Elegant shuttles are sew far away from the satanic mills

Called shuttles, but a world away from Blake’s dark satanic mills, the two sewing tools illustrated here were hand tools used by elegant ladies doing polite tatting work. The use of luxury materials was designed to reflect their status.

Offered at Bleasdale’s (20% buyer’s premium) in Warwick on July 19, they were among the stars of t…

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