February 2012 (Click pictures to see more photos)
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This page is completely changed during the first week of each month to feature a selection of new acquisitions.
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Mosaic Twig Center Table
This round French table has a finely detailed mosaic twig top in a pinwheel and sunray pattern, and a pedestal branch base with applied pinecone accents. The previous owner had some restoration done to the top and base. The table is very sturdy without any of the wobble sometimes associated with pedestal designs.
Circa 1900
29" diameter top, 28" h
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Penobscot Club
An artistic Maine Penobscot Indian birch root burl club with a carved face and chip-carved handle. These were made as ceremonial objects, and each artist had a distinctive style of carving. We have had and seen this stoic face on other clubs over the years, although the name of its Native American artist is unknown. A custom metal display base is included.
Circa 1880
22" long, 19" high on stand
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Old Hickory Side Table
A rare table in great, original condition, with a hickory pole base, distressed pine top, and lower book or magazine shelf. Old Hickory Furniture Company, Martinsville, Indiana.
Circa 1935
26" w, 16" d, 24" h
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Painted Bracket Fungus
This skillfully rendered nature scene uses a natural fungus as a canvas and features a white-tailed deer leaping over a stone wall. It has three-dimensional depth accomplished by extending the painting on to the front lege of the fungus, where a dog figurine is applied. It is mounted on a wooden base with a layer of plaster below the fungus.
Circa 1945
17” w, 14” h
$525
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Hickory Rocking Chair
A classic three-hoop hickory frame rocking chair, with its original woven rattan cane seat and back. Stamped Indiana Hickory Furniture Company, Colfax, Indiana.
Circa 1930
26" w, 30" d, 32" h
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Set of Child's Wooden Hoops
These six large wooden hoops painted in primary colors can be arranged in various groupings for a colorful wall display. They were made as toys that children balanced and rolled using a stick on the inside of the hoop.
Circa 1940
$950
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Old Hickory Table
This hickory pole table with an oak top, lower shelf, and rattan wrap on the handle makes a good bedside or telephone table. Old Hickory Furniture Company, Martinsville, Indiana.
Circa 1940
24" w, 13" d, 28" h
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Lodge Sign
An excellent, early framed wooden sign with a sand-coated black background and white hand lettering, for a lodge or resort with the evocative name of “Idlewild.”
Circa 1910
49.75" w, 2" d, 10.5" h
$875
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Decorated Canoe Paddle
A gracefully shaped spruce canoe paddle with an equally graceful swan within a double circle painted on the blade, all with an appealing old crazed shellac surface.
Circa 1920
6' w, 70" h
$475
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Painted Wastebasket
A sturdy wastepaper basket painted with two bird dogs watching ducks in flight on one side, blending into a mountain estate scene on the other side. A paper label on the bottom identifies its maker as American Vulcanized Fibre Company of Wilmington, Delaware.
Circa 1900
12" diameter, 14" h
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Miniature Pack Basket
A perfect model replica of the classic ash splint pack baskets that were once commonly used by hikers in New England and the Adirondacks. Great condition, complete with its original straps.
Circa 1920
8" w, 4" d, 10" h
$375
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Iroquois Lacrosse Stick
A lacrosse stick with an ash frame and large woven rawhide and gut pocket, made by Native Americans who invented the game.
Circa 1910
12" w, 51" h
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Pair of Miniature Paddles
A matched pair of model canoe paddles with a vibrant yellow surface. One has an image of a ram on the blade.
Circa 1920
2.75" w, 24" h
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Adirondack Hotel Sign
A framed single-sided sign with a white background and hand-painted black block lettering from the Old Forge region of the Adirondacks.
Circa 1940
30.5" w, 17" h
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