Antiques & Historic Textiles

* Art Nouveau. A large banqueting cloth, circa 1900, white damask tablecloth, with large swirling pattern of beribboned posies of poppy flowers, b...

* Bags. A collection of beaded bags and other accessories, late 19th-early 20th century, 15 bags, comprising 10 beaded, several with faux tortoise...

* Bags. Six early 20th century bags, and other accessories, including: a black velvet metalwork evening clutch bag, circa 1910, with peacock desig...

* Bianchini Férier. A collection of original designs, late 19th-early 20th century, 25 original drawings (or part drawings), some probably by Raou...

* Bianchini Férier. An album of fabric samples, French, 1924/5, 400+ fabric samples of various sizes on 30 album leaves, comprising a wide variety...

* Carpet. A Garden of Paradise Persian prayer rug, Tabriz, circa 1930, woollen carpet with large panel featuring a multitude of birds and animals ...

* Carpet. A Middle Eastern woollen prayer rug, early-mid 20th century, patterned rug with vase of flowers flanked by 2 pedestals within a mihrab, ...

* Carpet. A Turkoman woollen carpet, circa 1920, patterned carpet with 3 central lozenge medallions flanked by 4 further medallions, in red, blue,...

* Chinese. Hand-embroidered silk fabric, 1930s, a handmade unstructured bodice with short sleeves and diagonal front closure, and a skirt joined a...

* Crewelwork. An embroidered bedcover, possibly American, late 18th century, a large bedcover embroidered overall with a pattern of sinuous stems ...

* Cushions. Two cushions apparently made from costumes worn by Rudolf Nureyev in La Bayadère, 2 cushions of figured velvet, one with stripes of gr...

* Ecclesiastical goldwork. An embroidered priest's stole, European, late 16th/early 17th century, stole with v-shape at back of neck, and flared e...

* Embroidered basket. A straw-work layette tray, probably English, mid 18th century, plaited straw-work tray, hand-embroidered with scrolling bord...

* Embroidered bedcover. An embroidered bedcover, possibly Spanish, late 18th century, hand-stitched with a central armorial medallion of a double-...

* Embroidered cloth. A large square Kashmir bedcover or table cloth, 19th century, finely hand-embroidered all over with dainty floral and foliate...

* Embroidered hanging. A large silk embroidered panel, probably Italian, early 18th century, coloured silks on canvas, hand-worked with a large tw...

* Embroidered map. England & Wales, by Eleanor Benington, 1797, needlework map of England, Wales, part of Ireland and France, and 3 of the Channel...

* Embroidered map. A Map of the World, by Ann Horsnaill, 1795, double-hemisphere world map, finely worked on linen, each hemisphere in blackwork, ...

* Embroidered panel. A metalwork silk bedcover, English, circa 1650, wide border with a pattern of scrolling flower stems and tendrils, finely han...

* Embroidered panel. An embroidered and appliquéd panel, late 17th century, composed of 2 pieced pink damask panels backed with linen, sometime jo...

* Embroideries. A set of 12 crewelwork square panels, early-mid 20th century, 12 embroideries, hand-worked in polychrome wools on a cream linen gr...

* Embroideries. An embroidered appliquéd valance, late 19th/early 20th century, long hand-stitched valance of dark cream net, with large floral ap...

* Embroideries. Four fragments of embroidery, probably Dutch, second half of the 17th century, 4 matching pieces, with scrolling large flower patt...

* Embroidery. A Chinese silk hanging, circa 1890, square crimson silk wall hanging, finely embroidered in silks depicting a stork in flight within...

* Embroidery. A large embroidered pieced velvet panel, possibly Spanish, 17th century, a large pieced panel composed of 10 sections, comprising 2 ...

* Embroidery. A large fragment of a wedding dress, 1782, metalwork and silk embroidery on a cream silk ground, depicting a large central fleuron w...

* Embroidery. A metalwork silk panel of peacocks, circa 1900, embroidered panel depicting 3 horizontal rows of 4 peacocks, each within a circular ...

* Embroidery. An embroidered panel made into a cushion cover, English, possibly 17th century (or later), hand-embroidered panel with a symmetrical...

* Fabric panel. A voided velvet panel, probably 18th century, Italian, pieced voided silk velvet panel, composed of 2 widths, each 54cm wide, bord...

* Fabric. An unused length of patterned cloth, circa 1860, fine wool and silk cloth, with printed foliate pattern in purple, olive green, and pale...

* Fabric. Top Brass by Zandra Rhodes and Garland by Mo Sullivan, Heal's, 1964 and 1965, 2 pieces of screen printed cotton by Zandra Rhodes titled ...

* Gaming Purse. A goldwork gaming purse, early 17th century, hand-woven purse of gold metal and green threads, draw-string closure with original m...

* India. A large floor cover with pachisi game, circa 1920s, heavy linen, hand-blocked in red, brown, and yellow, with central symmetrical cross f...

* Indian. A block-printed hand-woven panel or bedcover, probably early 19th century, block-printed in pink and brown on a pieced hand-woven cream ...

* Indian. A large printed textile panel, early-mid 20th century, cotton panel, block-printed in pinks, greens, and purple, on a cream ground, depi...

* Lace. A filet lace bedcover, Chinese, early 20th century, large white hand-made bedcover of filet lace, depicting prosperity symbols, a dragon, ...

* Lace. A large sample book, 1899, approximately 80 thick blue paper leaves, rectos and versos filled with numerous mounted samples of lace of var...

* Lace. A pair of lace sample books, early 20th century, each composed of 8 pale pink linen leaves, spine hand-stitched, with stitch-mounted examp...

* Lace. A piece of needle lace, probably Italian, late 16th/early 17th century, fine cream needle lace figurative fragment, depicting a procession...

* Mezzaro. A large Tree of Life block-printed cotton panel, probably Genoese, circa 1800, hand-blocked in red, brown, and green, on a cream cotton...

* Miniature garment. A 17th century-style coat, probably mid-late 19th century, hand-made black silk satin coat, with long sleeves embellished wit...

* Needlework. A 19th century French canapé back, hand-worked in polychrome threads in gros point on canvas, with beribboned floral swag, flanked b...

* Needlework. Specimens of juvenile handiwork, 19th-early 20th century, comprising: a finely-stitched white cotton lawn shirt with stitching at ne...

* Ottoman. A rare letter bag with wax seal, circa 1795, silk bag woven with metalled and other threads on a pink-red ground, top of bag tied with ...

* Passementerie. A collection of good quality sewing braids, fringes, and edgings, 19th/20th century, approximately 55 pieces, some substantial le...

* Piper (John). Two pieces of Arundel fabric, A. Sanderson & Sons, 1960, screen-printed 'Sanderlin' satinised cotton, with stained glass window de...

* Piper (John). Four pairs of curtains, Stones of Bath, Arthur Sanderson, 1960, screen-printed cotton, with abstract design featuring buildings in...

* Quilt. A Victorian tufted patchwork bowtie quilt, English, hand-stitched bedcover, backed with sprigged cotton, composed of bowties in a wide va...

* Quilt. A Durham quilt designed by Elizabeth Sanderson, circa 1910-1920, red and white cotton quilt with framed 8-pointed star pattern, backed wi...

* Quilt. A Victorian patchwork hexagon quilt, English, hand-stitched bedcover, backed with sprigged cotton, composed of hexagons forming a large s...

* Quilt. An appliquéd patchwork quilt, circa 1930s/40s, hand-stitched patchwork quilt composed of lozenges, using various patterned fabric to form...

* Quilt. A French quilt, circa 1850, a double-sided wholecloth quilt patterned on one side with floral urns surrounded by foliate stems in dark pi...

* Quilt. A French quilt, early 19th century, a double-sided quilt, one side with a bordered wool shawl as the large central square panel, patterne...

* Quilts. Five Welsh quilts, circa 1920s/30s, comprising 2 pink quilts, a yellow quilt, a double-sided floral/blue quilt, and a patchwork quilt ba...

* Quilts. Two boutis petassoun quilts, France, mid 19th century, 2 small square infant lap quilts of hand-quilted white cotton, the first with cen...

* Sampler. A needlework sampler by Emma Hope, 1838, finely worked in cross-stitch in coloured silks (mostly green, yellow, pink, and brown) on a l...

* Spitalfields. A pair of silk brocade panels, circa 1750s, 2 lengths of figured cream silk, woven with a large pattern of a flower-filled oyster ...

* Tapestries. A pair of Flemish tapestry borders, second half of the 17th century, 2 matching (but slightly differing) tapestries, each with a lan...

* Tibetan. A pair of thangkas, early 20th century, 2 hand-painted canvas panels, each with central deity, one with smaller deity to each corner, t...

* Trade catalogue. Fancy Trouserings, S.B.&S.B., Spring & Summer, 1908, wallet-style folding trade catalogue, with 64 mounted monochrome cloth sam...