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Art Deco Atomizer Cut Glass Enamel Decorated Perfume Bottle, English, 1930's
Located in Devon, England
Still with it's original label and looking to have never been used is this superbly stylish Art Deco cut glass perfume atomizer dating to the 19...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Art Deco Silk Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Chrome
Pair of Rare Vintage French Cartier Panther Bracelet Silk Scarf Red Silver
By Cartier
Located in Belfast, Northern Ireland
Title:
Rare vintage French cartier panther bracelet designer silk scarf red silver grey Irish linen pillow
Description:
Katie Larmour Studio is th...
Category
Late 20th Century French Art Deco Silk Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Linen, Silk
Art Deco Flute Floor Lamp, Light Grey, Handmade in Portugal by Greenapple
By Greenapple
Located in Lisboa, PT
Flute Floor Lamp, Modern Collection, Handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by GF Modern.
The Flute art deco floor lamp is a statement lighting piece that...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Silk Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass, Stainless Steel
Map Silk Embroidered Western Eastern Hemisphere New Old World Asia America Afri
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
A rare, late-18th century, silk, embroidered, double hemisphere, world map, blackwork, sampler, showing the tracks of captain cook’s three voyages
- Illustrating public understanding of the world in the late-18th century and the recent discoveries of the time delineating the tracks of Captain Cook’s three voyages.
- Shows the incentive for further exploration during the 19th century as no mass is indicated within the southern polar region, the interior portions of western North America, Africa, and Australia are still relatively void of detail even though California is no longer shown as an island.
- Includes beautifully worked allegories of the four continents Asia, the Americas, Africa & Europe, a cartouche being supported by two angels and a compass
- The cream, silk ground is finely embroidered with a variety of stiches in black, silk threads emulating the black ink on maps.
-“Recent international conflicts and voyages by Captain Cook and others made the study of geography exciting at the time this map was made. Elaborate embroidered maps...
Category
18th Century British Georgian Antique Silk Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silk
Japanese Life-Size, Edo Period, Red and Black Lacquered Palanquin or Norimono
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A Japanese red and black lacquered palanquin or norimono
Edo period, early 19th century
Made of lacquered wood, latticework and bamboo, black velvet and gauze with gilt scroll...
Category
Early 19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Silk Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Textile, Silk, Rattan, Rope, Wood
Hermès Philippe LeDoux Menège Vintage Silk Equestrian Scarf
By Hermès
Located in Philadelphia, PA
From the French fashion house, Hermès, a vintage silk scarf from the Manège line, circa 1974.
Designed by Philippe Ledoux for Hermès in 1974, this an early vintage of a classic is...
Category
20th Century French International Style Silk Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silk
Art Deco Brown Genuine Cord Ladies Handbag, 1930
Located in Devon, England
For your consideration is this super stylish "Arvey" Genuine Corde bag in chocolate brown with original change purse. Three gold tone bars across the front f...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Silk Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Art Deco 1930s-1940s Stylish Pyramid Shaped Box Bag
Located in Devon, England
For your consideration is this superbly stylish and rare 1930s Art Deco pyramid box bag, a beautiful design. I can't sing the praises of this bag enough, it's an absolute delight. Th...
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Mid-20th Century English Art Deco Silk Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
20th Century String Puppet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This oddly beautiful, in a tragic way, puppet was made somewhere in the 20th century, as we are uncertain of their specific creation date. The plexiglass case around them was custom made for them specially, and has kept them safe all these years. You are able to take the puppet out of the case and maneuver it around like any other string puppet. They are dressed in a white, silk suit with black pom poms decorating the gown. Their expression is dramatic in a way that you almost cannot tell what emotion they are expressing; it is up to your interpretation. Great as a collectors item.
PLEXIGLASS BOX Dimensions: 32.5"H x 10.5"W x 10.5"D
We do local delivery close or in Los Angeles for fee.
Will calculate shipping...
Category
Early 20th Century European Expressionist Silk Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silk, Plexiglass
Late 18th Century, Votive Madonna
Located in Firenze, FI
Beautiful votive figure depicting the Madonna with silk clothes and silver crown, on a wooden base painted with imitation marble.
Small size, southern Italy manufacture in the secon...
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Antique Silk Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
Golf Cruet Set of Salt Pepper and Mustard in the Shape of Gutty Golf Balls
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Antique Golf Ball Cruet Set.
A scarce novelty gilt gutty golf ball cruet set comprising of a salt and pepper shaker and a mustard pot. The mustard pot with blue glass liner, golf clu...
Category
Mid-20th Century British Silk Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silk, Velvet
Circa 1950s Evening Clutch by Tribout of Paris
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Circa 1950s evening clutch by Tribout of Paris, made in France. Woven microscopic silver, gold & platinum beads. Silk lined. Lightly tarnished except under flap. Wear commensurate wi...
Category
1950s French Vintage Silk Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold, Platinum, Silver
Processional banner with Madonna and child
Located in 'S-HERTOGENBOSCH, NL
A processional banner from Kevelaar, a well-known pilgrimage site in Germany, near the Dutch boarder. The banner in silk and gold brocade hangs fro...
Category
Late 19th Century German Gothic Revival Antique Silk Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Canvas, Silk, Giltwood
19th Century Pet or Doll Bed
Located in East Hampton, NY
Exquisite pet/ doll bed in the Louis XXI style. all original silk brocade drapery and upholstery. and remnants of trims. mattress is stuffed horsehair. ostrich feather floret. (the h...
Category
Mid-19th Century Antique Silk Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silk
Sir Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington's Silk Handkerchief, Framed
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Sir Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington's Silk Handkerchief, Framed with Portrait Engraving and Provenance Letter, circa 1820–1850, in Giltwood Frame with Glass
Sir Arthur We...
Category
19th Century English Early Victorian Antique Silk Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silk, Glass, Paper
Alexander Girard for Herman Miller Neck Ties. NOS. Silk. Vintage 1960s, Signed
Located in Kansas City, MO
Super rare neckties designed by Alexander Girard for Herman Miller, 1960s. We don't think these were ever in mass production. All th...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Silk Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silk
Antique Historical Judaica Freemasonry Memorial Plaque Vienna-Paris 1861-1886
Located in Doha, QA
This is an absolutely rare and one of a kind custom made Plaque represents the History of Jewish People and their acceptance in society and freemasonry through out the world. The Plaque had been hand crafted and designed by August Klein- Purveyor to the Imperial and Royal Court of the Emperor Franz Josef of Austria.
The Revolution of 1848 in the Austrian Empire seen by many Jewish intellectuals as a welcome opportunity to agitate for the emancipation of their community. Generally the social evolution of the Jewish community, the growing number of Jews who wanted to become Masons,their cultural integration, and the progress of the process that would soon lead to their legal emancipation all worked in favor of this change in attitude.
In Austria it all started in 1742, only 25 years after the founding of the Grand Lodge of London and Winchester, the Lodge "Aux Trois Canons” was consecrated in Vienna by a Lodge from Breslau. It was, however, closed only six months later by order of “Empress” Maria Theresa I. Her husband Franz Stephan von Lothringen, (later the German Emperor Franz I...
Category
19th Century Austrian Biedermeier Antique Silk Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal, Silver, Bronze, Enamel
Vintage 1912 Arizona and New Mexico Statehood Flag
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
25th Design Patriotic American silk flag with 48 stars. Arizona Statehood Feb 14, 1912; New Mexico Statehood Jan 6, 1912
Period: 1912
Origin: United States
Size: 12" x 17".
Family ...
Category
1910s American Vintage Silk Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silk
Circa 1930s French Silk Brocade Clutch
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Circa 1930s French silk brocade clutch with gilt brass & carved carnelian in woven brass clasp. Back with hand grip. Some losses near the top on both sides...
Category
1930s European Vintage Silk Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silk, Brocade
Gold metal and ivory silk damask chasuble
Located in New York, NY
Gold metal and ivory silk damask chasuble. Antique Neapolitan gold threaded metallic taping embroidered chasuble on yellow gold and white silk damask with some wear and repairs newly...
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Antique Silk Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metallic Thread
Collection of 1800s Fire Fighters Badges
Located in Peekskill, NY
There are 2 wood and glass frames that must be an early firefighters lifetime collection. I'm guessing these were commemorative convention badges. Most are from New York and the surr...
Category
Late 19th Century American Victorian Antique Silk Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silk
$2,400 / set
18th Century Italian Carved Giltwood Church Torchère Converted to Floor Lamp
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
Tall giltwood church torchère with deep foliate carvings, Italy late 18th century. This piece is finely hand carved in precise detail with deep foliate carvings decorated with acanth...
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Louis XVI Antique Silk Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silk, Giltwood
Vietnam War Naval Air Medal / POW Hero
Located in San Diego, CA
A Vietnam war naval "Air Medal" and issued to lieutenant commander Dennis Moore of the U.S. Navy for "meritorious achievement in aerial flight. The medal (complete set of medal and ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Silk Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal, Enamel
Ai Weiwei Limited Edition Signed Collector Book with Silk Scarf by TASCHEN
By Ai Weiwei
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This book is a sealed copy of a SOLD OUT Limited Edition by TASCHEN. This book is number 587 of 1000.
The volume is wrapped in a silk scarf (110 cm x 100 cm, Habotai silk), based on...
Category
2010s German Silk Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silk, Paper
Italian 19th Century male waistcoat and female top
Located in Delft, NL
Italian 19th Century male waistcoat and female top
A 19th Century (ca 1845) Italian set of a male waistcoat and a female top. Both upholstery is made of silk and embroidered with m...
Category
Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Silk Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silk
Rare Silk Cravat by Piero Fornasetti for Pipe Enthusiasts
Located in Vienna, AT
This tie, designed around 1970's by well-known Italian artist Piero Fornasetti and currently not anymore in production, features an original and classy pipe pattern. Excellently pres...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Silk Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silk
Brooke Cadwallader Carnival Mid-Century Era Silk Scarf, 1947-1950
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Brooke Cadwallader Silk Scarf, The Carnival Print – 1947-1950
Brooke Cadwallader was a well-known printed textile designer of the mid-20th century...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Silk Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silk
Handmade Rajasthani Kathputli Dancing Puppet Couple Jaipur India 1950s
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Large pair of vintage 1950s string marionettes, these magnificent Rajasthani Kathputli puppets came from the vibrant state of Rajasthan in northwestern India.
Meticulously handcrafte...
Category
Mid-20th Century Indian Folk Art Silk Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Textile, Silk, Wood
Hermès Les Clés Vintage Silk Scarf, France
By Hermès
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Hermès Silk Scarf, Les Clés designed by Caty Latham, first issued in 1965.
This ‘Keys’ scarf is an early issue with a Jade green border, and showing interlocking gold keys...
Category
20th Century French International Style Silk Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silk
Franco-American Textile with the Image of an Eagle Holding the American and Flag
Located in York County, PA
Franco-American textile with the image of an eagle supporting knotted and draped american and French flags beneath four war planes; embroidered silk floss and metallic bullion thread...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Silk Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silk
19th Century Carved Communion Chalice Case
Located in Forney, TX
A scarce antique Continental Baroque hand carved Eucharistic communion chalice and paten sacred vessel case.
Born in the first half of the 19th ce...
Category
Early 19th Century European Baroque Antique Silk Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron
70s Boho Hand-Carved Tremolite Jade Pendant Necklace with Silk Knot & Tassel
Located in Van Nuys, CA
This vintage tremolite jade necklace features a hand-carved openwork jade bead enclosed in its jade cage carving suspended from an intricate knotted silk cord with a traditional Chin...
Category
1950s Chinese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Silk Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Jade
$123 Sale Price
44% Off
Rare Vintage Cartier Panther Bracelet Silk Scarf Brown Irish Linen
By Cartier
Located in Belfast, Northern Ireland
Title:
Rare Vintage French Cartier Panther Bracelet Silk Scarf Brown Irish Linen Pillow
Katie Larmour Studio is the original vintage scarf pi...
Category
Late 20th Century French Baroque Silk Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Linen, Silk
Italy 1930 Deco Glass Perfume Sprayer with Black Silk Air Pump
Located in Brescia, IT
This perfum bottle is an original Art Deco piece.
We can find the expression of Art Deco style in this perfum bottle at a high level and the result is a great elegance.
The part in s...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Art Deco Silk Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silk, Glass
$584 Sale Price
48% Off
1980s French Antique Handmade Miniature Shoe Made of Silk and Fabric
Located in Marbella, ES
1980s French antique handmade miniature shoe made of silk and fabric
Atelier Jean Claude.
Category
1980s Vintage Silk Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Fabric, Silk
$383 Sale Price
20% Off
Chinese Doll, 19th century, handmade, from a famous collection in the U.K.
Located in Central England, GB
This superb large decorative doll like figure is a rare and well provenanced piece. it was once part of the collection of curiosities from the famous Jamaica Inn, Cornwall.
This sup...
Category
19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Silk Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silk, Wood
Chinese Opera Puppet, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Dressed in fine silks trimmed with embroidered bands and tassels, this puppet brought the glory of the imperial court to the small stage as part of an early 20th-century puppet opera. Complete with songs, acrobatics, farce, and drama, Chinese puppet...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Silk Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silk, Wood
$258 Sale Price
29% Off
Vintage Louis Feraud Paris Silk Scarf Red Blue and White
By Hermès, Louis Feraud
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Gorgeous Louis Feraud Paris silk scarf in mint pristine condition.
Designed by french artist Louis Feraud.
Great gift 100 % silk, handcrafted, Made in France
Signature of the bran...
Category
20th Century French Modern Silk Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silk
Chinese Lilac Lotus Slippers with Plum Blossoms, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
These pointed silk slippers, beautifully embroidered with pink plum blossoms, were shaped to resemble a lotus bud and enhanced the diminutive shape of b...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Silk Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Cotton, Silk
1830 Watercolor and Gouache Painted Vignettes of Eastern Entertainers
Located in Savannah, GA
The caption of this charming pen and ink, watercolor and gouache vignette reads
"A troupe of Eastern Entertainers taken from diary of G. Copeland 1830."
Perhaps a rememberance from...
Category
1830s English Grand Tour Antique Silk Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silk, Glass, Paint, Paper
$612 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Large Victorian Key Wind Mechanical Scary White Cat Toy, As Found
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique mechanical toy is unsigned, but presumed to have been made in Europe, possibly England or Austria in approximately 1880 and done in...
Category
Late 19th Century Austrian High Victorian Antique Silk Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Look At The Birdie, Signed by Kurt Vonnegut, Easton Press Limited Edition, 2009
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Vonnegut, Kurt. Look at the Birdie. Norwalk: The Easton Press, 2009. Limited Edition, of 1000 copies. Signed by Vonnegut. 8vo. Original pictorial blue leather stamped in black and gi...
Category
Early 2000s American Silk Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather, Silk, Paper
1980s French Antique Handmade Miniature Shoe Made of Silk and Fabric
Located in Marbella, ES
1980s French antique handmade miniature shoe made of silk and fabric
Atelier Jean Claude.
Category
1980s French Vintage Silk Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Fabric, Silk
$383 Sale Price
20% Off
Edo period miniature Samurai sword
Located in Fukuoka, JP
Exquisite and rare Miniature Samurai sword. Made with great attention to every detail it was most likely meant for Musha Ningyo, Samurai Dolls set. Such exquisite pieces are rare.
...
Category
19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Silk Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal, Copper
Chinese Robed Puppet, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Hand puppets, like this one from China’s Zhejiang region, have been a popular form of entertainment for centuries. In the late 19th early-20th century this tiny robed gentleman proba...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Silk Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silk, Wood
$258 Sale Price
29% Off
c.1930 French Silk Book Cover "Souvenir de France"
Located in Chicago, IL
Great handmade French book cover portraying children playing with kittens.
Category
Early 20th Century French Silk Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silk
Chinese Silk Skull Cap with Gilt Lacquered Box, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
No self-respecting man in Qing-dynasty China would leave the house without some kind of hat. In fact, headgear was so central to social status that a boy’s passage into manhood was m...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Silk Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silk, Cane, Wood, Lacquer
Antique Handkerchief of Lord Roberts of Kandahar
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Lord Roberts of Kandahar silk handkerchief.
This wonderful souvenir handkerchief has been newly framed in a shadow box frame and is mounted onto a linen background. The handkerchief is printed with an image of Lord Roberts of Kandahar in his military regalia with the words 'India 1879-1893, South Africa 1900, Lord Roberts of Kandahar' around the image. Kandahar and skiing are synonymous with each other after Lord Roberts lent his name to the world's very first downhill ski race...
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1910s English Sporting Art Vintage Silk Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silk
1950s Coloured Beads Brass and Silk Handbag
Located in Marbella, ES
1950s coloured beads brass and silk handbag.
Category
Mid-20th Century European Silk Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Pair of Chinese Silk Lotus Slippers, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
These dainty, pointed slippers, made of cotton and silk embroidered with pink flowers, were shaped to resemble a lotus bud and enhanced the diminutive shape of bound feet. A practice that began in the Tang dynasty and reached the height of its popularity in the Qing dynasty, foot binding was a painful process intended to make a woman's feet as small as possible by restricting bone growth from an early age. The smaller the feet the more attractive and erotic they were, giving elite women a mark of elegance and a distinctive - albeit tortured - gait of small, light steps. These silk lotus slippers...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Silk Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Cotton, Silk
Set of Six Chinese Bound-Foot Lotus Slippers, circa 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Each of these pointed slippers, crafted of beautifully embroidered silk, were shaped to resemble a lotus bud and enhanced the diminutive shape of bound feet. A practice that began in the Tang dynasty and reached the height of its popularity during the Qing dynasty, foot binding was a painful process intended to make a woman's feet as small as possible by restricting bone growth from an early age. The smaller the feet the more attractive and erotic they were, giving elite women a mark of elegance and a distinctive - albeit tortured - gait of small, light steps. These beautifully preserved lotus slippers...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Silk Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Cotton, Silk
Pair Chinese Double Luck Lotus Slippers, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
These pointed silk slippers are beautifully embroidered with colorful bats and golden coins, symbols of happiness and good luck, and were shaped to resemble a lotus bud to enhance one's bound feet. A practice that began in the Tang dynasty and reached the height of its popularity during the Qing dynasty, foot binding was a painful process intended to make a woman's feet as small as possible by restricting bone growth from an early age. The smaller the feet the more attractive and erotic they were, giving elite women a mark of elegance and a distinctive, albeit tortured, gait of small, light steps. These beautifully preserved lotus slippers...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Silk Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Fabric, Silk
19th Century Polish Woman's Sabbath Cap 'Kupka'
Located in New York, NY
Gold and silver wrapped thread on canvas, gold thread embroidery, embellished with decorative appliques and sequins; silk lining.
Rare example of a magnificent cap worn on the Sabba...
Category
Mid-19th Century Polish Antique Silk Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
$3,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Japanese 19th Century Temple Gong
Located in Hudson, NY
Japanese 19th century temple gong. Temple gongs were originally used to beckon the gods. Comes with bronze bell, silk pillow, red lacquer stand and s...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Silk Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
A Woman's Cloak, Uzbekistan, Late 19th century
Located in New York, NY
A Luxurious Woman's Cloak made in Uzbekistan in the Late 19th century
This garment, known as a chyrpy or faranji, is a traditional overgarment worn in public by women in Central Asi...
Category
Late 19th Century Uzbek Antique Silk Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Cotton, Silk
$5,200 Sale Price
20% Off
Hermès Paris, "La Promenade De Longchamps" Square in Printed Silk
By Hermès
Located in Madrid, ES
Description
HERMÈS Paris,
"La Promenade de Longchamps" square in printed silk
twill Square in silk twill printed on a light yellow ba...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Silk Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silk
Early 20th Century Silkworm Industrial Nature Cabinet
Located in Dekalb, IL
c. 1910s/1920s; A. J. Tiffany, Publisher - Chicago
Vintage silkworm education tool.
This piece was part of a series of "Industrial Nature Cabinets" produced for American schools by...
Category
Early 20th Century American Silk Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silk, Glass, Wood
Chinese Black Silk Lotus Slippers with Plum Blossoms, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
These pointed slippers, beautifully embroidered with light blue plum blossoms on black silk, were shaped to resemble a lotus bud and enhanced the diminutive shape of bound feet. A practice that began in the Tang dynasty and reached the height of its popularity during the Qing dynasty, foot binding was a painful process intended to make a woman's feet as small as possible by restricting bone growth from an early age. The smaller the feet the more attractive and erotic they were, giving elite women a mark of elegance and a distinctive - albeit tortured - gait of small, light steps. These beautifully preserved lotus slippers...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Silk Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silk
Colorado State Flag, Made of Silk, circa 1911-1920
Located in York County, PA
COLORADO STATE FLAG OF EXCEPTIONAL QUALITY, MADE OF SILK, CIRCA 1911-1920’s, EXTRAORDINARILY RARE IN THIS PERIOD AND THE EARLIEST EXAMPLE THAT I HAVE EVER ENCOUNTERED
Early state flags are few and far between. While I am asked for them constantly, most states did not actually have official flags until the 20th century.
On May 6th, 1911, Colorado became among the last to adopt a design. The project of doing so was spearheaded by the Denver Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. The bill was introduced by Senator W.H. Sharply and adopted by the Eighteenth General Assembly. The artwork was the product of A.C. [Andrew Carlisle] Carson, President of the Ohio Society of Colorado. The meanings behind the elements in the design are as follows: The large letter "C" stands for Colorado and simultaneously for the Centennial State (Colorado entered the Union in 1876, the year in which our nation celebrated its 100th anniversary of independence), as well as the Columbine State (reflecting the state flower). The red color is included due to the fact that the word Colorado translates to scarlet or red in Spanish. The circle represents the sun, while the gold color symbolizes all-the-year sunshine, Colorado’s status as the greatest gold state, and one Columbine color. It was also included so that the Colorado state flag would have one more color than the U.S. flag. The color white reflects Colorado’s status as the greatest silver state, its eternal mountain snow, and one Columbine color. Lastly, the shade of Yale blue symbolizes all-the-year blue sky and one Columbine Color. Members of the D.A.R. were proud to note that this was also their color.
Made sometime between the initial year of the adoption of this design and the 1920’s, this particular flag is the earliest Colorado example that I have ever encountered. The blue and white bars, red “C,” and golden circle are a’’ made of silk taffeta. This was a costly fabric, reserved for the best material a flag-maker produced. The flag is constructed in the manner of a battle flag, to be carried on foot. Squarish in its overall profile, silk was the fabric of choice for flags employed in this function, due to the fact that it was light weight, and thus practical for hand-carrying, while simultaneously formal in appearance, appropriate for the sort of ceremonial use that military presentation often demands. The style of the hoist is also typical for field or parade use. Here the fabric was rolled over to form an open sleeve, through which a wooden staff could be inserted. The sleeve is lined on the interior with black cotton. Leather tabs, at the top and bottom, fit over metal posts on the staff, designed to accept them, to fix the flag in its proper position.
The bars were pieced and joined with lineal machine stitching. The hoist and fly ends were finished and hemmed by the same method. The devices are double-appliquéd (applied to both sides) with a machine buttonhole / blanket stitch. Though machines that produced buttonholes were, remarkably, available alongside the earliest standard machines, in the 1850’s and 60’s, the use of this sort of stitch in a running format, for appliqué work, remained highly unusual, even as late as the first half of the twentieth century, probably because it used a ton of thread when compared to the zigzag or satin stitch. It could be expected to appear more often in the hands of a maker of very fine flags, that employed embroidery machines and commissioned custom, fancy work of all sorts. Though unsigned—in no way uncommon in early examples, which were seldom signed—that is precisely the sort of firm that produced the Colorado flag...
Category
Early 20th Century American Silk Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silk
Price Upon Request
38 Star Antique American Flag, Colorado Statehood, circa 1876-1889
Located in York County, PA
38 star antique American parade flag with scattered star orientation, made of silk, with generous scale and vivid colors, Colorado Statehood, 1876-1889
38 star American national p...
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Silk Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silk
Price Upon Request
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