Oak Spoon Rack with Pewter Spoons, Small Pine Spoon Rack,
and a Mahogany Knife Box, America or England, 19th century, three-
tier spoon rack with pierced shaped backboard for hanging, housing
fifteen assorted pewter spoons; a small arched-back pine spoon rack
with slots for three spoons; and a rectangular mahogany knife box with
canted sides, the center dividing panel pierced with handle hold, ht. 13,
4, 6 3/4, lg. 14 1/2, 8, 15 1/2 in., respectively.
$400-600
Black-painted Carved Bannister-back Side Chair, probably
Massachusetts, early 18th century, with Prince of Wales cresting,
block-, vase-, and ring-turned stiles topped by turned ball finials, above
the rush seat on block-, vase-, and ring-turned front legs joined to the
slightly raking rear legs by bulbous-turned stretchers, old black-painted
surface, ht. 46 1/2, seat ht. 16 1/2 in.
$8,000-12,000
Black-painted Carved Maple Cane-back Side Chair, New England,
early 18th century, the carved cresting above the molded back flanked
by block-, vase-, and ring-turned stiles, on beaded trapezoidal seat,
and four similarly turned legs joined by stretchers, (imperfections), ht. 49
1/4, seat ht. 18 1/4 in.
$600-800
Maple and Pine Bannister-back Armchair, New England, last half
18th century, the shaped crest above three molded bannisters joining
vase- and ring-turned posts, with scrolled arms on vase- and ring-
turned supports continuing to legs joined by double stretchers, old
refinish, ht. 47 1/2, seat ht. 19 in.
$400-600
Painted-decorated Slat-back Armchair, New England, mid-18th
century, with vase- and ring-turned arm supports and bulbous-turned
double stretchers, early 19th century grain-painted and yellow striped
decoration, ht. 41 1/2, seat ht. 15 1/2 in.
$1,200-1,800
Maple Roundabout Chair, New England, 18th century, the curved
backrest continuing to scrolled handholds, on vase- and ring-turned
stiles joined by shaped splats continuing to turned legs joined by turned
double stretchers, old varnished surface, ht. 29 3/4, seat ht. 16 1/2 in.
$800-1,200
Embroidered Wool Coverlet, probably New England, late 18th
century, the black wool twill ground woven in three sections and
stitched with colored wool yarns in fanciful floral designs, bordered
with undulating flowering and fruiting vines and geometric patterns,
in a variety of stitches including chain stitch, cross-stitch, outline,
blanket, and long and short stitch, (minor stitch losses, six small patch
reinforcements to back), 88 x 78 in.
Literature: For similar coverlets, see America’s Quilts and Coverlets, by
Carleton L. Safford and Robert Bishop, E.P. Dutton & Co., New York,
1972, pp. 64-65.
$6,000-8,000
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