20th Aug, 2022 10:30 GMT/BST
Costume, Accessories & Textiles
2008
Assorted Textiles comprising a red wool tapestry seat cover, cream wool 'Hot Water' cover with blue embroidery, white tape lace long decorative table runner, a pair of early 19th century flax double sheets initialled 'WD', believed to have been made from home grown flax at Fryton near Slingsby, Yorkshire and hand woven by the family of John Manners, another linen sheet; white linen bed cover with drawn thread work, starched aprons, cream wool baby blanket, knitted wool mittens, purple stole, printed cotton etc; 19th Century and Later Ephemera mainly relating to the Royal Family comprising The Driffield Observer, February 14 1874, Manchester Guardian January 23 1901, Daily Mirror May 17 and July 17 1911, Westminster Gazette September 28, 1917, Daily Telegraph January 21 1936, Yorkshire Post, January 21 & 25 1936 etc (two boxes)
Provenance: Castle Howard, North Yorkshire
Auction: Costume, Accessories & Textiles, 20th Aug, 2022
To include a range of collector’s items and fashion, antique, period and modern costume and world textiles, quilts, fine household linens, samplers, embroidery, sewing accessories and lace. The sale will also include a selection of Zandra Rhodes Dresses, a private collection of textiles with provenance from the 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma and thence by family descent, a collection of monogrammed bed linen and accessories for Princess Mary of Harewood House, West Yorkshire, and a collection of costume, textiles & ephemera from Castle Howard, North Yorkshire.
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Wednesday 17 August - Thursday 18 August 10am-4pm, Friday 19 August 10am-5pm and morning of sale from 8am. Viewing is open to the public, there is no need to make an appointment.
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