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- Vintage Textile Fabric Swatches by: GGsSam
February 2, 2010, 14:31
From our large collection of vintage printed and woven document swatches and vintage fabric sample books.
- Vintage Printed Cotton - Florals by: GGsSam
April 26, 2010, 09:37
Vintage Fabric Printed Cotton - Florals From our collection of vintage textiles, fabric swatch documents and vintage woven textiles here is a selection of…
- Vintage Textiles - Printed Abstract Fabric by: GGsSam
March 3, 2010, 19:02
A selection of lovely vintage textile document swatches printed with abstract designs from our collection of vintage manufacturer's scrapbooks.
- Vintage Textiles - Printed Floral Fabric by: GGsSam
February 16, 2010, 15:29
Vintage Printed Floral Fabric Document Swatches - Floral Prints on silk and cotton.
- Geometric Printed Vintage Fabric by: GGsSam
March 18, 2010, 22:39
Vintage printed abstract geometric designs ready for conversion, inspiration, reference, mood boards or trending. Vintage Fabric - Printed Abstract…
- Vintage Fabric - Ditzie Printed Textiles by: GGsSam
March 18, 2010, 22:53
The vintage printed fabric document swatches we offer for sale are usually unique examples.
- Vintage Printed Floral Fabric by: GGsSam
March 19, 2010, 21:52
Vintage Textiles – Printed Floral Fabric // We are offering a group of vintage floral fabric document swatches chosen from our collection of manufactures…
- Vintage Printed Cotton by: GGsSam
April 24, 2010, 13:24
Vintage Fabric Printed Cotton From our collection of vintage textiles, fabric swatch documents and vintage woven textiles here is a selection of vintage…
- Vintage Printed Cotton - Florals by: GGsSam
- Vintage Denim Jacket by: GGsSam
February 6, 2010, 18:40
Stopped in the street by a trendy Japanese I was asked to sell my vintage Levi blue denim jacket.
- Vintage Aprons by: GGsSam
February 18, 2010, 23:21
These vintage aprons should appeal to designers looking for period influences, stylists or retro homemakers interested in the full retro or vintage look.
- Vintage Aprons by: GGsSam
- Vintage Wallpaper Sample Book by: GGsSam
February 16, 2010, 00:49
Vintage Wallpaper Sample Book from Montgomery Ward & Company, Chicago.
- Vintage Wallpaper 1962 by: GGsSam
April 8, 2010, 13:52
Walpamur The creation of The Wallpaper Manufactures Ltd. in 1899 merged the interests of thirty-one UK wallpaper-making concerns. This was 98 per cent of…
- Vintage Wallpaper 1939 by: GGsSam
April 2, 2010, 22:56
Beanco 1939 From the Vintage Rag Trader collection of vintage & retro wallpaper sample books. These designs are taken from a Beanco sample book dated…
- Vintage Wallpaper 1963 Conversational by: GGsSam
April 9, 2010, 17:32
Conversational Designs Line Company 1963 A small group of vintage conversational designs from a Line Company catalogue dated 1963 from our collection of…
- Vintage Wallpaper 1963 Abstract by: GGsSam
April 10, 2010, 16:36
Abstract Designs Line Company1963 A small group of vintage abstract designs from a Line Company catalogue dated 1963. Offered from our collection of…
- Vintage Wallpaper 1963 Floral by: GGsSam
April 11, 2010, 12:40
Floral Designs Line Company 1963 A small group of vintage floral designs from a Line Company catalogue dated 1963 from our collection of antique and…
- Vintage Wallpaper 1962 by: GGsSam
- Vintage Lace Fabric by: GGsSam
March 7, 2010, 20:21
Lace is a fascinating fabric, beautiful, intricate, delicate yet deceptively strong and sexy too.
- Vintage Lace An Inspiration by: GGsSam
March 23, 2010, 12:46
I watched as he scanned a group of the vintage lace swatches into his computer and manipulated them in Photoshop.
- Vintage Fabric Gold Lace by: GGsSam
March 20, 2010, 00:49
Gold Glittering Vintage Textiles Lace, intricate yet strong and very sexy. Lace will never really go out of fashion. Lace trim, lace panels and lace…
- Vintage Lace - Gold Lace Fabric by: GGsSam
March 9, 2010, 10:23
A selection of vintage gold lace fabric document swatches from a manufacturer's scrapbook dating from the first quarter of the twentieth century.
- Vintage Lace - Black Lace Fabric by: GGsSam
March 8, 2010, 10:25
Another selection of vintage lace fabric document swatches from a manufacturer's scrapbook dating from the first quarter of the twentieth century.
- Vintage Lace - Ivory Lace Fabric by: GGsSam
March 10, 2010, 08:36
A selection of ivory coloured vintage lace fabric document swatches from a manufacturer's scrapbook dating from the first quarter of the twentieth century.
- Vintage Lace - Coloured Lace Fabric by: GGsSam
March 11, 2010, 16:09
Dating from the first quarter of the twentieth century a selection of coloured vintage lace fabric document swatches.
- Vintage Lace An Inspiration by: GGsSam
- The Old Shack by: GGsSam
March 13, 2010, 08:21
Between the beautiful Findhorn Bay and the north shore, atop a small rise, amongst the dunes and marram grass, stands The Old Shack
- Vintage & Retro Ideal Home by: GGsSam
March 20, 2010, 11:37
If you are buying vintage & retro homewares an invaluable source of reference is the Daily Mail Ideal Home series of annuals.
- Glasgow Vintage & Retro Treasure by: GGsSam
March 22, 2010, 23:44
I was excited to read that a young discovered a warehouse stuffed with vintage & retro clothing, including vintage Levis, Wranglers and Lee jeans.
- Affordable Vintage Fair Dates by: GGsSam
March 25, 2010, 08:43
Affordable Vintage Fairs. Fair dates and venues including the fabulous Vintage Kilo Sales.
- Vintage Kempton by: GGsSam
March 10, 2010, 20:25
Within easy reach of London is the Sunbury Antiques Market usually held on the second and last Tuesday of each month at Kempton Park Racecourse.
- Vintage & Retro At The End Of The World by: GGsSam
March 12, 2010, 08:32
Aldearn Antiques stock a large range of vintage retro and second hand clothing, vintage hats, vintage furs, vintage tweed jackets and vintage suits.
- Vintage Treasure Hunting - London by: GGsSam
February 25, 2010, 13:06
Portobello Green, Portobello Road, London is where to buy vintage clothing and accessories, vinatge textiles, vinatge fabric, vinatge shoes, vintage handbags…
- Glasgow Vintage & Retro Treasure by: GGsSam
- Bakelite by: GGsSam
April 6, 2010, 16:32
Bakelite The Story Of Bakelite Belgian chemist, Dr Leo Baekeland discovered a hard, brittle plastic substance around 1908 that he named Bakelite.…
- Vintage Jewelry - Plastic Fantastic by: GGsSam
March 28, 2010, 22:17
Vintage Plastic Jewelry Bakelite & Other Plastics Vintage Jewelry made from non-precious metals and glass or from plastics, sometimes called costume…
- Vintage Jewelry - Plastic Bracelets by: GGsSam
April 4, 2010, 00:55
Vintage Plastic Jewelry Celluloid Although invented much earlier than Bakelite, being a by-product of the photographic processing industry, and used, like…
- Vintage Jewelry - Plastic Fantastic by: GGsSam
- Vintage Cotton Florals 1914 by: GGsSam
May 1, 2010, 17:45
Vintage Printed Cotton Floral Prints 1914 From our collection of vintage textiles, fabric swatch documents and vintage woven textiles here is a selection…
- Vintage Fabric - Printed Abstracts 1914 by: GGsSam
May 9, 2010, 12:55
Vintage Printed Textiles Abstracts 1914 Here is a selection of vintage textile document swatches perfect for conversion, trending, mood boards or…
- Vintage Cotton Stripes 1914 by: GGsSam
May 5, 2010, 18:21
Vintage Printed Fabric Stripes 1914 Here is a selection of vintage textile document swatches perfect for conversion, trending, mood boards or reference…
- Vintage Printed Ditzies 1914 by: GGsSam
May 27, 2010, 12:29
Vintage Printed Fabric Ditzies 1914 From our collection of vintage textiles, fabric swatch documents and vintage woven textiles here is a selection of…
- Vintage Fabric - Printed Abstracts 1914 by: GGsSam
- Vintage Textile - Jacquard Fabric by: GGsSam
February 5, 2010, 20:50
Vintage Jacquard document swatches dated 1933, Macclesfield. Designed and manufactured for the necktie industry.
- Vintage Textiles - Woven Secessionist Fabric by: GGsSam
February 16, 2010, 15:01
From a collection of vintage textile document swatches formed around 1900. Vintage fabric samples perfect for conversion by 21st century designers.
- Vintage Textiles - Woven Secessionist Fabric by: GGsSam
- Photography In 19th Century Egypt by: GGsSam
March 15, 2010, 07:51
A selection of 19th century Egyptian topographical photographs by Hippolyte Arnoux, G & C Zangaki, Sebah, Dillrich etc.
- Vintage Photography - Pascal Sebah by: GGsSam
March 17, 2010, 11:54
Vintage photography owes a great deal to the work of Pascal Sebah (1823-1886).
- Vintage Photography The Zangaki Brothers by: GGsSam
March 16, 2010, 09:06
The Zangaki brothers, working between the 1860s and the 1880s created some of the best know and collectable vintage photographic images of the 19th century.
- Vintage Photography Zangaki Images by: GGsSam
March 16, 2010, 08:57
Vintage Photography in 19th century Egypt. We are offering a selection of vintage photographs by the Zangaki Brothers.
- Vintage Photography - Hippolyte Arnoux by: GGsSam
March 17, 2010, 14:57
The history of vintage photography in Egypt has been very much enriched by the work of Hippolyte Arnoux.
- Vintage Photography - Hippolyte Arnoux - Images by: GGsSam
March 14, 2010, 22:52
Vintage photography. Vintage Photographs by Hippolyte Arnoux a French commercial photographer active in the middle east from the 1860s to the 1890s.
- Vintage Photography - Pascal Sebah by: GGsSam
- Vintage Silver Leg by: GGsSam
February 11, 2010, 21:42
French silver art nouveau foot is actually a rare Roman antiquity
- Vintage Amber Necklace Surprise by: GGsSam
February 13, 2010, 21:58
Vintage Baltic Amber Necklace contains 40 million year-old surprise
- Yo Picasso by: GGsSam
February 9, 2010, 20:03
Picasso's Guernica in colour. Bought for .00 in a London market.
- Little Masterpieces by: GGsSam
February 9, 2010, 20:45
Antique Silver,Antique Works Of Art,Antique Jewellery,Antique Intaglios & Antique Cameos from Peter Szuhay at Olympia.
- Albert Moulton Foweraker by: GGsSam
February 18, 2010, 00:04
Albert Moulton Foweraker - Artist - Watercolourist - two pictures for sale - continental street scene - French street scene.
- Kempton Park Treasure by: GGsSam
April 27, 2010, 09:02
Chinese Beijing Enamel Vase - Qinglong Three weeks ago this very important Asian antique vase was purchased in Sunbury Antique Market, Kempton Park.…
- Vintage Amber Necklace Surprise by: GGsSam
- Vintage & Retro and Antique Links by: GGsSam
March 10, 2010, 21:44
Links to vintage and antique markets, fairs, shops and centres.
- About Us by: GGsSam
January 28, 2010, 21:03
About Vintage Rag Trader
- SEO Success by: GGsSam
April 4, 2010, 13:09
Vintage Rag Trader SEO Success Thesis Theme For WordPress Vintage Rag Trader is a website built on the WordPress platform using the The Thesis Theme for…
- Legal Notice by: GGsSam
February 2, 2010, 17:49
Legal notice. Your rights.
- Site Map by: GGsSam
February 4, 2010, 23:41
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- SEO Success by: GGsSam
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- Vintage Rag Trader SEO Success by: GGsSam
April 4, 2010, 13:12
I have moved Vintage Rag Trader from nowhere in the Alexa world rankings - which means around two hundred millionth (200,000,000th) in the world to around one…
- Vintage And Retro - Wallpaper Samples by: GGsSam
April 2, 2010, 23:00
I will be uploading a few pages of wallpaper over the next couple of weeks. From the Vintage Rag Trader collection of vintage & retro wallpaper…
- Vintage Rag Trader SEO Success by: GGsSam
- Vintage Wallpaper (1)
Vintage wallpaper from our extensive collection of sample-books.
- Vintage Wallpaper by: GGsSam
February 16, 2010, 01:01
Vintage sample book from Montgomery Ward and Company, Chicago
- Vintage Wallpaper by: GGsSam
- Vintage Accessories (1)
Vintage accessories for men and women.
- Vintage Buzz by: GGsSam
February 26, 2010, 12:53
Vintage is the new black. Yesterday designer Wayne Hemingway - famous for his Red or Dead label - launched Vintage at Goodwood,
- Vintage Buzz by: GGsSam
- Vintage Photographs (1)
Vintage photographs from our collection of vintage photos and vintage photograph albums – still life, portraiture, historical, topographical.
- The Brothers Zangaki by: GGsSam
March 16, 2010, 09:11
There are very few albums of vintage photography that don't include the work of the Zangaki brothers.
- The Brothers Zangaki by: GGsSam
- Vintage Clothing (2)
Vintage clothing for men and women from our constantly changing stock of vintage clothes.
- Vintage London by: GGsSam
March 1, 2010, 17:02
Just got back from London. It's always great to be there and in terms of vintage London excited me more than it has since the seventies, when every charity…
- Vintage Buzz by: GGsSam
February 26, 2010, 12:53
Vintage is the new black. Yesterday designer Wayne Hemingway - famous for his Red or Dead label - launched Vintage at Goodwood,
- Vintage London by: GGsSam
- Vintage (45)
What’s happening in the world of vintage? Where we’ve been, where we’re going, what we’ve seen, what we’ve bought.
- Printed Cotton Stripes 1914 by: GGsSam
May 5, 2010, 18:34
More Vintage Cotton From A Collection Of Fabric Dated 1914 From an album of vintage and retro textile samples dated 1900 - 1920. See a selection…
- Vintage Fabric Printed Cotton by: GGsSam
May 1, 2010, 17:56
Florals 1914 From An Album Dated 1900 - 1920. Vintage Fabric - Printed Cotton - From a scrapbook of vintage and retro fabric and printed cotton textiles…
- Vintage Cotton Fabric by: GGsSam
April 24, 2010, 13:25
Printed Cotton 1900 - 1920 From our collection of vintage and retro textiles, fabric swatch documents and vintage woven textiles, here is a selection of…
- Virtual Portobello Market by: GGsSam
April 13, 2010, 22:24
21st century Portobello Road A Virtual Antique Market Coming very soon, Virtual Portobello Road online. Some smart people are signing up dealers for a…
- Vintage At Oxfam Online by: GGsSam
April 9, 2010, 12:14
Oxfam Open Online Vintage Shop
- Vintage Wallpaper Samples 1962 by: GGsSam
April 8, 2010, 14:08
Vintage Wallpaper Samples From A Wallpamur Catalogue Dated 1962 - Florals - Abstracts - Conversationals By Crown and Shand Kydd
- Vintage Bakelite by: GGsSam
April 6, 2010, 16:31
Included in this sellection of Bakelite a very rare vintage Bakelite table, from our collection of vintage plastics.
- Missing - But Not Dead by: GGsSam
April 2, 2010, 08:25
Vintage Rag Trader was down for more than 24 hours due to my stupidity. I not only deleted the site, I mangled it so badly it looked like it was savaged by a…
- Vintage Lace by: GGsSam
March 23, 2010, 12:47
If you have already read my article on “Vintage Lace Fabric” you will know that vintage lace is probably my favourite vintage textile.?
- Vintage & Retro Treasure Glasgow by: GGsSam
March 22, 2010, 23:45
I was excited to read that a young man discovered a warehouse stuffed with vintage & retro clothing, purchased in the 70's.
- Vintage & Retro - Daily Mail Ideal Home by: GGsSam
March 20, 2010, 11:45
If you are interested in vintage & retro homewares an invaluable source of reference is the Daily Mail Ideal Home series of annuals.
- "Kingdom of Fabric" sues thriller writer. by: GGsSam
March 18, 2010, 20:50
"Kingdom of Fabric", Paris sues thriller writer for €2 million.
- Quilts At The V&A - I Can't wait ... by: GGsSam
March 18, 2010, 14:01
Quilts 1700-2010 opens at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London on the 20th March and I cant wait for this chance to see the V&A's unseen quilt collection.
- Vintage Photography From iPhone? by: GGsSam
March 17, 2010, 23:55
iPhone has a very cool new app for its camera. Hipstamatic gives your camera facilities allowing you to add an antique look to snaps.
- Pascal Sebah by: GGsSam
March 17, 2010, 12:28
Vintage photography of Pascal Sebah (1823-1886).
- The Brothers Zangaki by: GGsSam
March 16, 2010, 09:11
There are very few albums of vintage photography that don't include the work of the Zangaki brothers.
- Vintage Photography In The 19th Century by: GGsSam
March 15, 2010, 09:38
From our collection of vintage phototography, we are offering this selection of vintage photographs by Hippolyte Arnoux, G & C Zangaki, Sebah, Dillrich etc.
- Lily Allen - Vintage Rag Trader? by: GGsSam
March 15, 2010, 00:29
Lily Allen has signed-up to promote her change of life and new venture, Lucy In Disguise via a TV reality fly-on-the-shop-wall documentary.
- Vintage Photography - Arnoux by: GGsSam
March 14, 2010, 22:53
Hippolyte Arnoux a French commercial photographer active in the middle east from the 1860s to the 1890s.
- Old Friend - The Old Shack - Findhorn by: GGsSam
March 13, 2010, 08:27
Atop a small rise on Findhorn Bay, amongst the dunes and marram grass, stands The Old Shack, windowless and silent.
- It Will Be Vintage by: GGsSam
March 12, 2010, 22:46
Vintage Ts are hard to find and usually unsatisfying, for one reason or another - sagging, stained and smelly.
- Vintage Retro Glasgow by: GGsSam
March 12, 2010, 08:35
A dealer specialising in vintage retro or antiques should never consider living in the village that I have been living in for the past three years.
- Racetrack Vintage by: GGsSam
March 10, 2010, 20:26
Within easy reach of London is the Sunbury Antiques Market usually held on the second and last Tuesday of each month at Kempton Park Racecourse.
- Lace - You'll Be Wearing It ... by: GGsSam
March 7, 2010, 20:20
Lace is a fascinating fabric, beautiful, intricate, delicate yet deceptively strong and sexy too.
- Vintage Brrrrm ... by: GGsSam
March 5, 2010, 15:37
Around two hundred vintage classic motorcycles will be auctioned off marking the end of Daytona Bike Week, the annual festival of the blacktop wanabe cowboys.
- Buying Vintage On Ebay by: GGsSam
March 4, 2010, 22:29
I started buying vintage on Ebay years ago. The best thing about Ebay is the bidding system.
- Wham! Bam! Zap! Take that Superman ... by: GGsSam
March 4, 2010, 08:54
Detective Comics No. 27, which featured the first appearance of Batman, sold at auction for the new record price of ,075,500 at Heritage Galleries.
- Printed Abstracts by: GGsSam
March 3, 2010, 19:02
A selection of lovely vintage textile document swatches printed with abstract designs from our collection of vintage manufacturer's scrapbooks.
- Vintage Milan by: GGsSam
March 2, 2010, 16:49
At Milan Fashion Week, Emporio Armani's Uptown Girl collection included vintage look ankle boots.
- Vintage London by: GGsSam
March 1, 2010, 17:02
Just got back from London. It's always great to be there and in terms of vintage London excited me more than it has since the seventies, when every charity…
- Vintage Buzz by: GGsSam
February 26, 2010, 12:53
Vintage is the new black. Yesterday designer Wayne Hemingway - famous for his Red or Dead label - launched Vintage at Goodwood,
- Vintage Superman Flies to million by: GGsSam
February 25, 2010, 14:31
ComicConnect.com have recently arranged the private sale of a copy of Action Comics No. 1 for the huge sum of ,000, 000.
- My Vintage London by: GGsSam
February 25, 2010, 13:07
The Portobello Road is not the only place in London for vintage treasures, but it's right up there with the best.
- Vintage Aprons by: GGsSam
February 18, 2010, 23:21
Always a worth buying for that colourful vintage or retro look is the vintage apron. Whether you're converting, styling, creating a mood-board or maybe you're…
- Unexpected Vintage Paintings by: GGsSam
February 17, 2010, 23:56
Paintings by Albert Moulton Foweraker - continental street scene - pastel. French Street - Watercolour
- Dead Policemen by: GGsSam
February 17, 2010, 10:49
Let's wake the Sleeping Policemen.
- Vintage Floral Printed Textiles by: GGsSam
February 16, 2010, 15:44
Vintage Printed Textile Document Swatches - Vintage Floral Prints on Silk and Cotton.
- Vintage Memory by: GGsSam
February 15, 2010, 23:41
I remember the name of a taxi driver I met thirty years ago, but not what I had spent hours thinking about this morning.
- Vintage Amber Necklace Surprise by: GGsSam
February 13, 2010, 21:58
Vintage Baltic Amber necklace contained 40 million year-old surprise
- Vintage Silver Surprise by: GGsSam
February 11, 2010, 21:41
Vintage French Art Nouveau Silver Foot Turns Out To Be Roman
- .00 Picasso by: GGsSam
February 9, 2010, 20:07
Picasso. A magic name. If you own one, are you always rich? If you buy one for .00, are all your troubles over?
- Stop Me And Buy One by: GGsSam
February 6, 2010, 18:42
How I bought my favourite Levi blue denim jacket, a 1950's vintage, from a man I stopped in the street.
- Vintage Tie Jacquards 1933 by: GGsSam
February 5, 2010, 21:02
From a large collection dated 1933, Macclesfield a selection of vintage Jacquards designed and woven specifically to be used in the production of neckties.
- Printed Vintage Textile Swatches by: GGsSam
February 4, 2010, 13:00
A selection from our collection of vintage printed textile document swatches.
- My Vintage World by: GGsSam
February 3, 2010, 23:17
Hunting for vintage clothing and vintage accessories in UK charity shops is not what it used to be.
- Printed Cotton Stripes 1914 by: GGsSam
- Secessionist Document Swatches (1)
vintage secessionist textile document swatches c1900 from our collection.
- 1900 The Vienna Secession by: GGsSam
February 2, 2010, 11:26
Introducing a selection vintage "Secessionist" textile document swatches from a collection formed in Switzerland around 1900.
- 1900 The Vienna Secession by: GGsSam
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