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FIFTEEN BOXED LILLIPUT LANE SALES PROMOTION SCULPTURES, all with deeds, 'Dormouse Cottage', L2038, signed, 'Rainbows End', L2240, signed, 'Butterfly Cottage', L2298, 1999/2000, 'Candy Cottage', L2327, 2000, 'Bunny Burrows', L2371, signed and dated 13 Aug 2000, 'Jack's Corner', L2426, 2001, 'Daisy Chain', L2460, 2001/2002, 'Away from Home', L2491, 2002, 'Little Garden Party', L2570, 2002/2003, 'Key To The Door', L2656, 2003/2004, 'Little Rain Drop', L2688, 2004, 'Teddy Bear Cottage', L2844, 2005, signed, 'Cushions & Curtains', L2863, 2005/2006, signed, 'Hockley Lodge', L2908, 2006 and 'Tea Cosy Cottage', L2996, 2007, signed (15)
A Collection of old and vintage fashion items to include a pair of Liberty of London retro curtains, Hand woven African style dress, Victorian Bead work tapestry piece, Feathered shawl, White fur shawl, Fur hand warmer, Metro Leisure wear Ltd ladies velvet corset top and a lot of old and vintage material
A large metal thread-embroidered calligraphic panel (hizam) from the belt of the qa'ba Mecca, 20th Centuryof rectangular form, the blue-black ground embroidered in gilt-silver thread with a cartouche containing inscriptions in thuluth, the borders with undulating vines, mounted 296 x 84 cm.Footnotes:ProvenanceThe Shakerine Collection.Inscriptions: Qur'an, sura II, al-baqarah, part of verse 125.The Qa'ba is decorated annually on the 9th day of the month of Dhu al-Hijah, the day during the Hajj on which the pilgrims leave for the plains of Mount Arafat. The four walls are covered with curtains (kiswah) and are encircled by a band (hizam) embroidered with text from the Qur'an. The present lot is part of one of these bands. The practice of decorating the Qa'ba dates back to pre-Islamic times and the Prophet Muhammad himself witnessed the ceremony of the covering of the Ka'ba as a six-year-old child. Under the Mamluks, Egypt became the supplier of the kiswah, and it became traditional to change it annually. Production in Egypt continued under the Ottomans until 1927 when it was decided that the King of Saudi Arabia should provide the textiles, and production was moved to Arabia, where it continues today. When the kiswah and the hizam were replaced, they were cut up and reserved for important dignitaries such as the Sharif of Mecca, but some fragments were also allowed to be sold in special shops near the Bab al-Salam. For related examples see Sotheby's Islamic Works of Art, 21 October 1993, lot 255 and Islamic Art, 16 October 1997, lot 108.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: W TPW Objects displayed with a 'W' will be located in the Bonhams Warehouse and will only be available for collection from this location.TP Lots denoted with a 'TP' will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Interiors.- Wood (Henry) A Series of Designs of Furniture & Decoration in the Styles of Louis XIVth, Francis Ist, Elizabeth, and Gothic, first edition, title within decorative border, 24 hand-coloured lithographed plates printed on thick paper, one toned, occasional light spotting, or marking, first plate with abrasion to fore-margin, modern half calf, gilt, [not in Keynes, Pickering Handlist], folio, William Pickering, [1845].⁂ Rare complete copy of Wood's handsome designs for window curtains, settees and sofas, sideboards, bookcases, room panelling, chairs etc. WorldCat lists the BL copy only and we can only trace two other complete copies at auction.
Ex Christie's Country House sales: Arthurstone 15th/16th October 1990, two pairs of 1930s repeating fan shell patterned cotton woven lined curtains with faded panels and two other odd curtains, with original Christie's labels attached (six in lot as originally sold) (each curtain approx 348cm x 100cm)
Kuniyoshi Utagawa (1797-1861) OUMU KOMACHI (PARROT KOMACHI PLAYED BY THE ACTOR ICHIKAWA DANJURO VIII), Series (Modern Seven Komachi) Imayo nana Komachi Woodblock, 1851, signed within the print image 36 x 25cm approximately, framed and glazed The aged Komachi receives the following poem of pity from the Emperor: 'Although above the clouds things do not change from how they were in the past, do you look back fondly on your time spent within the jewelled curtains'. However, by changing just one word of the Emperor’s poem, Komachi reveals that age has not impaired her wit: 'Although above the clouds things do not change from how they were in the past, I do indeed look back fondly on my time spent within the jewelled curtains'. This is from a series of prints depicting Kabuki actors in roles relating to the seven legends of Ono no Komachi, a beautiful ninth century poetess. These legends are taken from ‘Nanakomachi’ Noh plays which describe incidents in her life. The illustration for this legend often includes a parrot to represent the repetition of another's words.

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