2940🌟Antique ANCIENT Laces & Trims Salvage Remnants Primitive Historic LOT #5

Each one of these lots is so beautiful! I just love them normandy lace remnant made from Ayrshire hand embroidery. Looks like it was an emblem or perhaps the center of a pillow?

Measurements: over (25) pcs of mixed types of laces & various lengths.

You may find silk, cotton linen, rayon, velvet, needle lace honiton, alęcon, french swiss broidery anglaise, insert and edge trim ribbonwork crochet tatting & more!

Now onto the ancient laces lots I promised!!

Any of you that know me or have bought stuff from me knows that I’ve been at this for a really long time. I know how to source genuine antique (100+ yrs) soft goods and i list them at reasonable prices— well because not only do I want to see them get into the hands of quality talented artisanal hands- im not in this to simply show off my personal hoard lol.

What I could always find hidden in boxes, trunks and suitcases is now becoming more and more rare. And Im not just saying this. The generations of true untouched fabric goods gems are becoming like the dinosaur. Which is sad because I love them so much but it’s proof I too am getting old. Ive been at this over 30 years and if only we had the time to rehash it all…

Well, i do have some Ive been saving, albeit they are extremely age toned and some are somewhat fragile. Im counting on them getting into the hands of young artists that design primitives, work on historic doll clothes, the mixed media arts, even crazy quilting projects will benefit from these relics. There are some that need repair, but that’s not something anyone with a fine needle and thread wont be able to remedy.

Once they are gone, they are gone. Really gone.

Ive got several groups of salvaged laces. Now some of these judging by the color, stitching how heavy or even how light the threads are might go back as far as 200 years. Maybe longer.

Im putting them together into small groups that seem to go well with each other. Meticulously hand worked. Salvaged more than 100 years ago. You might find that crowning piece of lace for a special project in one of these groups. Despite needing some fine stitching repairs, that does not deter from the fact that these even still exist. Fine Normandy remnants, pink latte silk tambour pieces, Madeira fine elaborate hand embroidery.

Lots of collars, single and pairs of cuffs, small pieces to some yardage. All make for great repurposing. I did iron everything this past weekend-so despite being old and fragile I didn’t have trouble pressing them with a hot iron. Even the silk pieces of lace that were a-bit crunchy didn’t end up like a pile of crumbs—- I sprayed them with lavender linen spray and then they pressed out fine!

NOTE— most of the appliqué embellishments, laces and fine ribbon-work is very very old. It is age toned by time and not by me and Id leave it that way because that kind of natural aging color is just something that’s not so easily reproduced.

Ok, Ill stop talking and finally get on with listing! Ive been working on this particular mound of linens and laces for a couple months now— they’d been waiting for me to iron— which I was trying to avoid but it was quite necessary. Enjoy!

Review all the photos carefully, and when in doubt reach out with questions you may have. Remember artist, vintage and antique items are not returnable.

Ask me anything— and please, make a cup of joe and enjoy this wonderful piece of history. I think it will take weeks to get through them all- I do have to press a couple things.

Let me know if you plan to bundle anything so I can send a combined invoice to save on shipping.

Have fun!

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NOTE:

First- Betty’s measurements.

Bust- 36”

waist- 26”

Hip at the widest point- 36”

From the top of her shoulder to the floor she stands 54-1/2” high.

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You might wonder, why, if I have all these wonderful linens, would I lump them all up into lots? Well folks, last year I celebrated 30 years of antiques dealing. I started off in my 20s because I “needed a hobby”- and having just moved from Southern California to rural Michigan, well, I was bored and really feeling culture shock going from a big city to the farmland. I was the director of advertising at the local newspaper but wanted more than just my new garden. In the 1880s downtown district someone had converted an old Woolworth’s dime store into an antique mall— so i went in and chatted with the new owner! They were new to the business just a bit older than I was. I rented a booth and was hooked. That was during a time of rural estate and farm auctions- outside, with several callers, an Amish food truck and just so much junk to go through. I would spend every weekend hauling old stuff home to carefully clean and put in my little booth. Which turned to 2 booths. Then the entire basement. Then to 2 booths in a nearby mall. Then ebay came along. (I can tell you about the pioneer days of ebay- and you kids are benefitting the impossible work from us pioneers that makes ebay the giant in the game it is today. There was no clicking a few buttons on your phone- heck, we didn’t have cell phones. The internet was new. So it was a film camera, scanner and learning to write code. Windows had just come out.)

Ive had several careers, started a manufacturing company which put me in front of some of the nation’s biggest buyers in the gift industry. But nothing has been more fun and exciting than my little business here at home.

Last year, I suffered a catastrophic neurological event that has turned my world upside down. I had to move, but brought all the boxes of inventory Ive amassed to my new place. It’s my passion. Now it’s time to winnow it out so that another young person like myself can piece them out, do tiny repairs, boil buckets of hot water, and sit and iron for an entire afternoon. My body just can do it anymore.

Im certainly not going to stop buying, or even selling, but I am going to loosen then hoard into something more manageable. So here’s to you, the next generation of linen’s dealers. I loved buying it all.

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GENERALLY…

NOTE: Bear in mind, all of my offerings came from an estate usually from the midwest or the Colonial states. All have been stored in their respective homes, boxes, bins, attics, trunks or basements (or even a barn or two) for years- not at my home. While I don’t mind musty and/old smells, there might be from time to time and Ive become quite nose-blind to it having dealt in this type of business for over 30 years now. I have no idea who these previous owners were (unless I actually do and will include all info I am able), how they lived, whether they smoked, had 10 cats or 9 children. I know where it came from. All I really know is that I buy really old stuff which has probably lived with several households during it’s life- and now, it’s ready to go home with someone else! I think that’s so cool.

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I had a customer once scold me for taking the fun out of vintage linens by soaking and pressing them. And to leave them as found as it’s part of the fun for a buyer to bring such beauties back to life. So that’s what I do. You get them exactly as they came out of the estate. With age toning and sometimes spots.

Holes - if too large I save for a cutter lot. They are usually always shown. Most just need a good soak and pressing. Or can be used in and for projects.

Finally… lol…I will continue to list more gorgeous antique christening gowns, petticoats, dresses and embroidered accessories.

Ask questions- have fun, and make a cup o’joe and do some window shopping!…. There’s always more fun stuff in my linens and lace hoard!