11th Feb, 2023 10:30 GMT/BST
Costume, Accessories & Textiles
2261
Collection of 20th Century Molas from San Blas Islands, Panama comprising ten reverse appliqué and embroidered cotton decorative panels
including a similar pair depicting a central figure holding the reins of two horses heads, on black cotton ground, 43cm by 33cm
pair of Pidertupo molas with an alien type figure stood between a two headed animal, on black cotton ground, 47cm by 40cm
pair with Egyptian style figures to the centre standing astride and flexing his arms, flanked by animals and figures using pale blue reverse appliqué, 46cm by 40cm
a mola with a central owl, abstract surround on an orange cotton ground, 47cm by 37cm
another with a central figure with antennas and anchors grounding him on a black cotton ground, 54cm by 43cm
'Merry Christmas' mola designed with a bird in flight, flower and bell, on a black cotton ground, 46cm by 38cm
another with a central designs of fireworks and green trimmed figure to one corner and lettering to the top, 43cm by 41cm
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John Newall Private Collection
Sold for £170
Estimated at £100 - £200
Auction: Costume, Accessories & Textiles, 11th Feb, 2023
A rich and diverse sale of Costumes, Accessories and Textiles, including the John Newall Collection of Guna Molas from Panama and Columbia, and Albanian Costume, a good Private Collection of Victorian Costume, a Private Collection of Millinery and Costume Accessories from the late 19th century to the 1940s including 1920s dresses and evening coats, and an archive relating to North Country quilter Mary Lough.
John Newall Private Collection of Albanian and Other Costume
John Newall Private Collection of Molas, San Blas Islands 1974-9
Knitting Stick Collection - many of the items purchased from the 'Terrible Knitters of Dent', the last surviving being Betty Hartley and Elizabeth Middleton both from Dent.
The knitters would gather in one cottage at the end of the day and knit by the firelight, telling old tales and singing old knitting songs. If a stitch was dropped the knitter would call 'Turn o'wer a pe-at' to give out a bit more light. Needles 'pricks' were made of curved wire sharpened on the doorstep, wool was called 'garn' and was rough and hard-wearing. The garn was delivered from the merchants in Kendal and knitters paid for what they produced.
Everyone knitted, men, women and children, the money they raised from knitting made up the difference between 'poverty' and just being 'poor'.
Mary Lough Collection
Mary Lough (1886-1968) of Chapman Hill Farm, Witton le Wear, was a leading expert of handmade quilts in Co Durham. Mary learnt to quilt at a young age helping her mother sew by candlelight, she became the first North Country quilter to formally teach quilting, by setting up classes in Weardale and local areas. By the 1950s she had achieved a national reputation through exhibiting at the V&A, Beamish among others, and quilting for clients all over the UK, Australia and America.
One of Mary's students who she helped achieve her City and Guilds Diploma in 1952 was Amy Emms MBE. Her quilts represent the motifs familiar with North Country quilts including swirling intricate patterns, curvilinear shapes, feathers, sheaves of corn, plate/circle, fan, roses, lovers knots, cables circles.
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Wednesday 8th February 10am-4pm, Thursday 9th February 10am-4pm, Friday 10th February 10am-5pm and the morning of the sale from 8am
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