79 free≤an’s american furniture, decorative & folk arts
11/22/08 270 Needlework sampler first quarter 19th century Stylized flowers bordering six alphanumeric rows centering the inscription ‘Elizabeth Howe Clap’s worked on in the year 1828’ with flowering urn, worked in black, green and off-white threads, on linen, framed. H: 11 1/4 in. W: 9 1/4 in. (sight) $2,500-3,500 271 American School, 19th century portrait of a lady in white Unsigned, oil on canvas, laid down on masonite, framed. H: 10 in. W: 8 in. (sight) $300-400 272 Late Classical figured mahogany cabinet baltimore, maryland, circa 18301850 The swan’s neck bonnet with cast brass medallions over rectangular case with two sets of lattice glass doors opening to a shelved interior encompassing a central drawer all flanked by columns, raised on beehive feet. H: 91 in. W: 54 in. D: 19 in. $5,000-7,000 273 American School, 19th century portrait of a seated gentleman Inscribed on stretcher ‘Robert Rennard/Easton MD/Brother of Mrs. William H---/Easton MD 1857’, oil on canvas, framed. H: 29 1/2 in. W: 24 1/2 in. (sight) provenance: Property from the Estate of Dr. and Mrs. Meyer Naide, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. $2,000-3,000
274 American School, 19th century landscape with sheep Unsigned, oil on canvas, framed. H: 19 1/2 in. W: 29 1/2 in. (sight) provenance: Kennedy Galleries. $1,000-1,500 275 Alfred A. Hart (1816-1906) landscape with farm house and cattle Signed and dated ‘A. Hart 1848’ lower left, oil on canvas, laid down on masonite, framed. H: 28 in. W: 35 in. (sight) provenance: Skinner, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts. $2,000-3,000 276 Late Classical figured mahogany two-part secretary mid-atlantic states, circa 1830 In two parts: the upper section with crown molding above two flame paneled doors over three small drawers; the lower section with hinged tooled leather writing slope over three long graduated drawers enclosed by scrolled pilasters continuing to feet. H: 89 in. W: 49 1/2 in. D: 21 1/2 in. $2,500-3,500
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