Fine & Decorative Arts Catalogue Auction
As always, the sale will feature numerous lots of fine and decorative arts. Absentee, phone, and internet bidding available!
Sale: Saturday, December 5, 2009, 9:00 AM
Previews: Saturday, November 28, 10 AM - 3 PM, Thursday, December 3, and Friday, December 4, 10AM - 6PM.
Evening Reception: Thursday, December 3, 6:00 PM
Location: Auction Gallery, 620 Cornerstone Court, Hillsborough
Directions: I-85 exit 165, towards downtown Hillsborough, left on Cornerstone Court.
The catalogue will be posted two weeks prior to sale day.
Please
join us on Friday, December 4, at 3:00 pm, for a special lecture
presented by June Lucas, Director of Research at Old Salem Museums and
Gardens (www.OldSalem.org and www.MESDA.org).
Wood as Canvas: The Paint-Decorated Furniture of Piedmont North CarolinaDuring
the last fifty years, furniture historians have published numerous
books and articles on the late-eighteenth and nineteenth century
furniture produced in the piedmont region of North Carolina. Most of
this research has centered on the walnut and cherry case pieces created
by well-known cabinetmakers such as Thomas Day, Peter Eddleman, James
Gheen, William Little, Jesse Needham, and John Swisegood, just to name
a few. Garnering comparatively little attention in publications are the
paint-decorated examples which brightened many piedmont interiors.
Although
the practice of decorating furniture with paint was less prevalent in
piedmont North Carolina than in many other regions of the American
Backcountry, furniture makers in the the area frequently used pine and
poplar as the canvas on which to paint everything from traditional
fylfots and compass roses to abstract designs almost impossible to
interpret. This lecture will present an overview of the known groups of
paint-decorated furniture from the region, as well as discuss the
evolution of style changes over time. From the earliest
Pennsylvania-inspired dower chests made in Alamance County, to late
nineteenth century Catawba River Valley cupboards with polychrome
religious motifs, the paint-decorated furniture of piedmont North
Carolina appeals to collectors today as much as it did to its original
owners, who purposely chose brightly painted objects for their homes
rather than the much more typical brown ones.
June
Lucas is Director of Research at Old Salem Museums and Gardens (OSMG)
in Winston Salem, North Carolina. She oversees the OSMG Library and the
Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts (MESDA) Research Center. Her
affiliation with OSMG began in 1996 when she joined the interpretive
staff. Subsequently she became a member of the guiding staff at MESDA
and then became Coordinator of Special Programs for MESDA, a position
she held until 2007.
In
1997 June completed MESDA's Backcountry Summer Institute, and shortly
thereafter began researching Backcountry North Carolina furniture. She
has lectured and written on numerous documented Piedmont North Carolina
furniture groups, and is herself a collector of Backcountry North
Carolina furniture and pottery. She recently completed an article on
Piedmont North Carolina paint-decorated furniture for the 2009 edition
of the Chipstone Foundation's journal American Furniture.
A
native of Lenoir, North Carolina, June received her B.A. in English
from Meredith College and M.A. in English from Appalachian State
University. She taught English in the North Carolina community college
system for sixteen years prior to her work at OSMG and MESDA.
Terms:
All sales subject to the terms & conditions of sale. Cash, check,
Visa, MC, AX, Discover, and PayPal. 15% buyer’s premium. (18% buyer's
premium for online bidding through www.LiveAuctioneers.com). 7.75% NC
tax. NCFL#7452
Leland Little Auction & Estate Sales, Ltd.
620 Cornerstone Court
Hillsborough, NC 27278
919-644-1243
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