Years ago when I first started to sell antique and vintage textiles, I fell in love with pieces embroidered in the turkey red floss (redwork is another term used today). Although there are many types of household items embroidered in this beautiful shade of red thread, and although I love them all, quilts are my favorite. Many of them are very graphic in designs and styles. Some elaborately embroi…
I thought this was really a fantastic piece of fabric from the turn of the century, 1900's 1920's. in Irish linen. Still with the original paper label, in unused condition. I am always amazed at the wonderful antique and vintage items that still can be found today, from long ago, which have the original boxes or labels. Still in pristine condition. such as this piece of linen yardage.A…
To wow
you! A charming waist cincher or corset made of the most beautiful
cream silk moire water taffeta ribbon. This yummy undergarment dates
from the early 1900's, Victorian or Edwardian era.
Printed with the Warner label on the inside of
cincher, it reads "Warner Girdle #675".
Metal eyelets fasten the
front of the cincher. Silk crochet lacing secures the ba…
February 14th is Valentine's Day. So to celebrate, The Gatherings Antique Vintage thought we would share this wonderful textile from the past. Dating from the early 1900's, it is a silk thread embroidery pillow cover, with motto "An Affair Of The Heart". Surrounding the heart are purple violets. An ever popular flower. Embroidery is worked on a cotton fabric of a natural…
The wonderful stamped embroidery sewing projects so available during the earlier part of this 20th Century are amazing. Looking through catalogs of the time gives one the feeling there were no end to the type and variety of projects for ladies to work a deft needle upon. Such as this delightful button bag. Purchased as flat goods, the figures are stamped and tinted, to be outlined in e…
Antique silk. How easy is it to wash and should you? Silk is classified as a
natural fiber, so by all standards it can be washed, however, a word of caution,
here, as there are silks that will not hold up when put to water, especially any
of the weighed silks from the mid to late Victorian era. In my experience it is
a hard determination on which items can be washed successfully, and which…
