A quilted ivory silk layette basket and contents, English, 1760-70. the robe with pin-tucked panels to bodice, rear fastened by ribbons, turned-back cuffs, the skirt adorned with undulating bands of ivory fly braid; the matching bearing cloth similarly trimmed; the wood and willow basket with base lined in 1767-dated newsprint, the interior lined with tabby quilt, adorned with a large basket sprouting a large central pomegranate or thistle, lilies, floral and fruit repeats to the outer borders, silk fly braid rosettes to the inner corners, and two outer edging flounce of satin; matching cushion quilted with a large thistle, floral sprigs to the corners, the basket 45 by 37cm, 17 3/4 by 14 1/2in (qty).
A quilted ivory silk layette basket and contents, English, 1760-70. the robe with pin-tucked panels to bodice, rear fastened by ribbons, turned-back cuffs, the skirt adorned with undulating bands of ivory fly braid; the matching bearing cloth similarly trimmed; the wood and willow basket with base lined in 1767-dated newsprint, the interior lined with tabby quilt, adorned with a large basket sprouting a large central pomegranate or thistle, lilies, floral and fruit repeats to the outer borders, silk fly braid rosettes to the inner corners, and two outer edging flounce of satin; matching cushion quilted with a large thistle, floral sprigs to the corners, the basket 45 by 37cm, 17 3/4 by 14 1/2in (qty).
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