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THBRare 1824 Asheville North Carolina Signed Needlework Sampler
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PO Box 2135
Asheville, NC 28802
United States
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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About Auction
LiveJan 29, 2025
As a singular figure in the world of American pottery and early textiles, Dr. Wahler was a celebrated curator, collector, and scholar. Early Southern furniture including four MESDA documented items: VA William and Mary paneled trunk, VA Chippendale Cupboard, TN inlaid cherry chest of drawers and a TN cherry high chest, many early Southern painted furniture examples, Ten Ulysses Davis folk art carvings, textiles to include a rare Asheville sampler dated 1824, quilt dated1861, rare Southern salt glaze and redware pottery examples to include TN, AL and NC. Brunk Auctions support@brunkauctions.com
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- Lot Description
borders of trailing vines of berries surrounding central sampler with lines of verse "Tis sweet on lofty Mountan's [sic] brow ...O that to me the wings were given...", house, and trees, signed and dated at bottom "Wrought by/Louisa H. Rogers./Asheville 1824", silk on linen, 22-3/4 x 22 in.; painted period frame 26-1/2 x 25-3/4 x 3/4 in.
Provenance: by descent in family; James E Allen Antiques, Atlanta, Georgia; Collection of Carole Wahler, Knoxville, Tennessee
Note: This needlework sampler was created by Louisa H. Rogers at the age of 18 during her visit to Asheville, North Carolina. During her time in Asheville, Louisa kept a detailed diary, which is now preserved in the Special Collections of Emory University Library along with an extensive group of family papers.
Louisa was originally from Lexington, Georgia and first married a lawyer from Athens, Georgia. After his untimely death, she remarried Dr. Kendall Rogers, a man who coincidentally shared her maiden name. Together, they relocated to Upson County, Georgia, where they lived in a plantation home named Bellwood. Sadly, Bellwood burned in 1894, but a photograph of the house survives and will be included in this lot.
Adding to the legacy of this remarkable family, the auction also features a Theorem painting created by Louisa's mother, Winifred Lane. Winifred was a direct descendant of the first Colonial Governor of Virginia, enriching this collection with significant historical and genealogical importance.
In addition to the sampler, this lot includes several related items:
- A photograph of Louisa Rogers’ two daughters, Susan and Loula, along with a separate photograph of Loula as an elderly woman.
- The original bill of sale from the antique dealer James Allen of Atlanta, Georgia, who sold these items to our consignor. In his documentation, Allen noted that he had purchased the family heirlooms from Julia Rawlings, the great-granddaughter of Louisa H. Rogers.
- a large file folder of detailed handwritten and printed consignor notes about the family history.
This needlework sampler has been meticulously conserved, with full documentation provided by Dorothy D. McCoach, a renowned textile conservator, who worked on the piece in 1991. Copies of the conservator's report are available for review upon request.
Together, these artifacts offer a unique window into the life and legacy of Louisa H. Rogers and her family, showcasing their artistic talents and Southern roots.
The first four line verse is from an unknown source and could possibly be by Louisa. The second verse is the last four lines from a 1807 poem by George Gordon, Lord Bryon titled "I Would I Were A Careless Child."
Included is a printed 2015 email exchange between Carole Wahler and Dale Couch, retired curator at the Georgia Museum of Art and director of the Henry D. Green Center for the Study of the Decorative Arts. Couch wrote, "This is stunning...the second [poem] is Lord Byron's paraphrase of the 55th Psalm."
Exhibition History: "Georgia's Girlhood Embroidery: 'Crowned with Glory and Immortality'", Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, Georgia, October 31, 2015 to February 28, 2016 (Loan Agreement accompanies this lot.)
- Provenance
by descent in family; James E Allen Antiques, Atlanta, Georgia; Collection of Carole Wahler, Knoxville, Tennessee
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- Condition
sewn on fabric backing, losses to silk embroidery especially to berry border, traces of red silk still visible at top border, losses and some sewn repairs to linen ground notably at corners and edges, scattered staining, toning, and fading (notably at border); frame with scattered bumps and abrasions, large chip and loss to bottom left corner, some scratches and loss to painted surface
