Selling Exhibitions in Tokyo

On this page you can see some images from a couple of the selling exhibitions we have held in recent years in Gallery Fun, Kagurazaka, Tokyo.

We had a lot of fun at the fair, meeting new customers and many friends who have come to see us at the various events we have held in Tokyo over the years. 

As usual, we had a wide range of antique lace, linens and accessories for sale. Here you can see some lovely old lace scarves and stoles, plus a detail from a Nottingham machine lace curtain, featuring a central motif of cherubs gathering the grape harvest. 

Many of the customers enjoyed themselves rummaging through the bags of edgings and accessories, trying to find exactly the pieces they wanted to take home.  

We brought lots of doilies and small accessories. In the above picture you can see a 19th century Maltese lace handkerchief and a beaded crochet 'sugar' cover. 

There was also a large linen cloth with many 'teatime' motifs of cups, saucers, teapots etc, and a corner decoration stating '4 o'clock tea'. We had some matching teacosies too. I love these teatime designs.

We always like to have some costume too. Here you can see a very attractive machine lace coat plus a very pretty and wearable collar. In the bottom picture a pretty white work collar is also featured. We also brought some fine antique flounces of Brussels and other laces.

In addition to the lace, we had many examples of Victorian scraps, and you can just see a large Redouté rose book peaking out from behind the lace. It is an original book from the 1950's, featuring many of the beautiful rose prints. The Normandy lace in the bottom picture has been made into a sweet little cushion. 

The beautiful silk Maltese collars are always popular, and I also like to collect these handmade boxes. They were made as hobby pieces, from old greetings cards.

Some pretty hand worked filet cloths and panels ( of cherubs) and panels of needle run veils. Also we brought some bags of lace for craftspeople who like to use pieces of antique lace in their projects.

The lace fair was a wonderful opportunity to meet some of our Cream Tea customers and to share our love of lace. We would like to thank everyone who attended the fair and hope to meet you in the futue at another event.