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American School, 'Portrait of a Woman", oil on fabric. Portrait of the third wife of Major Christopher Van Deventer, chief clerk in the United States War Department under John C. Calhoun. Artist unknown. Subject is a middle-aged woman dressed in black with a brooch and white cap. Subject is possibly the third wife of Major […]

Set of 18th century cotton toile du jouy bed hangings or drapery valances, backed in muslin and cotton, 7 variously sized pieces of purple toile patterned with children playing as soldiers, and 1 piece (74" x 21") in a mulberry colored pattern with Venus and cupid motif, 8 pieces total. Purple pattern includes two 72" […]

Large collection of Black Americana. Item 1: “A Peep at Coondom”, pamphlet featuring, ten caricature-like photographic prints of African Americans engaged in the Southern cotton culture of the early 20th century (most derogatory), as well as tables of statistics on the cotton industry, marked “compliments of S. Munn Son & Co. (members of the New […]

Watercolor on paper painting of an African American woman dancing with a large cotton ball on her head, titled in pencil at right "A Cotton Ball." Signed in pencil lower center "J– Ta–ley." Later ivory mat and wood frame. 7-1/2" x 4-1/2" sight, 9" x 12" framed. Early 20th century. Provenance: A Nashville, Tennessee estate. […]

A collection of approximately 200 pins, buttons and other small historic items of Middle Tennessee interest, enclosed in a 36" x 30" wooden framed case with glass door. Some of the items include: political mayor's race pins (Bredesen, Boner, Briley, Ellington, Cummings, Carmack); Room keys for the Tulane Hotel and Maxwell House Hotel (2); Nashville […]

Four framed steel engravings of Asian scenes after Thomas Allom, circa 1850s. Includes Melon Islands and Irrigating Wheel; Ancient Tombs near Amoy; Scene on the Honan Canal near Canton; and the City of Nanking. Each measures approximately 7" x 5" image and is housed in a later ebonized and gilded double frame (19-1/2" x 12") […]

Ernest Hebert (French, 1817-1908), full length oil on canvas portrait of a little girl in dark colored dress holding a skipping rope, standing next to a stool with barley twist turnings. Faint signature lower left and on back of stretcher. Housed an elaborate period giltwood and composition molded frame with floral scroll and cartouche designs. […]

Manner of Angelica Kauffmann (British, 1741-1807), oil on canvas painting depicting a classical Roman soldier startled by an angelic female figure. Signed A. Kauffmann lower left (signature inconsistent with known Kaufmann signatures). Carved giltwood and composition frame inscribed A. Kauffmann. European, late 18th century. Sight: 14 1/8" H x 10 1/2" H. Framed: 20 1/2" […]

GIOVANNI BATTISTA PIRANESI (1720-1778) etching titled "Sala all'uso degli antichi Romani…. " (Hall according to the custom of the ancient Romans) Plate 9 from the Prima Parte, Second Edition, Second Issue, through early printings of the Fifth Edition, 1761 – ca. 1835. Sight: 11 1/4" H x 13" W Framed: 20" H x 23 1/4" […]

Alice Lattimer Mosley (American/Mississippi, 1909-2004), oil or acrylic on canvasboard painting of four African Americans picking cotton in a field while another talks to them from her seat on a rug. Titled on nameplate "Some Folks Are So Bossy." Moseley's card with address and title "Professional Primitive Artist" is taped en verso; also signed, titled […]