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Period: 1870s
Rare Antique Ukrainian Pile Rug With Floral Garlands in the St. Petersburg Style
Located in Milan, IT
A very rare Ukrainian pile rug woven with a pattern characteristic of Aubusson and Savonnerie French carpets. Carpets such as this one were woven at a time when the classical French style was extremely in favour among the Russian aristocracy, who decorated their homes with period French furniture...
Category
Ukrainian Bessarabian Antique 1870s Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Northern Plains Parfleche Bonnet Case
Located in Coeur d
Alene, ID
Northern Plains parfleche bonnet case with original long fringe. Old smoke from the teepee.
Period: circa 1870
Origin: Northern Plains
Size: Case 19" ...
Category
American Native American Antique 1870s Folk Art
Materials
Hide
Heart in Hands Antique Hooked Rug
Located in Lancaster, PA
Hooked heart-in-hand rug is wool on burlap and has been mounted for hanging. The rug was part of a collection of Barbara Johnson and was illustrated in American Hooked and Sewn Rugs,...
Category
American Antique 1870s Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Antique Moroccan Tribal Berber Wool Comb
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Antique Moroccan tribal Folk Art Berber wool comb.
19th century, nice patina, Museum collector piece.
Category
Moroccan Folk Art Antique 1870s Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Tartan Plaid Box in Original Paint
Located in Darnestown, MD
This colorful tartan plaid box is hand decorated with shades of green; orange; red and yellow. It retains the original paint in very good condition. A new...
Category
American Antique 1870s Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Solid Brass Ships Port Lantern
Located in Norwell, MA
Highly polished and lacquered ships port lantern with Fresnel glass lens, vented top and mounting tabs. Very unusual shape. Mounted to a custom wood base ...
Category
Antique 1870s Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Humorous Sketches from Wimbledon 1879 A great piece and very seasonal
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Humorous Sketches from Wimbledon 1879
A great piece and very seasonal, some observances and acute witticisms of the day
The original print is mounted and in good condition and a sp...
Category
Victorian Antique 1870s Folk Art
Materials
Paper
American Oil on Canvas of Landscape in Original Gilt Frame, Circa 1870
Located in Charleston, SC
American oil on canvas of landscape depicting mountains, meadows, and a stream in the original mounted foliage gilt frame. Late 19th Century.
Category
American American Empire Antique 1870s Folk Art
Materials
Gold Leaf
Painted Faux Grain Tole Cutlery Caddy
Located in Houston, TX
Painted faux grain tole cutlery caddy from France circa 1880-1910.
Note: Original/early finish on antique and vintage metal will include some, or all, o...
Category
French French Provincial Antique 1870s Folk Art
Materials
Tin
19th Century Sailor
s Woolie of a Four Masted Barque, signed by maker, ca 1880
Located in Nantucket, MA
Late 19th Century Sailor's Woolie of a Four Masted Barque, circa 1880, a handcrafted sailor's woolwork picture depicting a starboard side view of a four master with square rigged for...
Category
English Folk Art Antique 1870s Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Chart of Japan by James Imray and Son
Located in Norwell, MA
Chart of southern Japan compiled by James F. Imray and published in 1870. The chart captures the coast and islands. Includes Nagasaki, Kii Channel, Gulf of Yed...
Category
English Antique 1870s Folk Art
Materials
Paper
Lunatic Billy Bats Outsider Art Drawing, 1872
Located in Savannah, GA
An unknown outsider artist drawing of the lunatic Billy Bats of Troy, New York, 1872.
Note from artist affixed to verso: “Billy Bats is a lunatic who spent years in the asylum and no...
Category
American Antique 1870s Folk Art
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
19th Century Italian Hand-Carved and Painted Cherub
Located in Dallas, TX
19th century Italian hand-carved and painted cherub presents a charming, colorful and adorable rendering of a young winged cherub, holding a spiral torchere in one hand that can be u...
Category
Italian Neoclassical Revival Antique 1870s Folk Art
Materials
Walnut
Shenandoah Valley Original Pattern Applique Quilt
Located in Darnestown, MD
To my knowledge, this applique quilt is an original pattern. It is well quilted and appliqued with reverse applique in every block. It is nicely balanced with five full blocks and pa...
Category
American Country Antique 1870s Folk Art
Materials
Cotton
Carpenter
s Square Quilt
Located in Darnestown, MD
This Carpenter's Square is more complex than most. It has nine borders of slightly graduated sizes and more squares than one usually sees. It is nicely quilted with diagonal lines in...
Category
American Country Antique 1870s Folk Art
Materials
Cotton
$1,800
Currants and Cockscombs Quilt
Located in Darnestown, MD
This Cockscomb and Currants (aka grapes and oak leaf) applique quilt is done with very Fine stitching. The quilting depicts patterns of ferns and a variety of leaves. The applique bo...
Category
American Antique 1870s Folk Art
Materials
Cotton
Roses and Bells Quilt
Located in Darnestown, MD
Dozens of varieties of floral wreath quilt patterns were popular in the 19th century. Unlike most such patterns, this example includes bells between the flowers. It is finely appliqu...
Category
American Country Antique 1870s Folk Art
Materials
Cotton
$2,400
Henley on Thames Antique Oil Painting Riverscape 1870 Signed Harold Gregson
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Lovely English oil painting of Henley on Thames in Oxfordshire
Piece is signed in the bottom left hand corner by Harold Gregson
Comes in the gilt frame and we date this to circa 1870...
Category
Antique 1870s Folk Art
Materials
Paint
13 Star Antique Parade Flag, Hand Inscribed by the Owner in Salem, MA 1896
Located in York County, PA
ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH 13 STARS ARRANGED IN 6-POINTED GREAT STAR / STAR OF DAVID PATTERN, OF A TYPE MADE FOR THE 1876 CENTENNIAL OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE, WORN AND HAND-INSCRIBED...
Category
American Antique 1870s Folk Art
Materials
Cotton
13 Star Antique American Flag , Hand-Sewn Stars in a Medallion, 1876 Centennial
Located in York County, PA
13 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH A MEDALLION CONFIGURATION OF HAND-SEWN STARS AND A BEAUTIFUL, ELONGATED PROFILE, MADE IN THE ERA OF THE 1876 CENTENNIAL OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE, I...
Category
Antique 1870s Folk Art
Materials
Wool
13 Haloed Stars in A Medallion Configuration, ca 1876
Located in York County, PA
13 HALOED STARS IN A MEDALLION CONFIGURATION, ON AN EXCEPTIONALLY RARE ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG MADE FOR THE 1876 CENTENNIAL OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE
13 star American parade flag, prin...
Category
American Antique 1870s Folk Art
Materials
Cotton
Price Upon Request
13 Star Rare Parade Flag, Advertising Hop Bitters, circa 1876
Located in York County, PA
13 STARS IN AN UNUSUAL PATTERN ON A RARE PAPER PARADE FLAG WITH ADVERTISING HOP BITTERS, PROBABLY DISTRIBUTED FOR THE 1876 CENTENNIAL; EXHIBITED AT THE MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUT...
Category
American Antique 1870s Folk Art
Materials
Paper
Price Upon Request
Merino Sheep Weathervane, Attributed to A.J Harris
Co, Boston, ca 1875
Located in York County, PA
MERINO SHEEP WEATHERVANE, THE VERY BEST OF ITS KIND AND WITH PERHAPS THE BEST SURFACE THAT EXISTS ON SURVIVING EXAMPLES, ATTRIBUTED TO A.J. HARRIS & CO., BOSTON, circa 1875
This fan...
Category
American Antique 1870s Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Price Upon Request
Hand-Pained Banner with the Seal of the State of Mississippi, circa 1872
Located in York County, PA
Unique, hand-painted banner with the seal of the state of mississippi, likely having represented delegates from that state at the 1872 republican or dem...
Category
American Antique 1870s Folk Art
Materials
Cotton
Price Upon Request
34 Star American flag, Updated to 39 Stars, with Stars in a Great Star Pattern
Located in York County, PA
34 STARS IN A WHIMSICAL RENDITION OF THE GREAT STAR PATTERN, ON A CIVIL WAR PERIOD FLAG WITH A CORNFLOWER BLUE CANTON, UPDATED TO 39 STARS IN 1876
34 star American national flag with additional stars added and one of the most stunning graphic designs I have ever seen in early flag-making. The original pattern was comprised of a circle of 5 large stars, and triangular arms made of smaller stars. These are noticeable pointy and bent like the arms of a starfish. Made of cotton, the stars are hand-sewn and double-appliquéd to a fantastic, cornflower blue canton, a color common to Civil War uniforms...
Category
American Antique 1870s Folk Art
Materials
Cotton
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Why Jules Chéret Was the King of the Modern Poster
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Expert Jeff Bridgman explains the history and meaning behind the twinkling constellations that have graced Old Glory.
Peggy Guggenheim Loved Modernism, but She Also Collected Tribal Art
The iconoclastic style setter displayed African and Oceanic art, as well as works by indigenous peoples of the Americas, alongside pieces by such major modernists as Pablo Picasso and Jackson Pollock.
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