I had time during a lunch hour this past week to poke around an antique shop in the Auckland CBD, one where I usually go in search of vintage buttons every few months when in need of a mental health break. The real finds this time around were some vintage linens, including this lovely embroidered tablecloth with ladies in bonnets on the corners:
Jane Brocket writes about them in an essay in her wonderful book "The Gentle Art of Domesticity" , and has photos of different versions, so I think they're meant to be somewhat iconic. She calls them "crinoline ladies," they were made using iron-on transfers.
I was happy to stumble upon this so soon after reading Jane's book. And yes, I did score two buttons:
I know, my names don't start with "N" but it was too pretty to pass up.
Thats such beautiful linen.
Something thats a real treasure.
Love the buttons too :)
Posted by: Nicky | 03/18/2011 at 07:11 PM