AN AMERICAN SATIN AND SILK PIECED CRAZYQUILTAn American satin and silk pieced crazy quiltdated 1884Mounted on a lucite frame.55 x 57in (140 x 145cm) Provenance:The Edmund W. and Carol Browning Dumke Family Trust.Footnote:...
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2 SAMPLERS INCL. VIRGINIA HOUSE SAMPLER1stitem: Elmira Deacon Dungan, 19th century American needlework family record sampler with house, silk and wool or cotton on linen. Floral vine top border and alphabet and numbers...
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MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR CAVALRY SASH ANDCIVIL WAR CAP BOX...1st item: Mexican-American War Cavalry Sash, comprised of gold silk, terminating in gold silk net with tassels at each end. 130" L x 6" W. 2nd item: Civil...
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PORTRAIT OF MARTHA READY MORGAN OF TN,WIFE OF JOHN HUN...Benjamin Franklin Reinhart (American, 1829-1885) large oil on canvas portrait of Martha "Mattie" Ready Morgan of Tennessee, wife of Confederate General...
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3 SCOTTISH & AMERICAN NEEDLEWORK SAMPLERS,SIGNED1st item: Scottish sampler, wool on linen, having a guilloche pattern border surrounding rows of alphabet and numbers separated by geometric bands. Signed and dated...
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CIRCLE OF FRANCOIS HUBERT DROUAIS (FRENCH1727-1775) A ...circle of FRANCOIS HUBERT DROUAIS (French 1727-1775) A PAINTING, "Portrait of Marie Clotilde of France, Queen Consort of Sardinia, with a Baroque Guitar,"...
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FINE AMERICAN SAMPLER WORKED BY "C.BICKEL 1827"Fine American Sampler Worked by “C. Bickel 1827” with family initials “CB – AB – MT”,, depicting a homestead, cornucopia, an abundance of flowers,...
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CHARLES WILLSON PEALE(American, 1741-1827)
Rareand Important Portrait Miniature of General George Washington, c. 1785, the ?H. Patterson Harris? miniature, painted after Washington's sitting with Peale in 1779, watercolor...
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ASSEMBLED SET 11 NEW YORK FEDERAL CARVEDDINING CHAIRSNew York, circa 1805, comprising: a set of seven matching chairs, one arm and six side, each with carved backs, molded stiles, orange silk over the rail upholstery...
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EIGHT KOREAN '100 BOYS' BAEKJADONG PAINTINGSON SILKBaekja-dong, Joseon dynasty, 19th century, eight garden/courtyard scenes with numerous children engaged in recreation, ink and pigment on silk with gilt details, originally...
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IMPORTANT SET SIX PHILADELPHIA CHIPPENDALESIDE CHAIRS ...Pennsylvania, circa 1770, the Prentiss-Wilkin family set, each with serpentine crest centering boldly carved cabochon, pierced and fluted splat, shell carved...
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PAIR OF GEORGE III MAHOGANY SIDE CHAIRSBritish,early 20th century, each with carved crest rail over carved and reeded spindles, silk upholstered seats, 32-3/4 x 20-1/2 x 19 in.
Provenance: Estate of Wilhelmine Kirby Waller,...
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LARGE SILK MOURNING NEEDLEWORKBritishor American, 1810, scene of a well dressed family with painted silk faces and arms, strolling by a columned monument surrounded by willow trees, conifers, and flowers, signed...
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FINE 1820 PENNSYLVANIA FAMILY TREE NEEDLEWORKON SILKChester County, silk on gauze, bordered with quilled cream silk ribbon with four corner rosettes, spacious floral vine border, grapevine enclosing verse and inscription...
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19TH C. LAKOTA BEAVER TOP HAT + BOX,TIMOTHY W. AUDISSNorthwestern Europe, England, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE; Timothy W. Audiss (Lakota Sioux, 1961 to present). This is an interesting commentary...
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EASTON PRESS: NEW AMERICAN HOLY BIBLEThe New American Bible, Family Edition. Easton Press Collector Edition, (1988, Thomas Nelson), leather binding, two ribbon markers, silk endpapers, 1150 pages, color plates,...
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JANE HUMPHREYS' FRAMED NEEDLEWORK SAMPLERDATED 1790, PENNSYLVANIA Likely Philadelphia or Chester County, worked in multi-color silk thread on linen, with five alphanumeric rows above a flower row and verse, maker's...
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LARGE GROUP OF EARLY AMERICAN TEXTILESINCLUDING EIGHT BED BONNETS, UNDERGARMENTS, FABRIC FRAGMENTS, HANDKERCHIEFS, NAPKINS AND SHAW... INCLUDING EIGHT BED BONNETS, UNDERGARMENTS, FABRIC FRAGMENTS, HANDKERCHIEFS,...
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U.S. CAVALRY SILK SWALLOWTAIL GUIDONAMERICAN FLAGU.S. Cavalry silk swallowtail guidon American flag, ca. 1860s , having thirty-four gold painted stars in a double wreath, twelve in an inner circle, eighteen...
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THREE NATIVE AMERICAN INDIAN ITEMSThreeNative American Indian items, to include two Mic-Mac beaded pouches, 6 3/4" and 4 1/2" h., and a bark and hair card case, 4" h. Provenance: From the family of Wilmar Sick,...
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AMERICAN FAMILY RECORD SAMPLER WROUGHTBY POLLY DODGE, HAMILTON, EARLY 19TH CENTURYcontains early family history of thirteen ancestors beginning with John B. Dodge born 1768 and his wife Olla Lovett born 1770 and...
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LARGE MASSACHUSETTS FAMILY RECORD SAMPLEROF THE RYAN FAMILY WROUGHT BY MARY ANN RYAN, 1827, EXHIBITED AT 1989 D.A.R. MUSEUM SHOW 'FAMILY RECORDS' 24" X 24" OF THE RYAN FAMILY WROUGHT BY MARY ANN RYAN, 1827, EXHIBITED...
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TEXTILES: SCHOOLGIRL SAMPLERS, DARNINGSAMPLERS, AN EMBROIDERY WITH FAMILY DATES, AND AN EMBROIDERY OF DECORATIVE BORDERS IN METALLIC THREADS, AMERICAN AND CONTINENTAL, EARLY 19TH C., SEVEN UNFRAMED PIECES, DETAILS...
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ATTRIBUTED TO GU JIANLONG (1606-AFTER1687)
LARGE INK PAINTING OF THE GOD OF LONGEVITY, SHOULAO AND BOY, QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY ? ???? ?????????? ??????????/?????/?????????/????????????????ink and colour on...
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AMERICAN FAMILY REGISTER SAMPLER. Silkon linen. Records the family of Reverend John Townsend Addoms of Clinton, New York and his wife Harriet Young of Middlebury, Vermont married 1814. The names and birth dates...
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AMERICAN NEEDLEWORK MOURNING PICTURE,CA. 1824.Needlework on silk, "Sacred to the memory of Sally Elizabeth Millet, age 17 months, died October 9, 1810. Edward Taylor, 9 years, died May 25, 1824". Sight size 17...
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C.1800 AMERICAN SILK TEXTILE FAMILYPORTRAIT United States,Circa 1800Finely detailed textile of a mother and two daughters observing a baby in a bassinet with a doll on the floor embellished with drapery. Notice...
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American sampler, eight lines alphabetand numbers above "Amanda Robers Aged 12 years", two rows of names and dates from the Santus and Rober families, earliest date 1799, large brick house with fenced...
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1812 alphabet and verse sampler, fourlines of letters and numbers over an eight line verse titled "The fair Ladie's wish", stitched on last line "Philena Severance", lower panel 15 window...
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1841 alphabet sampler, 12-line alphabetand verse sampler, signed "Mary Ann Fraser aged 9 years 1841", simple band border with two small floral motifs, stitched above border "Mary Ann Fra", silk on linen, probably...
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Five Richard Kidder Meade, Jr. ConfederateCivil War Letters, Civil War Era Photographs, Paintings, Meade Family Archive Virginia, 1861-1862: letter from Fort Sumter, March 21, 1861, to sister Julia Meade (1830-1906),...
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FAMILY GROUPING OF SILHOUETTES AND MOURNINGPICTURE. Probably Spanish or South American dated 1801 ink on paper. Detailed with gold highlights and whitewash each signed by G. Ruiz and illegibly identified below....
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NEEDLEWORK MEMORIAL. Phelps familyAmerican 1832 chenille ribbonwork crepe on silk. Impressive urn overflowing with realistic flowers oval medallion inscribed ''Phelps 1832''. Ink inscription below ''In...
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5 vols. Genealogy: Keith, Charles P.The Provincial Councilors of Pennsylvania, Who Held Office Between 1733 and 1776... Earlier Councilors... and Their Descendants. Philadelphia. 1883. 1st ed. Large 8vo, orig....
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Chinese Buddhist Painting 19th centuryinkand colors on silk a central panel depicts the Buddha seated on a lotus throne flanked by bodhisattvas also seated on lotus thrones. Matted and framed under glass.DOA 13.25...
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1 vol. The American Historical Society.American Families: Genealogical and Biographical. New York, n.d. [ca. 1926] #27/50 Edition Deluxe copies. Folio, orig. full gilt-paneled black morocco with richly gilt and...
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