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6:00 AM PT - Oct 24th, 2009

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Vintage Clothing/Textile/Swatch Book Auction

120 items

Lot Description Estimates
(USD)
13
Lot 13
METALLIC BROCADE SILK, 18th-19th C. Heavy gold with

silver on pumpkin silk in a pattern of exotic flowers, modern...

200
-
400
14
Lot 14
SILK and METALLIC EMBROIDERED PANEL, 19th C. White

couched embroidered ground with satin stitched floral in cream...

250
-
350
15
Lot 15
TWO SILK RUNNERS, 17th C. Pieced gold silk ground w

ith large scale foliate pattern in cut spruce velvet, trimmed in...

200
-
400
16
Lot 16
PIECED ITALIAN SILK BROCADE ALTAR FRONTAL, 18th C.

Fruit and floral design in pastels on platinum ground, gold...

500
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800
17
Lot 17
FRENCH SILK and METALLIC BROCADE PANEL, 18th-19th C

. Three widths Orientalist pattern having circular repeat of birds...

450
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550
18
Lot 18
ITALIAN SILK BROCADE PANEL, 17th C. Pieced large sc

ale foliate design with stylized flower buds in shades of green...

400
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600
19
Lot 19
ITALIAN SILK and METALLIC PIECED BROCADE PANEL, 18t

h C. Three widths of slate blue with floral brocade in blues...

400
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600
20
Lot 20
SILK BROCADE CHASUBLE and ACCESSORIES, 19th C. Gree

n damask with colorful floral brocade in coral, pink, green and...

400
-
500
21
Lot 21
PIECED GOLD SILK and SILVER METALLIC BROCADE PANEL

18th C. Large flowerheads on serpentine branchwork with green...

300
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500
22
Lot 22
TWO GOLD METALLIC EMBROIDERIES, 16th C. Shield shap

ed with Madonna and child, knotted fringe border. 16 x 16. Narrow...

400
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600
23
Lot 23
METALLIC BROCADE SILK PANEL, 19th C. Three joined p

anels of olive green silk having a repeating Renaissance style...

500
-
800
24
Lot 24
CONTINENTAL SILK and METALLIC BROCADE PANEL, 18th C

. Pieced blue foliate pattern damask brocaded in rose, rust and...

800
-
1,000
25
Lot 25
GENT'S METALLIC SILK BROCADE SLEEVELESS WAISTCOAT,

18th C. Cream faille with a meandering floral brocade in pink...

500
-
800
26
Lot 26
SILK BROCADE CHASUBLE, 18th C. Flesh figured ground

having brocade red and pink birds on branchwork with white...

800
-
1,000
27
Lot 27
SILK EMBROIDERED and VELVET ALTAR FRONTAL, 19th C.

Probably Turkish, 62 1/2 x 45 1/2. Excellent.

400
-
600
28
Lot 28
TASHKENT SUSANI, 20th C. Natural cotton decorated w

ith silk in cranberry with purple, pink, gold, green and blue...

250
-
350
29
Lot 29
LOT OF SUMAC TEXTILES, 20th C. Pair of saddle bags,

each approximately 24 x 25, overall 24 x 58. Small throw rug...

300
-
500
30
Lot 30
TASHKENT SUSANI, 20th C. Natural cotton decorated w

ith silk in cranberry with purple, orange, gold, green and blue...

200
-
300
31
Lot 31
PERSIAN EMBROIDERED LONG PANEL, EARLY 20th C. Two j

oined narrow cotton lengths embroidered in red silk stylized leaf...

200
-
350
32
Lot 32
TASHKENT SUSANI, UZBEKISTAN, 2ND HALF 19th C. Silk

on cotton having wide border with typical oversize Uzbek poppies...

1,000
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2,000
33
Lot 33
TAI DAENG COTTON MOSQUITO NET BORDER, LAOS, c. 1920

. Cranberry ground with colorful geometric pattern embellished...

300
-
500
34
Lot 34
TWO CAMBODIAN PURPLE SILK IKAT PANELS, 20th C. Both

having figures, animals and temples in fuchsia, teal, silver and...

300
-
400
35
Lot 35
PRINTED WOOL PAISLEY SHAWL, 19th C. Gold twill fiel

d with large scale angled botehs at each end, bordered on four...

400
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600
36
Lot 36
CHINESE DRAGON ROBE, c. 1890. Blue silk with couche

d metallic embroidery having eight dragons, cloud bands, birds...

400
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600
37
Lot 37
NAVAJO GERMANTOWN WOOL CHILD'S BLANKET, c. 1875. Ti

ghtly woven zig-zag and triangle design in red, plum, yellow and...

1,500
-
2,000
38
Lot 38
EARLY APACHE BURDEN BASKET, 19th C. Of typical trun

cated conical form with hide support straps and fringed hide...

1,500
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2,000
39
Lot 39
NIGERIAN BEAD DECORATED BAG, LATE 19th C. Square ca

nvas over burlap with U shaped flap with hide trim and double...

200
-
300
102
Lot 102
CHARLES WIAND WOOL JACQUARD COVERLET, ALLENTOWN, P

A, 1842. Floral pattern in navy, olive green and red on natural...

200
-
400
103
Lot 103
CROSS STITCH EMBROIDERED LINEN PANEL, 19th C. Cent

ral European, red and black embroidered pattern of flower urns...

300
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500
104
Lot 104
TWO LARGE BRUSSELS MIXED LACE COLLARS, LATE 19th C

. Cream having tiered Point de Gaz flowers, 6 inches wide...

200
-
300
105
Lot 105
FIGURAL FILET LACE FRONTISPIECE, 19th C. Stylized

peacocks with urns and flowers above a narrow band of smaller...

200
-
400
106
Lot 106
PRINTED CHINTZ, MID 19th C. Oversize floral column

and floral pattern in red, black and aqua, fashioned into double...

300
-
500
107
Lot 107
HANDMADE NORMANDY LACE ROUND TABLECLOTH, c. 1918.

Almost entirely of handmade laces including filet, Bruges...

800
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1,200
108
Lot 108
EMBROIDERED LINEN TABLECLOTH, EARLY 20th C. Lavish

ly embroidered with satin stitch floral, having elaborate cutwork...

300
-
400
109
Lot 109
LINEN TABLECLOTH with CUTWORK and FILET, EARLY 20t

h C. Two wide scrolling bands of cutwork with filet lace insertion...

300
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400
110
Lot 110
TWO UNUSUAL FRENCH BLANKET SHAMS, EARLY 20th C. Fi

ne white cotton ruffled on three sides and having button closure...

300
-
400
111
Lot 111
NORMANDY LACE BEDCOVER, EARLY 20th C. Twin size re

ctangle having double embroidered net founce on three sides...

400
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600
112
Lot 112
FIGURAL NEEDLE LACE BANQUET CLOTH, EARLY 20th C. A

llover cream lace having cherub mask heads, flower urns within...

600
-
800
113
Lot 113
CUTWORK and EMBROIDERED LINEN TABLECLOTH, EARLY 20

th C. Rectangular cloth with a stylized Arts & Crafts satin stitch...

250
-
400
114
Lot 114
ALLOVER HANDMADE WHITE LACE TABLECLOTH, Early 20th

C. Pieced in figural filet lace with birds, tape and floral...

400
-
600
115
Lot 115
FORTUNY STYLE PRINTED COTTON YARDAGE, MID 20th C.

Peach on white Renaissance design having birds within scrolling...

200
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400
116
Lot 116
TWO FABRIC SAMPLE BOOKS, 1880-1890's. Both silk ri

bbon samples, approximately 100 pages each having about eight...

300
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400
117
Lot 117
TWO FABRIC SAMPLE BOOKS, FRENCH, 1920's. Large for

mat books with large swatches, 2-5 per page, mostly all metallic...

300
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600
118
Lot 118
SEVEN CENTURIES OF LACE, MRS. JOHN HUNGERFORD POLL

EN, 1908. Copyright London 1908 by William Heinemann, with...

200
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300
119
Lot 119
NINETEENTH-CENTURY FASHION IN DETAIL, LUCY JOHNSTO

N, 2005. With Marion Kite and Helen Persson, V & A Publications...

100
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200
120
Lot 120
TWO LONDON FASHION HISTORY REFERENCE BOOKS, MID 20

th C. CORSETS AND CRINOLINES, Norah Waugh, B.T. Batsford Ltd...

100
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150
121
Lot 121
A LADY OF FASHION, BARBARA JOHNSON'S ALBUM OF STYL

ES AND FABRICS, 1987. V & A, Thames and Hudson, edition published...

100
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200
288
Lot 288
TWO WALKING STICKS, c. 1900 Both with wood shaft:

Gold filled finial with applied cartouche. 33 1/2 inches...

100
-
200
291
Lot 291
FOLDING SILK PARASOL with CARVED IVORY HANDLE, 19t

h C. Light brown square canopy with double row of silk tassels...

150
-
250
292
Lot 292
LADY'S METALLIC EMBROIDERED CAP, FRENCH, 19th C. B

rown velvet, the back gathered with ribbon tie into five stiff...

150
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250
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