About the Business
Joanna Proops, the owner of Antique Textiles and Lighthing, has had a lifelong love of beautiful antique fabrics, sewing and embroidery. She was making her own clothes by the age of ten, and has taught herself the skills necessary to painstakingly repair rare damaged fabrics.
She began her involvement with the antiques trade in the 1970s. At that time almost no-one had an interest in antique textiles: charity shops were actually putting rare and beautiful hand made lace on the bonfire because nobody wanted it. But Joanna was certain that there would come a time when others would see the beauty and value of 18th and 19th century textiles, and became determined, with the aid of a bank loan, to rescue as much as she could of the beautiful linens, silks and brocades.
At that time she was working with her husband on a small antiques stall in Bath's Guinea Lane Market.
Location & Hours
Lansdown Road
