I’d like to thank a few of my favorite textile dealers for helping me get through a long winter and rainy Spring!! I couldn’t have done it without you!!! A few years ago, in Toile de Jouy Rouge here I first discovered “Les Piliers Fleuris”, showed you a few scraps I had found from UK textile dealer Sallie Ead in Rose Diet here…and was able to get both of these pelmets from Sallie a bit later from her Ebay site Lucia’s Wardrobe here.
Sallie also has a Ruby Lane shop called Lucia Collectables here. As is the case with most textile dealers….Sallie is wonderful! Besides selling big, incredible pieces, she always has alot of little affordable bits to assemble into sachets or pillows, to frame or to file into sample books (along the lines of these antique beauties here). While it lasts…you should check out this incredible rare French 18th century toile she has that tells the story of the French Revolution …here 
The piece above Sallie’s toile is a lucky Ebay find from a few years ago from a non-textile dealer…probably the point at which I first fell in love with the blue/red combination. 
I found this beautiful pillow from another UK textile dealer… Katharine Pole here and here. She backed a perfect piece of this toile with a 19th c French stripe…edging each corner with pompoms. Love Katharine’s finds! I’m always waiting eagerly for her latest offerings…love her assortment that includes clothing as well. Again, a lovely person to deal with! 
The subtle backdrop to all this floriferous beauty…Wendy Lewis’s 19th century linen bed sheet. While Wendy’s Textile Trunk here is know for incredible antique pelmets, quilts, curtains…she is my go to place for bolts of linen, and this sheet is as lovely as her photograph of it was below. The blue ticking is a temporary fit…in my dreams someday Wendy will find another set of drapery panels like these blue striped ones here from a few years ago that so many of us fell in love with!
It’s hard to “see” and “feel” these incredible antique textiles online…but her linen always has the most incredible texture. Owning her textiles teaches me what to look for at the Alameda flea market. I envy those of you who can trot over to Brimfield or Chelsea or Battersea and see the textiles from all these dealers in person!
Very early ticking piece that Wendy just listed here…early 19th or possibly 18th. Just love ticking with toile…
My good friend Karin from La Pouyette has posts on linen that are incredible here and here. An antique dealer for over 30 years, at times showing at Battersea, her blog is full of gardening and antique information. She can occasionally be talked out of seriously beautiful linen and other textiles…like the initialed piece above that I’ve shown you several times. Another Sallie Ead quilted toile piece is temporarily cast over a Bella Notte pillow. Which brings me to the last item: for all you Bella Notte linen fans. Their outlet sale is this Friday and Saturday info here
Spring Warehouse Sale Hours
Friday May 4th &
Saturday May 5th
10am – 5pm
61-E Galli Drive, Novato, CA 94949
Outside…and roses…at last….
THANK YOU SO MUCH TRISH. that was a wonderful piece you have written about my textiles. I love working with the beautiful fabrics and love meeting such fantastic people as yourself who have a great passion for these beautiful early pieces. keep up the wonderful photos , thats something i could certainly improve upon … best wishes. Sallie
Thank you Sallie! When I think of all the beauty that has passed through your hands!! All textile dealers should be avid photographers…or live near one! (I’d be happy to pop by if a few bits of Spitalfield’s silk arrived on your doorstep!).
Well howdy neighbor! Just gorgeous photos. I too love the blue/red combination, especially the shades of your textiles. Nice to see you back to blogging and look forward to you sharing your garden. So glad the sunshine is back.
xo
Serena
Trish, you always give such fabulous advice, along with great inspiration. Welcome back !!
Trish,
I always enjoy seeing all of your lovely pieces and someday hope to find the right red toile that is within my budget. It’s the hunt that is so much fun and your links always provide me with entertaining hours.
Your roses look beautiful. My first bloom is nearly spent and some of the bushes show promise of a second bloom…So. California is quite a bit warmer and it seems our roses bloom a little sooner in the spring.
Karen
I have spent the last couple of hours going over this fantastic post–so much information to digest and leads to follow. Thank you for sharing your sources and textiles tales. Beautiful passions. Mary
Trish you really should tthink about getting to some of the shows. There is nothing like actually seeing and feeling before buying. You’ve shown some beautiful pieces from some wonderful dealers. I’ll say hi to Wendy for you when I see her next week!
XX
Debra~
Trish, beautiful post, as always. where did you get your french mattress?
Simply wonderful!!!! Just the right “colorful” post for me…..brighten up my rainy days!
And…at last…the image of your rose is a knockout!
Happy May Day my dear friend, talk to you soon…….
xoxo karin
Thanks for sharing your sources for antique textiles. All of the images you included were lovely!