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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
(American, early 1800s-late 1900s), Walter Shelnut, White Creek, White County, Georgia, 1977, made for the folklife collection, chair-assembly mallet, sourwood head and oak handle, 12 x 5 in. overall; 1971, chair post-turning chisel, hand-forged iron blade, 16-1/2 x 2 in. overall; Choestoe, Union County, Georgia, 1800s, mortising chisel, attached tag notes its use for "Mortisin chisel for cutting slits in rear chair posts to receive slats, used by Lon Reid of Choestoe, Union county (1885-1972)", 14 x 1-1/2 in. overall; Fry, Fannin County, Georgia, late 1800s, maker unknown, owned by George Lanning, plane, chip-carved decoration, 6-1/4 x 1-3/4 in. overall; Washington County, Georgia, early 1800s, wood blade square, maker unknown, 5-1/4 x 4-1/2 in. overall; Fry, Fannin County, Georgia, late 1800s, maker unknown, owned by George Lanning, iron blade square, 4 x 3-3/4 in. overall
Provenance: From the Folklife Collection of Southern Pottery Scholar, Author and Professor of English at Georgia State University, Dr. John Burrison, Atlanta, Georgia
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
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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