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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 2

Rare Tennessee Paint Decorated Federal Candle Stand

Estimate: $800 - $1,200
Current Bid
$400

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attributed to Hawkins or Jefferson County, 1825-1850, circular top over a boldly turned support on scrolled legs, 28-1/2 x 16 x 16-3/4 in.

Provenance: Collection of Carole Wahler, Knoxville, Tennessee

Note: This table is illustrated in Namuni Young Art and Furniture of East Tennessee, catalog number 106.

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Collection of Carole Wahler, Knoxville, Tennessee

blue paint is old but over earlier red, losses and later nails at leg attachments, breaks and repairs at two legs, later nails at top attachment, warping to top, surface wear and paint losses (appears to have been dry scraped)