Catalog: Textiles

Lovely hanky – very unusual design! It’s white with pink border with lily of the valley with this design being repeated in a center square. One corner has the name “Pauline” embroidered along with a spray of embroidered lily of the valley. Very pretty!

Beautiful colors on this souvenir of Canada hanky! It measures 13 ½” x 13 ½”, is a Franshaw production, and is in excellent condition.

Excellent condition Franshaw souvenir hanky for South Dakota! Hanky measures 13 ½” x 13 ½”. This hanky has been laundered several times and it has the resulting soft feel and softer colors. Not detrimental in any way but is priced to reflect this.

Gorgeous wedding hanky! It measures 15” x 15”. I see one teen place where lace has separated from the hem. This is teeny and not detrimental to the beauty of this hanky!

This is a beautiful white hanky suitable for use as a wedding handkerchief! It measures 10 ¾” x 11” and has a combination of drawn-work and Tenerife thread work. It is in excellent condition.

This is a beautiful Madeira handkerchief with “H” monogram! Hanky measures 13 ¾” x 14” and is in excellent condition.

This is another unusual handkerchief – it has a sailing or nautical theme! Shown on hanky are sailboats, anchors, lighthouses, a couple in a motor boat, etc. Hanky is in excellent condition and measures 12 ¼” x 12 ½”.

Beautiful color shading and attention to detail on this hanky of a mare following her colt across a field!

Hanky measures 12 “ x 12 “ and is in excellent condition.

This hanky would be beautiful framed!

Excellent condition state souvenir hanky for my home state of Illinois! This is a Franshaw production and measures 13” x 13”.

Another cute poodle hanky! This one has an embroidered black and gray poodle in one corner. Handkerchief measures 12 ¼” x 12 ½”, is probably a Franshaw production, and is in excellent condition.

I have grouped these vintage decorative scarves (sometimes called doilies) into one listing!

The one with dragonflies and water lilies measures 20 1/2" x 11 1/8".

The one with butterflies and flowers measures 18 1/8" x 11 1/2".

The pink one with cross stitch birds measures 21" x 9".

The pink edge/square shaped one measures 11 1/2" x 12".

On ones with crochet edging, the measurements include the edging...

The "C" monogram has been sold.

The "L" monogram has been sold.

All hankies in this listing are shown in one photo and are priced individually/per hanky. Because I am listing them in this manner and pricing each hanky at the same price, I am not measuring them so please look closely at the photo. (They measure approximately 14" x 14" to 16" x 16").

The monograms in this listing are: (C - sorry, sold), A, F, W, E, and L...

All hankies in this listing are shown in one photo and are priced individually/per hanky. Because I am listing them in this manner and pricing each hanky at the same price, I am not measuring them so please look closely at the photo. (They measure approximately 11 3/4" x 12" to 13" x 13").

All hankies in this group have an "A" monogram...

This lot has 3 very colorful hankies with a somewhat unusual (and a little busy) design. They measure approximately 16" x 16" and would be perfect made into pillows or just slip stitched onto a pillow.

I have collected vintage hankies for many, many years and will be listing many lots. These hanky lots are all from my personal collection and have been laundered, lightly starched and ironed by me.

I have collected vintage linens for many, many years and I have never seen another set like this item that I am listing! It has been a part of my collection for years, mostly because it is so well done and is very unusual.

The small item is obviously for matches since it has “Matches” embroidered on the front flap and has matches as the lines on a tic-tac-toe game (that by the way is a tie). It has a small loop at top for hanging...

I’ve grouped this lot of vintage linens into one listing/one price! Here’s what is included:

There are 3 vintage napkins – one has an appliquéd pink flower, one has an eyelet design, one is red with green applied crochet flowers.

There is an oval shaped doily that has a linen center and is surrounded with lovely white crochet rounds. It measures 17” x 12 ½”.

There are two scarves...

This listing has a beautiful vintage white lace chapel scarf in excellent condition. Scarf has been hand laundered and lightly pressed (by me).

It is ready to use or give as a gift.

This is a beautiful vintage chapel scarf! It’s somewhat different than usually found – scarf is black with black flocked flowers – very eye-catching! Scarf is in excellent condition with minor wear to some of the flowers (not unusual as flocking wears from use and laundering).

Scarf has been hand laundered and lightly pressed (by me). It is ready to use or give as a gift.