Flea Market Item - Friand Tin Fancies 6

Inside are two original reels of fine, lustrous thread in palest blush pink and primrose cream, a generous skein of ivory embroidery thread still retaining part of its original paper label, and a wonderfully patinated brass-coloured dressmaker’s thimble.

The old paper-ended reels, subtle colours and silky sheen of the threads give this group a particularly pretty, understated quality. 

The reels appear to be French, while the skein may be English—the surviving label appears to include “…fords” and “England”. We would date the collection broadly to the first half to mid-20th century, approximately 1930s. 

A lovely little collection for slow stitching, textile collage or simply for displaying with other vintage haberdashery.