Bear Hooked Rug - SOLD

Folky New England wool hooked rug, late 19th c. to early 20th c. professionally mounted for display.
Dimensions: 36 by 23.75-inches.
579-5 - SOLD

Early Raised Work Cat Rug - SOLD

Exceptional 19th century wool cat hooked rug in excellent condition. This is best of its both the field and the cat are worked in variegated colors but the raised cat stands out as a statement to the makers expertise.
Dimensions: 45.5 x 25.75 inches
579-22 - SOLD

Room Sized Hooked Rug
2nd Quarter of the 19th Century

Measures approximately 8-feet 2-inches in length and approximately 7-feet in width.
Price: $7,750
362-5
Early 19th C.
Yarn Sewn Rug
Spectacular Blue, Cream, Brown
and Black with the BLUE DOMINANT

Never backed or mounted, overall in excellent condition. 72 by 32-inches with a 52 by 15-inch CENTER.
Price: $12,500
ACD-


Folky Black Cat

Hooked with wool with blue and green ground. Condition: very good. Dimensions: 37-inches by 23-inches.
Price: $1,000
533-42
Red & Blue Rug

Measures 75.25-inches in length and 45.75-inches in width.
Price: $2,175
144-17
19th Century Crib Quilt
With some early printed cottons

Measures 32 by 35.5-inches.
Price: $150
514-97

Sioux Child's Hooded Coat
19th Century

Sioux child's hooded coat made of calf hide; dyed quill and bead decoration in form of eyes, ears, and tail, front and hood trimmed in blue cloth; two unmatched glass buttons; scattered fur loss; overall very good condition. - Approximately 28-inches long with attached "tail" approximately 12-inches long.
Price: $5,950
232-89



Woven Wool Firefighter Parade Belt
"Independent 1" - SOLD

Woven white wool fireman's parade belt with red trim; stenciled in black "INDEPENDENT" and "1" on the slide; closes with two hidden brown leather belts and buckles; mothing, sewn repairs, and dark staining.
110-281 - SOLD

Shepherd and Shepherdess and Lady Silk Embroidery
Worked by Rebecca Green Butler
Connecticut embroidery, circa 1800-1810

Silk on silk embroidery worked using a wide variety of stitches. Although the faces are worn the needlework is exquisite.
Dimensions: 16 by 17-inch sight size, add 2.5-inches for frame.
Genealogy available.
Price: $4,395
903-4



Mourning Embroidery And Watercolor
Inscribed on the glass...
Wrought By Eliza J.C. Hudson Age 12 Years-1826
Silk, chenille, pencil, paint and ink on silk
Genealogy available

Monument beautifully scripted in ink as below:
Eliza J. C. Hudson died Oct. 25 1810 aged 2 years
Mary Hudson died March 22 1816 aged 1 year
Mary Elizabeth Hudson died June 29th 1820 aged 65 years
The gold gilt legend-identifying maker reads Wrought By Eliza J.C. Hudson Age 12 Years-1826; eglomise remains in fine original condition. The gilt frame with scattered edge losses is original as is the backboard with framers label. The silk is evenly toned and there is some loss to silk threads on obelisk. The painted colors remain strong. Pasted to the backboard is the label of:
Bittle & Cooper, Burnish Gilders
Price: $12,750
PB-365




Hannah Townsend's 1734 Chester County, Pennsylvania Sampler

Hannah Townsend of Chester, Pennsylvania worked her sampler in 1734 at the age of 16. Hannah's sampler is purported to be the earliest known dated Chester County sampler. This sampler's inspiration are from Quaker Richard Claridge and reads:
"Scorn Earthly Toys / & Worldly Pomp Desire"
"Upon Celestial Objects / Fix Thine Eyes,"
Family genealogy is available. Condition is very good and the dimensions are 9.25 by 11.75-inches sight size.
It is framed in an early gold gilt frame, 14 by 11.5-inches. Please call or write with any questions.
Price: $9,500
208-39


Maria Barnard's Family Record
Circa 1830's

Maria Barnard of Pittsfield, Massachusetts worked this silk on linen family record in the 1830's. An almost identical family record was embroidered by Maria's sister Abigail in 1832. Abigail's is pictured in Family Record Genealogical Watercolors and Needlework published by the DAR Museum in Washington DC, 1989, page 56, illustration 79. The family record measures 17.5-inches by 17.5-inches.
Price: $2,700
492-20




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