UNPRECEDENTED TEXTILE & COSTUME SALE
Since Thanksgiving, 2004, Charles A.
Whitaker and Karen
Augusta
have been in consultation with the Denver Art Museum
to plan one the
most
important textile and fashion collector events in
recent memory, the
de-accession of a large portion of the Denver Art
Museum's historic
clothing
collection. This vast collection, much of which has
been unseen by the
public for over fifty years, will be sold unreserved
in a series of
auctions
run by the Charles A. Whitaker Auction Co. The first
sale is to be held
November 18th and 19th, 2005 in New Hope,
Pennsylvania.
The majority of lots for the fall auction come
directly from the
back rooms and storage facility of this important
American museum.
Museum
de-accessions from The Philadelphia Museum of Art and
the Fashion
Institute
of Design & Merchandising and an important private
collection of
textiles
and garments from the Chew family make up the balance
of the 2-day,
1090 lot
sale. The Chew textiles have been in storage since
their removal from
Cliveden Mansion, the 18th century National Trust
property in
Germantown,
PA.
This auction's offerings span three centuries of
textile and costume
history. Featured items include a Schiaparelli
bead-encrusted jacket, a
rare
1920's Chanel evening wrap, wedding shoes dated 1736,
18th & 19th C.
corsets, rare 18th & 19th C. men's, women's and
children's clothing,
20th C.
couture & designer clothing, a 17th C. woven Swedish
Biederwind panel,
as
well as other textiles, fabrics, laces, table & bed
linens.
Historians and costume collectors can now preview a
photo gallery of
sale highlights and the complete catalogue at the
auctioneer's website,
www.whitakerauction.com. A full day preview is
scheduled for Thursday,
November 17 from 1-6 PM. For additional information,
catalogs,
pictures,
phone and order bids visit the website or call Charles
A. Whitaker at
215-817-4600 or Karen Augusta at 802-463-3333
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