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7th Anniversary 2007 Summer/Autumn

Investing in the Past Chinese Export Porcelain American Modernism

American Furniture A Look at the Best in Public and Private Collections 400 Years of Changing Tastes

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Extraordinary Visions Major Folk Art Collection, Part II Familiar Faces: Portraiture of William Merritt Chase

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Destination Newport Nantucket's Art Colony Boston's North Shore Architecture

john f. francis

⁽ 1808‒1886 ⁾

An Arrangement of Oranges, Walnuts, Almonds, Raisins, and Grapes on a Tabletop (detail) Oil on canvas, 15 x 20 in.

Signed, dated, and inscribed (on the reverse, prior to lining): John F. Francis / Pinxit 1864

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

C. L. PRICKETT Fine Authenticated American Antiques

Outstanding Queen Anne Mahogany Bonnet-Top Highboy In two parts, having a broken arch top with an enclosed bonnet, turned and carved spiral finials, blocked fan carved drawers centering the upper and lower cases incorporated in three over four drawers in the upper case and one over three drawers in the base, original pine tree brasses, beaded drawer surrounds throughout, all above a blocked apron with turned drops and continuing to cabriole legs ending in pad feet.

Boston, Massachusetts, circa 1750.

Width 41", depth 21½", height 87½" (7'3½").

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 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.

17th- and 18th-century American and European Furniture, Antique Carpets, American Folk Art, Arms and Armor, Early African Sculpture, Chinese Han and Tang Dynasty Pottery, Pre-Columbian Art, European Old Master Paintings, American Paintings and Sculpture, Classic Cars 1928‒1934, Rare Coins and Medals, Early American Blown Glass, Native American Art, and Natural History Cabinet of Curiosities.

Harris & Co., Boston, c. 1880, completely original condition with rider up in full military regalia.

Native American Zuni polychrome pottery ceremonial bowl, c. 1880.

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Collector’s cabinet full of treasure.

One of several in my gallery bank building.

COHEN & COHEN Dealers in important Chinese Export Porcelain and works of Art

A FAMILLE ROSE ‘HONG’ PUNCH BOWL Qianlong, c1775, European market, Diameter: 16 inches, 40.5cm An unusually large example of this rare type, with two further landscape panels showing chinese scenes.

The Hongs on the waterfront at Canton were the enclosed factories and shop fronts where the European traders were permitted by the Chinese authorities to do business. By this date much of the overglaze decoration was being done in workshops behind the shops and their kilns frequently set fire to this part of Canton. Thus these bowls provide a useful record of the changing architecture of the waterfront: this scene is taken from a painting of about 1760. The f lags depicted here are Danish, French, Swedish, British and Dutch.

References: HERVOUËT, F&N & BRUNEAU, Y, (1986) p25, No 1.26, a similar example; COHEN & COHEN (2003) Soldier, Soldier, p50, an example of the type with a continuous scene around the bowl, with an account of the trade in Canton and an extensive list of references for Hong bowls.

Now showing in new premises, by appointment only, 28 minutes from London Victoria, 20 minutes from Gatwick.

COHEN & COHEN PO Box 366 REIGATE RH2 2BB UK Tel: +44 (0)1737 242180 Fax: +44 (0)1737 226236 Email: info@cohenandcohen.co.uk

Exhibiting at: Seafair Inaugural Voyage, Long Island Sound Greenwich, Sept. 25–30, 2007; Washington/Oyster Bay, Oct. 3–7, 2007; New York City, Oct. 9–14, 2007; Norwalk/Westport, Oct. 17–21, 2007. www.expoships.com

The New York Ceramics Fair January 15–20, 2008 National Academy of Design 1083 5th Avenue & 89th Street, NYC www.caskeylees.com

Palm Beach American International Fine Art & Antique Fair January 31–February 10, 2008 International Pavilion of the Palm Beaches West Palm Beach, Florida www.ifae.com

TEFAF Maastricht March 7-16, 2008 MECC Maastricht, The Netherlands www.tefaf.com

Edward Wilbur Dean Ha milton

Poppy Field, 1889

Oil on canvas

20 1/4 x 24 1/4 inches

Hamilton, in his day one of Boston’s leading portrait and figure painters, created this work during his years in France. Set in the landscape around Grez-sur-Loing, this work depicts two elegantly dressed women – the seated one likely Grace Vonnoh, wife of fellow Bostonian artist Robert Vonnoh -- surveying the poppies with the village buildings beyond.

19 East 82nd Street New York, NY 10028 Tel. 212 439-6800 adelsongalleries.com Mon -Thurs 9:30-5:30 Fri 9:30 - 2:00

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Fitz Henry Lane & Mary Blood Mellen Old Mysteries and New Discoveries July 7–September 16, 2007

Cape Ann Historical Museum Gloucester, Massachusetts

October 4–December 1, 2007

Spanierman Gallery, llc 45 East 58th Street, New York City A 112-page hardcover catalogue

by John Wilmerding, with over ninety full color images, is available for $85.

For information please contact Ralph Sessions ralphsessions@spanierman.com Telephone (212) 832-0208 This exhibition can also be viewed online at

www.spanierman.info

Fitz Henry Lane Stage Rocks and Western Shore of Gloucester Outer Harbor (detail), ca. 1857. Collection of Cape Ann Historical Museum

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departments Advertiser Index 10

Editor’s Letter

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Contributors

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Discoveries

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174 American Masterpieces

Highlights News, Events, & Trends

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28, 32, 54, 62 78, 98, 104

Destination Newport, Rhode Island

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A Cornucopia of Americana

features

Green Your Home with Antiques Antiques — In Vogue with Green Design by margie mc nally

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Discoveries from the Field A Charleston Linen Press?

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by lisa bush hankin

by john sherrer and russell buskirk

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A Cornucopia of Americana Lifestyle: A Time Capsule with Heart by frances mc queeney-jones mascolo

photography by j. david bohl

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Investing Collecting Chinese Export Porcelain

by nancy n. johnston 138

A Pioneer of Modernism Lifestyle: A Passion for Art and Life

by gayle hargreaves photography by j. david bohl

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Fine Art as an Investment Stuart Davis (1892-1964)

Historic Opinions How Critics Shaped American Tastes in Furniture Jules Tavernier at Red Cloud Agency

The Portraits of William Merritt Chase

by ben simons

Architectural Highlights of Boston’s North Shore

by john v. goff 198

Re-creating Jonathan Warner’s Bed Hangings

by joyce geary volk Great American Folk Art at the Abby Aldrich 200 Connecting a LondonRockefeller Folk Art Trained Joiner to 1630s Museum, Part II Plymouth Colony by ronald l. hurst 174

by peter follansbee

Bayou Bend Celebrating Fifty Years

by michael k. brown and emily ballew neff

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Life in the Wild

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by claudine chalmers

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Nantucket Art Colony

by d. frederick baker

by sarah fayen

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Major Folk Art Collection, Part II

206 Hands-On Portsmouth Lolling Chair

by peter aleksa

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Nantucket Art Colony

Antiques & Fine Art (ISSN: 1535-5500), Vol. VIII, Issue 1, 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 ON THE COVER: Detail, side chair, ca. 1770, Philadelphia, Pa. Attributed to Benjamin Randolph. Mahogany with white cedar. Chipstone Foundation. 1999.17.

Photography by Gavin Ashworth. From Historic Opinions: How Critics Shaped American Tastes in Furniture by Sarah Fayen, page 155.

THE REGATTA

Oil on canvas

24 by 32 inches

Signed lower left

Walter Granville Smith (1870–1938)

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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS Adelson Galleries, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . .5 Alexander Ltd., John . . . . . . . . . . . .38 American Garage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97 Andersen & Stauffer Furniture Makers, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71 Antiques Council, Inc. . . . . . . . .89–91 Argentum– The Leopard’s Head . . . . . . . . . . .39 Auctions Imperial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79 Autumn Pond . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86 Avery Galleries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 Axtell Antiques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78 Birchknoll Antiques . . . . . . . . . . . . .72 Bittel, Diana H. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83

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Flather & Perkins, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . .81 Freitas, Roberto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56 Glazer, James & Nancy . . . . . . .22–23 Godel & Co. Fine Art, Inc. . . . . . . .19 Goldberger - RJG Antiques, Russ & Karen . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112 Gordon, Elinor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18 Green River Gallery . . . . . . . . . . . . .79 Guido Frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50 Hagan, John G. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52 Hart, Otto And Susan . . . . . . . . . . .98 Heller Gallery, Julie . . . . . . . . . . . . .67 Heller Washam Antiques . . . . . . . . .87 Heritage Galleries & Auctioneers . . .55 Hill Gallery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46

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Tucker Fine Arts, John . . . . . . . . . .64 Vareika Fine Arts, Ltd., William . . .85 Weissman Antiquarian, Ed . . . . . .113 Wheatcroft Antiques, David . . . . . .25 Whitlock Textiles & Interiors, Jan . .109 Wiggins Itinerant Artist, David Bradstreet . . . . . . . . . . . . .64 Willauer Antiques, Lynda . . . . . . . .59

UPCOMING SHOWS Antiques & Design in the Hamptons . . . . . . . . . . . .118 Armacost Antiques Shows, Ltd. . . .120 Baltimore Summer Antiques Show . . . . . . . . . . . . . .208 Delaware Antiques Show . . . . . . .117 Ellis Antiques Show . . . . . . . . . . . . .95

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34 Black Pearl Antiques & Fine Art, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . .73 Blum, Mr. & Mrs. Jerome . . . . . . .32 Bradley Co. Antiques, Philip H. . . .26 Bridgman American Antiques, Jeff R. . . . . . . . . . . . . .82 Brock & Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20–21 Brownstein American Folk Paintings, Joan R. . . . . . . . .53 Burns American Indian Arts, Marcy . . . . . . . . . . .57 Celia Dunn Sotheby’s Historic Properties . . . . . . . . . . . .70 Chalfant Antiques, H. L. . . . . . . . . . .6 Cohen & Cohen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Constant, Inc., Douglas . . . . . . . . .70 Creech Antiques & Fine Arts, M. Ford . . . . . . . . .70 De Ru’s Fine Arts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45 Dike Fine Art, David . . . . . . . . . . . .58 Dunton, David . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30 Eaton Antiques, Inc., Peter H. . . . .53 Finer, Peter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 Finkel & Daughter, M. . . . . . . . . .111

Nichols American Antiques, Thurston . . . . . . . . . .103 Northeast Auctions . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47 Olde Hope Antiques, Inc. . . . . . . . .14 Oriental Rugs, Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88 Outsider Folk Art Gallery . . . . . . . .65 Overall Chinese Export Porcelain, David . . . . . . .52 Pap Oriental Rugs, Inc., Peter . .15, 31 Peabody Essex Museum . . . . . . . . . .68 Pollack, Frank & Barbara . . . . . . . .37 Pook & Pook, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66 Port ‘N Starboard Gallery . . . . . . . . .82 Pratt, Inc., Wayne . . . . . . .Back Cover Preservation Society of Newport County . . . . . . . . . . .94

Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Inside Front Cover Huber, Stephen & Carol . . . . . . . . .99 Jorgensen Fine Period Antiques, R. .42 Julia, Inc., James D. . . . . . . . . . . . . .79 Katz Americana, Allan . . . . . . . . . . .27 Kemble’s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100 Kendall Fine Art . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43 King Gallery of Fine Art, Roger . . .49 Krainin Antiques, Bettina . . . . . . .108 Kramer & Co., Greg K. . . . . . . . .101 Leonards New England . . . . . . . . . .44 Lindberg Antiques, Julie . . . . . . . .102 Lloyd, Inc., Robert . . . . . . . . . . . . .54 Lockson, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108 Lonergan, Gloria . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108 McAllister, Inc., Lisa . . . . . . . . . . .104 Magruder, Malcolm . . . . . . . . . . . . .72 Mexico Real Estate Group . . . . . . .123 Meyer Fine Art . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63 MME Fine Art, LLC . . . . . . . . .16–17 Moore House American Antiques . . .48 Newman, Ronnie . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69

39 Prickett, C.L. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Profiles in History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75 Purcell, Inc., Francis J. . . . . . . . . . . .62 Quester Gallery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51 Questroyal Fine Art, LLC. . . . . . . . .11 Rago Arts & Auction . . . . . . . . . . . .61 Rappaport, Eugene . . . . . . . . . . . . .77 Ricco/Maresca Gallery . . . . . . . . . . .36 Roughton Galleries, Inc. . . . . . .40–41 Russ Photography, Clive . . . . . . . .108 Saje Americana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105 Sallea Antiques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81 Schwenke, Inc., Thomas . . . . . . . . .33 Score, Inc., Stephen . . . . . . . . . .34–35 Shushan, Elle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29 Slotin Folk Art Auctions . . . . . . . . . .74 Snyder Antiques, Elliott & Grace .106 Spanierman Gallery, LLC. . . . . . . . . .7 Spindler Antiques, Andrew . . . . . . .76 Steele Fine Tribal Arts, Alan . . . . . .12 Thirteenth Colony Arts, LLC. . . . . .60 Tillou Works of Art, Peter . . . . . . .2–3 Tillou Antiques, Jeffrey . . . . . . . . .107

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Fall Heart of Country Antiques Show . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116 Historic Deerfield Antiques Show . .115 Historic Yellow Springs Antiques Show . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118 Houston Antiques Dealers Association Antiques Show & Sale . . . . . . . .118 Maine Antique Dealers Association 78th Annual Antiques Show . . .120 Mid-Week in Manchester Antiques Show . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96 Minneapolis Institute of Arts Antiques Show and Sale . . . . . . .114 Nantucket Historical Association Annual August Antiques Show . .80 New Hampshire Antique Dealers Association Show . . . . . . . . . . . .110 Newport Antiques Show . . . . . . . . .84 Palm Beach Jewelry, Art & Antique Show . . .Inside Back Cover Princeton Fall Antiques & Fine Arts Show . . . . . . . . . . .121 Theta Charity Antiques Show of Houston . . . . . . . . . . . .119 Summer/Autumn

Announcing our upcoming exhibition and sale in Saratoga Springs, New York

Land of Our Fathers 1 9 t h a n d e a r ly 2 0 t h c e n t u ry a m e r i c a n pa i n t i n g s

Edmund Henry Osthaus 1858 – 1928 Three Setters on Point, oil on canvas board, 23 9/16 x 33 9/16 inches, signed lower right

August 4 – August 12, 2007 “Broadway One” Room

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The Saratoga Hotel and Conference Center 534 Broadway, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866 Number at the show (914)474-0175

10:00 am – 7:00 pm sunday, august 12th

10:00 am – 6:00 pm

903 Park Avenue, Suite 3 A & B, New York, NY 10075 Hours: Monday–Friday 10 – 6, Saturday 10 – 5 and by appointment T: (212) 744-3586 F: (212) 585-3828

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