TWO ERTé SILK SCARVES 1980s, letter"L" design from the alphabet series, woman with leopard surrounded by jewels; the first larger, 100% silk, with tags that identify material, maker, and care information, signature...
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TEN BAMBOO STUDIO DECORATED LETTER PAPER(SHIZHUZHAI JIAN PU CHUJI) Ten Bamboo Studio Decorated Letter Paper (Shizhuzhai jian pu chuji), Four volumes, illustrated with 283 color woodblock prints, with text in Chinese,...
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2 GREAT WHITE FLEET EMBROIDERED PICTURES,USAT SHERMAN ...Two Great White fleet embroideries. 1st item - Great White Fleet embroidered silk needlework patriotic picture of an eagle perched over American flag, constructed...
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1791 DATED SAMPLER, LEXINGTON KYKentucky18th c. Needlework Sampler, signed Isabella McDowell, Lexington, May 7th, 1791. Alphabet and numeral sampler, executed in green, gold, brown, and pink silk thread on linen,...
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ARMED FORCES CAP COLLECTIONA collectionof Armed Forces related caps. Includes 1 Canadian made Royal Navy officer's visor with insignia, bullion and faux white leather top; 1 Royal Navy officer's wool visor with...
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ABRAHAM LINCOLN PARDON, BOOK AND AUTHORAUTOGRAPHSPresident Abraham Lincoln signed pardon release order for Wilburn Bybee dated Oct. 7, 1864, partially printed on blue paper, approx. 8" x 10", adhered within the...
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GIERS MASONIC MEDALS PLUS BUCKLE ANDPHOTO1st and 2nd items: 2 Masonic Medals belonging to C.C. and Otto Giers, prominent father-son Nashville photographers. 1st item: Masonic 14K gold medal on green silk ribbon,...
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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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32 PCS MISCELLANEOUS AUTOGRAPHS ANDEPHEMERA INC. 1825 ...Group of Assorted Ephemera, 1779-1940s. Includes: 1825 Diploma on vellum, University of Pennsylvania, signed by Frederick Beasley, R.M. Patterson and...
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Manuscript Volume of Letters relatingto Lady Dacre, An early 20th Century manuscript note book containing transcribed family letters from Lady Dacre to her nephew George Peter Tyler with other family letters...
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ARCHIVE FROM A BRITISH EAST INDIA COMPANYMISSION TO INDONESIA AND THE PHILLIPPINES Circa 1795-1796, to include: Letter Signed "John Canning," affixed with the Canning family seal, one page, 4to, Calcutta, December...
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HERMES "PALIO DI SIENA" SILK SCARFHERMES"PALIO DI SIENA" SILK SCARF, with a central circular geometric design in blue, orange, black, grey, white and red bordered by geometric and stylized lettering spelling "Hermes...
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EPHEMERA: APPROXIMATELY 500 PIECES OFEARLY POSTCARDS, LETTERS AND EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY INCLUDING STEREOGRAPHS AND ONE CASED DAGUERREOT...EPHEMERA: Approximately 500 pieces of early postcards, letters and early photography...
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TEXTILES: VINTAGE CHANEL, COACH, PALOMAPICASSO FOR TIFFANY & CO, ETC., FOURTEEN PIECES, INCLUDING: CHANEL SILK SCARF WITH LETTERS, ...TEXTILES: Vintage Chanel, Coach, Paloma Picasso for Tiffany & Co, etc., fourteen...
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FINE LANCASTER CO., PA FRAMED SAMPLEROF REBECCA Mca. 1828 dated; formal work of older school girl with silk and dyed cotton embroidery on unbleached homespun linen with a trailing vine border, ten lines of sample...
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AFTER P. ROTARI 'PORTRAIT OF A GIRLREADING' 19 C. After Pietro Antonio Rotari (Italian, 1707-1762) "Giovane Donna," European School, "Portrait of a girl reading" oil on canvas, circa 1800, depicting a young...
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4 PIECE MISC. LOT OF ORIENTAL TEXTILES4 Piece Misc. Lot of Oriental Textiles consisting of a long silk 5 claw dragon decorated tapestry on a contrasting beige background with ruyi and billowing cloud designs,...
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DIARY AND LETTERS OF MADAME D'ARBLAY[FANNYBURNEY]. 1854. BOUND BY ZAEHNSDORF 7 X 4 1/2 IN. (17.78 X 11.43 CM.) BURNEY]. 1854. BOUND BY ZAEHNSDORF, [Bindings] D'Arblay, Madame. Diary And Letters of Madame D'Arblay....
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LORENZ SCHWARTZ BOUND COMPLETE WRITINGSOF ELBERT HUBBARD, INDIVIDUAL SET, IN FULL LEVANT, THE ROYCROFT BINDERY, 1908, VOL. 1 11 1/2 X 8 IN. (29.21 X 20.32 CM.) OF ELBERT HUBBARD, INDIVIDUAL SET, IN FULL LEVANT,...
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19th C English Mahogany Letter Box,slant door covered multi-letter compartment writing desk with brass campaign style single drawer with hidden pin lock, includes working key with silk tassel at front, split...
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A VICTORIAN BRASS BOUND BURR WOOD LETTEROR STATIONERY BOX, MID 19TH CENTURY A Victorian brass bound burr wood letter or stationery box, mid 19th century, decorated with engraved strapwork panels and swing top handle,...
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GOLD-THREAD AND SILK EMBROIDERY HANGINGSTEAMER
QING DYANSTY, 19TH CENTURY ? ????????????gold-thread and silk on a satin ground, with three five-clawed dragons amidst ruyi clouds and chasing flaming jewels above...
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17 BOOKS RELATED TO THE LANGUAGE OFFLOWERS ANDflower symbolism. To include: The Language of Flowers, or floral emblems by Robert Tyas, London, 1869, numerous colored plates, embossed red cloth boards, good...
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AFTER P. ROTARI 'PORTRAIT OF A GIRLREADING' 19 C. After Pietro Antonio Rotari (Italian, 1707-1762) "Giovane Donna," European School, "Portrait of a girl reading" oil on canvas, circa 1800, depicting a young...
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19C. CHINESE IMPERIAL DRAGON SILK LETTERHOLDER China,19th CenturyThree slot letter holder decorated with a five toed gold thread Imperial dragon over pale blue field silk background.....
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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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6 vols. Leather Bindings: Hamilton,Count Anthony. Memoirs of Count Grammont. London: J.C. Nimmo, 1885. Edited by Walter Scott. 2 vols. Tall 8vo, early 20th-Century gilt-paneled & decorated full dark green niger...
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Clara Barton ALsS Lot of 2 ALsS from ClaraBarton (1821-1912) teacher nurse and humanitarian who founded the American Red Cross in 1881. ALS from Clara 4pp Washington D.C. Feb. 23 1874. Addressed to Samuel R. Barton...
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6 vols. Children's Books - AmericanImprints, Early 20th-Century : Smith, E. Boyd. The Story of Noah's Ark. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1905. 1st ed. Oblong 4to, orig. color pictorial bds.; light to moderate...
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(EGYPT) PRISSE E. Oriental Album. CharactersCostumes and Modes of Life in the Valley of the Nile. London: James Madden 1848. Large folio quarter morocco over silk lettered in gilt. Chromolithographed title portrait...
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* (CHINA) SOONG MEI-LING (MME. CHIANGKAI-SHEK) Sian: A Coup d'Etat. Shanghai: The China Publishing Company 1937. 8vo original red silk lettered in gilt. Deluxe edition printed on hand-made bamboo paper signed...
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OHIO SAMPLER. Marie Cornelia WadsworthCanfield Trumbull County 1840 silk on cotton. Horizontal format with bands of alphabets some with repeated letters done in different stitches. Carefully worked basket...
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1820 alphabet and verse sampler, eightlines of letters and numbers over a two-line verse, stitched at bottom "Wrought by Susan M Wood Grafton Aged 11 years Aug 22 1820", simple geometric inner border with possibly...
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Tom Thumb's Boots Kepi Pants Topcoatand Vest A remarkable archive consisting of a finely tailored matching dark blue wool "morning" coat and pants a quilted cotton vest dark blue wool hat with a tarred visor...
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(LINCOLN ABRAHAM) NICOLAY JOHN G. ANDHAY JOHN The Complete Works of Abraham Lincoln. New York: Francis D. Tandy n.d. 24 vols. [uniformly bound with:] The Every-day Life of Abraham Lincoln. By Francis Fisher Browne....
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1 vol. Field, Eugene. A Little Bookof Western Verse. New York: Scribner's, 1890. First trade edition. 8vo, contemp. or slightly later full gilt-paneled crushed blue niger morocco, gilt-lettered & paneled spine,...
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