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THBVery Rare Southern Folk Art Paint Decorated Walnut Table, African American History
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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
attributed to Jefferson County, the table first half 19th century, the paint likely later 19th century, possibly African American, walnut with yellow pine, single drawer with nailed construction, distinctive paint decoration with snakes, lizards, fish, geometric motifs, and initials “TB”, 29-1/2 x 26 x 17-3/4 in.
Provenance: This table was reputedly found by John Reed, who purchased it from an African American family. Consignor notes: suggest ownership by the Thomas Bragg family, and was referred to as their Bible table (genealogy records accompany the lot). The Art & Furniture of East Tennessee by Namuni H. Young, indicates that the table descended in a black family; Collection of Carole Wahler, Knoxville, Tennessee
Note: In traditional African cultures, lizards and fish are rich with symbolism and meaning, sometimes alluding to spiritual or mystical references, fertility, rebirth, or the spirit world. The geometric motif on the center of the drawer recalls "Adinkra" symbols of the Akan people of Ghana and the Ivory Coast. In that context, these symbols convey specific meanings, and were used in a number of different ways, and sometimes carved on stools for domestic or ritual use.
Illustrated in Young, Art and Furniture of East Tennessee, plate number 6.
This table was reputedly found by John Reed, who purchased it from an African American family. Consignor notes suggest ownership by the Thomas Bragg family, and was referred to as their "Bible Table" (genealogy records accompany the lot). The East Tennessee Furniture book also indicates that the table descended in a black family. - Provenance
This table was reputedly found by John Reed, who purchased it from an African American family. Consignor notes: suggest ownership by the Thomas Bragg family, and was referred to as their Bible table (genealogy records accompany the lot). The Art & Furniture of East Tennessee by Namuni H. Young, indicates that the table descended in a black family; Collection of Carole Wahler, Knoxville, Tennessee
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- Condition
excellent condition overall, with expected stains and abrasions to top with shrinkage separation
