American hand-stitched pieced and appliqued cotton quilt, Dresden Plate pattern, with sashing, stitched in various calico fabrics on a white ground with bright red and green sashing and border and white backing. Machine-sewn binding. 73" H x 57" W. Circa 1945-1949. Provenance: Deaccessioned from the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art. CONDITION: A few areas of […]
Lot 868: American Pieced Cotton Quilt, Pine Tree Pattern
American hand-stitched pieced cotton quilt, Pine Tree or Tree of Life pattern, with sashing, in colors of green and brown on a white ground with an off white muslin backing. 73 1/2" H x 74" W. Circa 1870. Provenance: Deaccessioned from the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art. CONDITION: Scattered fading to colors with some scattered […]
Lot 869: American Windmill Blade/Pineapple Log Cabin Quilt
American hand-stitched pieced Windmill Blade or Pineapple Log Cabin pattern quilt, comprised of assorted fabrics including wool, silk, velvet, and cotton with a blue backing. 86 1/2" H x 67 1/2" W. Circa 1900. Provenance: Deaccessioned from the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art. CONDITION: Scattered losses and shattering to fabric.
Lot 865: American Wool & Cotton Quilt, Pineapple variant
American wool, challis, and cotton pieced quilt, Pineapple or Log Cabin pattern variant, in colors of blue, green, burgundy, black, and pink with a green backing. 77" H x 71" W. Circa 1880. Provenance: Deaccessioned from the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art. CONDITION: Some scattered shattering or losses to fabric, some fading (particularly en verso) […]
Lot 866: 3 Mississippi Pieced & Appliqued Quilts, signed
Three (3) Southern hand-stitched pieced and appliqued cotton quilts, attributed to Julia Harrington Wolfe (Mississippi, 1874-1944), one (1) quilt with machine sewn binding. 1st item: Pieced cotton quilt, Four Patch pattern, in various colored calico fabrics, with rounded corners and a white backing. Tag en verso reads quotes by "Julia Wolfe". 64" H x 72" […]
Lot 862: 4 Contemporary Southern Baskets, incl. Youngblood
Grouping of four (4) contemporary Southern split oak baskets. Includes one (1) horseback market basket with elongated handle and curved base to fit over horse's neck, one (1) market basket attributed to Gertie Youngblood with faded blue dyed weaver stripes near either handle, one (1) heart-shaped wall-hanging basket with red-dyed weavers, one (1) small "show" […]
Lot 863: 4 Contemporary Southern Split Oak Baskets
Grouping of four (4) Southern split oak baskets. Includes one (1) large oval market basket, one (1) small wall-hanging basket, and two (2) small multi-color "show" baskets, one with dyed alternating weavers to rim and the other with four alternating weaver colors throughout body. Ranging in size from 14 1/4" H x 16 1/2 " […]
Lot 864: 5 Contemporary Signed Nantucket Baskets
Grouping of five (5) contemporary signed Nantucket lightship baskets. 1st item: Oval shaped lidded pocketbook or lightship basket with wooden base, loop and peg closure, and carved whale decoration to the lid. Incised signature to underside, "Vic Reed 3/1/92 Nantucket Ma" along with an inscribed image of what appears to be a person seated in […]
Lot 859: 3 NC Alkaline Glazed Pottery Jars
Grouping of three (3) Western North Carolina alkaline glazed pottery jars, all with applied lug handles including one (1) with a medium brown glaze, one (1) with a dark brown glaze, and one (1) with a light olive glaze with blue rutile drips. Ranging in size from 12" to 13 3/4" H. Late 19th/early 20th […]
Lot 860: 6 Assorted Baskets, incl. Native American
Grouping of six (6) baskets, including Native American. 1st item: Native American Cherokee honeysuckle basket with alternating dyed weavers, signed "Pamela L. Adams 1985" on base. 2nd item: Rectangular spindle basket, signed "Jesse L. Butcher 1990" on inner handle. 3rd item: Southwest Native American yucca coiled basket with geometric design. 4th item: Cemetery basket, round […]