British & European Paintings, 19th & 20th Century Prints & Drawings, Antiques & Historic Textiles

* Appliquéd panel. An early appliqué and metalwork panel, British, late 18th century, a panel of large-patterned crimson damask (one piece), onlai...

* Aubusson tapestry. La Bascule, 19th century, woven wool tapestry, depicting a young girl being elevated on one end of a seesaw, and 3 children o...

* Aubusson tapestry. L'Escarpolette, 19th century, woven wool tapestry, depicting a young girl and boy seated on a swing hanging from a tree on a ...

* Bag. A silver gilt evening bag, probably American, circa 1920, black velvet bag, silver gilt frame stamped 'Sterling 2085' elegantly pierced in ...

* Chinese Embroidered Robe. A woman's silk informal robe, late Qing Dynasty, dark blue silk robe with long wide sleeves, hand-embroidered overall ...

* Clothing. A court train, late 19th/early 20th century, long train of cream satin, expertly hand-stitched with metalwork, bugle beads, seed beads...

* Clothing. A girl's silk dress, circa 1910, hand-made cream silk dress, with bodice hand-embroidered with floral tendrils, and gathered to a high...

* Clothing. Spencer jacket and skirts worn by Elizabeth Acland on her wedding to Henry Jenkinson, 25th August 1823, hand-stitched short fitted jac...

* Embroidered bedcover. A large crewelwork bedcover, circa 1930s, expertly hand-stitched in polychrome wools on a cream twilled ground, with 2 wid...

* Embroidered fabric. A large uncut length of embroidered silk, Chinese, circa 1910, unused and uncut length of fine pale blue silk, expertly hand...

* Embroidered. A pair of framed decorative panels, 18th century, each comprising 4 panels arranged horizontally, each panel hand-stitched in polyc...

* Embroidered. An embroidered glove receptacle, French, late 18th/early 19th century, in bookcover form, composed of cream moiré silk, upper cover...

* Fabric. A small collection of Spitalfields & other early fragments, mid 18th-early 19th century, 18 pieces of brocade or damask, including Spita...

* Fabric. Length of Victorian silk and faux fur fabric, unused length of fabric with alternating wide stripes of black moiré silk and faux fur, wi...

* Hermès. Les Normands, by Philippe Ledoux, silk twill scarf, yellow colourways, depicting Viking ships, signed 'Ledoux' lower right, hand-rolled ...

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

* Lace. A collection of collars, tippets, cuffs, lappets, sleeves, and bonnets, 18th century and later, many handmade, including 3 pairs of early ...

* Lace. A piece of fine lacework, possibly Russian, probably late 19th century, dark cream bobbin lace incorporating gimp and needlework, includin...

* Lace. An infant's shirt with Hollie Point lace dated May 3 1768, handmade infant's shirt of fine white cotton lawn, with inserts of Hollie Point...

* Lace. Four lengths of Binche Point de Fée lace, Belgium, 19th century, finely made bobbin lace, largest piece 8 cm (3.25 ins) wide, 174 cm (68.5...

* Lace. Six lengths of Youghal lace, Ireland, 19th century, 6 lengths of handmade white needle lace, longest 120 cm (47.25 ins), shortest 34 cm, a...

* Needlework. Frieze Designed for an Infant's Classroom, by Patricia Hunter, circa 1940s, unfinished frieze, carefully worked in appliqué and poly...

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

* Ottoman. A metalwork silk robe, Ottoman territories, early 20th century, hand-stitched cream silk unstructured sleeveless robe, heavily embellis...

* Quilt. A large piece of Victorian patchwork and broderie perse, unfinished piece of polychrome patchwork, composed of printed cotton octagons ha...

* Quilt. A patchwork quilt commemorating the accession of King Edward VIII, English, circa 1936, a large hand-stitched bedcover, with central squa...

* Quilt. An American marriage quilt, early 20th century, white cotton quilt with repeated large diagonal pomegranate motif appliquéd in red and be...

* Quilt. An early-mid 19th century quilt, English, a large hand-stitched bedcover, with central square composed of 4 8-pointed stars, enclosed by ...

* Quilts. A large Victorian patchwork coverlet, hand-stitched bedcover, composed of hexagons in a wide variety of printed cotton fabrics forming f...

* Quilts. A Welsh wool quilt, circa 1900, double-sided wool quilt, one side in tones of pale gold with 4 small square puce pink accents, the other...

* Sampler. A darning sampler by Mary Ann Franklin, early 19th century, stitched in polychrome threads on a cream linen ground with a central large...

* Sampler. A Map of Europe, by Mary Martin, circa 1850, cross-stitch needlework worked mostly in black thread, showing a map of Europe with colour...

* Sampler. An early 19th century needlework, by Eliza Bonar, 1824, neatly worked in cross-stitch, back-stitch, and Algerian eye stitch, predominan...

* Sampler. An unusual alphabet needlework, by H. Drewett, 1825, long and narrow linen sampler worked with the alphabet in upper and lower case and...

* Sampler. An unusual sampler depicting hot air balloons, by Rebecca Ross, 1854, neatly worked in cross-stitch in polychrome silk threads on a bei...

* Spitalfields. A variable silk shawl, circa 1820, red variable silk shawl, short sides with knotted fringed edging and wide floral border of flow...

* Shawl. A Georgian whitework turnover shawl, fine white cotton lawn, with floral motifs in opposing corners hand-stitched in tambourwork and Fren...

* Shawl. A Varanasi silk brocade stole, North India, late 19th/early 20th century, finely hand-woven in pink and lilac thread and gold metallic th...

* Shawls. A chiffon shawl, London: Liberty & Co, 1930s, shaped woven and printed large scarf, with floral pattern in red, green, orange, yellow, a...

* Shawls. A fine cream pashmina, and one other similar, circa 1810/20, finely-woven cream wool pashmina, fringed to short ends, signed by maker in...

* Shawls. A large woven shawl, early 19th century, finely woven with all-over floral pattern in blue, green, and white on a purple ground, with a ...

* Shawls. A long Delhi shawl, India, circa 1860, densely hand-embroidered in polychrome silk threads on a fine dark cream net ground, with floral ...

Schreiber (Lady Charlotte). Fans and Fan Leaves, English/Foreign, 2 volumes, London: John Murray, 1888-1890, half-titles present, 161 and 153 plat...

* The County Fan. Compiled and Published June 30, 1794, by Sarah Ashton, No. 28 Little Britain, double-sided folding paper fan, the leaf engraved ...

* Theatre. Kings Theatre for 1788, [Pub. Jany 1, 1788], folding paper fan, the engraved leaf showing the disposition of the boxes and the names of...

* Vienna. The Concordia Ball, February 1907, large wooden brisé fan, with very wide sticks (eleven inner and two guards), each of 12 sticks colour...

* Aznar. A fan depicting anthropomorphic cats and mice, French, late 19th century, double-sided folding paper fan, one side with lithograph of dan...

* Card games. The Ladies' New Casino Fan, consisting of the Laws, Rules &c of the Fashionable Game of Casino, as it is now Play'd in the Polite Ci...

* Humorous. Pictorial engraved fan, circa 1770, folding paper fan, the leaf engraved with a large hand-coloured vignette of 3 women street sellers...

* Historical. A fan depicting the monarchs of Great Britain, circa 1790, folding paper fan, the leaf engraved with 10 medallion portraits of monar...

* Flags. The Royal Naval Flag-Fan, circa 1790, folding paper fan, the hand-coloured engraved leaf with central UK royal armorial and 3 rows of fla...

* Enigma fan. Un Boquet Fatasque, Published by Sarah Ashton, No.28 Little Britain, April 25th, 1791, folding paper fan, the engraved leaf with cen...

* Royalty. A fan commemorating the 50th jubilee of Franz Josef I of Austria, Vienna: Schmutterer & Co., 1898, folding paper fontange fan, lithogra...

* Seven Ages. Shakespears Seven Ages, Enter'd at Stationers Hall, by the Proprieter, March, 20, 1796, folding paper fan, the leaf stipple-engraved...