05-22-201305-23-2013
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsMarlborough MA
May 22, 2013 02:00 PMCalender
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Collection of Sewing and Needlework Tools, Textiles, Lace Examples, and Books

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$431$350
Auction: Discovery - 2654MLocation: MarlboroughDate / Time: May 23, 2013 10:00AM

Description:

Collection of Sewing and Needlework Tools, Textiles, Lace Examples, and Books, including approx. twenty-six assorted pincushions, thirty-two thimbles, one 14kt, two 10kt, several needle cases and needle packages, a box with sewing, crochet, and needlework accoutrements, several darning tools, three ethnic embroidered cotton textiles, several small fragment of lace examples, fifteen mostly 19th century books and booklets on lacemaking, sixteen books on needlework, small wooden yarn winder, a few vintage dressed china lady dolls, and clothes brush dresser figures, several vintage china lady doll half-figure bodies several marked "Germany," two toy child's sewing machines, and a book on thimble collecting.
Estimate $200-400


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Keywords

Germany