Hand embroidered block pattern quilt, Bird Life or The Audobon pattern, originally designed by Ruby Short McKim and published in 1928. Rendered with all cotton fabric in colors of yellow and off-white on a white ground with yellow border, with each bird block enhanced with hand embroidery and some crayon fill, quilted throughout. 74 1/2" […]
Lot 304: New Albany, Indiana Sampler, Caroline Very Blackiston c 1850
Schoolgirl needlework sampler by Caroline Very Blackiston of Indiana, dated 1850, executed in silk cross stitch and eyelet stitch on linen. Strawberry border with pictorial items at each corner including a book and lyre or harp, enclosing four alphabets and one row of numbers, over a signature, "Caroline M. Very 18 years in the Year […]
Lot 305: American Crazy Quilt with Pictorial Embroidery, dated 1884
American Crazy Quilt, dated 1884, hand pieced and hand quilted featuring multicolored embroidery visible on top, rendered in primarily solid colored silks, satins and velvets with a few stripes and plaids. The top features embroidered designs including flowers, a butterfly, multiple spider webs, a peace dove, a dancing couple, a star and the embroidered date […]
Lot 303: Silk Embroidered Needlework Picture: Moses in Basket
Early 19th century watercolor and silk needlework picture, possibly American, depicting Pharaoh's daughter discovering Baby Moses in a basket boat among the bulrushes, with trees and pyramids in the background. Original eglomise mat and molded giltwood frame. Sight – 17" x 13 1/2". Frame – 24" x 21". CONDITION: Embroidered picture in overall excellent and […]
Lot 302: 16 Brasstown NC Wood Carvings, Mostly Animals
Grouping of sixteen (16) Brasstown, North Carolina wood carvings of assorted animals by various artists associated with the John C. Campbell Folk School located in Western North Carolina. Animal forms include cats, rabbits, one dog, one fox, one mouse and one figure of a female by Hope Brown. Carved in various woods including cherry, walnut […]
Lot 300: 12 Brasstown Wood Carvings & 9 Folk Art Corn Husk Dolls
1st – 12th items: Grouping of twelve (12) wood carvings of birds by various artists associated the John C. Campbell Folk School located in Western North Carolina. Types of birds include loons, geese, ducks and chickens and woods used include basswood and cherry. All pieces intialed by the artist. Artists names include, Hope Brown, J. […]
Lot 301: 8 Brasstown NC Wood Carvings of Cats by Hope Brown + Book
Grouping of eight (8) wood carvings of cats by Hope Brown (1916 – 2015), one of the Brasstown, NC carvers associated the John C. Campbell Folk School located in Western North Carolina. The cats are carved in various woods including cherry and butternut and are depicted in various poses including one sleeping with kitten, two […]
Lot 299: 4 Southern Baskets, incl. Washington Co., GA & East TN/West NC
Four (4) Southern split oak baskets, including one (1) red-painted round carrying basket made by Rawlings Brown (Washington County, Georgia); one (1) rectangular carrying basket made by Sarah Reeves (Washington County, GA), signed "Sarah Reeves" underside of base; and two (2) East Tennessee or West North Carolina green painted wall buttocks baskets. Ranging in size […]
Lot 297: 2 Large Cobalt Decorated Storage Jars
1st item: Ripley, Ohio cobalt decorated 4-gallon salt-glazed stoneware pottery storage jar, having to a thick rolled rim, applied lug handles and incised line encircling the jar below the handles. Stenciled retailer name and specialty, "Ripley Ohio" and "4" to the side together with applied feather decoration to the lower base edge. 11 3/4" H. […]
Lot 298: 3 Cannon County Middle TN Baskets, 2 signed
Grouping of three (3) Cannon Couny, Middle Tennessee split white oak baskets with woven rims and handles including two buttocks form and one rectangular form. Smallest buttocks basket with tag reading "Hand made by Bettie E. Tanner" with her address, largest buttocks basket signed and dated "Alberta Underwood, 1992", in pencil to the base. Ranging […]
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