Cat Lady Antiques

General information

www.Etsy.com/shop/MausandFigge and www.TheCatLadyAntiques.com Specializing in primarily early to late 19th Century: Textiles, Sewing Items, Folk Art Quality Cloth Dolls and Animals, Costume, Children's Foibles, Holiday Items, Country Smalls in original condition and surface.
My name is Anne M. Bedics and I am the proprietor of The Cat Lady Antiques and www.TheCatLadyAntiques.com.
I sell only at shows and online. For my most recent inventory offerings, go to my Etsy shop, Maus and Figge. www.Etsy.com/shop/MausandFigge.
I have been a collector for over 30 years and been in the business, in one form or another, for over 20 years. My specialty and true loves are period textiles, cloth dolls and sewing items, primarily found in the eastern Pennsylvania region which I call home, as well as the southeastern Pennsylvania area where I have my shop. You will also find painted smalls, furniture and folk art as you browse these pages. All items are in original condition and surface unless otherwise noted.

While it is true that a large portion of my offerings are found in the area, I also go on buying trips and do shows in New England, the South, and Midwest. I buy what I know, as well as that which catches my eye both in form and function. I am committed to bringing you quality antiques in excellent condition. I enjoy folk art for its whimsy, and especially that which I like to term “soft folk art” or ladies’ work. This includes home-made cloth dolls and animals, sewing items such as pin cushions, pockets, sewing rolls, samplers, quilts and all those wonderful things that women did in the past as ways to express themselves when there was much work to be done and very little time for true artistic endeavor (save for that done in the girls' academies and finishing schools). You will also find that I have a passion for period everyday homespun linens and blankets found on farm and home in this region. I owe my love of textiles to my mother, Anna - “Seamstress Extraordinaire” under whose tutelage I developed my eye for quality, color and design. I have been collecting these for years and am now offering pieces from my collection for sale here.