Antique Vintage Childrens Fashions Historical Holidays Toys and Dolls

Have you ever wondered where you can find all those wonderful antique and vintage items from all holidays ~ Christmas, Valentines, Easter, Halloween, Thanksgiving and 4th of July? If you love holiday or historical items from the early 1900s or later dated vintage holiday items you'll love our selections!

Several of my favorites are Christmas, Easter and the 4th of July. The wonderful array of patriotic holiday decorations are true Americana ~ from flags, banners and costumes just to name a few. Even though these are my favorite holidays you will also find Valentine, Halloween, Thanksgiving vintage holiday items here as well.

Antique children's toys, dolls, doll clothes and other accessories make true treasured keepsakes from the past. Victorian children's playthings through the years as well as vintage toys from the early 1900s - 1940s, stuffed animals, toys on wheels and other Victorian toys. Tin toys including pretend play dishes from the early part of the 1900s were a part of so many little girls pretend kitchens.

The Gatherings Antique Vintage also carries antique and vintage puzzles and other parlor games, cloth ~ china ~ porcelain dolls, doll clothing, doll accessories and more can be found here. What a great gift idea for a collector or to add to your own collectibles!

The Gatherings Antique Vintage children's clothing from the Victorian through the Edwardian era are a real treasure and are perfect for re-enactment or renaissance costuming. Exquisite antique children's clothing ranges from silks and satins to country prairie calico, plus precious children's accessories including shoes, hats, bonnets, parasols, and hankies.

The Gatherings Antique Vintage selection of antique and vintage children's clothing and apparel dates from the later 1920's to the later 1940's. Many of our items are more than suitable for childrens re-enactment or renaissance accessories. The fashions from this time period range from simple home sewn with many made of feed or flour sacking, to fashionable store bought clothing.

Although many families struggled with the hardship of little money, mothers were resourceful using their needlework skills to create enchanting clothing for their little ones. I think you will find some wonderfully unique, if not one of a kind, vintage children's clothing from this era ~ a tribute to the women that made them.

I want to share with you my love of antique and vintage country and primitive textiles. The not so perfect pieces from the past that have seen happiness as well as hardship. You'll see children to adult calicos, homespun and basic woolen clothing, homespun household textiles, country quilts, blankets and other simple household linens.

Many will be with small holes, stains and mended areas. Make-do, a way of the past, if you will, nevertheless charming and endearing. In past times, country folk never wasted anything, and found a way to bring cheer and a smile with a scrap of brightly colored cloth. Take a walk down memory lane and be inspired by a simpler yet more rewarding time in life.