2024Amelia Jeffers, Auctioneers & AppraisersTHREE VICTORIAN CHATELAINES WITH SCENT BOTTLES.See Sold Price
Jeffrey S. Evans’ Dec. 4 sale features Hilda Fried sewing antiquesMOUNT CRAWFORD, Va. – The incomparable Hilda Fried collection was never a secret to those who admire fine antique sewing tools and accoutrements. The late Mrs. Fried, who began amassing 18th, 19th and early 20th-century sewing antiques after the Second World War, enjoyed exhibiting aspects of her collection annually at the Park Avenue Armory and […]
Kovels – Antiques & Collecting: Week of Sept. 13, 2010Women’s work in past centuries included cooking, cleaning and sewing. Before the 19th century, women had to shear sheep or cut flax and spin or weave fabric. Then they were expected to know how to make coverlets, curtains and clothing. Everything was hand-sewn. The sewing machine was patented in America in 1846, but machines were […]