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Jul 28, 2017 - Jul 29, 2017
Large Creel
MacMonies or W. H. McMonies & Co.
Portland, OR
10 ½ by 16 by 8 in.
MacMonies creels are considered the gold standard and one is prominently featured on the front dust jacket of Chatham and McClain's definitive book "The Art of the Creel." Brass label on back reads “MACMONIES, HAND MADE, PORTLAND, ORE.” The creel exhibits “buckstitching” and tooled leather four leaf clover and lucky horseshoe on front pocket.
As found.
Provenance: Rafe Lapham and Martha Andrea Collection
Literature: Hugh Chatham and Dan McClain, “The Art of the Creel,” Ennis, MT, 1997, pp. 77-89 and front dust jacket, similar examples illustrated.
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