Last week I managed to get to a couple of car boots finding some great things. Its a while since I showed you any of my find,s so I'll share what I managed to capture when the sun shone. What I would call a church hall chair which has probably been sat on by many a Womens Institute bottom over the years, a pretty eiderdown and some wonderful womans magazines form the 1920s.
The womens magazines were imaginatively titled Woman's Magazine and have beautiful covers which would look lovely framed but I'm not sure I can dismantle them so they'll just have to sit on the coffee table.
The adverts are wonderful and I wondered what passe partout framing was until I remembered I'd picked up a little picture which had tape around the edge.
I'm quite tempted to use the Passe Partout tape to reframe one or two pictures as they would have been...
You have found some great things Wend, I love the magazines. I have a few pictures framed with passe partout and I think they look great. It would be fun to have a go yourself although I guess it may not be as easy as it looks.
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How lovely Wend - you can imagine how much I love that embroidery! I am always staggered by the 'stuff' at car boots - I often think how lovely it would be to be 'setting up home' all over again. What a field day we could have!
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I was fascinated by this Wend - I remember having a few Passe Partout framed pictures around as a child - it was something my parents often referred to - I just remember liking the words. Jean Passepartout was Phileous Fogg's valet in Around the World in Eighty Days the name means 'skeleton-key' or 'Go- everywhere", I always though he was named after the tape!
ReplyDeleteI have never heard of passe partout tape Wend. I also thought he was the valet in Around the World etc etc so you live and learn. What amazes me is that you can pick up these magazines in a boot sale. Lucky you. I adore old magazines and love looking at the adverts more than anything. Go, have a go at passe partout and show us how it goes!
ReplyDeleteGosh, but that was a "blast from the past". I had to think what passe partout was! Once I saw your photos it all came flooding back. I am with Lesley in lusting after those magazines.
ReplyDeleteLovely finds Wend, especially the magazines. And I've learnt something too as I've never heard of Passe Partout tape either.
ReplyDeletelovely finds, love the little picture x
ReplyDeleteI bet the magazines are fascinating! I have 3 of Flora Klickman's books - one of fancy stitchery and two for little girls - a Knitting and Crochet one and a sewing one. They are amazing and I don't think little girls today would tackle ANY of the projects!
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ReplyDeleteI have a wonderful Art Deco picture that is framed with passe partout and sadly the glass has broken - might need to call on you one day when I get around to reframing it.