Textiles
Textile design includes tapestries and quilts as well as smaller pieces of embroidery like samplers, conceived to demonstrate a variety of stitchwork.
This form has attracted modern artists such as Picasso, Matisse and Henry Moore but antique examples by both named and unnamed hands are also a popular collecting area.
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Obituary – Ida Chapman, 1941-2022
24 September 2022My wife Ida Marie Anna was born in Neuilly-Sur-Seine, Paris, in 1941, eldest daughter to a Greco-Italian mother, Ivy Contarini, and a French father, Guy George Antoine Lapierre.
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UK buyer sought for Arctic exploration flag from Captain Henry Kellett
06 September 2022A flag from polar explorer Captain Henry Kellett (1806-1875) has been barred from export in the hope £120,000 can be raised to keep it in the UK.
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English embroideries impress at US auction
05 September 2022Massachusetts sale includes elaborate examples of early needlework from across the Atlantic
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Careful approach pays off in Cheltenham
25 July 2022Mainland Chinese buyers bidding on jade, porcelain, wooden and textile offerings dominated the leader board at an Asian & Islamic sale at Cheltenham.
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Guide gets to the point: needlework sample album highlight of Nottinghamshire sale
18 July 2022Just as the title reads, this album offered by Mellors & Kirk in Nottingham contains Specimens of Needle-Work Executed in the Female Model School, Kildare-Place, Dublin.
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Mary Ireland ‘fabric mosaics’ emerge from collection of dealer Paul Reeves
18 July 2022Eighteen works by the Birmingham School artist Mary Ireland (1891-1980) were offered at a recent Lyon & Turnbull’s (25/20% buyer’s premium) sale.
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Collingwood wall-hanging work on the up at auction
06 June 2022Sworders’ (25% buyer’s premium) Design sale on May 18 included a record for a wall-hanging by the weaver Peter Collingwood (1922-2008).
ATG letter: Antique lace purchase put life into perspective
09 May 2022Recently my son Phil Swift (Antique Laces – stall 1 Portobello Road) sold a piece of antique lace via the internet to a lady who lived in Kyiv (Ukraine).
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Chaise longue value lies in the maker
11 April 2022Knowledgeable bidders spot a design by Owen Jones on offer in North Yorkshire
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5 Questions: Rebecca Scott of Witney Antiques
04 April 2022Rebecca Scott runs Witney Antiques, which is one of the businesses taking part in this week’s 'Cotswolds Curated' event.
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A man with textiles in the blood
04 April 2022Dealer offers vintage and new design art after more than 30 years in family weaving company
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Qing period cushion cover brings a comfortable bid from online Chinese bidder
28 February 2022Qing period embroidered satin throne-back cushion covers can be seen still in situ in a number of the buildings in the Forbidden City including the Hall of Supreme Principle and the Palace of Eternal Spring. Others are held by institutions and collectors throughout the world.
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Indian & Islamic garments prove to be auction talismans
17 January 2022Indian talismanic shirts or Qur’an jama were believed to carry protective powers.
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Pin cushions with animal attractions tempt buyers
17 January 2022Appealing to a range of different types of collectors, Victorian and Edwardian animals pin cushions have their own niche in the novelty silver field.
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Mary Queen of Scots link to bed curtain fragment
17 January 2022Still a figure of glamour 450 years after her execution, Mary Queen of Scots was reputed to have embroidered the c.16th century fragment of bed curtain sold at Hansons (25% buyer’s premium) at Etwall on December 7.
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5 Questions: Masoud Mazaheri
10 January 2022Masoud Mazaheri of Bakhtiyar is among the dealers set to appear at LARTA this month.
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Rich pickings from Richmond remains
10 January 2022Left out of the Christie’s sale 20 years ago, but far from remnant-bag pieces, the 11 early needlework items from the Sir Frederick Richmond collection offered at Gildings (20% buyer’s premium) attracted keen interest from UK collectors and specialist dealers.
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Dec fair left unexpectedly leading the field
10 January 2022The Decorative Fair becomes first major event to be held in 2022 after others are postponed.
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Pick of the week: The £6500 fabric of a bitter argument
15 November 2021“From then on, nothing went right. My carpet designs were rejected and my textiles were not required."
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