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Based in Asheville, North Carolina, Brunk Auctions has been conducting sales of fine and decorative arts for over 30 years. Auctions are held in our North Carolina sale room but attracts a global audience. Founded by Robert Brunk in 1983, the auctions became well known for their integrity and profes...Read more
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Dec 5, 2024
Greene County, Georgia, mid 1800s, “Big” or “walking” spinning wheel, wood, 57 x 80-1/2 x 9 in. overall; possibly Alabama, mid 1800s, flax break, hardwood, chip carved decoration, 20-1/2 x 47 x 8 in. overall; Crawfordville, Taliaferro County, Georgia, mid 1800s, flax hackle with cover, wood and iron, 6-1/8 x 12-3/4 x 5-1/2 in. overall,
Note: In the catalog description from Shaping Traditions: Folk Arts in a Changing South, John Burrison, University of Georgia Press, 2000, pg. 136, cat. no. 403, Burrison writes “This example is said to have been slave-made at Liberty Hall, the plantation of Alexander H. Stephens, vice president of the Confederacy.”;
Pennsylvania, early 1800s, flax seed ripple or hand comb, wood and iron, attached tag notes its uses and its origin in Western Pennsylvania, 7-1/2 x 19-3/4 in. overall; yarn winder, painted wood, iron, string, 15-1/2 x 7 in. overall; shuttles, carved wood, one has attached tag that states “Shuttle of pine, from Courtney, N.C.”, 10-3/4 x 1-3/4 in. overall
Exhibited: Previously on Loan at the Atlanta History Center for viewing in the exhibition Shaping Traditions: Folk Arts in the Changing South from 1996 to 2024
Provenance: From the Folklife Collection of Southern Pottery Scholar, Author and Professor of English at Georgia State University, Dr. John Burrison, Atlanta, Georgia
From the Folklife Collection of Southern Pottery Scholar, Author and Professor of English at Georgia State University, Dr. John Burrison, Atlanta, Georgia
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