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An interesting group of Turkish/Greek islands textiles, comprising: three joined bands of floral embroidered silk gauze, mid 19th century, 102 x 65cm, an embroidered Cretan panel, 19th century in 18th century style, worked with pots with blooms and birds38 x 62cm, a muslin sheet early 19th century, embroidered on two sides in silks and metal strip with scrolling folliage, approx. 207 x 280cm, an embroidered towel, and an Ottoman composite cover made from varying embroidered floral bands, edged in bobbin lace, construction circa 1900, the embroidery earlier, 210 x 130cm, (5)
A group of fans, circa 1900, comprising: good Duvelleroy white ostrich fan with tortoiseshell sticks and guards, 46cm, 18in long; a floral painted gauze fan, a white Duchesse bobbin lace fan with mother of pearl sticks and guards; another with painted and spangled gauze leaf with vignette of lovers, all in original boxes (4)
A mid 19th Century rosewood and mother of pearl inlaid Work Box of rectangular form, the hinged lid and base set with pierced mother of pearl foliate decoration, to a well fitted interior, comprising: a lift out tray set with eight mother of pearl capped bobbin holders, three tape measures, two thimbles, four star shaped thread winders, to a void base, width 10”
A rare ash ladderback 'Whalers' armchair North American probably New England late 18th century with turned supports and a rush seat each arm terminating in a stylised Sperm Whale heads losses and re-tipping h.131cm. w.56cm. For another American ladderback armchair without these whale motifs see Victor Chinnery Oak Furniture The British Tradition Woodbridge 1979 p. 522 fig. 4.253. Wallace Nutting Furniture of the Pilgrim Century Dover 1965 Vol. 1 p. 271 pl. 485 illustrates a similar chair which he writes originates from Connecticut. Broke Jobe and Myrna Kaye New England Furniture: The Colonial Era Boston 1984 p. 312 item. 79 illustrate and discuss another 'slat-back' armchair which originates from Eastern Massachusetts with similar scrolled arms and flattened bobbin mouldings to its stretcher rails. The eastern sea board of New England has a strong whaling tradition with centres such as Nantucket famously associated with this industry. The naively carved representations of a Sperm Whale to each arm of this chair are very unusual but relate closely to a folk art tradition associated with whaling and usually evidenced in scrimshaw work. W
The Miscellaneous Works of Tim Bobbin Esq; containing his view of the Lancashire dialect;...also his poem of the Flying Dragon and the Man of Heaton London 1775. Later half roan portrait frontispiece and a further ten copper plate illustrations octavo; and Blackmore R.D. Lorna Doone: a Romance of Exmoor Sampson Low Marston & Co. London 1906. Full calf prize binding with gilt decorated spine octavo (2)
A small quantity of miniature or toy furniture comprising: a decorative settee with English import marks, four Dutch carver chairs another similar chair with a poodle on the seat, two other chairs with simulated bobbin turning and English import marks, four filigree chairs, another larger continental chair and a side table with undertier and lift top, together with a ball on a three legged stand, the ball hallmarked Glasgow 1926, 2.5in (6.4cm) dia. (16)
A late 19th Century press moulded white opaque glass shell dish and cover, the shell form base raised on four bobbin feet with conforming cover with scroll finial, registration lozenge for 6th December 1881, S/D, 5.5’ long; a similar two handle woven basket, 4.5’ long; an amethyst glass pressed moulded gentleman's boot, 3’ high. (3).
An early 20th Century ivory toned bridal gown with bone corsage and machine floral lace, a large flounce of late 19th Century Irish bobbin appliqué, a similar machine lace flounce, an early 20th Century starched white cotton maid's pinafore, the top with pulled thread design of bees and floral panel, together with a large collection of domestic aprons and caps.

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