Silver, Jewellery, Antiques & Historic Textiles

Ackermann (R., publisher). A collection of cloth and paper sample plates, published Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 1809-1815, a collection of 49 ...

Bag. A bag made of seeds, probably Southeast Asia, late 19th/early 20th century, pentagon-shaped bag composed entirely of seeds strung together wi...

Bag. A tambour work reticule, circa 1790, bag of striped cream silk, neatly tamboured in polychrome silks, one side with central honeysuckle sprig...

Bag. An early embroidered silk reticule, circa 1790-1810, hand-stitched pale pink silk bag, the front elaborately embroidered in pale silk thread ...

Bed Linen. A monogrammed French linen sheet, early 20th century, ecru linen sheet, with large embroidered initials 'BN' (18 x 24cm), hand-worked i...

Bed Linen. A monogrammed French linen sheet, early 20th century, fine white linen sheet, with hand-embroidered initials 'JB' within an oval frame ...

Bed Linen. A monogrammed French linen sheet, early 20th century, fine white linen sheet, with large hand-embroidered initials 'RB' (18 x 27cm), th...

Bed Linen. A pair of 19th century French linen sheets, 1853 & 1892, 2 ecru linen sheets, each hand-woven from hand-spun yarn, the first with hand-...

Bodices. A collection of 18th century Spitalfields silk bodices, 5 bodices, all with later reworkings, including: a boned bodice with stomacher pa...

Bodices. A collection of bodices of 18th century Spitalfields silk, 4 bodices, all with later reworkings, including a bodice of gold metal thread ...

Bodices. A collection of early bodices, late 18th/early 19th century, 4 bodices, all with later reworkings, comprising: a painted fitted and boned...

Caraco. A silk caraco bodice, French, circa 1780, a hand-stitched full-skirted fitted jacket with three-quarter length sleeves, composed of cream ...

Carpet. A Tree of Life carpet, Indian, early 20th century, woollen carpet, with large blossoming tree, animals, and birds, within a niche-shaped f...

Carpet. An Aubusson-style carpet, early 20th century, hand-made tapestry wool carpet, in shades of pink, green, red, brown, and blue, with central...

Carter (Howard). A pair of curtains made of Pansies fabric, designed for Heals, 1962, pair of screen-printed cotton curtains, with large pattern o...

Chalice Veil. An embroidered and metalwork chalice veil, late 17th/early 18th century, with central initials 'IHS' and Latin cross worked in gold ...

Children's clothes. A Regency girl's dress, circa 1810, hand-stitched long cotton baby dress, with fine purple seaweed pattern on a flecked white ...

Chinese. A collection of fragments of hand-embroidery, 19th/early 20th century, comprising: parts of a deconstructed blue figured silk coat with e...

Chinese. A large embroidered panel, early 20th century, finely hand-worked in polychrome silk threads, large central panel with numerous oriental ...

Chintz. A large piece of hand-blocked chintz, Persian, circa 1896, large piece of unused chintz, patterned overall with dense dainty sinuous flowe...

Cretan. A group of hand-embroidered and hand-woven textiles, 19th/20th century, comprising: a small panel composed of embroidered strapping, worke...

Curtains. Two pairs of matching pale blue damask curtains, early-mid 20th century, 4 large hand and machine-stitched curtains of pale blue floral ...

Dress. A cream satin wedding gown with bustled trained skirt, circa 1880s, handmade dress, with boned fitted bodice, front opening with 16 self bu...

Dress. A gown of early 18th century Chinese export silk damask, hand-stitched dress of silk damask, with large pattern of latticework and flowers,...

Dresses. Two dresses worn by the wife and daughter of Sir Barnes Neville Wallis at The Dam Busters premiere, 1955, the first worn by Barnes' wife ...

Embroidered panel. A large and important redwork panel, British, circa 1620, embroidered in very fine wool thread dyed with cochineal beetle red, ...

Embroidered panels. A pair of redwork panels, British, circa 1620, embroidered in very fine wool thread dyed with cochineal beetle red, on a cream...

Embroidered panel. A metalwork hanging, late 19th/early 20th century, cream silk damask panel, with 5 Tudor roses, each framed by an arabesque bor...

Embroidered panel. Portion of Indian embroidery, Gujarat, mid 19th century, with large central square of cerise silk, hand-embroidered overall wit...

Embroidered picture. Christ and the Samaritan Woman at the Well, English, early 19th century, hand-stitched on silk, depicting Jesus seated beside...

Embroidered picture. Elijah fed by ravens, early 18th century, hand-stitched embroidery depicting the Old Testament prophet seated beside a pomegr...

Embroidered picture. Oval picture of a young girl and a lamb, circa 1790-1810, hand-worked in coloured silks on a cream silk ground, using satin s...

Embroidered reticule. A drawstring purse or sweet bag, British, early 17th century, square reticule of petit point over linen, finely stitched on ...

Embroideries. A pair of embroideries on net lace, by Mary Mitchell, 1881, 2 large embroideries hand-stitched in polychrome threads, one in bright ...

Embroidery. A large portion of early embroidery, 17th century, comprising 3 horizontal rows arranged vertically of large scrolling flower and foli...

Ephemera. Invoice book belonging to Bryan & Thomas J. Reynolds, Farringdon [Berkshire], 1822/3, 200+ manuscript bills on headed paper engraved wit...

Fabric samples. A collection of trade catalogues, Bilbille & Co., 1937-1939, 12 catalogues, each with mounted cloth samples, titled 'Woven Silks &...

Fabric. A collection of 18th & 19th century silk brocades and damasks, comprising: a substantial fragment of brocade with large entwining flower s...

Fabric. Four pieces of 18th century silk, comprising: a length of bizarre silk, circa 1710, with large motifs in blue, cream, green, and yellow, o...

Fabric. A length of silk with brocaded pattern, early 1730s, woven with a pattern of large pomegranates, flowers, and seedheads, in pink, blue, br...

Fabric. Two pieced panels of matching bright green silk damask, late 18th/early 19th century, with large flower and ogee pattern, loom width 53cm,...

Fan. A George III folding fan, circa 1760, the recto with an oval printed portrait of King George III applied to pink paper printed with a repeati...

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Fans. A large Brussels lace wedding fan, Duvelleroy, circa 1890, folding fan of cream hand-made Brussels Duchesse bobbin lace, mounted on ivory st...

[Margot Fonteyn, 1919-1991]. A tutu worn by Margot Fonteyn as Princess Aurora in the Vision Scene of Sleeping Beauty, Bonn & Mackenzie Ltd., 1959,...

Handkerchief. A flapper girl handkerchief, plus garter, 1920s, & other handkerchiefs, picot-edged cream silk handkerchief, one corner with hand-pa...

Commemorative handkerchief. The Census, 3 April 1881, satirical black-printed cotton handkerchief depicting a census form from 1881 as filled out ...

Handkerchief. The Railways in Great Britain, also the Line of Navigation From the principal Sea Ports to both home and Foreign Stations, 1840s, cr...

Handkerchiefs. A large collection of printed handkerchiefs and scarves, 20th century, printed (and a few embroidered) on silk, cotton, rayon, etc....

Handkerchiefs. A printed nursery rhyme handkerchief, circa 1830s/40s, cream cotton handkerchief printed in sepia, with captioned vignettes illustr...

Hats. A tambour work silk bonnet, Sweden, 19th century, structured gold silk bonnet, hand-stitched in tambour work with floral sprays in pink, red...

Lace bobbins. A large collection of lace-making bobbins, English, 19th century, together 149 hand-carved or turned bobbins, comprising 84 bone, an...

Lace. A cutwork linen coverlet, probably Italian, late 16th/early 17th century, hand-stitched white linen bedcover, finely-worked with short wide ...

Metalwork embroidery. A hand-worked cloth and border, Indo-Persian, 1920s/30s, black wool tablecloth, handstitched in gold metal threads with cent...

Ottoman. A 19th century Turkish towel or runner, cream linen, with wide polychrome and metal thread hand-embroidered border at each end, depicting...

Persian. A large block-printed cloth, 19th century, fine cotton cloth, block-printed in reds and blues on a cream ground, with central lobed quatr...

Pincushions. A layette pinwork trapunto pincushion, 1799, hand-stitched rectangular light beige quilted pincushion, front with pinwork initials an...

Purses. A collection of beaded purses and reticules, mainly 19th century, 24 purses of various shapes, including a miser's purse, a small envelope...

Purses. A collection of purses and reticules, mainly 19th century, 48 purses of various shapes, mostly of woven, knitted/crochet, tapestry, or net...

Purses. A large collection of miser's purses, mainly 19th century, approximately 80 purses, mostly of netted construction, but also brocade, chamo...