24th May, 2024 10:30 GMT/BST
Fashion, Costume and Textiles
2059
Early 20th Century Ashley Down Orphanage Bristol Unframed Sampler Dated 1902, incorporating the initials 'SD' 'ED' 'SD' 'AD' with the names 'Alice' 'Lily' and 'Florence', worked in red cross stitch on a linen ground, with alphabet in various fonts to the upper half and numerous decorative motifs below, including a cow, horse, seated cat, crucifix, umbrella, bird in a cage, mouse, sailing boat, bird on stand, pointing hands, flags, crowns, houses, bible, backed with linen, 28cm by 36cm. with a white linen backing cloth
Sold for £3,800
Estimated at £600 - £800
Some light spotting and discolouration to the backing cloth. Slight fading and three rusted nail marks/holes to the bottom hem.
Auction: Fashion, Costume and Textiles, 24th May, 2024
Highlights include the wardrobe and collection of a lady from Bath, who was an art student in the 1960/70s comprising clothing by Anokhi, Biba, Ginger, and the costume collection of 1920s and 1930s evening wear. Other items include two Ossie Clark dresses, mid-century 20th century cotton day dresses, suits, evening wear and accessories. This continues with fabrics and curtains designed by Hans Juda for Heals, David Whitehead curtains and Liberty fabric lengths. The sale also includes a Private Collection of Vivienne Westwood Costume and Accessories, a 19th century Bristol Orphanage Sampler, and a Georgian darning sampler, a collection of decorative American quilts, Chinese vestments, other eastern textiles and more.
Lots 2000 to 2020: Items from Dutton Manor, Lancashire
Lots 2215 to 2237:Geraldine Wynn Marchand Fashion Student and Private Collector, Bath
Geraldine Wynn Marchand worked at the Bath Fashion Museum for over 25 years, working as Head Guide, and lecturing on the history of costume to a wide variety of organisations. Her experience in the Museum prompted her MPhil on textile printing in 1993 and thesis on the development of the handkerchief, which featured on BBC Radio 4’s Women’s Hour in the 1990s. Her passion for clothes and accessories, from antique hatpins to geometric dresses, has spanned a lifetime.
Born in Llandrindod Wells in 1939, after studying ceramics in Tehran, and qualifying as an art teacher at Hornsey School of Art in London, she became based in London. Dividing her time between teaching and working as a prop’s assistant for Len Fulford’s commercial photography studio, near Regent Street and Carnaby Street therefore placing her at the heart of the Swinging Sixties fashion. Geraldine loved browsing London’s street markets for treasures from Brick Lane to Portabello Road, this would continue after moving to Bath in 1969 with her husband.
Lots 2240 to 2249: Collection of Vivienne Westwood Costume
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