Vintage Fashion & Textiles
Marilyn Monroe’s record-breaking ‘Happy Birthday Mr President’ dress, which sold for $1.2m in 1999; Olivier Coutau-Begarie’s two-day sale of 5000 pieces of antique silks tapestries and embroideries from the House of Hamot; the lively vintage fashion fairs held around the country every month – each has its own place in the world of fashion and textile collecting.
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Marble reliefs impress at sale of George Farrow collection at Roseberys
04 June 2024The ornate collection of 567 lots including tapestries and bronze sculptures from China, the Middle East and Europe went under the hammer at the London auction house
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Dealer loses entire fair stock in van theft
03 June 2024A Colchester dealer has warned the trade of the risk of van thefts after his own vehicle, containing his entire stock for a fair, was taken from his driveway.
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Floral dress worn by young Elizabeth II goes to auction
28 May 2024Worn by the late Queen around 1930 and kept by her nanny ever since, the cotton dress goes to auction in June
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Eye on the needle for Firsts fair
20 May 2024A book elaborately illustrated with needle-work samples and commemorating Queen Victoria’s first trip to Ireland as monarch was one of the standout sales as 'Firsts London’s Rare Book Fair' opened.
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Variety of homewares prove popular at Vintage Home Show
20 May 2024Organiser of a series of shows says curation means traders are offering a wide range of items
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ATG Letter: ‘The first black person depicted on a sampler’
13 May 2024Two readers add to the discussion on the depiction of a figure in a sampler
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‘First black person to be depicted on a sampler’
29 April 2024Jeremy Knight, a book collector and the former curator of Horsham Museum and Art Gallery, believes he has purchased an artwork that is “the earliest-known illustration of a black person on an English sampler”.
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Show celebrates five decades of sumptuous costume jewellery
22 April 2024An Oscar de la Renta orange flower vintage necklace offered for £385 is one of the highlights of an exhibition celebrating five decades of costume jewellery held at The Design Gallery.
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Plea to raise final £40,000 for Kelmscott Manor’s Samson tapestries
17 April 2024The Society of Antiquaries and the Kelmscott Campaign Group, led by antiques dealer Martin Levy, are hoping to raise the final £40,000 needed to conserve Kelmscott Manor’s Samson tapestries.
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Subject matter boosts sampler to over 80 times estimate
08 April 2024Embroidered samplers can appeal to buyers for all kinds of different reasons.
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Louis Vuitton miniature trunk flies over estimate in Maine
08 April 2024Correct in detail, material and quality of construction, down to brass hardware, stencilled cloth and monogrammed leather trim’, a miniature Louis Vuitton trunk sold for $7500 (£5900) at Thomaston Place Auction Galleries (20% buyer’s premium).
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Extraordinary mourning gown shows its Worth
08 April 2024A sale titled Vintage for Valentines at Augusta Auctions (25% buyer’s premium) in Bellows Falls, Vermont, was topped by an extraordinary printed chiffon outfit by the Parisian fashion house Worth.
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Textiles fair weaves an Indian pattern
01 April 2024Handmade quilts, jackets, shawls, cushions and bags from Rajasthan will be on offer at textiles fair
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Calder’s tapestries – the South American versions
01 April 2024Alexander Calder (1898-1976) first produced designs for tapestries made at the Aubusson factory in the early 1960s.
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Ann and Gordon Getty lots: all gone, including the kitchen sink
01 April 2024Doulton washroom elements provide surprise as final items from extensive collection come to auction
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Trend setters: Are interior design influencers all hype or helping the market?
18 March 2024Are influencers driving this market or is it just hype? We talk to dealers to find out what is really in demand and why.
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Decorative textiles to brighten the home
18 March 2024There have been various trends around decorative textiles recently, including a move to curtains from blinds, as well as a desire for wall hangings, rugs and bed covers – any soft furnishing fabric to brighten up the home.
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Victorian sampler returns to Berkswell primary school where it was created
11 March 2024Historic school acquires needlework created by a former pupil
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Paris costumes and textiles sale that turned out nicely
11 March 2024Auction staged at Drouot offered a varied selection topped by Louis XVI-era suit
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Colin Firth’s 'sensational' Pride and Prejudice wet shirt goes to UK museum
07 March 2024Shirt from historic moment of the BBC’s 'Pride and Prejudice' sells at Kerry Taylor Auctions
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