Since writing the initial file, still in place below, I have been sent some lovely photos of the collection of Victorian Banners recently sold at auction by , Fairfield, Maine.

Seventeen Victorian trade banners

A close-up view of the “Indebted” Victorian trade banner

“Bands of Temperance”

“Strike while the iron is hot.”

A sailing ship

A shoemaker’s banner

A second shoemaker’s banner

Original Post

Much to my amazement today, the mailman delivered a note from a friend in the mid-West which contained a news clipping from the buy cialis online safely dated August 20, 2010. In a column by Eve M. Kahn, it is noted that 17 rare Victorian Guild banners that are fringed will be going on the auction block in Maine on August 26. These banners were most recently in the collection of the Maine Charitable Mechanic Association in Portland, Maine who is selling them to raise money for much needed repairs to their building. The group cites lack of adequate climate control for the objects as one of the reasons for the sale.

Each banner is very unique. In looking at an overall photo of these items, as shown in a photo at the site of the auctioneer, James D. Julia, Inc. of Fairfield, Maine, I jotted down some of the sayings that served to advertise various businesses:

1) “United in the Bands of Temperance we are Crowned with Honor.”

2) “May our carriage ever be: UPRIGHT
God speed the Plough”

3) “Bound by the Hoops of Economy
Driven by the Hands of Industry”

4) “Moulded from Patterns of Goodness & Truth
the Casts of our character need neither
Soldering nor Brazing.”

5) “Strength, Convenience, Beauty,
the great desiderata
in Civil Architecture.”

6) “When History’s page
no date can give
Of Empires overthrown.
Our country’s deeds
and ours shall live
In Monumental Stone.

There are others. If you are interested, you may want to take a look at the auctioneer’s website. The lot is expected to sell at $125,000. or more.

I am so appreciative when friends send me interesting tidbits of textile history like this. The general public is dismally unaware of our collective and rich textile history.

As ever,

Patricia Cummings

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