Collection of Carole Wahler | January 29, 2025
Wed, Jan 29, 2025 10:00AM EST
Lot 178
Framed American Needlework Picture, 'The Gossips'
Estimate: $300 - $500
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| $100 | $50 |
| $1,000 | $100 |
| $2,000 | $200 |
| $3,000 | $250 |
| $5,000 | $500 |
| $10,000 | $1,000 |
| $20,000 | $2,000 |
| $50,000 | $5,000 |
| $100,000 | $10,000 |
20th century, fabric depiction of two seated ladies, sight 11-1/8 x 9 in.; framed, 15-1/2 x 13-1/4 in.
Provenance: Collection of Carole Wahler, Knoxville, Tennessee
Note: A similar design was pictured in the Maine Antique Digest, March 1994 (29-D, David Schorsch Ad). The caption notes that a "nearly identical design appears on a quilt by Eunice W. Cook of Vermont which is illustrated in Erwin O. Christensen, The Index of American Designs, (New York, 1950), pg. 103, fig. 211, and C. Kurt Dewhurst, Betty MacDowell and Marsha MacDowell, Artists in Aprons, Women Folk Artists, Folk Art by American Women, (New York, 1979), p. 48, fig 27."
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Collection of Carole Wahler, Knoxville, Tennessee
not examined out of frame, minimal wear; frame with wear and abrasions, crackle
