1876 PHILADELPHIA CENTENNIAL EMBROIDEREDAMERICANA QUILT Felted wool, velvet, silk, cotton, and appliqué. Textile depicts every important event in the USA up until 1887. Made for and exhibited in the Centennial...
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Soonran Youn. Island No. 7. 2002, cottonthread. 27½ h × 5¼ w × 7½ d in. result: $5,040. estimate: $1,000–1,500. Provenance: Snyderman Gallery, Philadelphia...
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U.S. 1885 INDIAN WARS ARTILLERY UNIFORMDRESS COATU.S. Army Indian War era, 1885 artillery dress uniform coat, dark blue with red at epaulettes, collar, sleeve ends, and piping at front, nineteen Horstmann, Philadelphia...
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HINGHAM MINIATURE FIRKIN, PROBABLY COTTONHERSEY MASSACHUSETTS, MID-19TH CENTURY HEIGHT TO RIM 2.5". BASE DIAMETER 2.5". HERSEY, Massachusetts, Mid-19th Century, Painted green. Stamped "CH" on lid. Dimensions: Height...
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Vintage Stenton Mansion PhiladelphiaPennsylvania Reproduction Home Decor weight Cotton Fabric by Deborah Logan. Off white ground with brown florals against a grid, and borders along both selvedge edges. It measures...
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Vintage c1930 Philadelphia PavementQuilt measuring 68''x84''. The center field 45''x62'' is comprised of 1'' squares, if you stare at it long enough you will notice the fabric placement between prints, white...
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AFRICAN BOZO HYENA SPIRIT DANCE MASK,MALIAfrican Bozo Hyena Spirit Dance Mask, Mali. Early 20th century. Carved and paint decorated wood with cotton textile, articulated jaw and ears. Exhibited: "More Than A...
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WORLD FAIR ITEMS INC. NEW ORLEANS MAP1stitem: Visitor's Directory to the Buildings of the World's Industrial Exposition and Guide to Principal Exhibits, pamphlet from the 1884 Cotton Exhibition in New Orleans; Published...
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1876 CENTENNIAL EXPO COVERLETAn 1876Centennial Exposition coverlet. Red and white cotton and wool with fringe border, the Memorial Hall in Philadelphia is featured at the center, surmounted by Lady Columbia,...
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JOHN JAMES AUDUBON (AMERICAN 1785-1851)A LITHOGRAPH, "...JOHN JAMES AUDUBON (American 1785-1851) A LITHOGRAPH, "Arvicola Hispidus, Say & Ord. (Cotton Rat. Natural Size)," PHILADELPHIA, CIRCA 1843, hand colored...
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MIRABEAU B. LAMAR, SIGNED BY PROXY,A REPUBLIC OF TEXAS... A REPUBLIC OF TEXAS $5,000,000 BOND, WASHINGTON AND PHILADELPHIA, MAY 16, 1838 - JULY 1, 1839, lithograph and manuscript ink on wove paper, unissued,...
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JOHN CALVIN SMITH (1809-1890) A TRAVELER'SMAP, "A NEW ... MAP, "A New Map for Travelers Through the United States of America, Showing the Railroads, Canals and Stage Roads," NEW YORK, 1849, hand-colored lithograph...
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CAROL ECKERT(Arizona/North Carolina,born 1945)
Soul Marker, 1999, signed underside on cotton "CE", cotton, wire, painted wood, with metal stand, 61-1/4 x 9 x 9 in.
Provenance: Snyderman Gallery, Philadelphia,...
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19TH C. INDIANPUNJABI COTTON / SILKPHULKARI, EX-MUSEUM...Central Asia, Eastern Pakistan and Northern India, Punjab Region, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A beautiful phulkari embroidered textile panel,...
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FINELY QUILTED COTTON PHILADELPHIA PAVEMENTQUILT Finely hand quilted Spring weight Philadelphia Pavement quilt, executed in cotton print patches on a white ground with yellow borders and a white backing. Dimensions:...
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"BASIC COMMODITIES OF COMMERCE" SPECIMENCABINET CIRCA 1922 HEIGHT 60.75”. WIDTH 45”. DEPTH 17”. CABINET, Circa 1922, Mahoganized wood case with thirty labeled drawers containing specimens and samples. Brass...
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TWO SIGNED PIECES OF EARLY 19TH C. SCHOOLGIRLCALLIGRAPHY, FRAMED, DETAILS INCLUDE: FIRST A FRAGMENT SIGNED "SARAH COTTON" AND DATED 1819, PEN EXERCISE WITH HEARTS, BIRDS, ETC., INSCRIPTION AT BOTTOM, SOME LOSS TO UPP...Two...
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Lot of vintage sewing items, including(3) spools of cotton thread (American Thread Co Kismet & Intrinsic), (2) scissors cases (one with 3 pair, one L Berder & Son Philadelphia with 2 pair), inlaid wood fitted...
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PHILADELPHIA WOOL ON LINEN EMBROIDEREDPOCKETAttributed to Esther Moore Buybe, Philadelphia, wool on linen embroidered pocket , with paper label inscribed Esther Moore Buybe pocket her grandmother Lawson learned...
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GROUP OF PENNSYLVANIA FABRIC ITEMSGroupof Pennsylvania fabric items , to include a linen man's neckerchief and a cotton example, 31" x 31", two Amish pieced hot pads, 6" dia., a silk pieced pot holder, 6 3/4",...
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JOHANNES 'JAN' KIP (NETHERLANDS, 1653-1722)(5) Birdseye Views of 17th c. English Country Estates, handcolored copper etchings by Jan Kip after the original paintings by Leonard Knyrff (1650-1721) for "Britannia Illustrata",...
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COLLECTION OF (43) STEREOVIEWS WITHVIEWER 1860s-circa 1900, the wooden viewer comes with photographs by the following publishers: Centennial Photographic Co., Philadelphia scenes (4); James Cremer (7), Philadelphia...
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INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION FRAMED SCARF1876: 1876 Centennial International Exhibition cotton scarf having George Washington at top left & Ulysses S. Grant at top right, and historical buildings from Philadelphia....
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TWO FRAMED SAMPLERS. Silk/cotton onlinen sampler wrought by Isabella L. Rolston age 11 years with paraphrase from Psalm 23 ''The Lords my Shepherd'' which originally appeared in the Scottish Psalter of...
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PHILADELPHIA BUSTLE SKIRT AND JACKET1870s. Of pale iridescent gold silk taffeta and pale blue cotton....
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Cotton field print, view of black figuresworking in a cotton field with botanical detail of the cotton plant upper right, possibly from a school's instructional flip chart and titled at bottom "Baumwolle"...
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William Aiken Walker (American/Charleston1838-1921 active New Orleans 1876-1905) "Three Cotton Pickers" oil on academy board signed lower right pencil-inscribed "Field" en verso 6 1/8 in. x 12 1/8 in. in a giltwood...
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Eugene Delcroix (American/New Orleans1891-1967) a group of four hand-colored vintage photographs including "Little Theatre Courtyard" "Arts and Crafts Courtyard" "Iron Lace Balconies" and "Cathedral Through Gateway"...
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William Aiken Walker (American/Charleston1838-1921 active New Orleans 1876-1905) "Female Cotton Picker with a Pipe" oil on academy board signed lower left 8 1/4 in. x 4 in. in a giltwood frame. Provenance: Collection...
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William Aiken Walker (American/Charleston1838-1921 active New Orleans 1876-1905) "Male Cotton Picker" oil on canvas laid down on masonite signed lower left 8 3/8 in. x 4 1/8 in. in a giltwood frame. Provenance:...
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"The Tailless Donkey" banner,from the pin the tail on the donkey game, printed lower right "copyright 1888-89 by C. Zimmerling, Philadelphia", printed ink on linen, later wood frame, originally...
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16th century style velvet and lace jacketand hat late 19th/ early 20th century Teal velvet with cream silk, lace and ribbon trim, with metallic embroidered details, open front and lined in cotton twill. With...
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PRINTED COTTON SCARFDated 1876From the1876 Centennial International Exhibition in Fairmount Park Philadelphia. Liberty eagle above Memorial Hall Art Gallery with vignettes in each corner depicting various buildings....
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Philadelphia Union recruiting screen,three unemployed men receiving money from a man in coat and top hat, prison and federal building in background at right, young man caught in the act of pickpocketing, possibly...
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