Mid-Atlantic miniature Empire or Late Classical chest of drawers, poplar, and white pine, with overall red wash. Consisting of a plain top over a single overhanging shaped dovetailed drawer supported by reeded columns topped by tombstone carved capitals, above three full dovetailed drawers with wood pulls, and resting on double ogee carved square feet. 20" […]
Lot 184: 2 American Quilts incl. Grandmother's Garden, Pinwheel Patterns
1st item: Grandmother's Garden pattern quilt, hand pieced and hand quilted. Rendered with cotton fabrics; multicolored prints and solids for flower designs, and predominantly yellow and green for garden path or borders. Top applied to Nile green backing. Separately attached darker green binding, along scalloped sides. 78" H x 73 1/2" W. American, possibly late […]
Lot 185: American Crazy Quilt Top, Circa 1890
American crazy quilt top composed of a wide variety of fabrics including silk, cotton, satin ribbon, and velvet arranged in a 7×7 layout, with 49 blocks total. Each block includes original designs and features including embroidered flowers and birds, Chinese figures, painted blocks, printed photography, a pieced fan, basket, and pitcher, a paint palette, among […]
Lot 183: Crazy Quilt Dated 1897, Embroidered Animals & Flowers
American crazy quilt, likely southern, dated 1897. Hand pieced and hand embroidered. Rendered with primarily solid color utilitarian wool and wool challis fabrics, possibly dress cutaways, as well as fabrics with decorative woven patterns. Motifs and edge stitching are embroidered in wool; designs including flowers, butterflies, animals, musical instruments, a harness racing scene, a bicycle, […]
Lot 181: Tennessee Crazy Quilt, WCTU, Award Winning
Tennessee crazy quilt, Women's Christian Temperance Union association. Hand pieced and hand embroidered, constructed in a contained nine-block pattern. Rendered with fabrics of silk, satin, velvet, and ribbons; some solid colors, others with printed or woven designs. Embroidered throughout, including some commercial designs. Images including teacup, spider web, moth, mouse, elephant, owls, flowers, Kate Greenaway […]
Lot 182: 2 American Quilts, incl. Double Irish Chain, Star of Bethlehem
1st item: Double Irish Chain pattern, Colonial Revival style quilt, hand pieced and hand quilted. Rendered with cotton fabrics in colors of pink and gray. Inner diamond pattern border. Cross hatch decorative stitching throughout. Triple cable or rope decorative stitching to outer pink borders. Light quilt due to thin batting. Top applied to a two-tone […]
Lot 180: 6 Shaker Items incl. South Union and Pleasant Hill
Group of six (6) items made by or used in various Shaker communities including: 1 glass preserves jar with paper label reading "Shaker Preserves, J. W. Perryman, South Union, KY"; one (1) round Harvard community one-finger pantry box with lid; one (1) Shaker made wood clothes pin; one (1) turned maple biscuit cutter from Pleasant […]
Lot 178: George Teed Inlaid Six-String Banjo
George Teed (New York, c. 1821 – 1912) designed six-string resonator banjo, having 17 frets, 8 brackets with tensioning screws on a brass hoop surrounding the head, and a resonator with inlay including a star, compass star, and diamond designs. One-piece neck design with all frets present. Comprising various woods including walnut, maple and rosewood […]
Lot 179: 3 Early Painted Pantry Boxes inc. Inlaid and Oval Grain Painted
Collection of three (3) folk art painted bent wood pantry boxes. 1st item: Oval, possibly Shaker, grain painted oval pantry box with finger seams and copper tacks, 2"H x 5 1/2"W x 4"D. 2nd item: Small green painted round pantry box with finger seams and brass tacks, 4 3/4" Diameter x 2 1/2"H. 3rd item: […]
Lot 176: 2 Carved Walking Sticks incl. Glass Eye Figural
Two (2) Folk Art Carved Canes or Walking Sticks, one depicting a man's head carved from burled wood with detailed glass eyes and silverplated collar engraved "Glenn," 36"L, circa 1900, and one with carved vines descending from a handle with carved acorns, 34"L, 20th century. PROVENANCE: The Estate of Dr. & Mrs. John H Cheek, […]
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