A COLLECTION OF HISTORIC HOUSE BOOKS,MUSEUMS, ARCHITECTURE, FURNITURE DESIGN, HISTORY, AND RELATED TOPICS including The English Home, Gotch; French Pavilions of the Eighteenth Century; Great Georgian Houses in...
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FRANKLIN LIBRARY MYSTERY MASTERPIECESBOOKS, 14 Fourteen books published by the Franklin Library Mystery Masterpieces comprising "Great American Mystery Stories of the Twentieth Century," "Great British Mystery...
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Pilgrim Century great chair with turnedback legs and arm supports with ball hand rests, late 16th - early 17th century, (now with replaced rush seat). seat ht. 16 1/2in., ht. 40 1/2in....
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NEW ENGLAND PILGRIM CENTURY GREAT CHAIR.
Thearched slats flanked by turned stiles with knopped finials above a woven trapezoidal rush seat on sausage-turned legs joined by a box stretcher....
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PAINTED PILGRIM CENTURY GREAT CHAIR.New England, possibly Connecticut, 1680-1720, mixed woods including maple. Round turned back posts with incised rings surmounted by ovoid finials and fitted with three slightly...
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A Miscellaneous Collection of Booksand Magazines Pertaining to Art and Other Topics, 20th Century, Including: 'Arte Povera' edited by Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev (London: Phaidon, 2005); 'The Civil War in Art,...
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Y IMPORTANT GEORGIAN DOLL'S HOUSE, 'THEEVANS BABY HOUSE'
18TH CENTURY, WITH LATER ADAPTATIONS AND CONTENTS modelled as a three-storeyed Georgian town house, of ochre and red painted pine and other timber, the hinged...
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Collection of Miscellaneous United States,World and Ancient Coins (60)
Including South Africa, 1896 1 Pond; France, 1806A 20 Francs; France, 1864 20 Francs; Italy, Kingdom of Napoleon, 1814M 40 Lire; Great Britain,...
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Hellenistic Limestone Bust of Alexanderthe Great: Greece, Hellenistic, ca. 3rd century BCE. A finely carved bust of Alexander the Great, known for his wavy leonine hair and idealized features. This example aspires...
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Gandharan Schist Relief - Ascetic w/Snake& Attendant: Northwest Pakistan, Gandharan, ca. 2nd to 3rd century CE. A poignant and skillfully hand-carved Gandharan grey schist relief depicting a bearded male ascetic...
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William Pitt the Younger Miniature Watercolorof the 1783 British Prime Minister: American Revolution. Miniature Portrait of William Pitt the Younger the 1783 Late Revolutionary War Era British Prime Minister . c. Early...
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Byzantine Style Icon, Wood, Crete, 15/17thCentury: In 1453, the capitol of the Byzantine empire, Constantinople (also known as New Rome), was captured by Mehmed the Conqueror, the seventh Sultan of the Ottoman Empire....
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Medieval European Bronze Bracteate -St. George: Northern Europe, later Medieval period, ca. 13th to 15th century CE. A beautifully preserved cast bronze bracteate, probably a pilgrim's badge, depicting St....
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Egyptian Bronze Seated Harpokrates w/Hemhem Crown: Egypt, Ptolemaic period, ca. 332 to 30 BCE. A solid cast-bronze figure of the child god Harpokrates (from the Egyptian Her-pa-khered, literally "Horus the Child")...
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? JOHN ATKINSON GRIMSHAW (BRITISH 1836-1893)
GREENOCKSigned inscribed and dated 'T.20.92', signed, inscribed and dated verso 'Quayside Greenock T.20.92', oil on canvas31cm x 46cm (12in x 18in)Provenance: Christie's, 20 July...
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Jules Lion (French/American, 1806-1866,active New Orleans, 1837-1866) , "Ashur Moses Nathan and Son", c. 1845, pastel on heavy paper board, signed "Lion" lower left, sight 35 in. x 28 in., glazed in a period cove-molded...
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Jan Lievens the Elder (Dutch, 1607-1674),"A Military Commander, perhaps Friedrich Wilhelm, the Great Elector of Brandenburg", c. 1654/1664, oil on canvas, unsigned, 47 in. x 39 in., in a fine antique giltwood frame,...
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Kolar, Joseph. The Great Kolar's SteamerTrunk. American, first quarter twentieth century. Large wooden steamer trunk with leather straps and iron fix Trunk. American, first quarter twentieth century. Large wooden...
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Great Events Of Our Past Century: Offeredfor your consideration is this leather bound copy of R. M. Devens' 1876 work, "The National Memorial Volume. Being a Popular Descriptive Portraiture of the Great Events of...
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Lifesize Gandharan Schist Head of Buddha:Central Asia, Pakistan and Afghanistan, Gandharan Empire, ca. 200 BCE to 100 CE. One of the most beautiful Gandharan Buddhist sculptures we have seen, this is an expertly...
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