We also purchase unique pieces that please the eye – either for the collector or other buyer who will value their fabric, embroidery and colors. Some of the miscellaneous items in our current collection include:

• Alsatian coiffes (small headpieces or caps) from the 19th C, in silks and velvets with lace and beading. A real collectors’ item. Quantity 4.

• Wonderful bedding for baby’s bassinette or crib, including fine cotton sheets and little pillowcases with peach appliquéd rabbits, a blue set with moon and stars, and a green quilt, sheet and pillowcase set printed with a Breton children’s story scene. 5 sets.

• A few adorable infants’ white dresses or coats, perfect for christening, c1940s.

• A lovely and elegant collection of vintage lace and beaded trims from a 1900s Paris couture house, plus other small laces, collars and trims.

• An extensive collection of torchons, the wonderful old linen dish towels and the larger kitchen towels that served in the past to wrap hams for curing – and now dry glassware and dishes so brilliantly, as well as being very decorative kitchen accessories. They come mainly in red/white and blue/white, some with monograms.

• Another extensive collection of hand towels or guest towels, some with fringe, others with monograms – some are grand and absolutely elegant for your bath or a guest bath. Some of them could also serve as small dresser scarves or covers for tea trays.