We
have a decided penchant for anything Edwardian or Victorian. We love
summer straw boaters and any Edwardian hats dripping ribbons and feathers.
So it logically follows that we offer for sale a selection of Victorian
and Edwardian accessories and clothing. In the shop at the moment,
the mannequin sports a summer boater and wears a beautiful Edwardian
linen walking skirt with a matching linen jacket. Pinned to the mannequin’s
lapel is an antique bicycle plate that reads “Emma.” The basket at
her feet contains a bouquet of violets, books on old-fashioned rambles
about Britain and how to identify British wildflowers. Over her head,
flash cards spell out the word “Ramble.” We hope that our customers
will begin to dream of long, delicious walks about the countryside.
Leaning against her shoulder is an antique shepherd’s crook from a
local school May Day pageant to help her on her walk. We encourage
customers to examine the items of clothing that we have displayed
about the shop and listen to the stories they have to tell.
One afternoon, we were examining an old taffeta bodice from the 1880’s.
We looked at it from the inside, counting bones, and looking for other
construction techniques for dating purposes, when we discovered a
small muslin square. We rechecked the outside of the bodice and realized
that we had found an old watch pocket. A woman’s watch had left a
small circle mark on the fabric. The old watch pocket “sang” to us
across the years. The circle on this fabric seemed the perfect tangible
symbol for change wrought through time’s passage. We love to see
how these seemingly mute objects give voice over the centuries to
the women who wore them.
Besides women’s clothing and accessories, we feature children’s antique
items or what we refer to as “Trundle Bed Wear”--- antique slippers,
quilted robes, nightgowns, primers, tintypes, tea sets and doll’s
accessories.
We carry many other antiques from kitchen items (irons, tin ware,
wash tubs, rolling pins) to china (tea pots, tea cups, cake plates)
to textiles and linens (quilts, tea towels, pillow toppers, aprons).
We also offer a selection of our favorite books (gardening, Louisa
May Alcott, cookbooks).
We hope that you get a chance to visit us soon. Perhaps you might
stop by on one of your rambles about the New England countryside.
You might just find robins in the trundle bed...
We
have a decided penchant for anything Edwardian or Victorian. We love
summer straw boaters and any Edwardian hats dripping ribbons and feathers.
So it logically follows that we offer for sale a selection of Victorian
and Edwardian accessories and clothing. In the shop at the moment,
the mannequin sports a summer boater and wears a beautiful Edwardian
linen walking skirt with a matching linen jacket. Pinned to the mannequin’s
lapel is an antique bicycle plate that reads “Emma.” The basket at
her feet contains a bouquet of violets, books on old-fashioned rambles
about Britain and how to identify British wildflowers. Over her head,
flash cards spell out the word “Ramble.” We hope that our customers
will begin to dream of long, delicious walks about the countryside.
Leaning against her shoulder is an antique shepherd’s crook from a
local school May Day pageant to help her on her walk. We encourage
customers to examine the items of clothing that we have displayed
about the shop and listen to the stories they have to tell. 
