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Fairmount Waterworks, Philadelphia Gouache on paper, 12 x 19½ in. Painted about 1835‒40
21 East 70th Street New York, NY 10021 Tel: 212.535.8810 Fax: 212.772.7237
www.HirschlAndAdler.com email: gallery@hirschlandadler.com www.antiquesandfineart.com/hirschlandadler
Participating in The Philadelphia Antiques Show, April 14‒17
C. L. PRICKETT Fine Authenticated American Antiques
Fine Chippendale Figured Mahogany Reverse-Serpenting Front Bonnet-Top Secretarial Desk having a broken arch top with enclosed bonnet, original pinwheel rosettes, original turned and carved spiral finials, a carved sunburst centering the scroll board, two paneled doors with scalloped inside borders and f luted pilasters, candle slides, a blocked and three fan carved interior with central bank of drawers f lanked by document drawers and pigeon holes, a nicely shaped lower case with four graduated drawers, beaded drawer dividers and ogee bracket feet centered by a carved dropped pendant.
Salem, Massachusetts, circa 1770. Height 89¾" (7' 5¾"), width 42½", depth 22". Provenance: Gift from Mrs. Russell Sage to The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1909. Literature: Colonial Furniture In America by Luke Vincant Lockwood, page 266, plate 288; American Furniture in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, pages 275 & 276, item 188. 930 Stony Hill Road, Yardley, Bucks Co., PA 19067 Telephone: (215) 493-4284 Website: www.clprickett.com Email: info@clprickett.com
Clarence, Craig, and Todd Prickett We are located just 25 minutes north of Philadelphia and 75 minutes south of NYC at the Newtown Exit, #49, off I-95. Hours: 10 to 5 daily, closed Sunday.
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Natural History, Fossils, Shells, Minerals, Curiosities Paintings, European Furniture, Sculpture, and Decorative Arts Special gallery Exhibition of Abstract Paintings by Trace Tillou
I am pleased to announce the opening of our unique Wunderkanner Gallery at 7 West Street, LitchďŹ eld, Connecticut, on the Green.
109 Prospect Street, Litchfield, CT 06759 Tel: 860.567.5706 www.antiquesandfineart.com /ptillou Established 1953 By appointment only
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Just one block from the Metropolitan Museum of Art 24 East 84th Street, New York, NY 10028
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We invite you to visit our expanded website www.levygalleries.com Starting April 3rd we will begin our Summer hours Monday – Friday from 10:00 AM – 5:30 PM. Or by appointment
We look forward to your visit. R ARE H EPPLEWHITE B REAKFRONT B OOKCASE New York Circa 1800
Primary Wood: Mahogany, Satinwood, Ebony Secondary Wood: Poplar
Height: 108 inches Width: 96 inches Depth: 20½ inches
Provenance: Descended in the Black Family, Tuxedo Park, New York.
Frederic Edwin Church (1826–1900) Sunset, ca. 1855–60 oil on board, 5¾ x 9 inches
Thomas Worthington Whittredge (1820–1910) Lake Village (Swiss Scene), 1860 oil on canvas, 12¼ x 22 inches
Alexander Helwig Wyant (1836–1892) Farmhouse in a River Valley, ca. 1867 oil on canvas, 18½ x 24 inches
William Trost Richards (1833–1905) A View of Lake Placid, New York, July–August 1904 oil on board, 10 x 15½ inches
Victor De Grailly (1804–1889) View from Mount Holyoke, Massachusetts (and the Oxbow, Connecticut River), ca. 1840 oil on canvas, 17½ x 23½ inches
David Johnson (1827–1908) Landscape (White Mansion in the Distance) (possibly the White Mountains, New Hampshire), 1863 oil on canvas, 18 x 28 inches
Albert Bierstadt (1830–1902), Rocky Mountain Sheep, ca. 1882–83 oil on canvas, 48¼ x 38½ inches
For over half a century, Spanierman Gallery has been dedicated to dealing in the finest American art of the nineteenth and twentieth century.
www.spanierman.info Spanierman Gallery, llc 45 East 58th Street New York 10022 Tel (212) 832-0208 christineberry@spanierman.com Monday through Saturday, 9:30 to 5:30
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Advertiser Index 10 departments Editor’s Letter 13
Contributors 15 Discoveries and Noteworthy Sales 18, 20 Highlights
152 Lifestyle
News, Events, & Trends
26, 38, 40, 52, 64, 70, 80, 82, 86, 88 Show Preview
Haughton International Fine Art Fair
48
Show Review
Palm Beach Jewelry, Art & Antique Show
58
Destinations Philadelphia, PA
features
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100 2007 ADA Merit Award Recipient Dean Failey
by lauren byrne
149 Discoveries from the Field A Charleston Linen Press?
by john sherrer & russell buskirk
170 Lifestyle Out of Africa
by gladys montgomery photography by j. david bohl 180 Painterly Controversy, William Merritt Chase and Robert Henri
by kimberly orcutt
185 Classical Decorative Arts of Philadelphia
by elizabeth feld & stuart p. feld
150 Investing All Things Being Equal, Traditional and Modern Furniture
192 Classical Furniture in Federal Philadelphia
152 Lifestyle Consensus Collecting
200 Clara Driscoll and the Tiffany Girls: The Women of Tiffany Studios
by nancy n. johnston
photography by ellen mcdermott
by carswell rush berlin
by margaret k. hofer, nina gray, & martin eidelberg
161 Fine Art as an Investment Colin Campbell Cooper (1856–1937)
205 Made for Love, Selections from the Jane Katcher Collection of Americana
164 If I Had $1 Million
210 Art Focus American Still Life, The Late Ninetheenth Century
by lisa bush hankin
by mark golodetz
by erin e. eisenbarth
by erik brockett
210 Art Focus 216 Discoveries from the Field A Hollingsworth Family Sofa and its Upholstery Revealed
by alexandra alevizatos kirtley & david demuzio 220 A Premier Folk Art Museum Celebrates Fifty Years and a New Home
by carolyn j. weekley 225 Great American Folk Art at the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum
by ronald l. hurst 232 A Taunton Chest Redivivus
by gerald w. r. ward 235 Hands On A Taunton Chest Revisited
by johanna mcbrien 238 Winterthur Primer A Timely Discovery, The Story of Winterthur’s Jacob Graff Clock
by lisa minardi
on the cover: Childe Hassam (1859–1935), On The Balcony, 1888. Pastel on paper laid down on canvas, 29⅝ x 17¾ inches. Signed lower center: Childe Hassam 1888. Image courtesy of Adelson Galleries, New York City. Antiques & Fine Art (ISSN: 1535-5500), Vol. VII, Issue 5, is published bimonthly (Spring, Summer, Summer/Autumn, Autumn/Winter, Anniversary, and Early Spring) by AFA, 125 Walnut Street, Watertown, MA 02472. Material in this publication may not be reproduced in any form without written permission from the publisher. Contents copyright ©2007 AFA. All rights reserved. The advertiser seeking the services of Antiques & Fine Art will indemnify and save harmless Antiques & Fine Art and its agents from any liabilities, claims, lawsuits, damages, or expenses, including attorney’s fees and costs that may arise out of publication of the advertiser’s/agency ads or materials. Every effort has been made to ensure that all information presented in this issue is accurate, and neither Antiques & Fine Art, nor any of its staff, is responsible for omissions or information that has been misrepresented to the magazine. Application to mail at periodical postage rate pending at Andover, MA and additional offices. Change of address should be sent to 125 Walnut Street, Watertown, MA 02472. Printed in CANADA
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Daniel Garber (1880â&#x20AC;&#x201C;1958)
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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
Force Fine Art, Inc., Debra . . . . . . .31
Lloyd, Inc., Robert . . . . . . . . . . . . .57
Sylvan Hill Antiques . . . . . . . . . . . .70
Adelson Galleries, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Frankel, Ltd., E & J . . . . . . . . . . .112
Magruder, Malcolm . . . . . . . . . . .134
Sylvia Antiques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131
The Antiques Council, Inc. . .136–139
Franklin, Inc., Malcolm . . . . . . . . .12
Thirteenth Colony Arts . . . . . . . . . .64
The Antique Store in Wayne . . . . . .97
Freitas, Roberto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .132
Mason Art and Antiques, Thomas J. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80
Alexander Ltd., John . . . . . . . . . . .105
Gecker American Folk Art, Sidney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90
McColl Fine Art . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47
Tillou, Jeffrey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123
Meyer, Michael . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85
Tucker Fine Arts, John . . . . . . . . . .94
Gemini Antiques, Ltd. . . . . . . . . .127
Miller Studios, P. H. . . . . . . . . . . . .82
Turner Gallery, Steve . . . . . . . . . . . .83
Giampietro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
Minor Antiques, Aileen . . . . . . . . .130
Vareika Fine Arts, Ltd., William . . .68
Glazer, James & Nancy . . . . . . .22–23
MME Fine Art, LLC . . . . . . . . .16–17
Wakefield Scearce Gallery . . . . . . . .92
Anderson Galleries, LLC. . . . . . . . .19
Godel & Co. Fine Art, Inc . . . .36–37
Moore House Antiques . . . . . . . . . .63
Antiques Dealers’ Association of America, Inc. . . . .103
Goldberger – RJG Antiques, Russ & Karen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133
Nichols American Antiques, Thurston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129
Warren Antiques, Maria & Peter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74
Artfact, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91
Gordon, Elinor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113
Northeast Auctions . . . . . . . . . . . . .69
Wheatcroft Antiques, David . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .124–125
Avery Galleries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
Graham & Sons, James . . . . . . . . . .12
Old Salem Museums . . . . . . . . . . .130
Wigmore Fine Art, Inc., D. . . . . . . .14
Berlin, Carswell Rush . . . . . . . . . . .30
Guido Framing & Art Gallery . . . .78
Olde Hope Antiques, Inc. . . . . . . .119
Wilhoit Antiques, James . . . . . . . . .96
Bittel, Diana H. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107
Hagan, John G. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52
Oriental Rugs, Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . .75
Willauer Antiques, Lynda . . . . . . . .87
Allen, Mark & Marjorie . . . . . . . .106 American Garage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72 Andersen & Stauffer Furniture Makers, LLC. . . . . . . . .84
james graham & sons
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Black Pearl Antiques & Fine Art LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93
questroyal fine art
34
roughton galleries
50
Tillou Works of Art, Peter . . . . . . .2–3
allan katz americana
116
Young Antiques, Robert . . . . . . . . .88
Haradin Toys of Yesteryear, Ray . . .95
Outsider Folk Art Gallery . . . . . . . .73
Hart, Otto And Susan . . . . . . . . . .130
Overall Chinese Export
Heller Washam Antiques . . . . . . . .128
Porcelain, David . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76
The Herrs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131
Pap Oriental Rugs, Peter . . . . . . . . .15
Antiques at Philadelphia’s Navy Pier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131
Hill Gallery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
Pollack, Frank & Barbara . . . . . . . .27
Armacost Antiques Shows, Ltd. . . .142
Burns American Indian Arts, Marcy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109
Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Inside Front Cover
Pook & Pook, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . .89
Art Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .144
Bush, Inc., G.K.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21
Huber, Stephen & Carol . . . . . . . .115
Prickett, C.L. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Baltimore Summer Antiques Show . . . . . . . . . . . . . .240
Cantor & Co., Lawrence J. . . .59, 61
Hyland Granby Antiques . . . . .28–29
Questroyal Fine Art . . . . . . . . . .34–35
Jim’s of Lambertville . . . . . . . . .54–56
Blue Ribbon Antique Show . . . . . .148
Chalfant Antiques, H.L. . . . . . . . .110 Cherry Brook Woodworks . . . . . . .86
Jorgensen Fine Period Antiques, R. .66
Raccoon Creek Antiques LLC at Oley Forge . . . . . . . . . . .135
Haughton International Fine Art Fair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .141
Clarke Gallery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81
Kandemir Antique Carpets . . . . . . .96
Ricco/Maresca Gallery . . . . . . . . . .45
Creech Antiques & Fine Art, M. Ford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70
Katz Americana, Allan . . . . . . . . . .116
Roughton Galleries, Inc. . . . . . .50–51
Kendall Fine Art . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67
Rubin, Stella . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .122
Merchandise Mart International Antiques Show . . . . . . . . . . . . . .145
Dail Fine Art, Catherine . . . . . . . . .39
King Gallery of Fine Art, Roger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79
Sallea Antiques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62
New Hampshire Antiques Show . .148
Kinzle Antiques, Kelly . . . . . . . . . . .94
Score, Inc., Stephen . . . . . . . . .42–43
De Ru’s Fine Arts . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53
Kramer & Co., Greg K. . . . . . . . .117
Shushan, Elle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
Dike Fine Art, David . . . . . . . . . . .77
Latham Asian Art, Polly . . . . . . . . .92
Skinner, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71
Dunton, David . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24
Leonards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46
Eaton Antiques, Inc., Peter H. . . .108
Lepore Fine Arts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41
Snyder Antiques, Elliott & Grace . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121
Equinox Antiques . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86
Levy, Inc., Bernard & S. Dean . . . . .4
Spanierman Gallery . . . . . . . . . . . .6–7
Finer, Peter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Liverant & Son Antiques, Nathan . . . . . . . . . . . .118
Steele Fine Tribal Arts, Alan . . . . . .44
Blum, Mr. & Mrs. Jerome . . . . . . .40 Brock & Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32–33 Brownstein Art & Antiques, Joan R. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108
Dalton’s American Decorative Arts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111
Flather & Perkins . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76 10
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Pratt, Inc., Wayne . . . . . . .Back Cover
Schwarz Gallery . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120
Sullivan, Gary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65
UPCOMING SHOWS
Los Angeles Antiques Show . . . . . .140
The Original 23rd Street Armory Antiques Show . . . . . . . . . . . . . .126 Palm Beach Jewelry, Art & Antique Show . . . .Inside Back Cover Philadelphia Antiques Show . . . . .104 The Spring International Art & Antiques Show . . . . . . . . .143 Wilton Historical Society Antiques Show . . . . . . . . . . . . . .142 Spring
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Masterpieces of Americana Stoneware Jug J&E Norton Bennington,Vermont circa 1850.
Fred Giampietro 203.787.3851 153½ Bradley Street New Haven, CT 06511
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James Graham & Sons new york 1014 Madison Avenue, New York 10021 Telephone 212.535.5767 | www.jamesgrahamandsons.com
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