Last Minute Gifts for Everyone on your List

Give your friends and loved ones something truly special this year!

Original Vogue Cover, Illustrated by George Wolfe Plank 

for Vogue: November 15, 1917.

Framed behind glass in excellent condition.

16" x 19.5"

$345

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Antique Quilt: "Bars" with "Zig Zag"

Pennsylvania, circa 1900-1920. Pieced and applique cotton. Red and white quilts are especially suited to holiday celebrations. This example is in fine condition, probably rarely used. The quilt stitchery, in "Parallel Lines" and "Rope" patterns, is finely done. Found in Pennsylvania, one of the great sources of America's quilts, the bright red cotton, sewn in "Zig-Zag" lines, alternating with solid red bars, offers a festive, playful and very graphic effect.

80" x 86"

$1,250

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Vintage Beacon Blanket

Crisp geometric design with blue, rust and beige. Ends bound in green.

Excellent condition.

67" x 76"

$295

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Air Brush Pottery Pitcher and Bowl. Blue and Cream. In excellent condition. 

Made in Eastern Europe between 1919 and 1930. 

Using a spray-on and stencil technique, designers in Czechoslovakia, Austria and Germany decorated forms such as plates, bowls, canister sets, vases and clocks with outstanding Art Deco designs. 

Pitcher: 11" high

Bowl: 14.25" diameter, 4.5" high

$395

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Pair of carved marble Roman Helmet bookends on marble bases. 

Italian. Early 20th-Century.

9" x 3" x 3.25"

$375

Pair of Golfer Bookends

Remarkable form in cast metal. 

Detailed figures, each standing on a book.

Early 20th-Century

9" x 4" x 4"

$975

Vintage Cocktail Shakers with Lucite Handles. Circa 1940-50. 

Pouring lids missing on both.

left: 12.5" tall

right: 13" tall

$55 each

Antique Hooked Rug

Hand-hooked rug in graphic design similar to Log Cabin quilt pattern. Small scaled, finely detailed. Early 20th-Century.

38" x 21.75"

$495

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Vintage Sailboat Carved Wood Plaque.

Skillfully crafted folk art in pristine condition with original paint.Sail marked with carved initial "G". Applied thin wood frame. Circa 1940.

12.5" x 16.75" x 2"

$295

Paper Covered Barrel Cover. 

Flour barrel wood cover with red, white and blue paper label. Probably from the Holly Milling Co., Holly, Michigan. Decorated with patriotic colors and motifs. Early 20th-Century.

Diameter:  16"

$325

Winter Landscape. Oil on canvas. Early 20th-Century.

Stark, finely detailed trees near a stream in soft winter light. 

Signed "Joseph A. Aaron" (?). 

Initial and last name unclear. 

27.25" x 26.25"

$975

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Antique Quilts: Celebrating the Holidays

Historically, some of the finest quilts were made to be brought out for special occasions and important events only, like birthdays, anniversaries, Christmas and New Year's. These were the quilts that were carefully handled and preserved, not the utilitarian quilts that were made for everyday use. Holidays offered a time to display the makers' best; those sometimes spectacular displays of exceptional needlework created at home.  

19th- and early 20th-Century mothers and grandmothers were not distracted by things like TV, or jet trips around the world, so they found the time, even while managing a household, to give their undivided attention to quilting. The results were, at times staggering - beautiful, colorful spreads richly filled with fine quilting stitchery. In a way, each quilt in itself was a celebration of the seamstresses’ hard work, determination, and imaginative use of materials at hand, all peculiarly American. Each quilt is a handmade textile greeting card offering warmth and comfort, a personal expression of hope for peace and good will from the quilters of our past.    

Antique Quilt: "Sunburst" Variation. Found in Pennsylvania. Circa 1875.

Twenty pieced "Sunbursts" explode on a white ground, surrounded with star-like floral motifs and a radiant diamond border. The curious curvilinear motifs appliqued in all four corners add an unusual, art nouveau-like finishing touch. Quilters in 19th-Century America possessed remarkably creative approaches to making bed covers of extraordinary workmanship. 

Antique quilt: "Tulip" Applique with "Swag and Tassel" Border. American. Third quarter 19-Century.

Here is an exceptional example of a finely appliqued and quilted traditional bed cover of the 19th-Century. Made by a highly skilled quilter, this spread is extraordinarily stitched with elaborate detail. The scalloped inner borders and edges display the work of only the most advanced quilt maker. The "Swag and Tassel" border is on three of the four sides of the quilt, following a nineteenth century tradition which leaves one side for the head of the bed.

Antique Quilt (One of a pair): "Princess Feather" Applique. Ohio. Circa 1875.

Exceptionally large, this finely stitched and quilted spread in a traditional, surprisingly flamboyant pattern, has a mate with slight differences. Pairs or complementing quilts were sometimes made for the dowries of the maker's daughters. It would be difficult to calculate not only the number of stitches but also the amount of love and devotion that went into the making of these outstanding spreads.

Antique Quilt (2nd of a pair): "Princess Feather" Applique. Ohio. Circa 1875.

The maker set her sights high on this ambitious project - the creation of two magnificent quilts of equal beauty and craftsmanship, perhaps for two daughters to begin their marriages, a popular tradition among 19th-Century American quilters. Slight variations, such as the inner and outer borders, differentiate the two pieces, but both equally retain their rare beauty, thus insuring that neither daughter could ever feel slighted.

Antique Pieced and Applique Quilt: "Carolina Lily and Trees". American. Circa 1875.

Textile folk art flourished in 19th-Century America. It was a time when quilters applied their energies and creativity towards producing bed covers that were not only astonishingly beautiful but uniquely American. Using whatever materials were available and working at home, quilters managed to create pieces that transcended the lowly bedspread and were sometimes worthy of hanging as wall art, although that is a 20th-Century idea. Here, pieced "Lilies" alternate with appliqued "Trees" in a graphic design, delineated by triangle "Sawtooth" outlines, with an outer border of "Vines of Blossoms and Leaves". Quilters never seemed to run out of steam, paying careful attention to every detail all the way to the carefully stitched edges.

 Antique quilt:  "Baskets". American.  Late 19th-Century.  

Although there are many variations of the "Baskets" motif, few are as effectively presented as this example with a rigidly exact arrangement of the motifs.  The "Baskets" are skillfully pieced of solid red with green calicoes, with solid red squares punctuating each quilt block.  The precision of little tin soldiers comes to mind, all lined up on the diagonal across the white ground.  Angular basket handles add a sharp edge to the overall design, and the crisp texture of straight line quilting on a muslin ground provides an effective contrast.

Quilts, America's favorite folk art, are especially welcome to enjoy during the holidays. In some ways, even just viewing their images may offer respite from the tough realities that accompany this 2012 holiday season.  

We at Woodard & Greenstein send you our best wishes for the holidays!