Comments on: My Scrap Collection https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/03/31/my-scrap-collection-i/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Sun, 31 Mar 2024 16:41:31 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Eve https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/03/31/my-scrap-collection-i/#comment-1563148 Sun, 31 Mar 2024 16:41:31 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=199334#comment-1563148 And a colourful bunch of street characters too! Your treasured scrap book is delightful Easter treat, thank you..

]]> By: Lynne Perrella https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/03/31/my-scrap-collection-i/#comment-1563134 Sun, 31 Mar 2024 14:37:11 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=199334#comment-1563134 You’ve given us an Easter treat, with this beautiful collection. How fantastic that your collection of scraps is a continuation of the “Trades” you have curated over the years. And we, lucky readers, are the beneficiaries of your deep knowledge. As much as I love the cigarette cards you’ve shown us, these delightful/delicate scraps are a favorite.

I have a large collection of scraps, as well as books on the subject. As a collage artist and collector, I appreciate vintage ephemera and have been lucky that other artists have contributed to my growing array. Flowers! Babies! Farm scenes! Military figures! Aquatic life! Its endless. I recently learned about a glorious (wearable!) artifact. “Fancy Dress Scrap Album” is a life-size gown made in London in (I believe) 1893. Imagine a lovely white gown with a draped neckline, pleated-tulle cap sleeves, a graceful circular long skirt…………(wait for it) everything covered in literally hundreds of vintage scraps. At the time it was common for young people to attend fancy dress balls, and they often dressed in “themed” garb. An anonymous young woman put her mania for scraps on display, and the complete ensemble included scrap-embellished shoes, sash and fan. Made for “one night only” this beautiful unique gown languished for decades and was recently restored; it is now part of a museum collection in Melbourne. Imagine the challenges of restoring a gown made mostly of ephemera?

]]> By: Mark https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/03/31/my-scrap-collection-i/#comment-1563129 Sun, 31 Mar 2024 13:28:05 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=199334#comment-1563129 “Great Stuff!”
Very interesting, bright and colourful.
Loved the Herring girls and The Butcher…. interesting footwear… Sort of old fashioned Crock!
I imagine they had wooden soles???

Thank you

Mark

]]> By: Christine https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/03/31/my-scrap-collection-i/#comment-1563112 Sun, 31 Mar 2024 10:39:49 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=199334#comment-1563112 I love the images of the Cries of London! You have a super collection. I particularly like the Herring girls in their outfits very warm x

]]> By: Marcia Howard https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/03/31/my-scrap-collection-i/#comment-1563090 Sun, 31 Mar 2024 08:12:23 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=199334#comment-1563090 I immediately wanted to burst into song with ‘Have you seen the Muffin Man, who lives down Drury Lane’. That tune’s going to go through my head all day now!

]]> By: Christine Swan https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/03/31/my-scrap-collection-i/#comment-1563083 Sun, 31 Mar 2024 07:52:24 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=199334#comment-1563083 A fascinating collection of imaginary people going about their daily business. I don’t think I have seen this collection before. Thank you and Happy Easter to you dear GA.

]]> By: Andy https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/03/31/my-scrap-collection-i/#comment-1563073 Sun, 31 Mar 2024 06:27:54 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=199334#comment-1563073 All these evoke the memories .
My favourite being the Chestnut seller who would appear in odd spots and markets and the scrap man whose shout I never understood .

Seeing horses with nose bags and patting them and feeling their age .

With best wishes ,
Andy

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