What a boot full of booty!!

Unbelievably, we’ve just acquired approximately 40 bolts of vintage fabric.

It all dates from the 1950s & 60s.

Most of them are unused – some still have their original labels & packaging. It’s so rare to discover original vintage textiles like this – especially in this quantity.

A friend of ours works in the textiles. He has a friend, also in the trade, who was clearing one of his storage areas. Lurking at the back was all this fabric – bought by his father – which had lain there untouched for 50 or 60 years. A real fabric collectors dream!

Each bolt measures between 30 & 60 yards in length.

There are some fantastic patterns.

…period designs featuring flowers & fruit, geometric shapes and even space galaxies.

Some bold & bright, some monochrome.

We’ve only had the fabric for a few days and haven’t started identifying designers as yet – having said that, there are lots still with original David Whitehead labels…

…a prominent textile manufacturer from this period.

We’re pretty sure that a good number of the ones without labels intact are by them too.

Here’s a quartet of David Whitehead adverts; we often come across them in vintage magazines from the 50s & 60s.

We’ll be putting the fabric up for sale in the coming weeks. Some we’ll sell as long fabric lengths in our Picture House Antiques pitch – some we’ll sell by the metre in our webshop and Etsy & Folksy and eBay outlets.

A once in a lifetime find… many thanks to Shaun!!!