18th Nov, 2022 10:30 GMT/BST
Costume, Accessories & Textiles
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French Claude Frères Fabric Sample Book 'Eté 1893 - Eté 1894', enclosing mainly silks, also wool woven and printed designs over 50 pages, displaying approximately 1500 samples, 10% of the samples are missing, in an album with brown and black mottled card album with green fabric spine, 42cm by 56cm
French Early 20th Century Fabric Sample Book, enclosing mainly silk and wool designs displaying 6 samples per page over 84 pages approximately 820 samples, 18% of the fabrics are missing, each is numbered, some designs woven with brand names, for example Balmain and Paquin, in a red and black card mottled card album, 32cm by 43cm
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Sold for £250
Estimated at £150 - £250
Auction: Costume, Accessories & Textiles, 18th Nov, 2022
Over 260 lots to include three fine private collections of rare antique costume and textiles. Also included is a range of collector’s and fashion items, quilts, dolls, fine household linens, samplers, embroidery, sewing accessories and lace, period and modern costume.
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Tuesday 15 November - Wednesday 16 November 10am-4pm, Thursday 17 November 10am-5pm and morning of sale from 8am
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