Contentment Farm

Colorful Art Deco Silk Jacquard Printed Shawl

Dating to the 1920s this printed silk shawl would have been an alternative to the heavy embroidered shawls. Just as beautiful and textural because of the tone on tone pattern of the silk jacquard on which the shawl is printed.

 

Stunning Hand Embroidered Canton Shawl ~ Rare Yellow Color

A stunning hand-embroidered Canton shawl on rare yellow silk ground. The embroidery is worked by hand in silk thread depicting peacocks, pagodas, swans, animals, birds, butterflies and flowers.

 

Vintage White Cosmos Print Cotton Handkerchief

Printed on an apple green background is a spray of white cosmos with lacy green leaves. The spray fills the hanky in a pleasing composition.

Feminine Vintage Handkerchief Printed with Roses & Bows

Delicate floral swags encircle clusters of roses and a central ribbon bow in shades of red and pink with green leaves and blue forget me nots as accents.

Vintage Gardenia Print Cotton Handkerchief

This vintage handkerchief features clusters of white gardenia's on a light grass green background. The outer border has a white fish scale or petal design, each with a small white forget me not type flower.

Finely Detailed Vintage Cotton Floral Print Handkerchief

Featuring bouquets of lilies, daisies, irises and roses surrounding a central medallion with yellow background. The border is scalloped with paisley pattern that echoes the scalloping at the edge.

Antique Hand Embroidered Chinese Sleeve Band

Very fine hand embroidery graces the ivory silk of this uncut sleeve band. Featuring pagoda, bridges, mountains, birds and women in boats, the work is exquisite.

Vintage Floral Printed Handkerchief Hand Rolled Hem

The soft yellow background of this vintage floral hanky sports a white chevron pattern with dots. White flowers with orange centers form a wreath around the scalloped border.

Charming Vintage Rose Printed Hanky w Basket

A charming print featuring roses with a blue basket in one corner surrounds this vintage handkerchief in summer splendor. Bordered in yellow.

Chinese Door of Hope Doll ~ Bride Costume

The Door of Hope Mission was founded in 1901 in Shanghai, China by an American missionary with the goal of keeping young girls off the streets as well as teaching them sewing and dressmaking skills. The well known author Pearl Buck helped to teach the Chinese girls needlework. Dolls began to be made around 1914 with the heads and hands being carved by professional wood carvers and being finished by girls living at the mission.