Fabrics importer Scalamandre's on-line auctions to be staged by LLD
14 Apr '06
3 min read
Archival fabrics in Scalamandre auction
World's most beautiful fabrics importer Scalamandre, the much-loved American manufacturer whose name is recognized the world over as a premiere source for luxury fabrics and wall coverings, is unfolding a new chapter in its 50-year history.
For the first time ever, the company will offer selections from its extensive archives of custom designed silk, inspirational art work, historical fabrics from America's most famous restoration projects, and a wide variety of important artifacts from the Scalamandre offices and the Scalamandre Textile Museum that during the 1950s and 60s was located on Fifth Avenue in New York City and became an important destination for designers, decorations, and fabric scholars.
The first of three scheduled on line Scalamandre auctions will open for bidding on April 19, 2006, and will close Tuesday, April 27. Museums, collectors, restoration professionals, antiques dealers, and fabric aficionados can perused an on line preview right now by visiting www.LLDspeicialtysales.com.
Scalamandre on-line auctions are presented by LLD Specialty Sales.
Two additional auctions are scheduled this Summer and early Fall, with hundreds artifacts and archival fabrics carefully chosen as representative of Scalamandre's weaving history, custom commissions, and restoration work for homes and buildings with profound historical provenance.
Altogether, these on line auctions of never-before-made-public material offer a grand opportunity to own a part of an American company that continues to an 80 year reputation for ingenuity, authenticity, and artistic excellence.
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