Jul 4, 2004, 12:41
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The Akita
Join Date: Jan 17, 2004
Location: Long Beach, CA
Age: 25
Posts: 1,377
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Japanese antique textiles taking over life and home
For any enthusiast keen to know the state of the Japanese antique textile market in the U.K., Marilyn Ratcliffe knows more than most. When we talk -- her already soft Cheshire burr blurred by hay fever ("they just mowed the grass in fields nearby") -- she has just the day before returned from a vintage clothes and textiles fair in Hammersmith, West London.
"People down south are only just beginning to know I'm here. I tend to do better up here in the north because that's where I began the business, and friends and friends of friends have all become collectors."
Japan Times
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