EXHIBITED AFRICAN-AMERICAN QUILT BYJOSIE COVINGTON, TN...Important African-American "make-do" quilt by Josie Covington (Triune, TN/1869-1909) comprised of hand-pieced and appliqued blocks made of dress fabrics....
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SOUTHERN APPLIQUE QUILT W/ RARE CHINTZBUTTERFLY PANEL,...North or South Carolina hand-pieced and hand-appliqued quilt in a 9-block design album layout, mariner's compass primary pattern with a chintz border around...
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IMPORTANT PSALM 23 FOLK ART QUILT, LENAMOOREcirca 1930, Canton, Mississippi, cotton quilt top with red letter applique yellow stitching, "XXIII Psalms" stitched in gray, yellow rules, featuring scripture from Psalm...
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20TH C. TLINGIT FELT & BUTTON BLANKETW/ TOTEMIC BEARNative American, Pacific Northwest, United States or Canada, Haida or Tlingit peoples, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A remarkable example of traditional...
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EARLY 20TH C. AFRICAN GHANA ASAFO COTTONMILITIA FLAGWest Africa, Ghana, Asafo people, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. An interesting hand-sewn cotton textile flag with appliqued figures and hand embroidered details....
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19TH C. MOROCCAN BERBER GILT SILVERARM CUFFNorth Africa, Morocco, Berber culture, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. This is a beautiful and sizable cast silver (60% to 90.05%) arm cuff with applied openwork...
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19TH C. TLINGIT WOOL, GLASS BEAD, &ABALONE BUTTON BAGNative American, Pacific Northwest, United States or Canada, Haida or Tlingit peoples, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A beautiful handmade wool felt and...
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20TH C. INUIT / ALEUT BEADED WOOL WALLHANGING**Originally Listed At $450**
Native American, Northwestern United States or Canada, Aleut, Yupik, or Inuit, people, ca. 20th century CE. A gorgeous hand sewn wool...
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20TH C. ALASKAN INUIT WOOL FELT PANELW/ APPLIQUES**Originally Listed At $450**
North America, Northern United States / Canada, Inuit, Yupik or Aleut people, ca. mid-20th century CE. A beautiful wool felt and...
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RODOLFO MORALES COLLAGE "LA DAMA USOIMAGINACION" 1991**First Time At Auction**
Rodolfo Morales (1925-2001). "La Dama Uso Imaginacion" collage, 1991. Signed at lower right. A colorful, dream-like collage by...
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SUPERB PERSIAN ACHAEMENID 23K+ GOLDLION APPLIQUES**Originally Listed At $5000**
Near East, Iran, Achaemenid Empire, ca. 6th to 4th century BCE. A pair of 99% gold (equivalent to 23K+ to 24K) applique ornaments...
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PAIR OF SCYTHIAN REPOUSSE GOLD PLAQUES,LION & DEERWestern Asia, Scythian culture, ca. mid-1st millennium BCE. An enticing pair of gold applique plaques, each displaying lively repousse images of a lion attacking...
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19TH C. TIBETAN TWO-HEADED DAMARU DRUMCentralAsia, Tibet, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. A two-headed drum, known as a damaru (damru), made from two human skull caps with stretched skin painted green (also probably...
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KUBA PEOPLES, (2) LARGE TEXTILES DRCongo, traditional geometric and applique design on dark red ground, approx. 224"l x 33"w (larger) and 150.5"l x 38.5"w (smaller)...
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KUBA PEOPLES, (3) LARGE TEXTILES DRCongo, with traditional geometric and appliqué designs, approx. 174.5"l x 28"w (largest) and 117"l x 32"w (smallest)...
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VANSKIVER PREBLE COUNTY OHIO QUILT BLOCK,1851Framed quilt block, traditional design with three flowers, printed cotton segments appliqued to a white cotton ground, inscribed Susan Elizabeth Vanskiver (1836-1892),...
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TWO PAIRS OF TRADITIONAL PILLOWSOnepair with light blue cut velvet floral appliques, the other with scroll cut geometric appliques. 17 by 17 in., 19 by 19 in., respectively....
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Ohio applique Amish quilt in traditionalblack with pink border, circa 1930, 81"l x 72"w...
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MARY IRELAND (1891-C.1980)
OLD LADYIN TRADITIONAL COSTUME, CIRCA 1935 appliqué ‘fabric mosaic panel’, painted silk, with applied signature lower right MARY IRELAND, later framed24.5cm x 24.5cm...
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ANN MACBETH (1875-1948)
GLASGOW SCHOOLCOLLAR, CIRCA 1900 padded silk ground, with appliqué of silk, embroidered in silk threads in satin stitch and couching54cm wide, 45cm high, approximate depth 19.5cmExhibited:...
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SPANISH GOLD EMBROIDERED SILK MATADORJACKET Spanish gold embroidered and appliqued matador jacket or "Chaquetilla" from the traditional "Traje de luces" or "suit of lights" the neck, shoulders and arms heavily...
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Two Pieces of Chinese Export Rose MedallionWare, 19th century, composed of a baluster-form vase with Foo-dog handles and hydra dragon appliques, h. 10", and a squat cream pitcher, h. 3-3/4", both decorated with traditional...
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EARLY FRAMED MEDALLION QUILT. Virginiaor West Virginia late 18th-early 19th century cotton. Multiple borders of small tan and brown prints interspersed with pink florals in sawtooth diamonds and star patterns...
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LT. COMMANDER JAMES PARKER'S FLAG FROMTHE SECOND BATTLE OF FORT FISHER. Handsewn with thirty-four applique stars signed ''James Parker'' on the fly. Approximately 8 1/2' by 16 1/2'. Also included in this lot...
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Rare and Unusual Japanese Four-PanelByobu (Floor Screen), 19th century, of traditional form with painted background depicting a village scene set against a mountainous lake landscape, the screen further decorated...
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