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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 40

Ulysses Davis Barbershop Screen Door

Estimate: $6,000 - $9,000
Starting Bid
$3,000

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(American/Georgia, 1913-1990)

Rose Decorated Screen Door, unsigned, carved and painted wood frame with brass handle and metal mesh and netting screen, 79 x 28 x 2 in.

Provenance: consignor notes: door was purchased directly from the artist's children following his death; Collection of Carole Wahler, Knoxville, Tennessee

Note: This door crafted by Ulysses Davis adorned the exterior of his famed barbershop on West 45th Street in Savannah, Georgia. Davis would line the windows and shelves of this barbershop with his carvings.

Literature: The Treasure of Ulysses Davis: Sculpture from a Savannah Barbershop by Susan Mitchell Crawley, pg. 12 fig. 2.

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consignor notes: door was purchased directly from the artist's children following his death; Collection of Carole Wahler, Knoxville, Tennessee

general wear and losses consistent with outdoor use, some rubbing, losses, and flaking to painted surfaces, some cracks and chips, notably in lower left corners, some separations at seams, paint losses and surface abrasions at hinge scars