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American Chippendale style mahogany blockfront ladies desk or dressing table with carved shells, in the Newport, Rhode Island style. Triple carved shell and block design, dovetailed drawers, and bracket feet. 33 3/4" H x 36 3/4" W x 20 1/4" D, Late 19th to early 20th century. Provenance: Private Nashville, TN collection. CONDITION: Some water […]

1st & 2nd items: Pair of hand tinted portrait photographs by the 19th century Nashville photographer Carl Caspar Giers (1828-1877) of his adopted son Otto Burchartz Giers (1858-1940) and adopted daughter Katherine B. "Katie" Giers Shaw (1864-1918). Both housed in carved gilt Aesthetic Movement frames with fruit, scrolling vine, leaf and cornucopia decoration, oval liners […]

Classical butler's desk originally belonging to John Davis (1770-1853) of Nashville. Mahogany desk with molded rectangular top over a large overhanging drawer flanked by carved rosette panels. Top drawer has hinged fall front, and pulls out to reveal a compartmentalized interior with cubbyholes and six small drawers, and a baize-covered writing surface (worn). Three long […]

Two (2) Carved and painted wooden sculptures attributed to Homer Green (Tennessee, 1910-2002) 1st item: Carved wooden bird with outstretched wings speckled with green, light purple, and white paint. Metal hook on back with string. One drill hole front lower right, one drill hole backfilled with epoxy resin, unsigned. 16 1/2" H x 26 1/6" […]

1st item: Hand sewn Crazy Quilt topper, silk and velvet squares embroidered with flowers, cattails, fans, stars, and initials including OBG (likely Otto Burkhardt Giers), G, ILD, FD etc. At the center is a small stuffed doll figure. Unbacked, possibly unfinished. 53 1/2" x 54". Circa 1880. 2nd item: Unusual four-color jacquard coverlet, red, blue, […]

Oil on canvas painting depicting a field of Texas bluebonnets, surrounded by cactus and trees, under a partly cloudy blue sky. Signed lower right R Moseley. Framing label en verso for Samuel Loe Company, Houston Texas. Burnished wood frame with linen liner. 19 1/2" x 23 1/2" sight, 26" x 30" framed. Circa mid 20th […]

Clement Read Strudwick (North Carolina, 1900-1958) oil on canvas three-quarter length portrait of an older woman, dressed in formal gown and cape. The sitter is possibly one of the daughters of Jane Erwin Yeatman Bell and Senator John Benjamin Bell (1796-1869) of Nashville, TN. Signed and dated '29 lower right. Original gilt gesso frame. Sight: […]

Oil on Canvas portrait of a dark haired lady holding a fan, unsigned, attributed to George Dury (Tennessee, 1817-1894). Subject's dark hair is upswept with a rose, a string of pearls and a mantilla, and she is clothed in an off the shoulder dark dress with lace trim. Subject is holding a closed gold colored […]

George Dury (Tennessee, 1817-1894) oval portrait of the artist's son, Heinrich (Henry) Dury, at about age 7, brown hair and brown eyes, wearing a red velvet coat with white shirt and lace collar. Unsigned, Circa 1860. Housed in oval giltwood frame. Sight -19 1/2" H x 15 1/2" W. Framed – 20" H x 24" […]