Large American School, possibly Southern, 19th c. Folk Art Theorem, Still Life with blue and white porcelain pitcher, watermelon, and basket of fruit. Unsigned. Housed under glass in a later giltwood frame with carved corner elements. Sight: 30 in W x 19 in H. Frame: 33 in W x 22 in H. PROVENANCE: A Nashville, Tennessee […]
Lot 223: Antique Southern Quilt, Whig Rose c. 1860
Southern Civil War era quilt, Whig Rose variant pattern, circa 1860. Hand applique and quilted cotton with thin cotton batting and white gauzy cotton backing. Binding is a separate solid green binding, same as used throughout design. Elaborate feathered wreath quilting in the white open areas, with applique vines on all four sides and rose […]
Lot 204: Collection of 12 early Brass Candlesticks
A collection of twelve (12) early Brass Candlesticks, including one pair of Ecclesiastical altar candlesticks (height: 16 inches) and one pair of plain tapered column candlesticks with round bases (10 1/2 inches). The remaining candlesticks are singles, with petal or octagonal bases, plus one large chamberstick with embossed decoration to pan, with heights range from […]
Lot 202: 3 Cannon County Middle TN Baskets, incl. Ida Davis
Three (3) Tennessee split white oak buttocks baskets including: one (1) large basket, buttocks form with finely woven rim and solid handle, signed “Ida P Davis/Woodbury, TN/Thelma “Davis” Hibdon/2001″ on underside of handle; one (1) buttocks basket with woven rim, handle and diamond design, initialed RKD and dated ’91; and one basket with a woven rim and […]
Lot 198: Southern Chippendale Walnut Slant Front Desk
Southern Chippendale walnut slant front desk, poplar and yellow pine secondary. Top of case with exposed dovetails with a lip molded hinged fall-board opening to a fitted interior of a plain central prospect drawer flanked on each side by four pigeonholes with scrolled valences over a bank of two dovetailed drawers and one long dovetailed […]
Lot 195: Southern Walnut Inlaid Corner Cupboard
Southern, likely Virginia or Kentucky, inlaid walnut corner cupboard, poplar secondary. Single case construction with an ogee molded cornice, frieze with foliate vine, sprig, and contrasting rope style inlay, canted sides, two glazed eight-pane upper doors enclosing four shelves, applied waist moldings above two paneled lower doors with sprig and line inlay, enclosing two shelves, all resting on […]
Lot 186: East TN Vernacular Cherry Press
Unusual East Tennessee, Jefferson County, two-piece vernacular Jackson press, yellow pine secondary. The upper section with a simple cornice above two 18 pane glass doors over two rectangular doors each with two beveled panels. The lower section with three graduated dovetailed drawers with wood pulls flanked by turned pilasters and resting on turned feet. Dovetails […]
Lot 180: Washington Girard O/C TN Landscape Painting
William Washington Girard (Tennessee, 1873-1931) oil on canvas Middle Tennessee landscape painting with a creek that flows beside a fence-lined road and leads into a wooded background. A yellow sky breaks through clouds above and a stone bridge or dam extends across the creek. Signed “Washington Girard,” lower left. Housed in a distressed giltwood frame. […]
Lot 177: Large Red Grooms Color Lithograph & Screenprint, Truck II
Charles Roger “Red” Grooms (Tennessee/New York, b.1937) color lithograph, screenprint, and rubber stamp on paper titled “Truck II”, 1979 (Knestrick, 78). Depicts a busy cityscape with a large, undulating tractor trailer dominating the foreground. One the side of the truck is an advertisement for “Supreme Products” with a painted female seated on a swing below the phrase “Panty […]
Lot 174: Edward Weston Photograph of William Edmondson
After Edward Weston (American, 1886-1958) silver gelatin photograph depicting the African American sculptor William Edmondson (American/Tennessee, 1874-1951) seated in his Nashville, Tennessee yard and dressed in his work apron, with his workshop visible in the background. Printed by Cole Weston (1919-2003) from his father’s original 1941 negative. With Edward Weston’s stamped signature, the title, and the negative date in […]
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