3 19th C French Petticoats, Broderie Anglaise trim

Whitework embroidery is my favourite kind of embroidery, and handmade broderie anglaise is at the very very top of the list. I was so lucky to find three stunning 19th C petticoats with the most amazing broderie anglaise work. I can't even begin to figure out how many hours of work have gone into creating this beautiful work. The petticoats are of course handmade and one-offs, you'll never find the same again. It is actually the first time in over 7 years at vide greniers in France that I have found petticoats like this.

Petticoat 1 FP1

Beautifully full, handmade one-off 19th C French petticoat with a fabulous handmade broderie anglaise trim. The stitching is a mixture of hand sewing and early sewing machine sewing. The broderie anglaise trim is in fantastic condition, just the tiniest bits of loss of thread on some of the scalloped edge and one small 1" tear. The embroidery is 7cm deep and a whopping 3m long!

It seems like accres of very fine cotton fabric have gone into this petticoat. I found 1 darn and a few small holes, but they are not very noticable at all, and the petticoat is very wearable. Also looks rather fabulous displayed in your boudoir, lol, or remove the beautiful trim and make something fabulous with it.

£30.00

Worldwide postage - £5.20 ( UK less £2.70, Europe less £2 )

Petticoat 2 FP2



The broderie anglaise trim is a massive 2.55m long. The whole trim is approx 20cm wide, with the actual embroidery being 10cm. Very fine work indeed and in fabulous condition, there are just a very few tiny areas of loss of stitching on the scallop edging. Rather hard to spot.

The very finely woven cotton fabric has a couple of small darns and some tiny holes. Because of the fullness of the petticoat, they are not immediately noticable, and the petticoat is still wearable ( waist is adjustable ). If you don't want to wear it or display it, then take off the beautiful broderie anglaise trim and use it to make something wonderful!

£35.00

worldwide postage - £4.50 ( UK less £2, Europe less £1.50)

Petticoat 3 FP3

I think this is probably my favourite of the three, I just love the broderie anglaise trim, the way the sweet little flowers and leaves trail up. The whole trim just seems so, well, balanced, I suppose. It is 19cm wide, the actual embroidery is approx 12 1/2 cm wide and approx 2 1/2 metres long, and just gorgeous. Condition is very good, a little loss on the scallop edging and one old darn where the broderie anglaise lace had torn and had been stitched together again, like a little seam.

The cotton fabric has suffered a little more though. There are two small tears like this,

a few tiny holes and the fabric has torn down a bit at the side split. That could easily be hemmed though to just continue the hemming on the side split.

£35.00
worldwide postage - £ 5.00 ( UK less £2.50, Europe less £2.00 )

Wide Vintage French Lace Bundle VFLW

3 1m lengths of vintage French lace. approx. 5 1/2 cm wide.

SOLD, THANK YOU

Vintage French Lace 5m, VFLCARD

This is a particularly nice, good quality vintage French lace. The lace is 1 1/2cm wide, length is just a little under 5m. Somebody along the line of owners had wound the lace onto this little bit of cardboard. I thought it was so pretty, I wound it all back on again after measuring the length of the lace!

Vintage French Lace Bundle VFLC3 - SOLD

Vintage French Lace Bundle VFLC2

3 1m lengths of vintage French lace, widths between 1 and 2cm

SOLD, THANK YOU

Vintage French Lace Bundle VFLC1 - SOLD

Vintage French Lace Bundle VFLN1 - SOLD

I have put 5 1m lengths of narrow vintage lace into this bundle. Two are made with silk thread, according to the person I bought them from. The very pale shell pink lace and the dusty pink lace are 1930s. I have three bundles available. 

Antique deep lace trim, roses

Approx. 47 inches, or 120cm, of this fabulous rose trim. I have looked at it long and hard and think it is hand made, but I am not 100% certain. However it was made, it is a beautiful deep trim, 4 inches ( 10cm), and so tactile because of the raised design. I'd place it somewhere around the time of the Arts and Craft movement, possibly beginning of the Art Deco period. Condition is just lovely, I can only find the one tiny area of wear as shown in the second photo.

1.20m of 4" deep rose trim £ 10.00 Sold, thank you!

Worldwide postage £ 2.00
Europe postage £ 1.50
UK postage £ 1.00

French Linens now being listed

Well, at least some of them. Why oh why don't I ever get as much as done as I have planned? I thought I would have a lovely quiet afternoon, putting together some lace bundles, and what happens? My DS1 brought loads of washing over, lol. His washing machine had broken down. Perhaps I'll get the lace bundles done tonight. There are some very exquisite narrow laces amongst the ones I am going to list, I am pretty sure they are handmade. They would be so lovely for anybody who makes antique dolls clothes or small vintage treasures. Ah well, thats for later. I'll start with my favourite towels, I think. The easiest way to find things is probably by clicking on the labels on the right hand side.

Alrighty, off to start listing. Toodlepip xxx

Back from France

Two months in our beautiful cottage in France and a few vide greniers later, and here I am again, with some beautiful French treasures. I'll start listing tomorrow and hopefully will have time to list during next week as well. For a little taster of what you might expect to see in Vintageland, see my France Posts on my Lululiz in Lalaland Blog .

Have a wonderful weekend!

Liz x