Vintage Fashion & Textiles

West Sussex firm has made the trunks something of a speciality after four five-figure sales in a decade

Key events for dealers in and collectors of antique and vintage textiles are the Textile Society’s two annual events: one in Manchester on Sunday, June 14, with 60 dealers and the other in London in October.

The last antique rugs, carpets and textiles concession in a London department store closes this month.

Robes and coronets worn by notable dignitaries invited to coronations are not uncommon sights at auctions but often prove popular.

Royal costumes and fashion have long been a source of fascination.

The March 3-4 sale at Chorley’s (25% buyer’s premium) in Prinknash Abbey, Gloucestershire, was topped by a good example of Qing imperial needlework: a yellow ground silk and metal thread cushion cover.

Specialist dealer sells items from his collection in two-day auction as he heads towards semi-retirement

A diminutive but rare mid-17th century needlework picture sold for £11,000 in Tennants’ (24% buyer’s premium) latest Fashion, Costume and Textiles Sale.

The New Orphan Houses in the Ashley Down district in the north of Bristol were once the largest orphanages in the UK.

Extensive contents of Cumbrian castle take three days to sell in North Yorkshire auction

Vintage clothes, accessories, furniture and more sell well at specialist fair in Saltaire

When north German pastor Johannes Jacobsen founded a school of weaving in the then German-Danish border town of Scherrebek in 1896, his intention was driven by nationalism.

American decorators and buyers were in abundance on the first day of the winter edition of The Decorative Fair in Battersea Park this week.

As ruler of an empire on which the sun never set, Queen Victoria adopted the Indian practice of giving Kashmiri shawls as gifts to visiting dignitaries and coming-of-age and wedding presents to her friends at court.

When a pinstripe suit came up for auction at West Midlands firm Fieldings (26% buyer’s premium inc VAT) it had an interesting consequence.

The Autumn Welsh Sale (Part II) held by Rogers Jones (24% buyer’s premium) on December 2 included an item of clothing once owned by a Welsh icon: Richard Burton (1925-84).