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BED COVER AND HEAD CLOTH
The very beautiful embroidery on the bed cover and head cloth is known as Castillo Branco embroidery. It was done in Portugal for about 300 plus years for export to the western world. It is done on homespun with silk floss and has the most wonderful figures throughout the pieces. The bedcover has some thread loss and some of the edge fringe is missing and the head cloth is in very very good condition but I feel cut from a bigger piece at some point. Perfect for your antique bed and sized to fit a 3/4 bed. $1,800.00 for the pair BARRISTER'S WIG
Sitting on top of a chest there is nothing that looks as nice as a wig and wighead. This Barrister's wig is 19th Century English and comes with a sheet iron box seen in the background.The wood wig head is extra but very affordable. The other items are on other pages in the website. SOLD GREEN LINSEY TIED QUILT
If objects could only talk and tell you about their life. This is one of the times I sure wish I knew where this quilt came from and all the lives it came in contact with for the past several hundred years. It has some repairs and if you look hard at the first picture you will see some neat striping in the green weave. Looks really early and would be great on a small bed or trundle as it measures 69" long x 68" wide. $625.00 HOOKED RUG
The detail picture of this hooked rug says almost more then can be put into words describing the early and very bright and cheerful rug. The dog you could reach out and scratch those cute ears and almost talk to him or her. A great size for the wall it measures 59" wide x 29" high. Mounted and ready to hang. SOLD LINSEY COVERED BOOK
Only measuring 4 1/4" high x 3 1/4" wide the linsey covered book is totally wonderful. $125.00 DEER HIDE
At the moment I have one deer hide with the hair on available. These are so great hung from a beam or used on the floor or even on a bed much as our early ancestors used these in their daily life. Your pets wlll love naps on a deer hide and cats even groom them. And.....your feet will be in love! SOLD SHOES
In the 18th and 19th Century the wood soles for shoes were used over and over again as the wood lasted but the cloth or leather tops would get bad. You can see where the old tops had been tacked to the wood on this pair of remaining soles. They look just great under a chair or on top of a chest or blanket chest. A fairly rare find with great surface. They are 12" long x 3 3/4" wide $210.00 LINSEY COVERED BOOK
Another really neat linsey covered book with mostly brown tones in the patchwork piece. This one is 6 1/2" high x 1" thick x 4 1/2" wide. Books like this one look great on a candlestand or chest alone or in combination with other early items such as a candlestick, wire rim reading glasses, an early bottle or just about anything you might have. $145.00 CHAIR CUSHION
A contemporary hand done with fine hand dyed wool yarn flame stitch chair cushion trimmed in wool tape and backed with linen.The other pad in an indigo velvet. They look great being used together. Flame stitched pillow is 12" x 16". The velvet pad is 19 1/2" wide x 13 3/4" deep. $95.00 flame stitch $25.00 velvet PILLOWS Below are a really nice selection of pillows all made from pieces of vintage fabrics. A short description is after each. These look totally wonderful in early arm chairs or on a sofa or propped in the corner of a wing chair.
Crewel embroidered pillow top in the neat earthy tones is 16 " long x 10 1/2" high. $195.00
There are really 2 pillow covers pictured together. Both are made from the remains of a blanket that had four embroidered corners. The blanket was somewhat of a basket case but enough could be saved to make these covers which you could use on your bed pillows like a sham. One even had initials on it. Blanket wool with wool yarn they measure 35" long x 21 1/2" wide which is perfect for a queen size pillow. $65.00
The pair of pillows is made from either a bed or table cover in rich tones of bittersweet and mustard. Origin of the cloth ,I believe, is Turkish and most likely 19th Century. Each pillow is 15 1/2" long x 9" high and priced seperately. SOLD
A small remaining piece of needlepoint from an 18th Century chair has been laid on velvet to make up a great pillow to use with early English or American Pilgrim furniture. There is a bit of wear that in no way distracts from its overall appearance or usefulness. It is 16" square. $165.00
Another pillow that lends itself well to very early pieces. It too is 16" square laid on velvet with tassels on all 4 corners. SOLD ORIENTAL RUG
This rug has been in my house for awhile and looks really great on top of a chest or blanket chest but certainly could be used in the center of a table. It is 35" long and 18 1/2" high. Nice muted colors of dark indigo and dark maroon with a splash of off white make it perfect for earlier things. SOLD Contact: Antiques at Hillwood Farms | ||
