Wonderful red children’s hankie with the pictures of Marie, Emilie, Cecile, Annette and Yvonne Dionne…The Dionne quintuplets were born during the depression on May 28, 1934. They are the worlds first known surviving quintuplets. I asked Jeeves about their history, and boy is it sad. The Canadian government took the babies away from their parents and built a hospital to take care of them and to study them. The parents finally won them back at age 9 in a law suit.
This is one piece of my aunties clothes that I am just starting to list. My aunt and uncle were in the art world for over sixty years and spent the late 40’s and early 50’s hanging out in Italy.
As a footnote, my auntie opened the first modern art gallery in Santa Monica in 1948 right on Santa Monica Blvd. Even getting the up and coming Artist Mirro to sign right into the cement in front of the gallery! She was a woman before her times and if you google James & Barbara Byrnes you should find some interesting things about my uncle & her! Here is a site that quotes her as a curator: http://tinyurl.com/2evlqw
Ladies: I am honored to have received an email from the Fabulous Miss Candiss Cole herself about this listed piece. I have pasted the contents of the email below so as not to post her username and thus to preserve her privacy. As an avid fan of her work, it was such fun to hear from her! Anyone who may question the provenance or authenticity of this gorgeous silk art coat can rest assured:”Catherine, Great to see this piece is still looking fabulous. The Silk weaving holds up for many years of wonderful wearing. Who-ever gets this piece will have a very unique Candiss Cole Garment. You are right, it is VINTAGE CANDISS COLE!
[And from subsequent emails:] By the way, this piece is a rare one. Not many were made with the multi colored panels. And that color combination is rare. I haven’t woven multi paneled fabrics for at least five years. Good luck and glad to see it is still in such great condition.
Sincerely Candiss Cole - Candiss Cole Designs” [Thank you very much, Ms. Cole, for your comments!]
This antique dress has a long long long history, so I will be brief. If you are interested in further details of this exquisite, museum-quality dress, please email me for details.
Bought from the owner of KOCHEE (sadly dismantled) in downtown Toronto. I paid a small fortune for it. I am selling it for a small fraction of what I paid. She told me it was a museum quality dress, and she was torn between keeping it displayed on her store wall, or selling it to a museum. She had just come back from her favorite area of India, and bought it from her favored tribe of women, who call themselves the “Tribe of Light”. They call themselves this because they see themselves as modern - the women earn their own living, making and selling their exquisite clothing and embroidery. They brought the front zipper detail to her attention - they were very excited about this daring and modern detail.They apologized for the many different fabrics int his dress, saying they didn’t have enough of one material. That is exactly what I love about it. It is a crazy patchwork of beautiful old fabrics.
This came from a collection of antique / vintage textile pieces in the estate auction of Merwin Shelton Lodge. These pieces belonged to & were passed down through the Shelton women…Elisha Shelton 1806-1868, Beach Shelton 1830-1893, Mrs. Mary Standish & Merwin Shelton (relatives of). They were related to James B. Shelton (1776-1816) of Conneticut & Daniel B. Shelton, the former mayor of Shelton Conneticut 1933-34. Sometime after Daniel B. Shelton, the Shelton lineage moved to the Houston Tx. area & then into the Kerrville, Tx. area.
