Costume, Accessories & Textiles

Date: 11th Feb, 2023 10:30 GMT/BST
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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.

Name: Sarah White
Email: sarah.white@tennants-ltd.co.uk

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Lot 2096 - Gents Burberrys' Tan Mac, with silk type...

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Lot 2097 - Modern Costume and Accessories, comprising a...

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Lot 2098 - Assorted Decorative Costume and Textiles,...

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Lot 2099 - Circa 1865 Norwich Shawl, woven with...

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Lot 2103 - Circa 1935 Canadian Quilt Decorated with...

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Lot 2104 - 20th Century Reversible Whole Cloth Quilt,...

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Lot 2105 - Assorted White Linen, Embroidered Textiles,...

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Lot 2106 - Decorative 20th Century Hand Quilted Items,...

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Lot 2107 - Collection of 20th Century Hand Quilted and...

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Lot 2109 - Assorted North Country Quilting Ephemera and...

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Lot 2111 - 20th Century Pale Blue Satinised Whole Cloth...

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Lot 2114 - Circa 1935 Canadian Cotton Patchwork Quilt,...

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Lot 2115 - Circa 1890 Diamond 'Padded' Log Cabin Quilt,...

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Lot 2117 - Late 19th Century North Country White Cotton...

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Lot 2119 - Late 19th Century North Country Star of...

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Lot 2120 - Late 19th Century White Cotton Whole Cloth...

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Lot 2121 - Late 19th Century Cream Cotton Whole Cloth...

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Lot 2122 - Early 20th Century White Cotton Quilt, hand...

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Lot 2123 - An Early 20th Century White Cotton Quilted...

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Lot 2125 - Early 20th Century Floral Printed Cotton...

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Lot 2126 - Early 20th Century Green and White Checked...

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Lot 2128 - Early 20th Century Green and Cream Cotton...

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Lot 2129 - Circa 1900 Welsh Whole Cloth Marriage Quilt,...

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Lot 2130 - Circa 1875 North Country Medallion Patchwork...

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Lot 2132 - Large Late 19th Century Reversible Strippy...

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Lot 2134 - 19th Century Linen Whitework comprising an...

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Lot 2135 - Late 19th Century Italian Bobbin Lace,...

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Lot 2136 - Late 19th Century Honiton Cream Lace...

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Lot 2137 - Assorted Early 20th Century Lace and...

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Lot 2138 - Assorted 19th Century and Later Costume...

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Lot 2139 - Assorted Late 19th and Early 20th Costume...

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Lot 2141 - Assorted Late 19th Century Bobbin Lace and...

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Lot 2142 - Assorted Mainly Early 20th Century Lace and...

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Lot 2143 - Decorative Late 19th Century Lace Items,...

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Lot 2144 - Assorted 19th Century and Later Lace and...

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Lot 2145 - Late 19th Brass Heart/Boteh Shaped Knitting...

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Lot 2150 - Three Late 19th Century Knitting Sticks,...

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Lot 2152 - Three Late 19th Century Knitting Sticks,...

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Lot 2157 - 19th Century Mahogany Knitting Stick, with...

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Lot 2159 - 19th Century Mahogany Knitting Stick, with...

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Lot 2161 - Assorted 19th Century and Later Costume...

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Lot 2162 - An Early 20th Century Primitive Style Dolls...

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Lot 2167 - Assorted Early 20th Century Costume...

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Lot 2168 - Assorted Early 20th Century Millinery and...

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Lot 2169 - Assorted Millinery, Accessories and Costume...

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Lot 2170 - 19th Century and Later Millinery, comprising...

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Lot 2175 - Assorted 20th Century Costume Accessories...

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Lot 2176 - Assorted 20th Century Scents and Toiletry...

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Lot 2182 - Assorted 19th Century and Later Costume...

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Lot 2183 - Fifteen Assorted Gents Tootal Scarves, in a...

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Lot 2185 - Assorted 19th Century and Later Costume and...

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Lot 2186 - Assorted Early 20th Century and Later...

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Lot 2188 - Early 20th Century and Later Accessories,...

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Lot 2189 - 20th Century Petit Point and Other Evening... 0

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Lot 2190 - Assorted 19th Century and Later Costume...

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Lot 2191 - Assorted of Early 20th Century Costume...

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Lot 2192 - Assorted Late 19th and Early 20th Century...

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