Antiques & Studio Pottery, Textiles & Samplers, The Dr Alison Smith Lean Button Collection

* Appliqué Panel. An 18th century Chinese-style appliqué panel, numerous polychrome cotton appliqués of Chinese origin, embellished with embroider...

* Bedcover. A large broderie perse bedcover, English, circa 1810-1830, hand-stitched coverlet, with a variety of appliqués in pink, blue, and brow...

* Bedcover. An Arts & Crafts embroidered patchwork bedcover designed by John Aldam Heaton (1830-1897) and worked by his sister Fanny Heaton (1828-...

* Berlin Chart Playing Cards. Jeu des Petits Points, Paris: Alphonse Giroux, circa 1820, a complete piquet deck of 32 hand-coloured engraved playi...

Brass Rubbings. A set of seven brass rubbings on cotton, English, 1856, 7 large brass rubbings, black shoemaker's wax on glazed white cotton, all ...

* Chinese Dragon Robe. A kesi silk nine-dragon robe, late Qing Dynasty, full-length silk robe, finely woven in silver on a blue ground, with long ...

* Chinese Embroideries. A collection of needlework borders, 19th-mid 20th century, 14 hand-worked borders (2 matching), variously depicting flower...

* Chinese Panel. An embroidered panel, late 19th century, hand-worked in silk threads, in shades of blue, brown, and white, incorporating gold met...

* Clothing. A blue brocade skirt, circa 1850s, hand-stitched close-gathered silk brocade skirt, with pattern of meandering rose stems in blue, aga...

* Clothing. A bodice and deconstructed skirt of silk damask, probably Spitalfields, circa 1745-50, boned and fitted bodice of blue silk damask wit...

* Clothing. A gold brocade dress, 1840s, gown of gold figured brocade, woven with large flower sprigs in red and green, fitted bodice with v-shape...

* Clothing. A printed nursing gown, circa 1835, cotton gown printed with small geometric pattern in blue, red, and brown, high-waisted gathered bo...

Clothing. A Regency silk pelisse, circa 1810-1820, hand-stitched high-waisted cream silk coat, with frilled round collar and long sleeves, latter ...

* Clothing. A Robe à la Français, probably of Spitalfields silk, circa 1750-1770, open-fronted brocade dress, with woven meandering pattern of pol...

* Clothing. A silk pierrot bodice, circa 1720s, hand-stitched brocade jacket (Spitalfields silk?), patterned with flowers in terracotta, yellow, a...

Clothing. An Albanian metalwork coat, 19th century, black woollen short flared coat with round neck (collar detached) and long flared sleeves, hea...

Clothing. Clothing. A man's embroidered tunic, Normandy, France, 2nd half 19th century, expertly hand-stitched unstructured smock-like tunic of in...

* Cut-out Figures. Two framed painted cut-out full-length portraits of 18th century ladies, including Augusta Smith, wife of Richard Smith, Surgeo...

* Embroidered Bedcover. A large coverlet, 1930s, hand-embroidered in coloured silk threads, in shades of pink, blue, green, yellow, and brown, wor...

* Embroidered Chasubles. Two ecclesiastical garments, 20th century, each of damask lined with silk, and with lavish embroidery to front and back i...

* Embroidered Panel. An Arts & Crafts panel, English, circa 1890, hand-worked in wool in shades of green, blue, brown, red, orange, and yellow, us...

* Embroidered Panel. An unused needlework panel, circa 1800, hand-stitched in polychrome silk threads on a cream silk ground, with a floral basket...

* Embroidered Picture. An Arts & Crafts picture of Flora, by Nida Glew, 1919, hand-stitched in silk threads in shades of brown, orange, green, yel...

* Embroidered picture. Oval picture of a young girl wearing a bonnet, circa 1790-1810, hand-worked in coloured silks on a cream silk ground, using...

* Embroidered Pictures. A pair of oval embroideries, circa 1790, stumpwork and long and short stitch in polychrome silk threads on silk, the faces...

* Fabric Collage. Still-life of flowers in a vase, possibly Continental, 18th century, oval still-life of flowers in a double-handled vase, includ...

* Fabric. A collection of 18th century fragments, some probably Spitalfields, 12 pieces of silk, all woven with floral patterns, incorporating sil...

* Printed cotton fabrics, mid-century, a collection, comprising: Heals "Treasure Chest", designed by Maggie Walker, red and brown colourways, unus...

Fabric. A small collection of Spitalfields & other early fragments, 18th century, 14 pieces of silk brocade, some matching, various floral pattern...

* Garments. A 1930s velvet opera coat, long unstructured black velvet coat, with ruched back, collar, and sleeves, self button and loop fastening ...

* Garments. A Victorian child's bonnet, hand-made cream silk bonnet, with deep double neck frill, elaborately worked overall with soutache embroid...

* Garments. Two Regency embroidered muslin cloaks, finely hand-stitched and embroidered in tambour work and satin stitch in polychrome silk thread...

* Household Linen. A pair of 18th century linen sheets, circa 1716, and a third, 1764, two linen sheets with ink inscription 'EJ Manser 1825 Spun ...

* Indian Palampore. A large Tree of Life panel, Coromandal Coast, South-East India, circa 1770, cotton tabby, painted resist and mordant-dyed, in ...

* Infants' Items. An embroidery commemorating births and baptisms in the Cuddon-Fletcher family, 1870s, fine cream lawn panel, hand-stitched in ta...

* Lace Bedcover. A fine Point de Venise coverlet, possibly Continental, 19th century, cream needle lace coverlet, finely hand-worked in Point de V...

* Lace Borders. Two wide borders of bobbin lace, Genoa, Italy, 1st half 17th century, two matching scalloped borders in bobbin lace worked in dark...

* Lace. A Brussels lace collar, thought to have been worn at Waterloo Ball, 1815, hand-made cream lace collar, finely worked with flower baskets a...

* Lace Crimping Iron. A goffering machine, mid 19th century, brass rollers operated by a bone-handled winder, complete with the two steel rods wit...

* Lace Handkerchiefs. A handkerchief with Point de Neige lace border, 19th century, fine lawn handkerchief, with hand-worked 7 cm (2.75 ins) borde...

* Lace Prickings. A collection of lace prickings, 19th century, 14 lace pricking patterns, 12 on parchment, some with fabric ends, and 2 on card, ...

* Lace Stole. A Buckinghamshire lace stole, 1st half 19th century, machine net stole, with wide hand-made Bucks Point edging, featuring gathered c...

* Lace Veil. A tambour work appliqué veil, 19th century, a large cream net wedding veil, tamboured and appliquéd with flower sprigs in centre, and...

* Lace. A small collection of lace, mostly handmade, 19th century, comprising: 8 lengths or flounces of cream needle lace, largest 18 x 198 cm (7 ...

* Lace. A collection of lace and needlework items, 19th & 20th century, a quantity of white, cream, and black lace, including Carrickmacross, croc...

* Lace. A collection of lace items, some handmade, 19th-mid 20th century, various lace and lace-trimmed items, mostly white or cream, but also som...

* Lace. A Flemish flounce of 'cauliflower' lace, 2nd half 17th century, hand-made ivory lace edging, with design of ovals with pairs of circles an...

* Lace. A Flemish lace bertha, late 17th/early 18th century, hand-made ivory lace bertha, sometime partially backed with chiffon, occasional break...

* Lace. A large veil, & other hand-made lace items, 19th or early 20th century, a large cream needle lace wedding veil, hand-worked on machine net...

* Lace. A long Brussels Point de Gaze lace border, mid-late 19th century, wide scalloped border of cream needle lace, depicting floral swags, occa...

* Lace. A wedding dress lace overlay of Brussels lace, 19th century, hand-worked cream needle lace on machine-made net, sleeveless, and with a sho...

* Lace. Four large flounces, 19th century, all handmade needle lace on machine-made net, the first with appliqué: 57 x 545 cm (22.3 x 214.5 ins); ...

* Lace. Three large sample books, early 20th century, each with approximately 100 card leaves, and filled with numerous samples of lace mounted on...

* Miniature. A pair of tiny Eskimo shoes, circa 1855, hand-stitched sealskin Inuit boots, rubbed, and with some small holes, 4.5 cm (1.75 ins) lon...

* Pattern Book. Manuscript book of embroidery & lace patterns belonging to Isabella Chambers, 1828 (and later), ff.100+, pen & ink designs (and so...

* Piper (John). A large curtain, Stones of Bath, Arthur Sanderson, 1960, screen-printed cotton, with abstract design in green colourway featuring ...

* Quilt. A silk patchwork quilt, circa 1870, hexagon and star quilt, composed of plain and patterned fabric, hexagons approximately 4 cm diameter,...

* Reticule. A Regency bag or document pouch, probably English, 1st quarter 19th century, tan morocco wallet-form bag, with onlaid tortoiseshell pa...

* Sampler. A needlework picture by Ellen Male, 1839, worked in silk threads on cream linen, using cross-stitch in shades of green, yellow, cream, ...

* Sewing Accessory. George III steel pincushion clamp in original box, late 18th century, steel clamp with gilt metal highlights, with bead and le...