Thursday, September 10, 2015

Conversationals with Birds (more than 100 years old)

Birds were a favorite for 19th Century Conversationals between 1881 and 1901
 1883 Bayley & Craven

 1884 W Crum & Co., Scotland

 1901 Manchester, UK

 1884

 1885 Haslet & Co.

 1883 Grafton & Co.

 1882

 1882

 1887

 1883 Bayley & Craven, Manchester

 1883 Rumey & Co.

 1888

 1890

 1884

 Schwabe & Son, UK

 1881

 Schwabe & son, Manchester, UK

 1884 (Lovely stripe!)
 
One of these days I'll remember to rotate the pictures before I upload them!  Fortunately you can still see the birds!

3 comments:

Vivian said...

I don't know where you find all these wonderful fabrics, along with company names and dates, but every group you share with us is fascinating. Thanks for showing these charming fabrics from the past. Wish I had a piece of every one!

Wendy Caton Reed said...

Ohhhhh! Love them all as usual. Thanks for my morning eye candy Sally!

Anonymous said...

I want them to reproduce that last stripe!