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28 Sunday Apr 2013

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Trouvais antique textiles

Antique Textiles

Happy Sunday everyone! A few favorite finds I bought some time ago from Shirley at Simply Chateau here. Shirley had stumbled over a box of antique ballet costumes from the Paris Opera at the Paris Flea Market. This aqua c. 1920’s silk velvet was only a bodice, but it had Mademoiselle D’Arcy’s name scrawled in it. I think I tracked her history down to a ballerina touring with Pavlova to Australia. Then I cleaned her up a bit and fashioned a skirt out of tulle. Her companion from the same flea market box was from the ballet Les Sylphides…

Video of the Ballet Russe performing Les Sylphides in 1928…

Trouvais antique ballet costume

Though I love my bolts of linen and carefully folded toiles and silk, costume is the fun way to enjoy the colors, textures, and shapes of an earlier time. Perfect for a dressing room, hanging from an armoir door, the back of a chair, over or in a frame.
French ballet c1900

At this point I am only buying for myself, and am leery of attaining “hoarder” status…so I do have to turn a blind eye to all the pretty things that pass me by! There are some great pieces for sale at Sallie Ead’s Ruby Lane Lucia’s Collectables shop here. Beautiful eau de nil Paris ballet silk costume jacket c. 1900. Even though the Ruby Lane Red Tag Sale is over, Sallie has marked down alot of her items for this next week. This is one of my favorite items…just love this color…

Pink duchesses silk

And another great item…a piece of pink duchess satin with silk velvet from the Worth fashion house c 1880. Read more about it hereTrouvais antique textiles

My own little early 20th century silk cabochon roses nestled next to a hand dyed sachet. Luckily…antique fabrics take up very little room. My excuse whenever I try to fit one more tiny little piece in!

Off to garden…hope you’re having a lovely day!Trouvais roses

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12 Friday Apr 2013

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18th century textiles, Antique Fabric, Bella Notte, roses

Trouvais 18th c textiles

Been delightfully busy. I suspect I thrive on chaos! It’s most definitely Spring out here and prettiness is popping up everywhere. 18th century Italian silk brocade…silvery blue with peachy pinks and teal…awaiting being made into a few pillows…inspiring a new bedding mix. As much as I love my greys…change is good!

18th c textiles

I try to avoid the Bella Notte outlet…much too tempting..I was held hostage by a Colette perfect peach “personal comforter” a few weeks ago and had to pay a ransom to come home with this beautiful old pinky peach shade. If you live near enough to visit, the outlet info is:

Fridays, 10am – 4pm
Saturdays, 10am – 2:30pm

  70 Galli Drive, Suite 2 | Novato CA 94949

They will have a sale the weekend before Mother’s Day…will let you know details later.

Bella Notte new peach and ginger

Carolyn Quartermaine’s lovely eau de nil with gold script…Bella Notte’s “Perfect Peach” here, their gorgeous (but discontinued Deluxe Marie) in “Ginger“…a wonderful old gold. Colors that are silvered and tarnished down a bit from too bright.

Trouvais antique textiles

Bella Notte Pulling out from closets and remixing the old with new…

Bella Notte

Bella Notte’s discontinued Deluxe Marie…40% silk 60% cotton…the most gorgeous, soft bedding fabric! People who have this textile know what I’m talking about…and Bella Notte did it in every one of their colors. Sigh. Many detergents contain phosphates that strip the silk of all it’s luster and I suppose it became too difficult for the company to work with. C’est dommage!

Rachel Ashwell has a small offering of jacquard with 30% silk here 

Ralph Lauren’s Delphine is 40% silk/cotton here

I grabbed some of the Deluxe Marie boudoirs at the outlet and listed on Coup d’Oeil here

The Laundress has a delicate wash here for their silk blend fabrics. I would just check the label of any detergent you are considering for “no phosphates”.

antique roses

The garden is ready to explode…a preview bouquet! Most of you know that the Bourbon classification of antique roses is my favorite…Discovered in 1817 on the French Ile de Bourbon when a seedling from the Damask rose ‘Quatre Saisons’ and a China rose (believed to be ‘Old Blush’) sprouted up between the rows. Don’t you just love happy accidents? More here

Above “Souvenir de Malmaison” is the icy pink, fussy in the garden, but worth it…with the modern Eden, also called Pierre de Ronsard.

The deluge of garden shots about to begin…

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