28th May, 2022 10:30 GMT/BST
Costume, Accessories & Textiles
2237
Sold for £190
Estimated at £100 - £200
Night dresses and underdresses - pale blue with embroidery - 42" bust, some discolouration. Pale peach Kayser Bondor 40" bust - slight wear. Cooks of St Pauls pale blue with collar - slight wear, 36" bust. Pale green with lace trim - slight discolouration down one side and fading, 42" bust, couple of tiny holes below the bust. Sellina Wear pale peach floral and lace gown - 36" bust, some discolouration to the back of the neck and lace rubbed. Yellow under dress - 34" bust, side seams open in several areas, straps re-stitched and wear. Bright pink silk under dress - 36" bust, straps replaced and slight wear. Pale pink silk with woven straps - 42" bust, slight wear. Seamproof pale pink satin, size 40 - hem restitched and slight wear. Pale blue with v neck - 40" bust, lace rubbed and slight wear overall. pink short gown - 34" bust, straps damaged and slight wear. Coffee silk gown - 30" bust and slight wear. Floral sprigged dress - 36" bust, replacement straps and slight discolouration. Blue jersey dress - 34" bust, stains to the back near the hem. PInk Celanese - 32" bust, masking tape attached to the bust, discolouration to the front and wear.
Underskirts - red trimmed tiered underskirt - slight discolouration. Cream silk - slight wear.
Kayser Wrap to Size Teddy - with tiny hole and slight discolouration. Floral cotton teddy - 32" bust, slight wear. Cream satin teddy - fabric let into the side seams and wear. PInk woven teddy - 32" bust, some discolouration and side seam open in a couple of places. Spirella white cotton camisole - 40" bust, some discolouration and spotting.
Kestos white cotton bra - staining and wear, 28" bust. Belma size 34 girdle, JB Style 936 both of similar designs - slight wear. Michaels Corsetry in pink satin - elastic pulled and several large stains and wear. Berlei 34A ;cotton bra - replacement straps and slight wear. Abrice by Kestos 32A cup bra - some writing to the inside and slight wear. Sphinx size 36 - slight wear
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Auction: Costume, Accessories & Textiles, 28th May, 2022
Collection of Family Textiles Lots 2001-2006;
General John Jenkinson (1757-1830) is buried in Charmouth Dorset and his son, Admiral Henry Jenkinson of Fawley, Southampton married Elizabeth Lucy Theresa Acland in 1823. Elizabeth Acland's grandfather was Sir Richard Hoare of Stourhead. The notes were written by Brigadier Francis Alexander Fortescue who married Admiral Jenkinson's granddaughter in 1885 and his sister in law lived at Makerstoun House between the wars and hence the Makerstoun House writing paper. Mary Harkness was Admiral Jenkinson's daughter in law.
Lyndhurst Collection Lots 2006-2030
'Our mother, Margaret Smith (who died in 2019 aged 90), was the owner and curator of the marvellous “Lyndhurst Collection” an extensive assortment of period authentic clothing named after her house in Clitheroe, Lancashire.
Her love of fashion and costume began when she was a child. Her father was a tailor and made all her clothes using lovely patterns and fabrics. In 1946 when she was 17, she trained at Bradford Civic Theatre School in producing and directing for the stage. This expanded her love of costume. Later, as a schoolteacher, she produced school plays, as well as much larger and grander productions with amateur dramatic societies and other organisations. This required the creation and collection of many stage and vintage costumes.
In May 1986 she began giving an illustrated talk entitled “An Outline of Fashion for Women since 1300 AD”, Margaret finished giving talks in 2006 having travelled the length and breadth of Lancashire and beyond. A very popular presentation at this time was titled “40 years of Fashion and Change” and it was brought to life by 6 models who wore items from the collection dating from 1900 to 1937.
One of her most thought-provoking talks was entitled “The Emancipation of Women through Changes in Underwear”. The addition of a gusset to ladies’ drawers proved to be a very significant change for women!
One of the wonderful consequences of her very successful talks was that many ladies who saw them donated their cherished family fashion items, so that they could be enjoyed and appreciated again more widely. When she died, Mum left an extraordinary collection of antique, vintage and stage costumes which she had cherished, leant out and used for many occasions which are being sold in the following 25 lots'.
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