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Scottish Agate Loveknot in Grey Agate 1860 - 1880

Grey agate, madeira citrines and engraved silver. The loveknot, shows no beginning and no end. It symbolizes enduring love, devotion and loyalty. You see the image again and again in celtic jewelry of all types. Much like the coiled serpent, the meaning is eternal love.

$2,500

Glorious Antique Jewelry
Phone: 646-778-1266
E-Mail: gloriousity@optonline.net

Vintage Velvet

I know it's a little hot (o.k., a LOT hot) to be thinking about velvet but it's not everyday something like this comes onto the market.

1928 Babani mauve butter silk velvet caftan with gold metallic passementerie embroidery around neckline and all the way down arms to cuffs, with renaissance style lace up cuffs and matching sash. Silk lining.

Note: Katherine Hepburn chose the same Babani gown in white for her 1928 wedding to businessman Ludlow Ogden Smith (they divorced in 1934). In Miss Hepburn's manuscript for her autobiography, "Me," she describes the dress: "...I had a pretty dress - a Babani. It was crushed white velvet with gold antiqued embroidery sort of around the neck and bit down the front and on the sleeves. "The dress was auctioned in 2004 at Sotheby's and hammered at $27,000.

Madame Babani opened her Paris shop in 1919. She carried decorative items and imported textiles from the Orient as well as designs from Liberty of London and Mariano Fortuny. The influence of Fortuny can be seen in many of her creations.

Babani's work often exhibits historical borrowing that constitutes the life of any art form. Babani's inspiration drew from the past and her palette tended to be brighter than that of Fortuny.

Price $9,500 at The Way We Wore

Phone: 323-937-0878 thewaywewore@sbcglobal.net

Vivid Vintage

Lanvin silk organza Aztec inspired print long sleeveless dress with satin double faced two toned ribbon sash. Colorful shades of orange, pink deep blue + green. Satin belt has a deep rich blue on one side and emerald green on the other side. 1970's France.

UK size 6 $850- Marlene Wetherell Vintage Fashion e-mail: marlenewetherell@aol.com

Timeless Tiffany

Tiffany woven silk lame evening bag from the 1960's with pink, taupe and hints of black tones making an abstract impressionistic pattern. Interior lined in beige silk moire. Small adjustable handle with gold toned hardware. Inside stamp reads, Tiffany & Co." 1960's USA

$550 Marlene Wetherell Vintage Fashion e-mail: marlenewetherell@aol.com