EditorialRaquel Welch?s estate auction: Treasured items of late screen siren, including Golden Globe award and costumes, going under the hammer a year after her death
EditorialAnne-Louise-Benedicte de Bourbon, Duchess of Maine, 1676-1753. She wears a tall lace Fontanges headdress, beauty spots, pearl choker, lace collar, mantua trimmed with fur, and petticoat with band of fur. She holds a fur muff with bow. After a miniature...
EditorialMarie Angelique de Scorailles, Mlle. de Fontanges, mistress of King Louis XIV, 1661-1681. She wears her hair in long curls over her shoulders, a pearl choker, blue mantua dress with lace collar and sleeves, red brocade petticoats. After a miniature on ...
EditorialAnne of Pisseleu, Duchess of Etampes, mistress of King Francis I, 1508-1580. She wears a chaperon headdress, velvet surtout with lace ruff collar, jeweled choker, slashed sleeves with high shoulderpads, damask petticoat, and chain belt. After a miniatu...
EditorialLouise Francoise de la Baume-le-Blanc, Duchess of La Valliere, mistress to King Louis XIV, 1644-1710. She wears her hair in ringlets, a pearl choker, a blue mantua dress decorated with lace collar and sleeves, gold embroidery, ribbon bows, and gold pet...
EditorialCostume of a German woman, first half of the 16th century. She wears a bonnet, bodice and dress, all elaborately worked with gold. Around her neck is a bejeweled choker and brooch, and a thick gold chain. From a painting by Lucas Cranach in the gallery...
EditorialCostume of a Swiss noble woman, first half of the 16th century. She wears a large bonnet decorated with feathers, a low-cut bodice, puffed, slashed sleeves, full skirt over petticoat. Her neck is ornamented with a choker and necklace with cross. From a...
EditorialCostume of a German woman, first half of the 16th century. She wears a bonnet, bodice and dress, all elaborately worked with gold. Around her neck is a bejeweled choker and brooch, and a thick gold chain. From a painting by Lucas Cranach in the gallery...
EditorialNecklace, 11th?12th century, Attributed to Iran, Gold sheet; granulation, twisted wire, Necklace:, Jewelry, Both men and women wore silver and gold necklaces in Seljuq times, but this resembles a woman?s choker. This necklace consists of twenty-three h...
EditorialLimestone head of a female with a plain headdress, Archaic, 2nd half of the 6th century B.C., Cypriot, Limestone, Overall: 2 7/8 x 2 1/8 x 2 1/4 in. (7.3 x 5.4 x 5.7 cm), Stone Sculpture, The head, to the base of the neck, remains. There is a wide chok...
EditorialNecklace, Early Dynastic IIIa, ca. 2600?2500 B.C., Mesopotamia, Ur (modern Tell al-Muqayyar), Sumerian, Gold, lapis lazuli, L. 22.5 cm, Metalwork-Ornaments, This choker adorned one of the sixty-eight women or young girls laid out in the so-called Great...
EditorialAnne-Louise-Benedicte de Bourbon, Duchess of Maine, 1676-1753. She wears a tall lace Fontanges headdress, beauty spots, pearl choker, lace collar, mantua trimmed with fur, and petticoat with band of fur. She holds a fur muff with bow. After a miniature...
EditorialMarie Angelique de Scorailles, Mlle. de Fontanges, mistress of King Louis XIV, 1661-1681. She wears her hair in long curls over her shoulders, a pearl choker, blue mantua dress with lace collar and sleeves, red brocade petticoats. After a miniature on ...
EditorialAnne of Pisseleu, Duchess of Etampes, mistress of King Francis I, 1508-1580. She wears a chaperon headdress, velvet surtout with lace ruff collar, jeweled choker, slashed sleeves with high shoulderpads, damask petticoat, and chain belt. After a miniatu...
EditorialLouise Francoise de la Baume-le-Blanc, Duchess of La Valliere, mistress to King Louis XIV, 1644-1710. She wears her hair in ringlets, a pearl choker, a blue mantua dress decorated with lace collar and sleeves, gold embroidery, ribbon bows, and gold pet...
EditorialNatives of Tikopia island, Solomon Islands, Pacific ocean, 19th century. He wears a large pendant on a choker, blue loincloth and holds handfulls of leaves. Illustration by Toioske in d'Urville's "Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe." Handcoloured lithog...
EditorialLady of rank, 1770. She wears a tiny hat with feather, wig, choker with cross, purple dress lined with fur, lace sleeves, sash, and embroidered petticoat. Handcoloured lithograph from Thomas Hailes Lacy's "Female Costumes Historical, National and Drama...
EditorialIsabella, Queen of Edward II, 1320. She wears a tall hennin conical hat with long veil, gold choker with pendant, velvet fur-lined dress, girdle. Handcoloured lithograph from Thomas Hailes Lacy's "Female Costumes Historical, National and Dramatic in 20...
EditorialCostume of a Swiss noble woman, first half of the 16th century. She wears a large bonnet decorated with feathers, a low-cut bodice, puffed, slashed sleeves, full skirt over petticoat. Her neck is ornamented with a choker and necklace with cross. From a...
EditorialCostume of a German woman, first half of the 16th century. She wears a bonnet, bodice and dress, all elaborately worked with gold. Around her neck is a bejeweled choker and brooch, and a thick gold chain. From a painting by Lucas Cranach in the gallery...