Miscellaneous Textiles

No. 5107 Adult Victorian Mourning Collar:  With black glass beading and paillettes (sequins). There are some small pulls and small holes but all are minor in nature. A medium size. SOLD

No. 5439 c.1860s Maltese Lace Lappet: Approximately 150cm long in cream Spanish silk from Barcelona. Maltese lace is a continuous bobbin lace which is made in individual sections and then rather loosley pieced together to form a large piece. Traditional Maltese lace patterns carry the Maltese cross design seen here in the central motifs at each end. The actual piece's use as part of a mid 19thC head covering, the fine thread used to join the pieces and the compact lace design all indicate it was made around 1860. Some very minor damage in the form of a couple of loose threads and a small light stain otherwise excellent. Price: $245.00






















No. 5140 c. 1939 Tailor's Sample Book: Stamped on inside "Coburg Tailoring Company", this is a textile sample swatch book from the Melbourne company "Scovelco". Mainly wools and twill weaves it is in very good condition for its age with minor marking and staining to cover. 21.5cm x 12cm. Price: $78.00.

No. 4992 c.1850s/70s Silk Embroidered Piano Shawl: Export Quality Cantonese hand embroidered black silk shawl - the silk perle thread colours are still vibrant. This shawl is larger than normal at 1.6m square plus a 60cm deep knotted fringe. The 75 year old lady I bought it from remembers it as a young child on her grandmother's grand piano in Bruges and had been told it was very old then. The fringe is a little tangled (but only a little), there are a couple of very small pinholes and some loose embroidery threads - all repairable if desired. It has an allover embroidery design (not like the later 20s shawls which mainly had corners) with two large opposite feature corners - one of which you can see in the photo. SOLD

No. 5005 c.1930s/40s Lingerie/Pyjama Bag: Quilted and smocked padded light lime green lingerie bag has a metal teeth zip with a matching tassel and a loop for hanging on a hook. Measures 36cm x 28cm. It has a very light age stain on one side but is otherwise in very good used condition - there is also no musty smell. Price: $75.00.

No. 4983 c. 1920/30s Hand Embroidered Silk Crepe Collar:  Pale pink silk crepe finely embroidered with a scrolling floriate design and cross stitch silk roses. Scalloped edge possibly machine done. 40 cm around neck edge. In excellent condition. Price: $75.00.

No. 4836 Late 19th Century Chinese Fan Case: A beautifully hand embroidered (possibly tambour work) fan case. It is on a dark blue silk satin ground and hand bound in black thread with black cording/tassels in the same black thread. It has seen some use and there is some wear around the throat where the the silk satin is drawn up. The chinese knot closure at the top is there but has come undone. The embroidered panels which are the same on both the back and front appear undamaged with unfaded, vibrant colours. Otherwise in very good condition. 28cm long. Price: $195.00.