Fabulous Fabric at Boldon Auctions

This month we held our first Timed Auction.  Vintage Textiles and Fabric was the theme with 154 lots of fabric from the 1950s to the 1970s.

Highlights included:

A roll of A Time Present Fabric, "Snipe", of printed heavy cotton, designed by John Drummond for Hull Traders Ltd, Great Britain, 1960s, on pale lemon background.  126cm wide x 14 metres long.
Sold £140

A roll of A Time Present Fabric, "Baiae" by John Drummond for Hull Traders Ltd, 1958.  129cm wide x 17 metres.
Sold £320

A bale of Edinburgh Weavers fabric, striped white and brown, approx. 120cm x 52m.
Sold £120

A roll of 1950s Maritime theme glazed printed fabric, with sailing ships and nautical designs, Barque "Strathdon" of Aberdeen, Topsail Schooner Lanisly of Penzance etc on green ground, 129cm wide x 14m long.
Sold £220

A piece of fabric, "Sabines" designed by John Drummond, 1958, A Time Present Fabric, 127cm wide x 2m 50cm long.
Sold £160

A roll of A Time Present Fabric "Queen of Spain", designed by Michael Taylor for Hull Traders Ltd, A Cotton Board Design Award, in black and white.  130cm wide x 20 metres 80cm long.
Sold £280

A piece of screen printed cotton, "Legend" for Edinburgh Weavers, 1963 by Alan Munro Reynolds (1926-2014)  58cm wide x 188cm long.
Sold £380

A piece of heavy weave fabric, "Warriors" designed by Dame Elisabeth Frink in 1960, for Edinburgh Weavers, in brown and cream, 123cm x 99cm.
Sold £500