In
the New Hope,
PA gallery on May 1st & 2nd, 2007 Charles A. Whitaker and
Karen Augusta will hold their 11th consecutive specialty
antique clothing and textile auction.
This spring 2-day sale
will be unique, offering over 950 catalogued lots to bidders
and thousands more uncataloged at the May 2nd Discovery
sale.
A major sale highlight
is the important textile collection put together prior
to 1933 by Dr. Charles E. Mullin. Dr. Mullin was a chemist
for American Celanese Co. with a specialty in fabric dyes
and dyeing techniques. He traveled extensively throughout
Europe & Asia in the 1920s and early 1930s collecting
regional textiles and garments. Many of the 200+ Mullin
textile lots still have pre-1932 tags attached which
include his written comments. Dr. Mullin's comprehensive
photo archive of rural people at work producing
textiles will be sold on May 1st.
We also have an
astounding collection of very fine estate linens from the
Woodmere Museum, as well as deaccessions from the Fairfield
Historical Society & The Fashion Institute of Design &
Merchandising. A highlight of the May 2 clothing sale is
a large collection of rural French work clothing, the
lifetime collection of the late Bryony Thomasson. She was a
renowned British antique clothing dealer who supplied
clothing for many period films, including those produced by
Merchant-Ivory.
Preview
of Sale - April 30th:
12 -6 pm.
The sale will be held in
two sessions.
Session I: 10am Tuesday May 1st
will feature all textiles, fabrics, linens, laces & Asian
garments.
Session II: 10am Wednesday May 2nd will
include women's, men's and children's clothing, fashion
accessories & related objects.
A Discovery Sale
with
thousands of uncataloged garments, accessories & textiles
will immediately follow Wednesday's cataloged sale.
May
1st. - 10 am:
Session
I
- Textiles, Tapestries & Fabrics:
Rare, ancient Egyptian robe & fragments, early Mariano
Fortuny fabrics, woven & printed paisleys, export shawls,
1876 Philadelphia Exposition bandana, 17th – 20th
C. fabrics incl. rare Asian highlights from an incredible
collection, all amassed pre-1932: includes batiks & fine
weavings from Java & Sumatra, pre-1930s tie-dye samples,
Japanese indigo prints, silk
&
lame fabric samples, Deco print Celanese samples, 19th &
early 20th C. fabric samples & books, early 20th
C. Asian textile production photographs, Chinese robes and
other Asian garments.
Linen &
Lace:
Handmade antique laces and trims, Heirloom bed and table
linens, including lace curtain panels, handmade lace banquet
cloths, Normandy spreads, boudoir shams, 18th &
19th C. laces, fine handmade bobbin & needle lace
wedding veils, flounces, shawls, berthas, and yardage,
quantity of French homespun linen sheets.
May 2nd - 10 am:
Session
II -
Women’s, Men’s, Children’s Clothing &
Accessories, early 19th C - 1970s:
Paul Poiret Dress, Fortuny
velvet robe, Erte-style gown, Early swimwear, Phoebe
Hearst’s beaded silk 1870’s afternoon gown, Irish crochet
wedding gowns, ladies whites, early 20th C lingerie,
19th C. corsets, beaded, sequined 20s &
30s dresses, 19th C ...ladies & gents shoes,
labels include Dior, Yves
Saint Laurent,
Ceil Chapman, Courreges,
Fortuny,
Worth, Guy Laroche, Lilli Ann, Liberty & others, fancy tea
gowns,
Battenburg lace jackets &
coats, elaborate Civil War & bustled ball gowns, Children’s
day & party wear. LARGE collection of MENSWEAR, including
collarless shirts, rural French 19th &
early 20th C. work
clothing & rare homespun garments, many in trade lots.
May 2nd - Late
Afternoon - Discovery Sale:
Thousands of uncataloged treasures - Large trade lots.
All lots to be sold to
the highest bidder
free of
minimum bids or reserves
