Silk Vintage

Silk Vintage
Where can I find really tiny silk flowers to wear in my hair as a simple flower head wreath?

I don’t want anything too fancy, just some tiny little silk flowers to wear in my hair for a vintage, summery feminine style. I’ve seen single-flower hair pins but they’re always HUGE and I would rather have small flowers that I can pin around my crown (pin at the sides, rather than having it go all the way around to the back).

Breezy Beach Wear has a few smaller silk flower hair clips, including the north star and the yellow delphinium. Try there!

http://www.breezybeachwear.com

Vintage 90s Valentino Silk Tie: Painterly Paisleys $15.81

Vintage 80s Silk Christian Dior Abstract Aztec Shirt Creepers Shorts $26.87

Lot of 3 Vintage Neckwear Ties BRIAR Geometric X’ANDRINI Italian Silk SEARS Poly $5.95

VINTAGE CERVANTES SILK TIE-BOB’S MEN’S -KNOTT’S BERRY FARM-1 3/16″ WIDE $17.49

Vintage 80s Christian Dior Silk Tie: Maroon & Black Diamonds $18.97

Vintage 80s Silk Tie: Watercolour Roses $15.81

VINTAGE GIANNI VERSACE MENS YELLOW SILK JACKET GOLD BUTTONS 80′s ITALIAN 50 – 44 $499.99

Vintage 90s Silk Tie: Two Tie-Wearing Teddies $11.86

VINTAGE PURE SILK DRESSING GOWN GENTLEMANS ELEGANT VGC SMOKIN JKT 60S -80S $31.60

Vintage 80s Silk Tie by Bally: Strung Stars on Rust $15.81

Vintage 90s Silk Tie: Books & Statuary on Shelves $12.65

VINTAGE RETRO MENS SILK KIPPER TIE BY TED BAKER NAVY BLUE PATTERNED $7.89

MENS VINTAGE RARE SILK DRESSAGE TOP HAT 57 APPROX 7 REF694 $395.16

FABULOUS MENS VTG ROCKABILLY ATOMIC GREY SILK JACKET BLAZER SPORT COAT 38 R $64.00

VINTAGE STEPHEN SPROUSE HAND SILK SCREENED RAYON/WOOL/LYCRA NEHRU JACKET WARHOL $1,999.00

Vintage Gray Silk Button Front Shirt Nieman Marcus M $17.00

VTG 80′s Black 100% silk lightweight multi-color pedal print ls button shirt XL $19.99

Vintage 80s Ted Lapidus Paris Silk Tie: Diamond Forms $15.81

Vintage 90s Silk Tie BNWT. Textured Dots on Cobalt Blue $12.65

Vintage 90s Silk Tie: British Bulldog. Modern Patriot $15.81

Vintage 90s Jaeger Silk Tie: Autumnal Country Pattern $15.81

Vintage 90s Tommy Hilfiger Silk Tie BNWT. Red with Orange Stripe $15.81

Vintage 90s Liberty Silk Tie: Skyscraper Lights on Purple $15.81

Vintage 80s Jaeger Silk Tie: Displaced Ovals in Squares $11.86

Vintage Yves Saint Laurent Paris Orange Silk Neck Tie $68.72

Vintage Christian Dior Pink Green Print Silk Neck Tie $48.72

Vtg Yves Saint Laurent Paris Geometric Silk Neck Tie $68.72

Vintage 80s Pierre Cardin Silk Tie: Geometrics Squared $12.65

VINTAGE SILK SMOKING JACKET HAROLD GRANT JACQUARD TUX $99.00

Vintage 90s Austin Reed Silk Tie: Spots versus Checks $12.65

Vintage All Silk Self Tie Bow Tie Red/Green/Blue Squares Pattern 13″-17.5″ TP82 $20.53

Vintage Mens Tie Necktie Silk Colorama Print Hut Lansburgh’s Washington DC 1950s $9.99

MENS VINTAGE SILK NAVY BLUE SHIRT Brown/grey Small $39.95

MEN’S VINTAGE SILK SMOKING JACKET 1960′s Germany $175.00

VTG FUJI SILK BUTTONFRONT SHIRT, EXTREMLY SOFT, DISCO BEAD PATTERN, MEDIUM $27.99

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Antique Lamps & Silk Lamp Shades

This fascinating fibre reeled from cocoons spun by caterpillars of silk-producing insects, is known to have been cultivated for more than five thousand years.  China produces 65% of the world’s silk and is the major producer, the balance being grown in India, Thailand, Brazil, Korea and Japan. A limited amount is still grown in England and Italy.

Silk has the ability to handle well and possessing natural fire-retardant properties, makes it a safe fabric for soft furnishing applications.  Clean silk will not be attacked by moths, and is mildew resistant. 

It is the preference for high-end lamp shade making and not only looks good, but feels good.  Combine all of this with its refined, luxurious look and almost endless colour selection and it’s not hard to see why silk is the obvious, elegant choice!

And did we mention that silk is environmentally friendly, relying as it does on good animal husbandry and hygiene for control of disease in the caterpillar and the Mulberry leaf.

 

But there’s so much more!

 

Excessive use of water is not involved in its production.

 

The bi-products of cultivating the caterpillar Bombyx Mori make excellent fish food and the bi-products of the conversion of the cocoon fibre into fabric have many additional applications, both industrial and cosmetic.

 

As its production is labour intensive it feeds and educates many families world-wide.

 

And if this isn’t enough, remember that silk, while delicate & light, carries a 200 pound / 90kg soldier on a parachute drop to safety!

 

So the next time your son or daughter runs in with a shoebox full of mulberry leaves and silkworms, you may marvel at what a little insect can do!

 

 

 

The Antique & Vintage Table Lamp Co have an in-house, Custom Made, silk shade service, shipping their stunning lamp shades worldwide to leading interior designers and private clients.

 

 

 

 

Lamp shades can be seen at -:

http://www.antiquelampshop.com/lampshade.php

to view a wide range of shapes, sizes, lamp shade styles and treatments. 

 

Their web site is loaded with informative/educational articles on a wide range of lighting subjects, with plenty to satisfy anyone with a keen appreciation of history and fine antiques.

All lamps are shipped ready wired for the U.S, the U.K and Australia.

For more information you are invited to visit their web site at    www.antiquelampshop.com

 

© The Antique & Vintage Table Lamp Co 2009

 

About the Author

Maurice Robertson, principal of The Antique and Vintage Table Lamp Co , has had a lifetime’s association with antique porcelain and pottery,with his commercial experience spaning a period of 40 years,including as a valuer to the Australian Government’s Incentive to the Arts Scheme. His long experience with antique ceramics and glass also includes dealing with leading museums and numerous international private collections. He has extended his ceramics expertise into the quality table lamps seen on the company’s site, he is well known to local and international interior designers who have included many of his table lamps in their projects and has also supplied items of national interest to the official Sydney residence of the Australian Prime Minister.