Costume and Textiles

The Bonhams Costume and Textiles department runs four specialist Textiles sales per year, held in conjunction with the Oak Sale. The department specialises in selling items from the 17th to the early 20th centuries, focusing particularly on period clothing and accessories, lace and associated equipment, sewing tools, both Asian and European fans, fine baby gowns, Chinese textiles and robes, shawls, quilts and needleworks.

The department also specialises in selling top designer handbags, including Hermès, Louis Vuitton and Chanel, through sales in London and Oxford.

Auctions

in Costume and Textiles

Future Past
3 Jul 2013 Oxford Auction 20697
British & European Ceramics, Glass & Asian Art, including the Meyer Collection Part II

Highlights from past auctions

A mid 17th century beadwork basket
Sold for £17,500 inc. premium
A mid 17th century beadwork basket
An Hermès brown crocodile Constance bag
Sold for £10,000 inc. premium
An Hermès brown crocodile Constance bag, 1972
A rare late 15th/early 16th century English embroidered orphrey cross designed with the Crucifixion of Christ
Sold for £5,000 inc. premium
A rare late 15th/early 16th century English embroidered orphrey cross designed with the Crucifixion of Christ
A Chinese 19th century embroidered and fur lined winter robe
Sold for £7,200 inc. premium
A Chinese late 19th century embroidered silk 'long pao' (dragon robe) of the third style, featuring the Imperial symbols, to ...

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