1940's Floral Print Cotton Apron with Red Rick Rack Trim
This cotton percale apron provides coverage while offering attention to detail. The small scale overall red and black floral print is on a white background scattered with tiny black dots. The neckline, the front peter pan collar and the skirt are outlined with red rick rack; the outside edges of the top and the 1 1/2" wide by 23" long sashes are enclosed with red bias tape. The skirt has curved seams and gentle bottom scallops. On the right side of the skirt is a heart shaped gathered pocket edged in rick rick ...
Size: Adjustable - Medium/Large
Condition: Excellent
Item Number: HA-031
Price: $22.00
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1940's Flattering Rose Floral Print Cotton Percale Apron
This figure flattering print cotton percale apron has a white, blue, red and rose floral pattern on a black background. The apron is outlined with rose colored bias tape; pockets are edged with pink rick rack. The front straps go over the shoulders to form a rounded back yoke. The unique back tie system has a loop on each side of the apron waist. The 1" wide and 25" long sashes go through the loops to adjust the size and tie ...
Size: Adjustable - Small/Medium
Condition: Excellent
Item Number: HA-032
Price: $25.00
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1950's Red Checked Gingham Waist Apron
Small circular cut red checked cotton gingham apron has been stamped with a design for you to embroider. Checks don't show up well in images, but see the close up. The edges are finished, but waiting for rickrack or other novelty trim to individualize it. This would be a good project for someone learning to sew and embroider. The 1 1/2" wide waistband is continuous beyond each side ...
Size: Adjustable - Small/Medium
Condition: Excellent
Item Number: HA-020
Price: $10.00
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1940's Cotton Waist Apron with Pansy Shaped Pocket
This waist apron has a white cotton organdy waist band and a 7" wide top section with a 10" long section made of heavier lavender cotton crepe below it. The apron is outlined in white and gold novelty rick rack trim. A 5 1/2" by 5 1/2" pansy shaped pocket is on the right side. The pansy is outlined with violet colored button hole stitch embroidery. Each petal is enhanced with lavender and violet embroidery with an embroidered gold center. The 2" wide organdy waistband has 20" long lavender cotton crepe sashes pleated onto each side ...
Size: Adjustable - Large/XL
Condition: Excellent
Item Number: HA-023
Price: $25.00
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1950's Valentine Themed Cotton Waist Apron
This flared white cotton organdy apron with a scalloped bottom is outlined in red bias binding. The waistband is made of a tiny pattern red checked cotton gingham which appears pink in the image. The left lower front has two overlapping gingham hearts and leaves outlined with machine embroider. The right front has a heart shaped gingham appliquéed on a white pocket outlined in red bias. 3" wide white organdy sashes are 25" long ...
Size: Adjustable - Small/Medium
Condition: Very Good
Item Number: HA-021
Price: $12.00
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1910's Petite White Cotton Pinafore Apron
This most interesting vintage garment is made of fine white cotton vintage muslin fabric with narrow vertical black stripes overprinted with angled pale pink squares. It would be a unique addition to both your apron and fabric collection. According to Wikipedia: "A pinafore is a sleeveless garment worn as an apron. The name reflects that the pinafore was formerly pinned (pin) to the front (afore) of the dress." The front skirt wraps around to the back where shaped straps with rounded ends cross in back and then come across the shoulders over the bodice front to fasten with 1/2" pearl buttons and snaps; hand worked button holes ...
Size: Adjustable - Small Petite
Condition: Excellent
Item Number: HA-016
Price: $35.00
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 Six Unlined Medium Weight Cotton Chenille Draperies
These six unlined 100% cotton draperies have horizontal rows of fine chenille on mid weight cotton gauze. Each has 7 pleats. Their width would make them ideal to use the fabric for garments, stuffed animals or pillows as well as for window coverings. They would dye well, too. Use your imagination! They have a 4" hem ...
Measurements: 38" Top; 65" Bottom; 68" Long
Condition: Excellent
Item Number: H5-012
Price: $75.00
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1930's Cotton Linen Table Cover with Floral Motifs
This small white linen table cover exhibits a lot of excellent hand work. The rounded center motif and the rounded corners have hand appliqueed cotton percale flower shapes in medium blue, pale pink and white with yellow edging and centers. There are cut out areas on both the center and the corners. All of the edges are finished with very fine closely spaced button hole stitches ...
Measurements: 33" Square
Condition: Very Good
Item Number: H-023
Price: $15.00
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1930's Black Cotton Floral Motif Bordered Table Cloth
Black cotton broadcloth centered table cloth has an over-all center motif of embroidered flowers and leaves in dark and light blue joined by scattered french knots. The 33" by 38" black center section may have originally been a card table cover to which were added a 4 1/2" wide medium blue and white cotton polka dotted mitered corner all around border applied by zigzag stitching. The image shows it folded in thirds ...
Measurements: 41" x 47"
Condition: Excellent
Item Number: H-022
Price: $15.00
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1960's Linen Embroidered Daisy Pattern Table Cloth
Cream colored linen table cloth, with a daisy pattern embroidery, has gently scalloped overcast taupe colored machine stitched edging. Leave as is or apply a crocheted or other decorative edging. The table cloth folded in fourths in the photo. It is finely embroidered near the edges and in the center with an angular daisy decorative patterns in leaf green, gold, and brown ...
Measurements: 50" Square
Condition: Excellent
Item Number: H-024
Price: $25.00
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1955 The Story of Irish Linen Full Color Booklet
This attractive, informative 8 1/2" by 11" 32 page stapled booklet was printed in 1955 by the Irish Linen Guild of Canada. Each page is illustrated with photographs, both in color and in black and white, and with drawings and illustrations, most in color. Sections include: flax and its processing into cloth, weaving, dyeing and printing, household uses, table linens and settings, bed linens, towels, apparel, religious linens, laundering and care and more. An especially useful section is on types of linen handkerchiefs. A fine addition ...
Measurements: 8 1/2" x 11"; 32 Pages
Condition: Excellent
Item Number: P6-014
Price: $10.00
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1920's Sheer White Angels Motif Pillow Cover
Sheer white oval cotton batiste pillow cover is edged with 1/2" wide slightly gathered machine made lace with pointed scallops. Two angels tending a flower topped column are in the curved center lace section. Framing the oval center is light yellow, pink, light blue lavender, and gold colored french knot lustrous embroidered flowers. It opens on the mid back with three hand made button holes and pearl buttons ...
Measurements: 16 1/2" x 22 1/2"
Condition: Very Good
Item Number: H-014
Price: $15.00
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1930's Crib Quilt with Embroidered Floral Motif
The fabrics in this quilt are lustrous smooth weave rayon. The front is framed on each side with a very pale green strip, then a lavender strip, then a pale yellow strip. Each strip is 2 1/2" wide. Off-white blocks in the center alternate with pink, green, lavender, yellow and green. Each of the white blocks has a diagonal embroidered floral motif. Each center block is 5" square. The quilt is tied at each corner and in the center of the small blocks in lavender, gold and green. Thin cotton batting in good condition is on the inside ...
Measurements: 56" x 63"
Condition: Good
Item Number: H-005
Price: $45.00
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1930's Embellished Suiting Wool Throw Blanket
This unlined wool throw is made of gray, khaki, brown, tan, cream and other compatible colors of tweed, herringbone and striped suiting fabrics. 10" by 5" rectangles are put together with button hole stitches of wool yarn in gold, green, orange, turquoise, rose, tan, magenta, pink and purple. It is also edged with button hole stitches. There are a few old darns which add to its charm. It has a 1930's look and feel ...
Measurements: 50" x 72"
Condition: Excellent
Item Number: H5-009
Price: $25.00
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US Navy San Diego Souvenir Satin Pillow Cover
Add a nostalgic spot of color in your decorating. Pale lavender "Mother and Dad" pillow of rayon satin with navy colored printing. Upper right hand corner has an eagle clutching an anchor with NAVY under it. San Diego is printed at an angle on the left hand corner. Hand painted roses, one each in the top left hand corner and in the bottom right hand corner in pinks, gold, greens and reds. There is an image of a WWII battleship centered on the top above the following poem ...
Measurements: 21" Square with Fringe
Condition: Excellent/Very Good
Item Number: H6-002
Price: $15.00
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1930's Homespun Floral Design Cotton Single Bed Spread
Oatmeal colored roughly woven textured cotton spread has 9 alternating woven decorative colored bands. 1 1/2" wide bright blue petal rows separated by 9" of plain fabric alternate with 6" wide floral design bands in red, black and blue. Colorful and sturdy with a hand woven feel, the designs are reminiscent of Scandinavian themes. Hemmed ends ...
Measurements: 76" x 105"
Condition: Excellent
Item Number: H-008
Price: $25.00
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