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Collection of Carole Wahler | January 29, 2025

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As a singular figure in the world of American pottery and early textiles, Dr. Wahler was a celebrated curator, collector, and scholar. Early Southern furniture including four MESDA documented items: VA William and Mary paneled trunk, VA Chippendale Cupboard, TN inlaid cherry chest of drawers and a TN cherry high chest, many early Southern painted furniture examples, Ten Ulysses Davis folk art carvings, textiles to include a rare Asheville sampler dated 1824, quilt dated1861, rare Southern salt glaze and redware pottery examples to include TN, AL and NC.
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Lot 51

North Carolina Theorem

Estimate: $1,000 - $2,000
Current Bid
$2,400

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(American, probably Asheville, early/mid19th century)

Basket of Fruit with Pineapple, watercolor on brown paper, 18-1/4 x 23-3/4 in.; 22-3/4 x 28-3/4 in.

Provenance: By descent in the Family; James E. Allen Antiques, Atlanta, Georgia; Collection of Carole Wahler, Knoxville, Tennessee

Note: According to the consignor, this theorem was painted by the mother of Louisa Rogers, Winifred Aycock Lane (Wake County, North Carolina,1780-1872), who also wrought the rare 1824 Asheville sampler in this auction. A related theorem by the artist's granddaughter that utilized at least one of the same stencils can be seen in the collection of the High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia. Winifred was a direct descendant of the first Colonial Governor of Virginia. 

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By descent in the Family; James E. Allen Antiques, Atlanta, Georgia; Collection of Carole Wahler, Knoxville, Tennessee

hinged in at top edge, toning, wear at edges, staining at edges under mat, probable water staining at lower edge, crease across lower left corner; frame with wear