Seventeenth century sash passed down by family descent is a belter

A remarkably well-preserved blue sprang sash, dated c.1620, was the stand-out lot in a sale of textiles and antiques at Cirencester auction house Dominic Winter (20% buyer’s premium).

Probably Hungarian or Turkish, it had passed by descent through multiple generations of the Enys f…

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