Here is one FABULOUS 1920's bedspread! It incorporates lovely sprays of jewel
tone flowers tied with sun gold ribbon bows embroidered on 22-count cloth
fabric. Not only is the embroidery work absolutely stunning it also shares the
limelight with insets and a complete border of Hardanger embroidery. Still, the
show does not stop here. Taking to the center stage, is a large round darn…
Words to describe these charming printed tablecloths, would be cheerful, fun, serene, romantic, and, of course, fond memories. If you are collecting, labels to look for are Wilendur, Spring Maid, Startex, Simtex. Labels of souvenir state cloths may be Cactus Cloth or Yucca Print. Made of cactus cloth, this 1950's tablecloth certainly has a tropical influence.Always a pleasant surprise to find…
A beautiful 1800's hand stitched applique quilt in a dazzling Carolina Lily pattern. The lilies are of a solid turkey red cloth with stems in a green dot fabric. The same two fabrics form the sawtooth border and the green dot binds the quilt. There are 42 lilies in the quilt with half of them facing one direction and the other half the other direction. The height of each lily is 9-1/2" x…
As the business owner of The Gatherings Antique Vintage, I advertise my items as antique textiles or vintage textiles (antique prior
to the 1920’s and vintage from 1920’s - 1940’s, as basically this is my time line
of selling). I am interested in all textiles but my passion lies with clothing and accessories, bed and table linens, laces and sewing notions. It is the area of b…
Embellishments! The extra touches and accents applied to a dress, be it
appliques, insets of lace, lace trims, both of hand work or machine trim, or
ribbon. All were applied to a Victorian or Edwardian dress, with many used in
conjunction with each other. Dresses from both of these time periods were
elaborately made and embellished. All trims photographed are from the late Victorian…
"Sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words." How many times have we heard those words and, yet, pictures do tell a story. In this case, a magnificent Victorian dress from the late 1880's. Made of blue silk velvet fabric, the two piece bustle back dress is lavishly embellished with hand sewn cut steel beads.Breathtaking, isn't it. The front of the bodice jacket show…
