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Maine Antique Digest, May 2015 39-B
This season’s two-day auction will feature an important collection of over 175 lots of
Historical 18th & 19th-C. costumes from the Metropolitan Museum of Art (MMA), the
Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), the Fashion Institute of Technology
(FIT), Shippensburg University, Historical Societies, and others. Property from private
collectors and estates will also be sold, including works by two of America’s most
celebrated African American Fashion Designers: Ann Cole Lowe and Bill Smith.
PLEASE NOTE IMPORTANT CHANGES TO USUAL ORDER OF SALE!
The Friday sale will be live in the salesroom ONLY. There will be no on-line bidding on Friday. The
discovery or un-cataloged box lot sale will also be held on Friday at the conclusion of the day. Friday’s
sale will include clothing and textiles from all periods. All lots offered on Saturday will be available for
on-line bidding. If you have seen items photographed on our website, they will be sold on Saturday. It
is strongly suggested that you attend both sale days, however if you can only attend one we recommend
you attend Friday for the regular and Discovery sale then bid on-line for the Saturday Auction. Please
visit the website for catalog download that will list Friday and Saturday lots.
Textiles:
Fabric samples, swatch books, fine table and bed linens, lace, Oriental carpets, Suzani, Resht,
Continental, Asian embroidery, Pre-Columbian, Coptic and ecclesiastical textiles. Fortuny samples and
panel. Several important textiles from the Hewnoaks Artist Colony in Southwestern Maine.
Couture and Vintage Clothing:
18th and 19th-century women’s clothing, corsets and stomachers.
Twentieth-century designers: Paul Poiret, Lucile, Liberty, Dior, Balenciaga, Lacroix, YSL, Ferre, Galanos,
Fortuny, Pucci, Comme des Garcons, Yammamoto, Thea Porter, Ann Lowe, Courrèges, Chanel, Lanvin,
Norell, Fath, Halston, Eco Fashions by Mizrahi, Gaelyn and Cianfarini, and many others.
Accessories:
Bill Smith body jewelry, Goyard and Louis Vuitton trunks, Leiber and other designer
handbags, designer hats from Bes-Ben, YSL, Dior, etc. Hungarian Gentleman’s accessories, Venetian glass
bobbins, Jewelry by Cardin, Lanvin, Wiener Werkstätte and others. Original textile designs by Frank
Lloyd Wright and other Taliesin artists, large quantity of upholstery fabrics, vintage luggage and more!
Additional information, catalogs and 100s of photos:
whitakerauction.comor 215-817-4600
On-Line Bidding Exclusively Through
Charles A. Whitaker Auction Company
Couture, Historical &Vintage Fashion,
Textiles & Jewelry Auction
Friday and Saturday, April 24th and 25th at 10AM
Previews: Thursday April 23rd, Noon - 6PM
Friday and Saturday from 8AM - 10AM
Location: New Hope Eagle Fire Co., New Hope, Pennsylvania 18938
One of
Several
Dior Suits
Paul Poiret
Paul Poiret,
One of Three
Printed and Changeable
Silk Cape
Printed Cotton, c. 1750
Several 18th-c. Gowns from
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Silk and Velvet, 1878
Suzani Silk on Silk
Thief of Baghdad Turban
Wiener Werkstätte Pins
1870’s Metropolitan
Museum
Alexander McQueen
Ann Cole Lowe
Christian Dior Couture
Collection of
18th-c. Corsets
Couture Chanel Suit
Detail Fortuny Panel
Detail Hewnoaks Textiles
Egyptian Revival,
1920’s
Fortuny Delphos
Frank Lloyd Wright Carpet Design
Gold Cloche Wig
Strapless Silk
Evening Dress
Bernard Perris Silk
Fishtail Skirt Suit
Large
Collection
Ferre
Lucile Happiness Dress
Mizrahi 7-UP Dress