Session 1 - Auction Catalog - October 23, 2004
"Prices DO NOT include 15% Buyers' Premium"
Enlarged photos of items can be found in Photo Galleries

Lot

Photo

Title

Description

Prices Realized

1

PAIR ITALIAN BROCADE BEDSPREADS,
c. 1950

Both deadstock, 1 spruce green 1 pink, rayon & silk w/ 18th C. French floral designs & oval reserves w/ putti, macramé scalloped fringe, each 88" x 97", w/ original tags, perfect.

$225

2

2 ITALIAN BROCADE BED SPREADS,
c. 1950

1 pink & white, 1 yellow & white, both rayon & cotton w/ different geometric & floral pattern & fringe, single bed size 78" x 92", never used, perfect.

$40

3

LOT OF ITALIAN BROCADE TABLE LINENS, c. 1950

5 pieces, in rayon & cotton colorful brocade w/ rider on horseback, 2 table cloths & 3 matching runners, perfect.

$20

4

3 CHENILLE BED SPREADS, 1950s

Each salmon colored, 1 w/ plain stripes; 1 matching pair w/ stripes & darker color floral design, perfect.

$60

5

PAIR OF COTTON BROCADE BEDSPREADS,
c. 1950

Deadstock, one blue & white, one green & white, 90" x 108", perfect.

$80

6

PAIR OF ITALIAN BROCADE BED SPREADS, c. 1950

1 blue & white, 1 purple & white, both rayon & cotton w/ identical floral pattern & fringe, single bed size 78" x 92" never used, perfect.

$90

7

2 ITALIAN BROCADE BEDSPREADS,
 c. 1950

Both dead stock brightly colored rayon w/ cotton fringe, 1 pink & 1 lime green, each w/ middle eastern figures & landscapes, perfect.

$100

8

SUMMER BEDCOVERS & SHAMS,
1930-1940s

3 pink silk, 1 floral printed ivory silk, pair ivory rayon, 1 peach rayon w/ ecru lace t/w 3 small silk shams, fair-excellent.

$20

9

DUVET COVER & SHAM SET, 1890s

Blue & white striped linen damask w/ crochet lace inserts & embroidered monogram, 2 large & 1 small sham, (needs laundering) good.

$60

10

AMERICAN JACQUARD COVERLET,
c. 1837

Woven in Millerstown, now Annville, Lebanon Co. Pennsylvania, by Joseph Smith for J. Imboden. The earliest know coverlet by Smith was in partnership w/ his son, Joseph Smith & Son. See Checklist of American Coverlet Weavers, this coverlet predates the the checklist example. Red, white and blue, w/ early two piece construction, decorated w/ leaves, flowers, roses and acorns, 92" x 80", excellent.

$950

11

LOT OF EMBROIDERY SAMPLES,
1890-1920

Silk cotton & wool, metallic, ribbonwork, tambour, whitework & soutache embroidery, fair-excellent.

$70

12

LOT OF VELVET RIBBONS,
1900-1940

Generous lot, various colors, lengths, and widths, excellent.

$80

13

LOT OF SILK RIBBONS,
1850-1930s

Generous lot of mostly silk ribbons, various yardages and widths, many patterned, some metallics, good-excellent.

$130

14

LARGE LOT OF OSTRICH PLUMES, c. 1900

3 purple and 5 black from 18" to 28" long; many others of various sizes & colors, t/w other feathers, good-excellent.

$80

15

LOT OF MILLINERY FEATHERS, 1890-1930

Various feathers, some exotics, many colors and styles, excellent.

$50

16

BEADED SAMPLE, 1870s

Garnet silk satin, 22" x 30" w/ 9 inch, hand-beaded stylized floral border worked in ivory silk floss, apricot chenille, cut steel beads & coral glass beads, minor bead loss, excellent.

$110

17

BEADED DRESS YARDAGE, 1890s

Black cotton net w/ florals worked in black bugle beads, t/w a crystal & satin allover beaded belt c. 1910, good.

$180

18

25 YDS OF RIBBON, 1890s

Navy silk faille, brocaded w/ yellow, pink & red rose buds, in 2 pieces, totaling  9" wide x 25+ yds, probably French, never used, excellent.

$150

19

HAND EMBROIDERED SILK RIBBON,
c. 1910

3 pieces, each 5" wide, total 7 2/3 yds, wild white roses on black satin (some wear to ribbon) good.

$150

20

PAIR OF SCENIC WOVEN SILK RIBBONS, c. 1880

11 1/2" x 16 1/2" & 17 1/2", Elizabethan genre scenes, signed Louis Leloir, excellent.

$140

21

PAIR OF SCENIC WOVEN SILK RIBBONS, 1880s

7 1/4" x 11 3/4" & 12 1/2", very finely woven, both w/ 18th C. genre scenes, 1 signed A. Perez, perfect.

$90

22

LARGE LOT OF AUBUSSON PIECES, MID 19TH C.

Mostly floral, one figural, several small intact pieces, many fragments, fair-excellent.

$160

23

NEEDLEPOINT SEAT COVERS, LATE 19TH-EARLY 20TH

c/o 2 sets, 1 geometric chair seat & footstool cover: 1 w/ roses on checkered field large chairseat & 3 footstool covers; t/w seat cover & an unfinished pictorial needlepoint, excellent.

$140

24

BEADED NEEDLEPOINT CHAIR COVER, 1870-1880

15 1/2" x 21", beaded floral center & border on dark blue wool ground, perfect.

$150

25

3 NEEDLEPOINT CHAIR SEATS,
MID 20TH C.

All similar but not matching, each w/ a design worked in cotton floss, 2 w/ floral bouquets, 1 w/ monogram, all on white ground w/in a gold cartouche and green wool needlepoint border, excellent.

$60

26

LOT OF NEEDLEPOINT, EARLY 20TH C.

3 pieces, 1 wool needlework stitch sampler and two lengths of wool needlepoint worked in Medieval jewel tone designs, possibly intended as bell pulls, excellent-perfect.

$40

27

FLORAL NEEDLEWORK CHAIR COVER,
c. 1920

Petitpoint center floral bouquet set in needlepoint, canvas stamped "Musee des Gobelins", perfect.

$100

28

4 PIECES NEEDLEWORK,
1880-1910

1  square w/ raised florals in wool-work; 1 square in floral motif worked in knotted embroidery; red wool needlework & beaded shelf valance& a crystal beaded medallion, fair-excellent.

$90

29

LOT OF QUILT SQUARES,
EARLY 20TH C.

26 pieced squares, t/w a Victorian lace & blue ribbon baby bonnet and a small group of lace edging, excellent.

$120

30

COTTON QUILT TOP, 1930s

Pieced star pattern in yellow, pink and green, excellent.

$70

31

PIECED QUILT, 1930-1940s

84" x 90", blue, green & tan pattern of blocks, each w/ four flowers over circle, elaborately hand quilted, (minor staining & edge fraying) good.

$110

32

CRAZY QUILT, LATE 19TH C.

Silk and velvet worked into 25 large blocks (few silks damaged), good.

$100

33

PIECED QUILT TOP, c. 1930

Sunbonnet babies on muslin w/ dark pink border, excellent.

$50

34

3 WOVEN PAISLEYS, LATE 19TH C.

2 similar large squares w/ small black centers, 1 rectangular fragment w/ allover design, fair.

$200

35

2 PRINTED WOOL PAISLEYS, 19TH C.

Both fringed on aubergine grounds, 1 1870s square; 1 1860s large rectangle w/ deep multicolored border in autumn hues, fair.

$120

36

3 WOOL PAISLEY SHAWLS,
1830s & 1880s

2 handwoven square shawls c. 1830: a wool & silk red w/ 4" border of tilted botehs; a rare black wool for mourning w/ black woven boteh border, (moth damage on both) fair; and one 1880s Scottish shawl piece, good.

$100

37

BOX LOT OF PAISLEYS, 19TH C.

10 pieces, poor-good.

$275

38

2 STRIPED WOOL PAISLEYS,
1850-1860

1 woven stripe in reds & greens (few small holes), 1 hand woven in gold, red, plum, light blue, olive & black (some worn spots) fair-good.

$550

39

LARGE LOT OF PAISLEY PRINTS, 1800-1930

Cotton, silks, printed wool & fragments of woven paisley shawls, fair-excellent.

$320

40

7 PIECES COTTON JACQUARDS,
1900-1940s

All for home furnishing, 6 floral or stylized floral, 1 Caucasian carpet pattern, good.

$20

41

13 FABRIC SAMPLES, 19TH C.

All cotton, toiles or 3 color prints, some very early, as-is.

$250

42

FLORAL PRINTED FABRICS,
1930-1940s

All having light backgrounds, linen or cotton, samples & remnants, excellent.

$120

43

LARGE LOT OF COTTON FABRIC SAMPLES, 1900-1940

All light color grounds & small-medium scale prints, fair-excellent.

$650

44

11 RED GROUND FABRIC SAMPLES, 19TH C.

Lightweight cotton or cotton twill, printed w/ 1 or 2 colors, all florals, as-is.

$110

45

LARGE LOT OF COTTON FLORAL FABRICS, 1890-1930

Mostly medium or small scale florals, including some twill, some voile, fair-excellent.

$350

46

SALESMAN'S SWATCH SAMPLE BOOK, SPRING 1926

Mostly pastel colored cottons, silks & rayons in small to medium plaids & stripes for men's shirting or women's daywear, approximately 240 pages w/ 3-4 samples per page (some missing), 11 1/2"  16", overall excellent.

$90

47

SWATCH BOOK, PRINTED COTTONS, LATE 19TH C.

2-5 color prints; stripes, plaids & florals including calicos, 100 pages, approximately 100 samples, National flat back swatch bood, 143" x 18", excellent.

$700

48

SWATCH BOOK, PRINTED COTTONS, 1850-1880s

Mostly dress fabrics, multi-colored, 100 pages, average 4 samples per page, National flat back swatch book, 13" x 18",  excellent.

$800

49

ASSEMBLED BOOK OF SWATCHES, 1880-1930

Wool & cotton women's clothing fabrics, samples pasted into 1953 ledger book, approximately 660 samples, as-is.

$450

50

SAMPLE BOOK, WOOLS & COTTONS,
EARLY 20TH C.

Many handkerchief plaids & assorted wool felts, plaids, tweeds, good.