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Heather Thatcher (1896-1987), stage and screen actress and dancer whose Russian-designed costumes caused a sensation in the 1920Biblio.com

1920s ladies' fashion: Heather Thatcher stage and screen actress and dancer. Autograph Signature to Corrected Typescript of article ‘ “Dress To Suit Yourself.” / says Heather Thatcher / In an Exclusive Interview with Dorothy Owston-Booth.’

ref. 24177No date or place. London. 1920s. An excellent bold and sprawling signature ‘Heather Thatcher’ at the end of a carbon typescript of a 1920s article from an unascertained source with a few minor corrections in pencil. 3pp 4to. Fifty-nine lines of text on three leaves attached with a slightly rusty paperclip. In fair condition lightly aged and creased. Begins: ‘ “Luckily fashion for this autumn and winter are going to be varied; so every woman will be able to find something to suit her own particular type” said lovely Heather Thatcher when she was showing me some of her new autumn dresses. / “It is so difficult when fashion decrees one particular style for a season; for of course it just cannot suit every woman” Miss Thatcher continued. “Take hats for instance How could women of forty and upwards hope to last six words struck through look attractive in those flat kettle-holder affairs which were perched on the sides of heads a season or so last two words deleted ago Yet many tried to wear them!’ The article continues with advice regarding hats ‘try every angle until a becoming one has been found’ length of skirts ‘a few inches below the knee or twelve inches from the ground is the fashionable length’ daytime frocks ‘Those with large hips do well not to draw attention to them by wearing unusual belts.’ coats ‘this winter they will look more fashionabe in one of the new coloured suede coats - real or imitation - than in fur!’ evening wear and jewellery ‘The best-dressed woman this season will only wear one jewel in the evening’ concluding ‘There’s no need to spend a lot of money to look well-dressed if you dress to suit your own style and personality and watch carefully all the little details.’ No date or place. [London. 1920s.] unknown

Richard M. Ford Ltd · Reino Unido90,00 GBP≈ 107,49 €

[costumes; fashion; paintings, original artwork]Biblio.com

19TH-CENTURY MAQUETTE BOOK SOUVENIR OF COSTUMES

1820ref. D6906N.p. but Germany possibly Liechtenstein c. 1820. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to 245 x 165mm. A compilation of 73 brightly colored watercolors many with manuscript captions in German some are dated for the costume all clipped and mounted into book and illustrating the costumes and attributions of court officials knights Templar Tartar costume St. George on horseback German orders of nobility also for Spain France Holland Italian Turkish Egypt and Babylon and other various orders as in Order of the Garter in England and France and religious dress of ordained and lay members of various orders including German Italian Spanish and Cistercian Carmelite Carthusian Capuchin and Franciscan monks. Also Jesuit pilgrims and sisters of the Benedictine Sylvestrine and Cistercian among other lesser-known orders and historical figures such as Leopold III of Austria and Louis III of Tremoilles. Early 19th-century half calf over imitation silk cloth-covered boards and decorative endpapers spine with label COSTUME; some light foxing most severe at beginning otherwise the colors remaining extraordinarily fresh and bright. Armorial bookplate from the Princely house of Liechtenstein on front pastedown. Unique compilation of 73 expertly executed hand-colored watercolors of various religious knightly and official orders with a bookplate of the royal arms of Liechtenstein. Each figure is executed with extraordinary talent and is superbly hand-colored in a range of washes; many of these costumes have changed very little and have a history stretching back to medieval times. In the twentieth century an interest in costume and fashion books was spurred on by the dawning Victorian age in England in the 1830s which then spread to the continent. Each picture in this unique set is an individual work of art full of expression and with strikingly attractive faces and gestures. The expert attention given to each work of art strongly suggests this book was a maquette for a larger print-run of a souvenir book of costumes. Captions are in German and early provenance points to possible creation in the principality of Liechtenstein. One can think of the principalitys official motto For God Prince and Fatherland and see how all these official garments best represent a history of European court and important religious connections for an established royal line such as Liechtenstein. Perhaps this book was once in the royal home of the Johann I Joseph Prince of Liechtenstein who had fourteen children and it may have belonged to his son Prince Friedrich Adalbert 1807-1885 who later became the 1018th Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece in Austria. With interesting connections to the royal house of Liechtenstein and 73 examples of hand-colored historic costumes this truly is a unique survival. hardcover

Sanctuary Books · Estados Unidos10.000,00 US$≈ 8934,16 €

NN [COSTUMES, RUSSIA]Livre Rare Book

31 hand-coloured engraved plates depicting male and female figures in traditional Russian dress

1850ref. G120591Paris, Musée Cosmopolite s.d. [1850's] Collection of 31 hand-coloured engraved plates (from a total of 37 plates published for the Russian costume section), depicting male and female figures in traditinal Russian dress, shown full lenght. Bound in a nice and solid modern hardcover (red half-cloth with gilt title on spine, marbled boards, 28x23cm.). Plates are clean and bright except for very few light foxing, Issued as part of the "Musée Cosmopolite" series published in Paris by Aubert & Cie. // The Russian plates are notable for their detailed rendering of textiles, embroidery and head-dress, illustrating a range of social and regional distinctions within the Russian Empire in the mid-19th century, as perceived by contemporary Western obervers, [CONTENT: Plate no.3: Bergère de Kouli Kovo (Gouvt. de Toula), 6: Tcherkess, 7: Charretier russe, 8: Paysanne de Serpoukoff, 9: Juif d'Epiphan (Gouvt. de Toula), 10: Juive d'Epiphan (Gouvt. de Toula), 11: Moine, 12: Religieuse, 13: Jeune fille russe, 14: Esthonien, 15: Esthonienne, 17: Laitière finlandaise, 19: Cocher de seigneur en petite tenue, 20: Paysan finnois (environs de St-Peterbourg), 21: Paysanne finoise (environ de St-Petersbourg), 22: Jeune paysan, 23: Femme tatar à Kapskhox (Crimée), 24: Paysan tatar (Crimée), 25: Femme de Yalta (Crimée), 26: Femme turque (à Bagtchi-Seraii Crimée), 27: Mollah, prêtre turc à Bagtchi-Seraii (Crimée), 28: Chef de village (Caucase), 29: Paysan russe (frontière de la Bessarabie), 30: Armée russe (Crimée), 31: Trigane ou Bohémien (frontières de la Crimée), 32: Femme Kalmouke (bords du Volga), 33: Kalmouk marchand (Russie méridionale), 34: Kalmouk d'Astrakan (Russie meridionale), 35: Prtre Kalmouk (Russie méridionale), 36: Prêtre desservant, Kalmouk (Russie méridionale), 37: Maitre d'école de St. Petersbourg], Very good condition, G120591

Antiquariaat Pieter Judo (De Lezenaar) · Hasselt, Bélgica400,00 €