; English, out of copyright

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"Mastering the Art of Tailoring: A Journey Through Time" Step into the world of tailoring, where craftsmanship and precision intertwine with creativity and style. From ancient times to modern days, tailors have been shaping fabrics to perfection, creating garments that tell stories. In William Hogarth's "A Rake's Progress, " we catch a glimpse of a tailor's tools - scissors poised for cutting, needles ready to stitch, and is a reminder that these instruments are not mere objects but extensions of an artisan's skillful hands. Fast forward to the 1920s, Mortimer L Menpes captures the essence of a tailor at work. The atmosphere in his painting exudes dedication and attention to detail as he meticulously measures and cuts fabric. During World War I, British military uniforms took center stage in advertising posters. The tailored uniform became more than just clothing; it symbolized honor and patriotism. Enter a bustling workshop filled with busy tailors diligently working on their craft. In this vibrant scene from the 18th century France, we witness the camaraderie among artisans who share their expertise while stitching together exquisite garments. Travel back further in time to 1647 when broadsides depicted skilled tailors showcasing their artistry. These visual representations highlight how tailoring has always been valued throughout history. The year is now 1890; step inside another workshop where Mr Tape reigns supreme as master tailor. His steady hand guides each stitch with precision and finesse – an embodiment of timeless elegance. Daks advertisement from 1953 showcases how bespoke tailoring evolved over time while maintaining its classic charm. Attention to detail remains paramount as Welsh & Jefferies continue this tradition in their Eton High Street shop today. Finally, Chas Baker & Co Stores Limited advertises its commitment to quality attire for gentlemen across London—a testament to how tailoring continues to shape fashion trends even in contemporary society.