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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Auction marks end of an era for textiles dealer Peta Smyth
27 February 2023Peta Smyth has been dealing in antique textiles since 1976 and her shop at 42 Moreton Street in Pimlico, west London, is renowned for its extensive array of fine textiles, attracting a loyal and diverse clientele of interior designers, antiques dealers and collectors.
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Somerset saleroom reaps rewards from series of auctions in the new year
13 February 2023Lawrences of Crewkerne kicks off 2023 with an extensive £1m (premium-inclusive) series of sales over several days
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Collectors discover the value of Vuitton Explorer trunks
30 January 2023Late 19th century Louis Vuitton Explorer trunks are a rare and desirable subset of vintage luggage.
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Top-selling Louis Vuitton trunk stars in our pick of five auction highlights sold this week
27 January 2023ATG’s weekly selection of items that caught bidders’ eyes includes a late 19th century Louis Vuitton Explorer trunk.
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First-timers and stalwarts all welcome at LARTA
09 January 2023Two new dealers join the latest London Antique Rug & Textile Art Fair (LARTA) this month.
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The web shop window: late 19th century Welsh quilt
19 December 2022Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.
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Yard sale from the Bower Ismay home
05 December 2022More than 20 yards of Morris & Co fabric and two Howard & Son chairs were among a group of lots consigned to auction in Wiltshire with a provenance to Haselbech Hall, Northampton, and the Bower Ismay family.
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Pick of the week: Château attic find sets vintage Chanel record
28 November 2022A ‘Russian’ tunic from Chanel’s famed Spring 1922 collection sold for €100,000 (£86,000) in Paris – a record for her early work.
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Sex appeal: Iranian erotic poem
21 November 2022Sixteenth century single folio manuscript displays orgiastic spree in graphic detail
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Flemish tapestry hunted down after wartime wrongs
21 November 2022A rare early 16th century Flemish tapestry that was part of an impressive imperial commission is coming up for sale in France in early December.
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Super sampler selection in Oxfordshire
21 November 2022Oxfordshire dealership Witney Antiques’ latest exhibition features early example of band samplers.
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Anti slavery: small message, big impact
14 November 2022The sale of Commemoratives, Fairings, Stevengraphs and Pot Lids at Historical & Collectable (24% buyer’s premium) included this rare pin cushion.
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Pick of the week: Court dwarf’s trousers – or just a tall story?
14 November 2022This pair of trousers, sold for £7500 in Essex on November 9, was thought to have been worn by the 17th century court dwarf Sir Jeffrey Hudson (1619-82).
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Tapestries covered in detail attract interest at auction
07 November 2022Tapestries featured at both Dreweatts’ Chilham Castle auction and Flaxley Abbey sale.
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Macbeth collar found in a market
24 October 2022Glasgow School designer’s embroidered silk design instantly stood out in a box of fabric.
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Persian panel court in the action
24 October 2022Three large images of a mother and child are repeated against a ground of animals, pomegranate and cypress trees on this rare Safavid silk velvet panel.
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Curtain covered shrine of the prophet
10 October 2022This 19th century Ottoman silver thread and black silk curtain is embroidered with the tugra of Sultan Mahmud II (1808-39).
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Wallpaper well covered by an American auction
03 October 2022Bonhams conducts a sale in New York on October 6 titled Wonders in Wallpaper.
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Peter Collingwood wall hanging consigned to auction by Prue Leith
03 October 2022This ‘microgauze’ woven linen and steel wall hanging by pioneering British weaver Peter Collingwood (1922- 2008) comes for sale courtesy of Prue Leith.
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Salon set for sizeable 2022 staging in New York
03 October 2022Salon Art + Design puts the emphasis on the eclectic nature of its offering, bringing together vintage, modern and contemporary design and setting it against 20th century art.
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