Vintage, Antique Textiles & Passion for Fashion, Tue, 15 June 2021 10:00
Vintage, Antique Textiles & Passion for Fashion, Tue, 15 June 2021 10:00 1 Dorset buttons, late 18th-early 19th century, 5 Eight silk bodices, mainly 1860s, four examples comprising: blue haberdashery card of 36 'high with padded breast cups to the interior, including top' buttons, of conical shape worked in fine a matching day and evening bodice of green silk linen thread; together with a card applied with 72 woven with black diamond motif; and an 1810s 'Singleton' buttons (2) example of changeant silk in shades of red and These buttons were made in Dorset somewhere green, busts approx 76-86cm, 30-34in (8) between the early 18th century and early 19th (Dimensions: busts approx 76-86cm, 30-34in) century. High Tops were first made in (Qty: 8) £400-600 Shaftsbury, Dorset between 1680 and 1700. 6 A Japonisme printed cotton undress robe, late They were made from a disc of horn from the 1870s-early 1880s, with Chinese chang-fu Dorset Horn sheep. It was covered by a small inspired wrap-over front neckline, concealing piece of linen and worked with a needle and buttons beneath, two slit pockets to rear hips, thread to make a conical shaped button. These the bodice lined in striped cotton, chest approx were used on fashionable clothing from the late 92cm, 36in (Dimensions: chest approx 92cm, 17th to early 18th century. They were 36in ) £200-300 superseded by “Singleton” buttons, which have wire rings covered with linen and tiny 7 A group of Victorian clothing, 1850s-1880s, (microscopic!) stitching with French knots at the comprising: four dresses, including one of merlot centre which were commonly used on shirts, silk and cut-velvet, 1880s, and an altered mid- underwear and fine gowns.
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