LONDON.- A remarkable collection of early English needlework, which was owned by the former Chairman of Debenhams and Harvey Nichols, Sir Frederick Richmond (1873-1953), is to be sold at Bonhams, New Bond Street, as part of its Fine English Furniture Sale on 2 March 2011. The collection comprises 63 pieces with estimates totalling £210,000 – 315,000, Sir Frederick, who, in his role as Chairman, established Debenhams as the largest textile distribution empire worldwide, started collecting needlework in 1907. The Edwardian and inter-war period was a great time for the dispersal of family collections, and, from these and fellow collectors, he accumulated an astounding selection of items. His purchases were displayed in his country home, Westoning Manor in Bedfordshire, which he bought in 1936, and his house in ‘Millionaire’s Row’, 10 Kensington Park Gardens, London. On his death in 1953, the collection, which