These beautiful but shabby hats and hat boxes are quite cheap to find at markets and fairs, yet they display so well, nonchalantly piled and arranged on top of cupboards and dressers. The collars in their original boxes are wonderful, and for sale on my website, the hatboxes and hats are not, they are far too pretty as well as extremely useful for storage!
I love these old hat boxes and have several myself. They are indeed great for storage and you are right to keep them as they do look wonderful on display too. Abby x
I am an obsessive textile addict, funding my 'habit' by unwillingly selling some of the beautiful antique and vintage textiles that I come across. As well as private sales, you can find me on ebay under the name vanye90, or see my ebay shop, Morgaine Le Fay Antique Textiles. A web site may be on the cards soon...
I sell mostly French textiles, but also come across English and European pieces from time to time. I enjoy ferreting out all sorts of interesting items, for example, 19th century French cottons & linens, huge chateau curtains, 18th century silks and embroideries, 16th and 17th century lace (occaisionally, when I can bear to part with them), fine linens, haberdashery as well as unused and pre-used antique and vintage fabrics such as florals, tickings, hemp runners, silks etc for projects such as cushions or pillows, framing, drapes, whatever your imagination can think of!
My new blog, Interesting Antique Textiles will discuss some of my more obscure, strange and often quite damaged textile finds with the hope that people may want to join in the discussions, and make some suggestions about the pieces based on their own experiences and textile knowledge!
Oh scrummy boxes, am not surprised you are hanging on to them!
ReplyDeleteI love these old hat boxes and have several myself. They are indeed great for storage and you are right to keep them as they do look wonderful on display too. Abby x
ReplyDelete