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Click here to subscribeA good Saruk rug, north west Persia early 20th century, 6ft.4in. x 4ft.3in. 1.93m. x 1.30m. Very sight wear. One of a well-known group of finely woven Saruk rugs with elegant repeat designs obviously based on textile patterns and related to certain 17th-18th century silk textiles attributed to both Persia and the Caucasus.
Two Uzbek suzani panels, both in cotton chain stitch on cotton grounds, Uzbekistan early 20th century, 39in. x 60in. 114cm. x 152cm. and 37in. x 53in. These two panels, which represent a type of Uzbek weaving which has reached the West in only recent years, are each complete, despite their fragmentary and unfinished appearance. They were made to be hung on the walls of yurts or conventional houses with other textiles folded and piled in front of them so as to cover the unfinished base. (2)
Xue Song, B. 1965 COCA COLA signed in Chinese; signed, titled in Chinese and dated 2005 on the reverse acrylic, ink and charred printed paper collage on canvas 60 by 50cm.; 23.5 by 19.75in. Provenance Private Collection, Europe Basing his paintings on iconic depictions of popular culture such as Marilyn Monroe, Mao or in the present example, a Coca-Cola Bottle, Xue Song is able to explore various aspects of modern Chinese culture. Using a unique collage technique that combines soot and ash with Chinese calligraphy and painting, the artists work becomes a site for remembrance and nostalgia. Since Xues studio burnt down in the early 1990s and tragically destroyed all the works within, he uses his work to revisit and remember the event through the inclusion of fragments of the paper with burnt edges, charred textiles and soot. For him, his work therefore serves as a reminder of fate and a symbol of rebirth.
Paisley Textiles, original watercolours. An album of 338 original watercolour and gouache designs on paper for Paisley textiles, probably a manufacturer's design portfolio, bound into a folio album, probably French, with lettering largely lost from spine [Pro]priete Ma[ison] Stamm [or Slamm], c.1870-80 Note: A very fine collection of original Paisley designs, the work of a shawl designer, shawl designer company, or shawl manufacturer. Shawls of Paisley design were in fashion for nearly 100 years, from around 1780 until the 1870’s. During this time millions were woven, embroidered and printed in Kashmir, Persia, India, Russia, USA and Europe, in France at Paris and Lyon, Austria in Vienna, in England at Norwich and in Scotland at Edinburgh, Glasgow and Paisley itself. It was the woven Kashmir shawls which first caught women's imagination and European manufacturers were quick to emulate them by weaving or printing. Paisley produced shawls the most economically and for the longest period, the name becoming synonymous with the place of manufacture. One of the biggest problems within the shawl industry, and their designs, is that of provenance, because the different weaving and printing centres were busy copying and pirating each other's designs It is likely that these designs may have originated in Alsace
Peto (Gladys Emma, 1891-1977). Original cover design for Gladys Peto's 'Summer Days', c.1930, watercolour and ink design on board, of three young girls in floral dresses, looking through a gated entrance in a wall at a distant figure in the grounds of a mansion surrounded by high hedges and trees, signed in ink by Gladys Peto to the lower right-hand corner, and captioned in pencil to lower margin 'They watched her anxiously (Suzanne the superior)', some marks and soiling, approx. 380 x 270 mm Gladys Peto studied at the Maidenhead School of Art and the London School of Art. As well as writing and illustrating books for children she was well-known for her designs for pottery, textiles, posters and costumes. In the 1920s and 1930s her dress designs were very much in vogue. A number of influences can be seen in the artist's work: for example, the use of solid blacks, and the decorative quality of Peto's book illustrations owe something to Aubrey Beardsley, whilst another influence which can be seen in her colour work is that of Jessie M. King. (1)
Charleston (R. J., Archer, Michael & Marcheix, Madeleine). Glass and Stained Glass, Limoges and Other Painted Enamels (Rothschild Collection at Waddesdon Manor), 1977 (2 copies),. numerous col. and b&w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., with card slipcase, together with Clouzot, H. & Follot, Charles, Histoire du Papier, Peint en France, Paris, 1935, numerous colour and b&w plts., illusts., etc., orig. printed wrappers in glassine d.j., somewhat torn and frayed to edges, owner's inkstamp to prelims., 4to, plus Larwood (Jacob and Hotten, John Camden), The History of Signboards, from the earliest times to the present day, 1867, colour frontis., numerous b&w illusts., t.e.g., orig. qtr. dark green morocco, heavily rubbed and some wear to head and foot of spine, 8vo (Large Paper copy), and Wills (Geoffrey), English Looking Glasses, A Study of the Glass, Frames and Makers (1670-1820), pub. Country Life, 1965, b&w plts. and illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., 4to, and other antiques reference, decorative arts, textiles, including Tolstoy, Russian Decorative Arts 1917 1937, pub. Rizzoli, 1990, Mary Earle Gould, Antique Tin & Tole Ware, 1958, Gwen White, European and American Dolls and Their Marks and Patents, pub. Batsford, 1966, Mentmore, vols. 1 5, René Fribourg Collection, 7 vols., etc. (55)
Marillier (H C) English Tapestries of the Eighteenth Century, 1930 and Handbook to the Teniers Tapestries, 1932, Kendrick (A F) Catalogue of the Tapestries at the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1924, Nevinson (J L) Catalogue of English Domestic Embroidery of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries at the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1950, and two other books on textiles
A collection of textiles and accessories, dating from the 19th century, to include: bead-work, tapestries, wedding accessories, a tambour lace flounce, a claret red silk damask shawl, lace bonnets, spats, a plan of Swansea printed on silk dated 1881, a christening gown, and velvet and beaded cuffs, etc, (qty).
A Bilston Foundries Ltd cast iron and glass topped garden or conservatory table, circa 1956, designed by Edward Bawden, with latticed ends and splayed legs, 44.5cm high, 103cm wide, 62cm deep. Edward Bawden (1903-89) was a leading book illustrator, designer and artist. He studied at the Cambridge School of Art from 1922-25, where he was tutored by Paul Nash. He designed textiles for the Orient Steam Navigation Co., as well as decorations for Wedgwood. His designs for garden furniture such as this table date to 1956, the finished pieces being retailed by Harrods of Knightsbridge