East Tennessee Hepplewhite walnut chest of drawers, Grainger/Greene County provenance. Highly figured walnut primary wood, poplar secondary. Comprised of a plain rectangular top, four graduated dovetailed drawers, kite inlaid escutcheons, shaped apron, and bracket feet. 38" H x 38 3/4" W x 17 3/4" D. Circa 1820. Descended from Franklin William Taylor (1810-1886) of Grainger […]
Lot 134: Middle TN Cherry Sugar Chest
Middle Tennessee Sheraton sugar chest, possibly Davidson County, cherry primary, poplar secondary. Comprised of a rectangular top with breadboard ends and molded edges, opening to a divided three-part interior, above one dovetailed drawer with wood pulls and tall turned feet terminating into spikes. 35" H x 27 1/2" W x 18" D. Second quarter 19th […]
Lot 132: Sumner County, TN Jackson Press
Sumner County, Tennessee Jackson Press, cherry primary with cherry and mahogany veneers, poplar secondary wood. Three piece construction: top section with cove molded cornice over mahogany veneered dovetailed frieze, second section with two glazed doors having 16 panes, brass escutcheons and hinges, opening to interior with three fixed shelves. Lower section with wide ogee molding […]
Lot 129: John Spelman O/C, Smoky Mountain Cabin
John Adams Spelman (Minnesota/Illinois, 1880-1941) oil on canvas landscape painting titled "The Old Mountain Home Near Big Smokey Mountains" depicting a cabin on a small hill surrounded by trees, a small pond and trees in the foreground, mountain range in the background, below a blue sky dotted with small clouds. Signed and dated "J' A' […]
Lot 130: Kentucky Hepplewhite Inlaid Sugar Chest
Kentucky Hepplewhite inlaid sugar chest, diminutive rectangular form, cherry primary, poplar secondary. Comprised of a hinged top with breadboard ends and molded edge, retangular well interior. Offset divider present with two smaller bisecting dividers for the smaller compartment missing. Interior corner blocking of stiles present. Bottom board of well with beveled edges. Case with a […]
Lot 128: Jack Woodson Steamboat Oil Painting
John Jack "Waddie" Woodson (Virginia, 1913-1992) oil on artist's board landscape painting, original illustration depicting the steamboat "Hudson" sailing along a river in what appears to be the Southeastern United States in the late afternoon, a man in a rowboat, foreground. Signed "Woodson" lower left. Housed in a distressed gilt wood frame. Sight – 16 […]
Lot 126: Helen LaFrance O/C, Children Sleeping
Helen LaFrance (Kentucky, b. 1919) oil on canvas painting depicting the interior of a bedroom in an African American home, with vivid floral wall paper and two large and colorful quilt-covered beds, one containing three boys, awake and the other containing two girls, asleep; a woman, presumably their mother, is visible ironing clothes through a […]
Lot 127: Alfred Hutty Drypoint Etching
Alfred Heber Hutty (Charleston, South Carolina, 1877-1954), drypoint etching titled "Discussion Group in Carolina," depicting a group of women filling crates in the foreground and conversing with one another in an open field, with trees in the background. Pencil signed Alfred Hutty lower right with snail monogram, additionally pencil signed "2nd state" in lower left. […]
Lot 124: Clementine Hunter O/B, Cotton Wagon
Clementine Reuben Hunter (Louisiana, 1886-1988) oil on board folk art painting depicting a black man driving a horse-drawn cotton wagon through an abstract landscape. Signed with initials "CH" center right. Housed in a carved wooden frame with lamb's tongue running pattern. Sight – 7 5/8" H x 9 5/8" W. Framed – 10 3/8" H […]
Lot 125: Thornton Dial Folk Art Watercolor, Toll Bridge
Thornton Dial (Alabama, 1928-2016) folk art mixed media on paper painting (charcoal, graphite, vinyl paint, watercolor and colored pencils on paper), titled "Toll Bridge" depicting faces on both sides of a diaphanous, abstract bridge over bright blue water, with a small tiger figure in center of bridge. Signed with initials "TD" lower right. Handwritten note […]