Antique Persian hall rug, wool on cotton, 13 ft 3 1/4 in L x 5 ft 10 in W, with large diamond medallion with birds, stylized flowers, herati and boteh, and six primary borders and six secondary borders. Colors of rose, red, blues, teal, ivory and brown. Late 19th/early 20th century. Provenance: Private collection, Knoxville, […]

Antique Persian Kashan carpet, 11 ft 7 in x 8 ft 7 in, wool on cotton, center medallion, and colors of rust, blues, ivory, rose, green, salmon, brown and gold. Old cotton inventory label stapled on back. Early 20th century. Provenance: Private collection, Knoxville, TN. CONDITION: Fringe missing. Overall low pile, especially along borders.

Minnie Adkins and Garland Adkins (Kentucky, 20th century) cotton appliqued rooster quilt, comprised of 20 panels, against a light pink ground with red and black borders and white backing. Signed and dated "G & M Adkins 1991 (copyright)" lower right. 95" H x 76 1/2" W. Late 20th century. Provenance: Property of the Arts Center […]

Sarah Mary Taylor (Mississippi, 1916-2000) cotton quilt, comprised of 9 panels with solid color appliqued hands with green and black borders and white backing. Signed "SARAHMTAYLOR" backwards, across top center. 103" H x 77" W. Mid/late 20th century. Provenance: Property of the Arts Center of Cannon County, Tennessee. CONDITION: A few minute brown stains, scattered […]

Mid to late 19th century Southern Rose variant pattern applique cotton quilt, rose colored floral sprays with green calico swag border on a white embroidered background. 105" x 87 1/2". Private Nashville collection. CONDITION: Several large pale stains. A couple of floral sprays have losses to appliqued fabric areas, a few seams have come undone; […]

1st item: Cotton pieced and appliqued quilt, four pointed or variable star pattern comprised of five rows of stars in colors of black, white and red calico with tan calico backing. Tag attached to quilt reads "…Made in Warren County [TN] early 1900's". 77" H x 72" W. 2nd item: Cotton appliqued quilt, eight pointed […]

1824 Needlework sampler att. Kentucky, signed Sarah Shekels and dated 1824. Features 5 alphabets of graduating size, divided by geometric borders in at least 4 varying kinds of stitches, over a verse, "Through an eterney (sic) to thee / a joyful song in verse / for a eternity is too short / to utter all […]

Sumner County, Tennessee Civil War era quilt in the "Lone Star" pattern, made by Mary Jane Harris Pond in 1861 to commemorate Texas joining the Confederacy. Patches of rose, ivory, blue and olive cotton form an 8 point star on a blue cotton ground with red edging, 79" x 73". Includes Blue Ribbon and certificate […]

Needlework sampler, silk and/or cotton cross stitch on linen, with 3 alphabets and 2 rows of numbers, Signed at bottom Sarah Cotton and dated 1861. Original stained wood frame with replaced backing. 10" x 10". Accompanied by a file of genealogy information on the sitter, Sarah Jane Cotton of Williamson County, Tennessee, born 1853 to […]

Montgomery County, Tennessee needlework sampler, silk on linen, signed Martha E. Edmondson and dated 1828. Sampler features a zigzag border enclosing four rows of alphabets and 1 row of numbers, over a verse, "Folly of Envy / Can you discern another's mind? Why is't you envy? Envy's blind. Tell envy, when she would annoy/ that […]