For a small summer gathering, here's a fun tablecloth blooming with flowers galore. A showy cloth of daisies set on a green background. It is a mid century 1950's vintage linen with little or no usage. Doesn't it spell inspiration? https://store.the-gatherings-antique-vintage.net/m...Love white on white embroidery with flowers? This Victorian linen bedspread is a so i…
From the late Victorian, 1900's era, a pretty silk thread hand
embroidered worked on felted wool doily mat. Edging is hand pinked.
This lovely creation is 12-1/2"in diameter embellished with stems of
flowers, plus a butterfly. It is worked mainly in colors of gold,
toast,cream and green. The felted wool was an olive green but the top
has faded to an all over drab green now. The…
Such as this Hardanger needle art ......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 s…
A branding of flowers, mixed with colorful Depression era garden pots, adds charm to a small garden spot.. To anchor the spot, the old potting steps in weathered blue paint, is surrounded by three bower vines which bloom profusely. Set against deep green leaves, the soft pink flowers, in a trumpet shape, are so pretty to view. The vines were moved from the arbor trellis. f…
A fantastic gorgeous Civil War era - to later Victorian white Chantilly lace shawl. The shawl is in an all over flora in large flowers and fern pattern punctuated with smaller sprays of flowers. A pleasing design showing off the scallop border on the triangle shape of the edge. . Length of the shawl from center back, to the point is 54" long. 112" at the longest side of the t…
Here is really a treasured find, as not often are these early millinery catalogs found, at least I don't see many. Sometimes, a few hats are combined in catalogs, featuring clothing and accessories. Still, to find a complete catalog, dedicated to the early Edwardian millinery trade is a treat.Written on the outside of the catalog is the date 1914. The catalog is issued by the Millin…
