Vintage Fashion & Textiles

Vintage fashion collective launched downstairs at a Portobello Road antiques centre.

This group of clothing offered at Railtons (20% buyer’s premium) in Wooler, Northumberland, on December 3, was used by geologist and explorer Lawrence Wager (1904-65) during the 1933 Everest expedition.

Appeal of Weston Hall contents particularly enhanced by 20th century occupants

“From then on, nothing went right. My carpet designs were rejected and my textiles were not required."

Multi-estimate sums are not confined to Chinese works of art.

Designed by Edward Pugin and built in 1872 for the Franciscan Order, the Gorton Monastery in Manchester is the Gothic Revivalist backdrop to Decorative Fairs Vintage@The Monastery.

Matthew Adams has been in touch about a change of date for his Frock Me! vintage fair and its associated jewellery event which was long announced for Sunday, November 14, at Kensington Town Hall in west London.

Early wallpapers and wall coverings are specialities of Carolle Thibaut-Pomerantz.

Thirty-five handpicked textiles dealers from across the UK will be converging at the Cheese & Grain, an arts community venue in Frome, Somerset.

Chinese textiles specialist Jacqueline Simcox is selling this 15th century Chinese silk brocade geometric panel, priced at £20,000.

Organiser with home shows expands Pudsey offerings to fashion.

Alec Walker (1889-1964) created Cryséde fabrics as a small experimental silk-printing firm in Newlyn in 1920.

Unexpected, unusual and often overseen objects are the stock in trade of art gallery Oliver Hoare.

Dealers, collectors, and textile enthusiasts including students looking for design inspiration will be gathering at Chelsea Town Hall on Sunday October 10.

This large Ottoman metal thread and silk hanging features a dedication to Sultan Ahmed III (1673-1736).

To mark the 200th anniversary of Napoleon’s death, Sotheby’s is holding an auction from September 15-22 in Paris titled Les Arts sous Influence: Napoléon.

Dealers welcome the return of Pop Up Vintage Fairs at the Business Design Centre in Islington.

Always a bonus for buyers is two fairs in the same venue on the same day.

While 19th century American-made needlework quilts can often sell for substantial four and even five-figure sums, it is a rare that an English example brings as much as this one offered at Tennants (20% buyer’s premium) on August 21.

Samplers made by siblings or generations of the same family can attract a significant commercial premium.