item name: Grain Painted Bench With Box Seat

item description: Painted Bench with Box Seat, Pennsylvania, ca 1840. Original grain painted details over mustard yellow, traces of red, on pine construction. 41” x 70” by 20” deep. Crested back rail over gallery with alternating diamond and baluster splats. The seat lifts to reveal a divided box. Retains original iron lock and escutcheon. From a German community in Pennsylvania.

Dimensions: Overall Dimensions
41" H X 70" W X 20" D
104cm H X 178cm W X 50.8cm D

item name: Large Ikat Panel

item description: A large panel made of Central Asian Ikat silk fabric. Ikat technique involves a complex resist-dye process to accomplish the pattern. The looms used were small, so this panel is made up from several narrow pieces joined together. suitable for use as a cover, in upholstery or as a decorative panel.

Dimensions: Overall Dimensions
78" H X 68" W
198cm H X 173cm W

item name: Sailboats On the Hudson River: A Sandpaper Painting

item description: New York State, mid 19th century. Gouache on "sandpaper" ground. One of two pictures from the same hand in our collection, this view shows small sailboats in the middle distance on a placid river. The muted palette is typical of the popular "sandpaper" technique in which the painting is done on a panel prepared with marble powder mixed into the gesso. Some of these pictures were based on prints of the time, although no print source has yet been found for this picture. In original gilt frame and glass. Provenance: From a Schenectady estate.

Dimensions: Overall Dimensions - Image
8" H X 10.5" W
20.32cm H X 26.67cm W

Overall Dimensions - Frame
12" H X 14.5" W
30.48cm H X 36.83cm W

item name: Wood Demon - Victorian Costume Study

item description: English, 19th century. Watercolor. A costume study or work of Victorian fantasy in an Eastlake frame.provenance: Private Collection

Dimensions: Overall Dimensions
10" H
25.4cm H