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Style: American Empire
American Hand Painted Three Panel Floral Leather Screen , Signed N.Y. Circa 187
By A. Lasslow
Located in Charleston, SC
American three panel hand painted leather screen with floral urns on squared plinths & figural statue motif. Late 19th Century . Signed by ...
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1870s American Antique American Empire Decorative Art

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Leather, Paint

American Oil on Canvas Landscape in the Original Floral Gilt Frame. Circa 1850
Located in Charleston, SC
American oil on canvas landscape with a flowing stream, trees and mountains, watering cows in the foreground, sun in the background, encompassed on the origi...
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1850s American Antique American Empire Decorative Art

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Canvas, Giltwood, Paint

American Sampler Under Glass with the Original Gilt Birdseye Maple Frame, C 1820
Located in Charleston, SC
American sampler under glass with the original gilt Birdseye maple molded edge frame, Early 19th Century. Signed by maker Mary Ann Browning, Age 12.
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1820s American Antique American Empire Decorative Art

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Glass, Birdseye Maple, Giltwood, Linen

American Sampler Under Glass with the Original Gilt Birdseye Maple Frame, C 1830
Located in Charleston, SC
American sampler under glass with the original gilt Birdseye maple frame, Early 19th Century. Alphabet and Numerals. Signed by maker Maria Nuttall Age 7.
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1830s American Antique American Empire Decorative Art

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Linen, Glass, Birdseye Maple, Giltwood

American Needlepoint Gilt Framed Sampler, Tree of Knowledge, Circa 1842
By Ann Lee Burtin
Located in Charleston, SC
American needlepoint christian themed sampler in the original gold gilt frame under glass. Tree of knowledge good and evil. Adam and Eve with the serpe...
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1840s American Antique American Empire Decorative Art

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Textile, Glass, Giltwood

Pair of American Oil on Canvas Stills. Signed T. Maria. Circa 1830
Located in Charleston, SC
Pair of American oil on canvas stills in gilt and painted frames. Each painting consist of fruit in wicker baskets. Signed by artist. T. Maria. Early 19th Century.
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1830s American Antique American Empire Decorative Art

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Canvas, Giltwood

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18th Century Hand-Painted Venetian Style Gold-Leaf Moro Screen with butterflies
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Harvesting The Wheat, Oil on Canvas, Italian, 1950s
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1860s American Antique American Empire Decorative Art

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American Oil on Canvas Figural Landscape, G.W. Nicholson, Circa 1870
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Oil on Canvas Head Waters of the Conemaugh, John A. Hows, Circa 1860
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American Oil on Canvas Landscape, Charles Melville Dewey, Circa 1880
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American Diminutive Oval Oil on Canvas Landscape, Circa 1870
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