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Years ago , I was married to a Jewish fellow who had elderly parents who able to find a way out of Nazi Germany in 1937 or 1938.
I became interested in my mother in laws stories and items that she gave me - a 1930's black and gold metallic dress.
In Germany my father in law was an eye, nose and ear doctor while his young wife stayed home. They found a distant relative in England that would sponsor them and they got out. They could only take a certain amount of money, but they took furniture, art work, clothes, and linens. My mother-in-law, was from a wealthy family and her husband the doctor had to help his widowed mother as a young man. I knew them when they were in their 70's. I never saw any of the beautiful items except for that one 1930's metallic knit dress which I wore. Later when they passed, I had to clean out the house and found all of these clothes from the 30's and a few from the 40 and 50's, plus linens, photos albums, purses, gloves and Knick knacks. Some valuable. Most went into storage for my kids. I kept the clothes, linens and pictures and small stuff. I used to just sit and look at the lingerie from the 30's that was handmade and so beautiful. I went thru pics and saw her in some of the items I now have. The apartment they lived in was something like the ones you see in the movies about the times. At my work, I had friends who were into antiques. Eventually I started to collect linens and really had no idea why but learning more about them and clothes all the time on ebay and other sites. I went to Brimfield and the Sturbridge Textile shows and brought every friend with me. What wonderful shows, where I bought Edwardian white dresses for future grandchildren and they did get to wear them for pics. Eventually I sold at Brimfield and the Sturbridge Shows meeting wonderful people and learning a lot. It is a lot of work. I was still working and doing this part time. Now retired, I can sell online. I really like the shopping more than the selling. I continue to sell at the Brimfield show and online here at Etsy. We now winter for a few months in South Florida and I have found some interesting antique shops and malls on the way down and in FL.
Some things I have collected, Lladro, antique purses, lace fans, Maxfield Parrish, 1 inch copper luster creamers and cut glass and ss salt and peppers. Love Point de Gaze and Normandy lace.