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 2196 - Assorted 19th Century and Later Costume...

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Lot 2197 - Assorted 20th Century Costume Accessories...

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Lot 2201 - Early 20th Century Red Wool Panel, hand...

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Lot 2202 - Early 20th Century Millinery, comprising an...

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Lot 2203 - Early 20th Century Millinery and Accessories...

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Lot 2204 - Collection of Assorted Circa 1930s Costume...

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Lot 2205 - Circa 1940s Ladies Wool Hat Made for The...

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Lot 2206 - Early 20th Century Millinery comprising an...

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Lot 2207 - Early 20th Millinery and Accessories...

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Lot 2209 - Assorted 20th Century Costume Accessories...

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Lot 2210 - 1930s and Later Stylish Card Hat Boxes and...

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Lot 2211 - Early 20th Century Cream Silk Shawl,...

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Lot 2214 - Le Miroir Des Modes, by The Butterick...

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Lot 2215 - Early 20th Allie Maillard Hat Conformateur, Paris

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Lot 2216 - Late 19th Century Plated Chatelaine, with...

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Lot 2217 - Late 19th Century Cut Steel Chatelaine, with...

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Lot 2218 - Late 19th Century Chinese White Metal and...

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Lot 2219 - Mid-18th Century Gilt Metal Chatelaine/Etui...

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Lot 2220 - 800 Standard Silver Chatelaine, comprising a...

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Lot 2221 - Six Pairs of 19th Century Shoe Buckles,...

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Lot 2222 - Assorted Modern Costume Accessories,...

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Lot 2227 - Prada Green Crocodile, Snakeskin and Suede...

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Lot 2228 - Circa 2010 Chanel Brown Quilted Leather...

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Lot 2233 - Large Salvatore Ferragamo leopard print silk...

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Lot 2234 - Modern Costume Accessories, comprising a...

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Lot 2239 - 20th Century Decorative Japanese Silk Woven...

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Lot 2240 - Late 19th Century Ottoman Cream Silk Panel,...

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Lot 2241 - 20th Century Inuit Figures comprising a...

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Lot 2242 - Early 20th Century Indian Cream Wool Shawl...

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Lot 2243 - Late 19th Century Chinese Lightweight Dragon...

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Lot 2244 - Indian Kani Hand Embroidered Panel, from the...

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Lot 2249 - Assorted Mainly 20th Century Eastern Kimonos...

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Lot 2250 - Early 20th Century Chinese Vestments...

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Lot 2252 - A Late 19th Century Indo-Persian Hand Block...

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Lot 2262 - Collection of 20th Century Molas from Sans...

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Lot 2265 - Collection of 20th Century Molas from Sans...

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Lot 2266 - Collection of 20th Century Molas from Sans...

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Lot 2269 - Early 20th Century Ottoman/Albanian Bead...

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Lot 2270 - Early 20th Century Ottoman/Albanian Costume...

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Lot 2271 - Early 20th Century Decorative Ottoman and...

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Lot 2272 - Assorted Ottoman/Albanian Textiles and Other...

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Lot 2273 - Assorted 19th Century and Later Ottoman and...

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Lot 2274 - Early 20th Century Ottoman/Albanian Costume...

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Lot 2275 - Late 19th and Early 20th Century...

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Lot 2276 - Late 19th Century Albanian Wool Apron,...

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Lot 2277 - Early 20th Century Ottoman/Albanian Costume...

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Lot 2280 - Early 20th Century Ottoman/Albanian Costume...

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Lot 2281 - Early 20th Century Albanian Black Wool...

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Lot 2282 - Late 19th Century Ottoman/Albanian Red Wool...

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Lot 2284 - Late 19th Century Ottoman/Albanian Wool...

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Lot 2285 - Late 19th Century Ottoman/Albanian Costume,...

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Lot 2287 - Late 19th Century Ottoman/Albanian Red Velvet...

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Lot 2288 - Late 19th Century Ottoman/Albanian Purple...

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