American School, mid 19th Century oil on canvas painting, three-quarter length portrait of a seated older gentleman with gray hair and tall white collar, with one hand resting on the arm of a chair. Inscription en verso "CK or CR Palmer Painted Wilmington August 1850 from Plaster cast." Giltwood frame with wide molding. Likely Wilmington, […]

Ann Cochran (United States, d. 1968) oil on canvas floral still life painting titled Red-White & Silver depicting red and white flowers in a silver vase. Signed and dated 1944, lower left. Titled en verso. Housed in a contemporary gilded frame. Sight – 35 3/5" H x 29 3/8" W. Framed – 44 1/2" H […]

Harry Davis Fluhart Williams (Indiana/Illinois/Florida, 1861-1938) oil on board panoramic landscape painting depicting a wooded river bank scene with waterfall. Signed lower right. Greenwich Workshop Gallery label en verso. Housed in a painted wood frame. Sight – 15 1/4" H x 27 3/4" W. Framed – 20 1/2" H x 33" W. American, late 19th/early […]

Oil on canvas painting, possibly illustration art, depicting two men in a canoe on the water, the man on the right aiming a rifle at a stag or moose in the background. Signed and illegibly dated "h. E. Porthast 189_" lower left. Housed in a giltwood molded frame with carved corner ornaments. Sight – 17 […]

Two (2) East Tennessee pieced cotton quilts. 1st item: East Tennessee pieced cotton quilt, Grandmother's Flower Garden pattern comprised of various calico prints in colors of red, brown, pink, tan and black on a cream backing, 61" x 84". 2nd item: East Tennessee pieced and embroidered cotton quilt, Irish Chain pattern in colors of red […]

Rare black and white memorial picture attrib. to the school of Mary Balch, Providence, Rhode Island; silk thread and ink on silk. The scene, likely worked by a schoolgirl mourning her parents, depicts a graveyard with weeping willow overlooking tombstones and a central urn set against a marbelized obelisk, the plinth base embroidered in fine […]

Tennessee pieced quilt, honeycomb or mosaic pattern, comprised of cotton and velvet pieces with wide black satin border and backing. A signed letter accompanying this lot states that this was a "lap quilt" which once belonged to First Lady Sarah Childress Polk (1803-1891) and descended through the family of Ethel Baily and Adair Lyon Childress […]

Two (2) East TN red, white and blue cotton quilts. 1st item: East Tennessee quilt, Diamond pattern variation, hand-stitched appliqued and embroidered with red and blue calico cotton on a white ground with blue calico edging and white backing, allover diamond pattern quilting, 82" x 68-3/4", early 20th century. 2nd item: East Tennessee quilt, Irish […]

Knox County TN Register Sampler and Family Bible, 2 items total. 1st item: Framed Knox County, Tennessee family birth/death register sampler, wrought by Elizabeth Jane Hunter (1821-1897) and dated May 27, 1836. Comprised of natural colored plain weave linen with single ply silk thread executed in cross stitch. The outer edge is decorated with coss-stitched […]

Two (2) Victorian Needlework Scenes. 1st item: Victorian needlepoint tapestry depicting the Madonna with child. Laid down on board and housed in a contemporary carved gilt frame. Sight – 18" H x 13 1/2" W. Framed 22" H x 17 3/4" W. 2nd item: Victorian embroidery silkwork with early lithographic cutouts. Scene depicts three young […]