- Antique c1910 Hole in the Barn Door
Antique c1910 Hole in the Barn Door Quilt measures 65''x83''. Comprised 32 blocks, 9x9'', set on point, 4x9. With 2.5'' claret sashing and shirting corner stones and pink print setting triangles. It is hand pieced and hand quilted, with off white cotton backing and cotton batting. in fair condition with fading, a 2'' black spot in the center and other small spots. If you have any doubt, please ask questions! We will provide extra pictures, or can schedule an in person or video conference preview at your convenience. In house Flat Rate Shipping of $25 is a domestic shipping estimate for first quilt and includes insurance. We will gladly combine multiple lots for your convenience and economy. Each additional quilt or quilt top we can pack in the same box is $5 each. Please feel free to contact us with any questions.
- Antique c1900 Pine Burr Variation Quilt
Antique c1900 Pine Burr Variation Quilt measuring 67x74''. It is comprised of 16 blocks, 14x14'', set straight, 4x4 with 3.5'' pink sashing and white corner stones. There is a peach border of varying widths on 3 sides. It is hand pieced and hand quilted, in Baptist fan style. There is medium loft cotton batting and an off white cotton reverse. Edge is finished back to front on 2 edges and front to back on the other 2. It is in good condition with several spots and minor edge wear. If you have any doubt, please ask questions! We will provide extra pictures, or can schedule an in person or video conference preview at your convenience. In house Flat Rate Shipping of $25 is a domestic shipping estimate for first quilt and includes insurance. We will gladly combine multiple lots for your convenience and economy. Each additional quilt or quilt top we can pack in the same box is $5 each. Please feel free to contact us with any questions.
- Antique c1890 Coxeys Camp Variation
Antique c1890 Coxeys Camp Variation Quilt Top 67x78''. Comprised of 56 blocks, 7x7'', set straight, 7x8, with 2.25'' teal sashing and on point 4 patch corner stones. Hand pieced, quilt top only, no batting, backing, or quilting. 2 blocks use 9 patches all the rest use 4 patches. It is in good condition with a few minor spots and some fade line discoloration. If you have any doubt, please ask questions! We will provide extra pictures, or can schedule an in person or video conference preview at your convenience. In house Flat Rate Shipping of $20 is a domestic shipping estimate for first quilt and includes insurance. We will gladly combine multiple lots for your convenience and economy. Each additional quilt or quilt top we can pack in the same box is $5 each. Please feel free to contact us with any questions.
- Antique c1890 Uneven 9 Patch Quilt Top
Antique c1890 Uneven 9 Patch Quilt Top measuring 75x80''. Comprised of 30 blocks, 9x9'', set straight, 5x6, with 5.5'' red and black print sashing horizontally, green and black sashing vertically, and double pink corner stones. There is a 4.5'' double border on 2 sides with a yellow and pink prints. Hand pieced, quilt top only, with no batting, backing, or quilting. In good condition with several small spots. The purple fabric is starting to go fugitive. If you have any doubt, please ask questions! We will provide extra pictures, or can schedule an in person or video conference preview at your convenience. In house Flat Rate Shipping of $25 is a domestic shipping estimate for first quilt and includes insurance. We will gladly combine multiple lots for your convenience and economy. Each additional quilt or quilt top we can pack in the same box is $5 each. Please feel free to contact us with any questions.
- Antique c1880 Building Blocks Variation
Antique c1880 Building Blocks Variation Quilt Top measures 84x85''. Comprised of 49 blocks, 9x9'', set straight, 7x7 with a scrappy 3'' sashing and 9 patch corner stones. Hand pieced, only a top, no batting or backing. In crisp, very good condition with only small spots and a purple fabric going fugitive. If you have any doubt, please ask questions! We will provide extra pictures, or can schedule an in person or video conference preview at your convenience. In house Flat Rate Shipping of $20 is a domestic shipping estimate for first quilt and includes insurance. We will gladly combine multiple lots for your convenience and economy. Each additional quilt or quilt top we can pack in the same box is $5 each. Please feel free to contact us with any questions.
- 20th Century Maze Block Quilt. This
20th Century Maze Block Quilt. This striking patriotic Maze Block tied quilt or comfort measures 91"x 102". Comprised of 16 18"x18" maze blocks in blue and white, set straight 4x4 with 5.5 horizontal sashing and 4" vertical sashing blue print corner stones. There is an outer border that is 4-5 1/2". There is thin cotton batting and a blue floral reverse. It is machine pieced, hand quilted and hand tied. Edge is finished with an applied blue fabric binding. This may be a commercial import quilt. We did not find any tag remanence. In very good condition. If you have any doubt, please ask questions! We will provide extra pictures, or can schedule an in person or video conference preview at your convenience. In house Flat Rate Shipping of $25 is a domestic shipping estimate for first quilt and includes insurance. We will gladly combine multiple lots for your convenience and economy. Each additional quilt or quilt top we can pack in the same box is $5 each. Please feel free to contact us with any questions.
- Antique c1910 Bulls Eye Tied Quilt or
Antique c1910 Bulls Eye Tied Quilt or Comfort, measures 70x76''. Comprised of 56 squares about 8x8'', set straight, 7x8, with 2'' red sashing and white corner stones and white borders. It is machine pieced, machine appliqued, and hand tied with red and white yarn. There is thick cotton batting in a red and white shirting print reverse. The edge is finished knife edge style. Workmanship is very primitive. It is in fair condition with large spots, smaller spots, toning and some missing ties. If you have any doubt, please ask questions! We will provide extra pictures, or can schedule an in person or video conference preview at your convenience. In house Flat Rate Shipping of $25 is a domestic shipping estimate for first quilt and includes insurance. We will gladly combine multiple lots for your convenience and economy. Each additional quilt or quilt top we can pack in the same box is $5 each. Please feel free to contact us with any questions.
- Antique c1880 Fleur De Lis Quilt measuring
Antique c1880 Fleur De Lis Quilt measuring 83x83''. Comprised of 25 blocks 13x13'', set straight 5x5, with 1.75'' red print sashing and shirting corner stones and inner border. There is a 4'' ice cream cone border on all 4 sides. It is hand pieced, hand appliqued but machine quilted. Thin cotton batting in a blue dot on white cotton reverse. A true triple threat quilt with its uniqueness in pattern, machine quilting for a 19th century quilt, and a scalloped edge for a 19th century quilt. It is in good condition with several spots. If you have any doubt, please ask questions! We will provide extra pictures, or can schedule an in person or video conference preview at your convenience. In house Flat Rate Shipping of $25 is a domestic shipping estimate for first quilt and includes insurance. We will gladly combine multiple lots for your convenience and economy. Each additional quilt or quilt top we can pack in the same box is $5 each. Please feel free to contact us with any questions.
- RARE PHOTOGRAPH BY GEORGE H. ANDERSON(American,
RARE PHOTOGRAPH BY GEORGE H. ANDERSON(American, 20th century)
The 15th Avenue Baptist Church Corner Stone Laying, circa 1920, titled, signed and dated in the negative "15th Ave. Bapt. Church Corner Stone Laying Sept. 19/20 Rev. A.W. Porter Pastor/Photo by Geo. H. Anderson", gelatin silver print, sheet 8 x 10 in.; carved wood frame, 14-1/4 x 16-1/4 in.
George H. Anderson is an important African American photographer who had a studio in Nashville, Tennessee for over 40 years.
Condition:
mounted on original mount, very slight surface abrasions; frame with wear
- SEVENTY ASSORTED DOCUMENTSSEVENTY ASSORTED
SEVENTY ASSORTED DOCUMENTSSEVENTY ASSORTED DOCUMENTS 1) "Discourse in Commemoration of the Lives and Services of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, Delivered in Faneuil Hall, Boston, August 2, 1826" (Boston: Cummings, Hilliard and Co., 1826). 2) "Speech of Daniel Webster, in Reply to Mr. Hayne, of South Carolina: The Resolution of Mr. Foot, of Connecticut, Relative to the Public Lands, Being Under Consideration. Delivered in the Senate, January 26, 1830" (Washington, D.C.: Gales & Seaton, 1830). 3) "An Address Delivered at the Laying of the Corner Stone of the Bunker Hill Monument" (Boston: Cummings, Hilliard & Co., 1825). Fifth edition. 4-15) Eleven Baptist conference and convention annual reports and minutes from 1830 to 1847, and a February 1827 copy of the "Free-Will Baptist Magazine". 16-19) Four copies of "The Gospel Preacher; Consisting of Original Sermons by Universalist Ministers", May-August 1828. 20-22) Three copies of "Minutes of New England Yearly Meeting of Friends" for 1847, 1853 and 1854. 23-24) "Two Addresses Before the Rhode Island Peace Society", a 1849 reprint of a 1819 Tristam Burges speech and a June 30, 1844 speech by Edward Hall. 25) "Rhode Island Imprints 1727-1800" (Providence: Rhode-Island Historical Society, 1915). 26) "An Oration, Pronounced at the Baptist Meeting-House in Providence ... at the Funeral Ceremony on the Death of Gen. George Washington" by Col. George R. Burrill (Providence: John Carter, 1800). 27) "The Effects of Intemperance, a Discourse" by David Pickering (Providence: Miller & Grattan, 1827). 28-31) Four publications related to Rhode Island state dept and currency, 1837-49. 32-34) Three funeral sermons, 1800-28. 35-41) Seven assorted pamphlets, two belonging to John Carter Brown, and one to Nicholas Brown. 42-50) Nine Rhode Island Almanacs, 1811-1854. 51-52) Boston and Providence almanacs, 1843 and 1848. 53-54) Two temperance almanacs, 1845 and 1891. 55-63) Nine medicine almanacs, 1850-1889. 64-70) Eight assorted almanacs, 1831-1889.
- COLLECTION OF (4) HISTORICAL VOLUMES
COLLECTION OF (4) HISTORICAL VOLUMES Includes: 1) An Authentic Account of All the Proceedings on the Fourth of July, 1815, With Regard to Laying the Corner Stone of the Washington Monument, Now Erecting in the City of Baltimore. John Horace Pratt, 1815, frontispiece engraving, 44 pgs., 8"h x 4.75"w; 2) Rev. Ezra Ripley. A History of the Fight at Concord on the 19th of April, 1775. Allen & Atwill, 1827, 60 pgs., orig. covers bound in, 9"h x 5.5"w; 3) The Peerage of England: or, an Historical and Genealogical Account of the Present Nobility. Abel Roper and Arthur Collins, London, 1709, frontispiece engraving, 470 pages, 8"h x 5"w; 4) A Collection of more than Four Hundred Autographs...Reproduced in Facsimile..., Bank of Manhattan Company, 1919, unpaginated, 17"h x 11"w
- Fine Group of Abraham Lincoln CDVs &
Fine Group of Abraham Lincoln CDVs & Cabinet Photographs Plus Lot of 13 including: CDV of President Lincoln reading to Tad anonymous publisher; CDV of a similar scene stamped Lincoln and Family with childlike signatures Emma Brown and William on verso and the stamp of a notary public attesting that the signatures are from Lincoln's (illegible); CDV of George Washington with embossed patriotic border anonymous; CDV of an engraving of General Phil Sheridan anonymous; silver gelatin cabinet card of a painting of Lincoln meeting with General McClellan by Handy of Washington DC; CDV of the Currier & Ives print The Old Bull Dog On The Right Track; cabinet card of Lincoln's horse a copy published by Our Gallery of Springfield; 4.25" x 5.25" mounted photograph of the Lincoln Tomb at Springfield; a 1905 copy photograph of a seated Lincoln; a photograph of a print titled Mr. Lincoln On Horse At His Old Residence; CDV of eccentric financier James Fisk Jr. wearing the "colonel's" uniform of the 9th New York National Guard Infantry Regiment; Address Delivered by Uriel Wright Esq. on Occasion of Laying the Corner Stone of the Theatre of the St. Louis Dramatic Varieties Association August 18 1851; and Chicago Historical Society Program. Saturday November 12th at 3 P.M. for the laying of the cornerstone of the their new building.NOTE: The Lincoln and Family CDV Lincoln's horse cabinet card and St. Louis theatre dedication booklet