| The Wrestling Match at the Pied Merlin, 1922 |
Autumn
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Major oils by the renowned American illustrator N. C. Wyeth rarely surface on the market, and this original book illustration has never before been offered for sale....
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| Thurston Nichols American Antiques, L.L.C. |
Autumn
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Noah Weiss was a self-taught carver in Northampton, Penn., who operated the Mount Vernon Inn, which he designed to replicate Washington's home....
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| William Morris and his Conflicting Shades of Green |
Autumn
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William Morris (English, 1834–1896) is well known as a writer, craftsman, and designer whose influence shaped mid- to late-nineteenth-century British bourgeoisie taste....
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| A High Chest of Drawers |
Summer 2003
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From 1716 to 1861 Longfellow's Wayside Inn operated as Howe's Tavern, a successful...
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| A Silver Tureen |
Summer 2003
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This tureen is one of a very small group of English 18th-century silver objects for which there is complete documentation regarding their commissioning. Based on a design by William Kent, the tureen was made by London silversmith George Wickes, appointed...
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| American Impressionism and the Queen City |
Summer 2003
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Several of the leading artists associated with American Impressionism came from Cincinnati and enjoyed their first instruction in the Queen City. Most notable were John H. Twachtman (Fig. 1), Robert F. Blum, Joseph R. DeCamp (Fig. 2), and Edward H. Pottha...
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| Art of the Needle: 100 Masterpiece Quilts from the Shelburne Museum |
Summer 2003
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One of the largest and highest-quality public collections of bedcovers in the United States is to be found at the Shelburne Museum in Shelburne, Vermont. The finest examples from a collection of 400 are showcased in Art of the Needle: 100 Masterpiece Quil...
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| Bordeaux, Boats, & Botero: The Passions of Collector William Koch |
Summer 2003
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The roll call is impressive: Degas, Modigliani, Rodin. This personal collection encompasses impressionist and postimpressionist masterpieces, western paintings and sculpture, antiquities, maritime art and antiques, and, most recently, Native American obje...
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| Carved Giltwood Girandole Looking Glass |
Summer 2003
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This is a most unusual example of an English girandole mirror. It has the conventional elements of a convex plate set within an ebonized and reeded slip, surrounded by a cavetto molded circular frame carved with cross hatching and divided by four ring tur...
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| Chippendale Carved Mahogany Secretary Bookcase |
Summer 2003
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This Queen Anne Newport secretary displays many of the hallmarks present on the finer furniture from this dynamic crafts community: elegant, slender proportions; paneled tympanum; fluted finial; and a distinctive shell-carved interior with a fitted well,...
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