This week I am going through linens and fabric I am selling for a friend. It turns out the stuff is from an estate of an antique dealer who passed away about 10 years ago, or more. There was a huge series of estate sales (all of which I missed as I was on bleachers watching high school girls play volleyball, go, um, team name now forgotten...) However, I did manage to pick the pickers--which is where I got the Fortuny fabric for pillows I blogged about. Apparently it was quite the sale, no one wanted the Fortuny drapes. On my, what a problem. Anyway, there is a bunch of interesting lace and linens I am selling for my friend who inherited it, but I am having a hard time selling the fabric. I want to keep it all to myself.
Here's why:
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| 18th century fabric |
This is not some machine brocade that is cranked out by a fabric mill. This design is ENTIRELY HAND EMBROIDERED!!!
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| 18th century fabric--entirely hand embroidered! |
Notice the amazingly tiny stitches. They are uneven, all hand-done, not machine made!
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| 18th century fabric |
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| Back side of 18th century fabric - note all the hand stitching. |
I know people make pillow fronts out of these scraps, but I hate to do that--it seems like it would all end with me, lost to history forever.
Beautiful pieces of material. I would just lay it out and explain the stitches to visiitors as they ask about the pieces
ReplyDeleteI enjpyed seeing it so much, and tro know the past history of it is wonderful
Great idea, I have a glass case, I think I'll put some of the pieces in there for display. Thanks for visiting, glad you enjoyed the beautiful piece!
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