Looking into the left hand window of the shop you see a pair of 'dressmaker dolls' by Sally Manwell, as well as a lacemaker's pillow, a pair of shoes covered in petitpoint, a thread and needle holder, and a pair of 17th century kid and metal lace gloves that I made by copying a photo I found in an old Christie's catalog. The gold and brown 20's 'beaded' purse was made by gluing a checkerboard pattern of tiny gold beads to the index finger of an old suede glove. The carpeting in the shop is a machine embroidered 1920's table mat and the wallpaper is lifesize wallpaper that I purchased from a friend who wallpapered her real home's foyer with it.
This is the right hand window of the shop where you can see a child's pink silk and white lace dress made by JoAnne Roberts, a pair of matching pink leather boots by Miniature Mademoiselle, white leather slippers with white silk rose trim by The Doll's Cobbler, another of Sally Manwell's 'dressmaker dolls' and two delicately tatted lace doilies by Wee Three.
This is the left side of the interior. Here, sitting next to an African Violet plant by Sherri Calpini, you see a lavender silk hat with lavender plumes and purple silk bows that I bought on eBay. On the wall are a framed petitpoint landscape by Annelle Ferguson and a framed petitpoint cat picture by Lesia Lennex. The petitpoint firescreen is from The Petite Antiquary. The trio of laces hanging on the wall rack are 3" lengths of actual 17th and 18th century handmade lace pieces that I purchased from a fine antiques dealer in New York City. The basket is filled with bits of narrow vintage lace trims collected at flea markets and antique shops. I gilded the Bespaq chair, then reupholstered it with petitpoint that I removed from an antique French petitpoint purse purchased at an antique show; the bellpull on the wall was made from the same purse.
Here you see another view of the reupholstered chair shown in the previous photo. The bellpull behind it is made of a short length of antique embroidered ribbon and I made the corded drapery tiebacks with tassels using instructions by Judee Williamson. Another pair of The Doll's Cobbler shoes rests on top of a corner cabinet holding several small tatted and crocheted doilies and a Victorian seashell pincushion copied from an original I saw in a copy of Piecework magazine. A 1920's 'beaded' purse hangs from the door handle and a patterned silk 1920's dress by Thelma Lewis deMet hangs from the top. Ellen Roche did the counted cross stitch sampler on the wall and the petitpoint picture next to it was purchased from The Petit Antiquary. On the table is a lace tablecloth handknitted by Margaret Sitch, a book on The History of Hats by Tim Shephard, a velvet and silk hat by The Miniature Mademoiselle and a little Staffordshire reproduction of a seated lady by an unknown artist (I found it for 50¢ in a used furniture store!). Below the table sits a petitpoint footstool by Annelle Ferguson and a petitpoint pillow by Lesia Lennex. To the right you can just barely see a 17th century gown on a mannequin that I made from a pattern in Dolls in Miniature magazine, using vintage silk and trims and a patterned fabric from a man's necktie.
