Brunk Auctions
Live Auction

Collection of Carole Wahler | January 29, 2025

Wed, Jan 29, 2025 10:00AM EST
  2025-01-29 10:00:00 2025-01-29 10:00:00 America/New_York Brunk Auctions Brunk Auctions : Collection of Carole Wahler | January 29, 2025 https://live.brunkauctions.com/auctions/brunk/collection-of-carole-wahler-january-29-2025-17149
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. Brunk Auctions support@brunkauctions.com
View Catalog (186)

Prev Lot
Next Lot
Two Framed Southern Civil War Era Quilt Fragments, Rogers Family
Lot 52

Two Framed Southern Civil War Era Quilt Fragments, Rogers Family

Estimate: $300 - $500
Inquire
Starting Bid
$150
[0 Bids]Bidding History
Bid increments chart

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $25
$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

Southern States, mid 19th century, comprising: fragment with pinned in note inscribed "...woven during the War in Jefferson, Texas, 1862 For Mrs. Edwin Rogers, wife of our oldest Uncle / Lou...(?) K. Rogers", multicolored checkerboard motif, in 6 x 5 in. frame; large patchwork example with stitched in note inscribed "Samples of homemade cotton goods worn on the Reagan Farm, McMinnCo. near Sweetwater, before and during the War '61-'65, Property of Mrs. Julia Reagan Love Sweetwater, Tenn", sight 18 x 19-1/2 in., in 23-1/4 x 24-1/2 in. frame

Provenance: Collection of Carole Wahler, Knoxville, Tennessee

Note: According to consignor notes, the aforementioned "Mrs. Edwin Rogers" belonged to the same family to which Louisa H. Rogers, who wrought the rare sampler featured in lot 149, belonged. 

Available payment options

  • Visa
  • Mastercard
  • Amex
  • Diners
  • Discover
  • JCB
  • Union Pay

Purchased items will be available for pick up or shipping from our Asheville, North Carolina auction facility within ten business days of the auction, or will be assessed a storage fee of $5.00 per day, per item. Purchaser agrees that packing and shipping is done at the purchaser's risk and that the purchaser will pay in advance all packing expenses, materials, carrier fees and insurance charges. At our discretion, items will either be packed by an agent such as a packaging store or Brunk Auctions. Please allow two weeks for shipping after payment is received. Shipment of large items is the responsibility of the purchaser. We are happy to provide names of carriers and shippers if a purchaser so requests. Brunk Auctions will have no liability for any loss or damage to shipped items.

Collection of Carole Wahler, Knoxville, Tennessee

not examined out of frames, scattered light staining and fraying throughout; frames with light wear and abrasions

World-Class Consignments and Exceptional Results

Connect with us

Powered By