Pair of French Wall Brackets

Antiques: Decorative Art: Textiles: Accessories Pre 1900: item #763897
PMPP4939

This Fabulous Pair of French Walnut Wall Brackets are in Excellent Overall Condition,c1880. Featuring Nicely Patinated Walnut, Intricate hand-carved detail they are Wonderful for Numerous design uses. Measuring 16"H x 19"W, priced for both, serious inquiries are welcome! Shipping and insurance are determined after checkout.

Huge German Beaded Purse 800 Silver Cherub Frame

Antiques: Decorative Art: Textiles: Accessories Pre 1920: item #747821

Huge German glass beaded purse with 800 silver Cherub frame. The size is amazing. It measures 23" from top of chain to bottom of fringe; 13" from clasp of frame to bottom of purse excluding fringe and 9" across the frame. There is a quarter in the photo to help illustrate the scale of this purse. Frame is hallmarked 800 silver content. Condition is very good. There are a few fringes missing or broken and the purse appears to have been reattached or reinforced at frame at some point. Beadwork is ... Click for details

petit point purse with miniature ivory portrait, bag,

Antiques: Decorative Art: Textiles: Accessories Pre 1900: item #746586

really wonderful petit point purse ca 1880 with beautiful portrait of young lady painted on ivory framed and mounted on the brass jeweled frame with lion heads on end hinges. body has lovely medieval scenes, front has "lady" with lady in waiting at her side in a garden ; back has heraldic lion in a garden with monkey and faun and trees and flowers. has some condition issues i.e. lining is torn see picture, and a few spots are bare. see close up, over all it's a marvelous piece of art . 8 1/... Click for details

Rare Art Deco Celluloid + Glass Beaded Dance Purse

Antiques: Decorative Art: Textiles: Accessories Pre 1920: item #724242
TR307

An antique treasure to add spice to today’s holiday and evening attire … Circa early 1900’s, this fabulous beaded dance purse is quite a rarity of design and construction. First, it’s nicely padded, weighty body is composed of a fine crochet knit in golden yellow thread, which alternates with both slender and broad, chevron pattern vertical bands of black glass bugle beads. Next, the bottom of the bag is embellished with a dainty and delicate loop fringe, also made of black glass bugle beads. Th... Click for details

VINTAGE ART NOUVEAU BEADED CROCHET CHANGE PURSE BAG

Antiques: Decorative Art: Textiles: Accessories Pre 1900: item #720692
122107

DATED MAR 25 90...

Classic Art Nouveau respousse design tops hand crocheted, beaded compartment.

Flat: 3" diameter, top: 2" diameter, expanded crocheted pouch: 2.25" D.

Sparkling golden glass beads...8 pointed star design on bottom.... Click for details

18th C Embroidered Garters, Jerusalem Style

Antiques: Decorative Art: Textiles: Accessories Pre 1800: item #715261
TC1454

A pair of 18th century embroidered garters, similar in style to the Jerusalem garters worn by 17th century pilgrims. Linen tape embroidered with colored silk thread, with crocheted ends and knotted fringes. The shorter garter measures 18 inches and features the motto “memento vivere”, or “remember that you will live.” The longer garter, measuring 23 inches, reads “nul bien sans peine”, or “no success without trouble”, or in current parlance, “no pain without gain!” Excellent condition.

American Embroidered Wedding Garters,1702

Antiques: Decorative Art: Textiles: Accessories Pre 1800: item #715254
TCU

A pair of beautiful early wedding garters with great American provenance. The white silk garters are embroidered in bright chenille flowers, with the motto “la vertu” (virtue) on one, and “m’attache” (is attached to me, tied to me, etc.) on the other. The garters belonged to Elizabeth Martin and date from 1702, when Elizabeth married her neighbor, Richard Dallam. The Dallams were a prominent Calvert County, Maryland, family and they had even more prominent grandchildren: William Paca, the thi... Click for details

Tortoise Shell W~Goat Skin Pierced Work Hand Fan

Antiques: Decorative Art: Textiles: Accessories Pre 1920: item #713523
DC-1003

This is an Edwardian hand fan. The stick pieces are tortoise shell and the pieces that are attached to the tortoise shell we believe are goat skin. There is pierced work on them along with gold gilt and black accents. There is some sort of egyptian design in the center of them. This is a great hand fan. GORGEOUS! It measures when closed 9.25 inches by 3 inches. When opened it measures 14 inches wide. It has minor wear. Please view all the photos.

Spectacular Antique Art Nouveau Glass Beaded Purse

Antiques: Decorative Art: Textiles: Accessories Pre 1910: item #708228
TR261

“Beaded bags are the most collectable and often the most valuable vintage bags—a reflection of the hours of work that went into them, and of their fragile nature.” — Judith Miller, Handbags ... Here is a magnificent example of the antique beaded purse at its most exquisite—and most collectible. Hailing from the late 19th-Century, this big, bold, and brightly colored bag has been expertly crafted using small to medium glass beads {approximately 16 beads per inch}. It is tulip shaped and its vibra... Click for details

Superb Antique Openwork Glass Beaded Reticule Purse

Antiques: Decorative Art: Textiles: Accessories Pre 1910: item #706568
TR259

Circa late 19th- to early 20th-Century … Designed in a “lattice”-style, openwork beading, this dainty tulip-shaped reticule boasts a vibrant palette of colors in its simple Victorian floral and large sawtooth border patterns. The purse includes both small to medium beads {approximately 16 per inch} and micro beads {approximately 24 per inch}, which range in color from transparent to cobalt blue, light blue, green, white, as well as metallic gold, silver, and mauve. A rickrack border of light blu... Click for details