Wednesday 19 October 2011

Exhibition of Vintage Costume & Textiles

An auction house in Yorkshire,Tennants,  is hosting an exhibition and sale of vintage costume and textiles. Whilst there are only a couple of the type of items that I buy to sell - quilts and Victorian whitewear - the catalogue has been a delight to look through.  This is loveliest quilt that I have seen for a long time

Too good surely to sleep under!

And this one is a fabulous example of an Elizabeth Sanderson Star quilt. Elizabeth Sanderson lived in the North of England and developed a school of professional quilt markers (called stampers) in the 19th century and many of these quilts survive especially her favourite design which was the eight pointed star. She was a pupil of George Gardiner of Allenheads who developed a reputation for marking out the patterns on to quilt tops. The quilts would then be sold and would be stitched by another person.  I have some Durham and patchwork quilts for sale at the moment but nothing as good as these!

The other lot which took my eye is not a textile or costume item but it is remarkable.


A perfectly proprtioned 1930's doll's kitchen room set. It is complete with dresser, table, chairs and the tiniest detail has been remembered - cheese grater, whisk and rolling pin! (Click on the photos to enlarge)









This exhibition is well worth a look if you are in the area.

3 comments:

freefalling said...

That's an extraordinary doll-house.
Such incredible detail.
How did they ever make such little things?

(love your blog - always a great place to learn new stuff!)

antique linen cupboard said...

Thanks for your comment! The attention to detail is great isn't it? And when compared to the plastic stuff of today....no contest! But what will people be marvelling at in auctions in a 100 years from now?

fabriquefantastique said...

I love going to auctions when in England, have to be careful of what I buy but the people watching is great too