Checked Collection

Harvey Nichols advertisement, 1953
Two friends, wearing extremely similar check cotton dresses in Horrockses fabric, share a joke. Date: 1953

Django Reinhardt / Postcd
DJANGO REINHARDT (JEAN-BAPTISTE) French jazz guitarist, born in Belgium of gypsy parentage

Welsh Girls in Traditional Costume 1908
A group of seven Welsh girls in traditional costume. One of them holds a large doll on her lap, and three are holding baskets

Woman police officer attending an accident where a man appears to have fallen off a ladder. She is speaking into her hand-held radio. Date: circa 1970s

Coat & Fox Terrier 1927
Wrap over coat in a small checked fabric with cuff detail, hip pockets, long fur roll collar & fur lining worn with court shoes & a cloche hat pulled over the eyes

Vintage Bentley Speed 6 at Locquirec, Brittany, France
Vintage Bentley Speed 6 (6.5 litre) with driver at the wheel in Locquirec, Brittany, north-west France. Date: circa 1960s

Corry / Vanity Fair 1877
MONTAGU WILLIAM LOWRY CORRY BARON ROWTON Statesman and philanthropist, Disraelis private secretary

The Crossword Craze / 1920
A dashing couple display the growing crossword craze with their checked attire and similarly squared-off small dog!

Costume / Boy on Tricycle
Picturesque foppish French boy in a pleated skirt in spotted fabric, floppy striped necktie & falling collar, checked socks, pumps with large ribbon bows & long flowing hair

Gardening Book / Tobacco
Baccy, Grow and Smoke Your Own An instruction booklet on how to grow your own tobacco

Woman police officer in new Surrey uniform
Woman police officer (Eileen Greenwood) in the new Surrey uniform introduced in 1973. The jacket was single-breasted with four buttons, and the hat was in black and white with a checked design

Miles Davis and his Fusion Group, North Sea Jazz Festival, The Hague, 1991. Creator: Brian Foskett
Miles Davis and his Fusion Group, North Sea Jazz Festival, The Hague, 1991

Check Burberry suit, 1916
A dashing black and white check Burberry suit with a full skirt, a coat smart and practical for sport and country wear worn with a matching close-fitting hat. Date: 1916

th Huxley / Sambourne 1888
THOMAS HENRY HUXLEY A satire on the English scientists discovery of a gelatinous substance on the seabed: he is discussing his findings with a mermaid

The Highland Shepherd - painted by R. Ansdell - from the Exhibition of the Royal Academy, 1856. Creator: W Thomas
The Highland Shepherd - painted by R. Ansdell - from the Exhibition of the Royal Academy, 1856. Engraving of a painting....one of those happy transcripts of Highland life that has made Mr

Welsh woman in traditional costume on a donkey
A young Welsh woman in traditional costume, riding a donkey sidesaddle. This was the usual form of transport at the time -- for example

Helston Youth Club
A group of boys wearing flared jeans, denim jackets and checked shirts play air guitar to a rock song at Helston youth club

Blue Vase with Oranges, 1907 (oil on canvas)
1195960 Blue Vase with Oranges, 1907 (oil on canvas) by Jawlensky, Alexej von (1864-1941); 45.5x56.7 cm; Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; German, out of copyright

Harry Tate / Vfair 1912
HARRY TATE (Ronald Macdonald Hutchison) English music hall comedian, best known for sketches on golfing, motoring and fishing

William Powell / Mgm
WILLIAM POWELL American film actor

Tartan Accessories 1902
Tartan accessories including silk handkerchiefs, mufflers, neck ties, scarves, tartan cravats, silk knit motor wraps, drawstring work bags & satchels

Comic postcard, woman at the races with bookie, placing a bet both ways Date: 20th century

Woman police officer in updated uniform, London
Woman police officer in the updated uniform introduced in 1977, with a range of mix and match options, and the checkered cravat replacing the bow tie

A Welsh Costume, c1904. Creator: Unknown
A Welsh Costume, c1904. Woman in Welsh national dress, with tall hat, checked shawl, striped blouse and apron, carrying a basket. Hand-coloured postcard. [Pictorial Stationery Co Ltd, London, c1904]

Louis Armstrong having haircut in Hammersmith, London, 1962. Creator: Brian Foskett
Louis Armstrong having haircut in Hammersmith, London, 1962

Buckle of a rodeo champions, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, North America

Bottle, Carafe, Jug and Lemons, 1902. Creator: Paul Cezanne
Bottle, Carafe, Jug and Lemons, 1902

Elise W. Ladew and Mrs. W.R. Grace, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Elise W. Ladew and Mrs. W.R. Grace, between c1910 and c1915

Women With A Dog, 1891. Creator: Pierre Bonnard
Women With A Dog, 1891. Bonnard's sister and cousin playing with the family dog in a garden, with three figures just visible behind them

Woman Sketching In A Landscape, c1830. Creator: Barthelemy Vieillevoye
Woman Sketching In A Landscape, c1830. The landscape in the background likely depicts a place near the city of Liege, where, from 1834 until his death

The National Rifle Association prize meeting at Wimbledon:the Highland Games, 1865. Creator: Unknown
The National Rifle Association prize meeting at Wimbledon: diversions of the camp - the Highland Games, 1865. View of...the Highland games of the London Scottish corps...which afforded so much

A woman of Terra del Fuego, South America, carrying a baby on her back
5856472 A woman of Terra del Fuego, South America, carrying a baby on her back.; (add.info.: "A Female Savage of Terra del Fuego." A woman of Terra del Fuego, South America)

Bank of England, 1872 (engraving)
536664 Bank of England, 1872 (engraving); (add.info.: Bank of England. Entrance to the bullion vaults, showing ingots of precious metals)

Inauguration of the statue of the late Prince Consort, in the presence of Her Majesty, ... 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson
Inauguration of the statue of the late Prince Consort, in the presence of Her Majesty, at Perth, 1864. Engraving from a sketch by Mr. Keeley Halswell

Recruiting, Montreal, 1914. Creator: Bain News Service
Recruiting, Montreal, 1914 (date created or published later). Soldiers standing in front of a window which displays a recruitment poster for the 5th Regiment Royal Highlanders of Canada

Revellers in pierrot costumes at the Chelsea Arts Club Dazzle Ball held at the Albert Hall in March 1919. The theme was inspired by the technique of dazzle painting

Comic postcard, nurse, baby and new father - girl or boy? Date: 20th century

Cyndi Lauper american singer songwriter pictured with manager David Wolff arriving at London Heathrow Airport February 1987

A Masai man talking on a mobile phone in the African savanna, Masai Mara Game Reserve. Kenya, East Africa, Africa

Elderly woman working in rice field harvesting rice, Kep, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Woman with an Accordion daguerreotype, 1840s. Creator: Ron Fasand
Woman with an Accordion daguerreotype, 1840s

Stan Getz, Marquee Club, London, c1963. Creator: Brian Foskett
Stan Getz, Marquee Club, London, c1963

tartan mini kilted model vivienne westwood at secc

Better Days
Historical woman standing in countryside with suitcase. Ildiko Neer

Fashion Plate (Walking Dress), 1814. Creator: Rudolph Ackermann
Fashion Plate (Walking Dress), 1814

A Fruit Piece, Printed 1844-1846. Creator: William Henry Fox Talbot
A Fruit Piece, Printed 1844-1846. Still Life With Apples & Pineapple In Baskets. Book: The Pencil of Nature

His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, 1858. Creators: James Henry Lynch, Richard James Lane
His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, 1858. Portrait of the future King Edward VII. The very natural desire to know something of the personal appearance of a Prince to whom such interest attaches

Fashions for October, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Fashions for October, 1858. 1. Dress in the new style called a six lis. It has a double skirt - the upper one consisting of six breadths of silk of two different kinds...The corsage is three-quarter

Group of Children in the Royal Caledonian Asylum - from a painting by Mr. Wighton, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Group of Children in the Royal Caledonian Asylum [in London] - from a painting by Mr. Wighton, 1858. The object of the institution is the maintenance and education of the children of soldiers

Fashion Plate (Walking Dress), 1822. Creator: John Bell
Fashion Plate (Walking Dress), 1822

Fashion Plate (Walking Dress), 1814. Creator: Rudolph Ackermann
Fashion Plate (Walking Dress), 1814

Fashion Plate (Opera Dress), 1814. Creator: Unknown
Fashion Plate (Opera Dress), 1814. From La Belle Assemblee (plate labeled one month ahead of issue)

Costumes de Différents Pays, Indien du Coromandel de la Caste des Parias, c1797
Costumes de Differents Pays, Indien du Coromandel de la Caste des Parias, c1797

Costumes de Différent Pays, Laitiere des Environs de Bordeaux, c1797. Creators: Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur
Costumes de Different Pays, Laitiere des Environs de Bordeaux, c1797

Oniichi (or Keichi) Hogan in the Sanryaku Chapter, Shichi Iroha Jui, 19th century. Creator: Utagawa Kunisada
Oniichi (or Keichi) Hogan in the Sanryaku Chapter, Shichi Iroha Jui, 19th century

The Actor Bando Hikosaburo V as the Wrestler Onigatake, 1861. Creator: Utagawa Kunisada
The Actor Bando Hikosaburo V as the Wrestler Onigatake, 1861

Actor in the Role of Wrestler Hanaregoma no Chokichi, c1850. Creator: Utagawa Kunisada
Actor in the Role of Wrestler Hanaregoma no Chokichi, c1850

Yellow, between c1847 and c1852. Creator: Utagawa Kunisada
Yellow, between c1847 and c1852. Series: Costumes in Five Different Colors

Looking Shy: The Manners of a Young Girl of the Meiji Era, 1888. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Looking Shy: The Manners of a Young Girl of the Meiji Era, 1888

Kino Stabbing Her Husband with a Fruit Knife, 1875. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Kino Stabbing Her Husband with a Fruit Knife, 1875. Series: The Postal News, no. 471

Unidentified Figure, 1855-1859. Creator: Alfred Jacob Miller
Unidentified Figure, 1855-1859

Françoise Ravel as the Harlequin, 1855-1859. Creator: Alfred Jacob Miller
Francoise Ravel as the Harlequin, 1855-1859

Dhanashri Ragini, First Wife of Dipak Raga, Folio from a Ragamala... between c1725 and c1750. Creator: Unknown
Dhanashri Ragini, First Wife of Dipak Raga, Folio from a Ragamala (Garland of Melodies), between c1725 and c1750

Fashion Plate (Afternoon Dress for Feby. 1801), 1801. Creator: Unknown
Fashion Plate (Afternoon Dress for Feby. 1801), 1801

Imaginary Tale in a Foreign Court, Mid-17th century. Creator: Unknown
Imaginary Tale in a Foreign Court, Mid-17th century

I Want to Go Abroad (?), 19th century. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
I Want to Go Abroad (?), 19th century. From A Collection of Desires

Irritable: The Wife of a Fireman in the Kaei Period (1848-1853), 1888. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Irritable: The Wife of a Fireman in the Kaei Period (1848-1853), 1888. From Thirty-two Aspects of Customs and Manners

Wanting to Meet Someone: A Courtesan of the Kaei Period (1848-1853), 1888. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Wanting to Meet Someone: A Courtesan of the Kaei Period (1848-1853), 1888. From Thirty-two Aspects of Customs and Manners

Ryogoku Bridge; The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro VIII in the Role of Yokoyama no Yosaburo, 1863. Creator: Utagawa Kunisada
Ryogoku Bridge; The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro VIII in the Role of Yokoyama no Yosaburo, 1863. From Flowers of Edo with Views of Famous Places

Looking as if Someone is about to Arrive: The Appearance of a Fireman's Wife in the Kaei Era, 1888

The Poetress Murasaki Shikibu with a poem about the moon at midnight (image 1 of 2), c1775. Creator: Shunsho
The Poetress Murasaki Shikibu with a poem about the moon at midnight (image 1 of 2), c1775. From One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets

Katarina Stenbock, 1535-1621, Queen of Sweden, c16th century. Creator: Anon
Katarina Stenbock, 1535-1621, Queen of Sweden, c16th century

Costumes de Différent Pays, Femme de Montauban, c1797. Creators: Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur, LF Labrousse
Costumes de Different Pays, Femme de Montauban, c1797

Garibaldian volunteers - from a photograph by Herr Fehrenbachs, 1860. Creator: Unknown
Garibaldian volunteers - from a photograph by Herr Fehrenbachs, 1860. Sergeant Sparkhall, Major Styles, and Lieut. Ceuto, of the Glasgow company

Yellow, between circa 1847 and circa 1852. Creator: Utagawa Kunisada
Yellow, between circa 1847 and circa 1852. From Costumes in Five Different Colors

Bedouin Girl, 1886. Creator: Anders Leonard Zorn
Bedouin Girl, 1886

Young woman in black and white checkered ensemble, 1914. Creator: Price
Young woman in black and white checkered ensemble, 1914. Dress with a light blue bodice and checked tight skirt to the ankles, trimmed with a fur, and matching jacket

Park with Country House, 1670-1719. Creator: Jan Weenix
Park with Country House, 1670-1719

Seventeenth-century Interior, 1838. Creator: Jan August Hendrik Leys
Seventeenth-century Interior, 1838

Interior of an Inn, with Figures in Seventeenth-Century Costume, 1848. Creator: Ferdinand De Braekeleer
Interior of an Inn, with Figures in Seventeenth-Century Costume, 1848

Gallery of Fashion, 1798. Creator: Anon
Gallery of Fashion, 1798. Standing woman in checkered dress with fan

Malay woman with infant and eggplant, c.1675-c.1725. Creator: Anon
Malay woman with infant and eggplant, c.1675-c.1725. A woman breastfeeding a naked child. She is dressed in a red/white checkered sarong and a white jacket

Merry Company, 1629. Creator: Isaac Elias
Merry Company, 1629. Other Title(s): A Festive Company; A Party

The Waffle Maker, c.1850-c.1882. Creator: Alexander Hugo Bakker Korff
The Waffle Maker, c.1850-c.1882. Other Title(s): The Pastry Chef

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"Checked: A Journey Through Time and Style" Step back in time to the Harvey Nichols advertisement of 1953, where the allure patterns captured hearts and minds. Immerse yourself in the mesmerizing melodies of Django Reinhardt, his guitar strings resonating with the rhythm beats. Witness the grace and elegance of Welsh girls donning traditional costumes in 1908, their attire adorned with delicate checkered motifs. In a world where fashion meets companionship, a coat-clad figure walks alongside a loyal Fox Terrier in 1927 - both embodying timeless charm through their checked ensemble. Roar down memory lane as you encounter a vintage Bentley Speed 6 at Locquirec, Brittany, France. Its sleek design complemented by subtle checkered accents that exude sophistication. Delve into Corry's captivating illustrations from Vanity Fair in 1877; her artistic prowess bringing life to intricate checked patterns that captivate readers' imaginations. Unleash your inner wordsmith as you explore "The Crossword Craze" of 1920 - an era when puzzles intertwined letters like checks on a board, challenging minds everywhere. A whimsical scene unfolds before your eyes as you witness a young boy on his tricycle dressed head-to-toe in playful costume checks - embracing childhood joy one pedal at a time. Discover how gardening books and tobacco intertwine harmoniously; their essence entwined like threads within checkered fabric - nurturing both body and soul alike. Transport yourself to an artist's studio where vibrant oranges pop against a blue vase on canvas. The juxtaposition between fruit and pattern creates an exquisite visual symphony for all to behold. Marvel at the strength and resilience embodied by woman police officers attending accidents or proudly wearing new Surrey uniforms. Their presence is marked not only by bravery but also by dignified checks adorning their attire.