specialty fashion & textile sales

Our November 2012 Historic Fashion & Textile Sale was a great one with fashion from the legendary Brooklyn Museum Historic Costume Collection, Georgian & Victorian jewelry sold for the benefit of the Costume Collection of the Museum of the City of New York, a large costume collection from the Strong Museum, treasures from the Smith College collection, quilts from a major institutional collection, beaded and sequined evening gowns worn by RKO starlet Bonnie Blair along with additions from many other institutions, estates and private collections.

Featured selections –   Chinese Robes, Textiles & accessories, Clothing by 20^th C. designers including Rabanne, Poiret, Lanvin, Norell, Gernreich, Mary Quant, Courreges,  Chanel, Cardin  COUTURE from Dior, Worth, Callot Soeurs, Doucet; Paquin.  Many 1920’s- 1970's beaded dresses, lamé shawls, coats & capes; 18th C. shoes & brocade dress, Balenciaga couture hats, Bes Ben hats, Hermes handbag, Miriam Haskell costume jewelry, Mexican silver jewelry, Fortuny panels, large Arts & Crafts panel by Voisey or Morton, lace garments, rare 18th & 19th C lace, a large Paisley collection, 19^th/early 20^th C. Quilts, and much more