A Mexican hilltop town overlooking a breathtaking vista. The folk artist Jorge Murillo renders this landscape, and the town dwellers sharing the sight, with true feeling. Art measures 23" x 18 1/2". Price on request. We ship using UPS and Priority Mail, but for larger pieces we employ two freight companies we have found to be careful, cost ...
Beautiful treatment by the folk artist Jorge Murillo of the tents and awnings under which everyone gathers on market day. Art measures 23" x 17". Price on request. We ship using UPS and Priority Mail, but for larger pieces we employ two freight companies we have found to be careful, cost effective and timely in delivery. We also ...
Another charmer from the folk artist Jorge Murillo. Art measures 23" x 17 1/2". Price on request. We ship using UPS and Priority Mail, but for larger pieces we employ two freight companies we have found to be careful, cost effective and timely in delivery. We also ship worldwide, and for those transactions we require wire transfers. Please ...
Pinned construction–Rare original paint. These 1920s chairs are hard to come by. Very solid and entirely hand made: Hand hewn and turned, with original paint. Even marked Made in Mexico on the back. Call for pricing. We ship using UPS and Priority Mail, but for larger pieces we employ two freight companies we have found to be ...
A wonderful Native American silver belt buckle signed by a well listed artist, Oscar Alexius. Oscar Alexius has won several awards at the prestigious Gallup Ceremonial competitions over the years. He spent the first part of his career working as a benchsmith for a Gallup trading company before striking out on his own although he occasionally ...
An absolutely amazingly carved wood Spanish Colonial/Peruvian altar. So much detail, so little time to explain. Really must see to appreciate. Altar measures 29" tall x 17" wide x 7 1/2". Call for pricing. We ship using UPS and Priority Mail, but for larger pieces we employ two freight companies we have found to be careful, cost ...
A wonderful pair of 1920s hand carved wood plaques "Romantic Old Mexico". Priced separately. Call for pricing. We ship using UPS and Priority Mail, but for larger pieces we employ two freight companies we have found to be careful, cost effective and timely in delivery. We also ship worldwide, and for those transactions we require wire transfers. Please ...
Nifty lodge or cabin lamp in the Adirondack style. Moose on base near a Fir Tree. Hand carved shade with linen backing.. 28 x 18 x 18. Moose missing its antlers: still displays well. Ready for your cabin as is or have my wood carver add antlers to your desired specs. Circa 1940. Call for pricing. We ...
A wonderfully carved oak and pine 19th Century French Breton Figural Cabinet. Call for pricing. We ship using UPS and Priority Mail, but for larger pieces we employ two freight companies we have found to be careful, cost effective and timely in delivery. We also ship worldwide, and for those transactions we require wire transfers. Please feel free ...
An incomplete set of eleven Elbert Green Hubbard books titled, Little Journey's: Embossed "Memorial Edition". Elbert Green Hubbard [1856 – 1915] was an American writer, publisher, artist, and philosopher. Raised in Hudson, Illinois, he met early success as a traveling salesman with the Larkin soap company. Today Hubbard is mostly known as the founder of the Roycroft artisan community in East Aurora, New York, an ...
Harold John Brothers (1888 - 1947) Etching of Olvera Street Born in Ramsgate, England on Aug. 22, 1888. Hal Brothers immigrated to San Francisco in 1923. Except for a short time in the 1930s when he was in Los Angeles, he remained in San Francisco and married Norma Freeman on March 30, 1942. Besides etchings, he ...
Carl Oskar Borg (March 3, 1879 – May 8, 1947) was a Swedish born, American painter who was known for themes of the Southwestern United States. Carl Oscar Borg was born into a poor family in Grinstads parish, County of Älvsborg,Dalsland province, in Västergötland, Sweden. Oscar Borg moved to London at age 15 to assist portrait and marine artist George Johansen. In 1901, he sailed for the United ...
Carl Oskar Borg (March 3, 1879 – May 8, 1947) was a Swedish born, American painter who was known for themes of the Southwestern United States. Carl Oscar Borg was born into a poor family in Grinstads parish, County of Älvsborg,Dalsland province, in Västergötland, Sweden. Oscar Borg moved to London at age 15 to assist portrait and marine artist George Johansen. In 1901, he sailed for the United ...
"Tramp" is considered a type of Folk Art. In America it was primarily made from the end of the Civil War through the 1930's. It comes from carving and decorating methods which are much older, originating mostly from Germany and Scandinavia. "Trampen" probably refers to the itinerant stages of Middle Ages craft apprenticeship. The carving ...
With Its pie-slice swing out drawer, glass doors and Arts & Crafts accents and proportions, this lovingly and skillfully home-made piece of furniture is very winning. Built to be fitted into its corner, it has stood the tests of time and travel with its durability, functionality and simple beauty intact, to the lasting credit of ...
"Remember the Maine!" And we did. And we still do. The sinking of the Maine in Havana harbor was a casus belli of the Spanish-American War and has stayed in our collective memory ever since. This extraordinary model is another example of the powerful pull maritime disasters have on our imaginations, as well as satisfying ...
Believed to be a Zuni dough bowl. Bowl measures 4' x 7" diameter. Small chip on rim. Zuni Pueblo is approximately 40 miles south of Gallup, New Mexico. The Zuni call themselves "A'shiwi" and their language is spoken nowhere else in the world. Zuni pottery is made from their local clay, which is grayish to pink. ...
Santo Domingo Dough Bowl measures 4" tall x 8" diameter. Bowl has a museum repair: Shown in photos. Santo Domingo Pueblo is reputed to be one of the most unchanged Pueblo cultures since the arrival of Spanish explorers. Indeed, European influence is as little evident in minimalistic stone-slab and Heishi Santo Domingo Pueblo jewelry as in its traditional ...
Santo Domingo Olla. Olla has chip on rim. Olla measures 8" tall x 8" diameter. Santo Domingo Pueblo is reputed to be one of the most unchanged Pueblo cultures since the arrival of Spanish explorers. Indeed, European influence is as little evident in minimalistic stone-slab and Heishi Santo Domingo Pueblo jewelry as in its traditional pottery. Unique Techniques In comparison to ...
A wonderful Papago (Tohono O’odham) Figural Basket in amazing condition. Basket measures 9" tall x 15" diameter. The Tohono O’odham are a group of Native American people who reside primarily in theSonoran Desert of the southeastern Arizona and northwest Mexico. “Tohono O’odham” means “Desert People.” Although they were previously known as the Papago, they have largely rejected this name (meaning literally “tepary-bean eater”), which was applied ...
Battered but beautiful, complete as far as we can tell but not yet quite operational, this Mills "Bursting Cherry" 25c slot machine is one gorgeous hunk of Americana. The Mills Novelty Co was one of the pioneers of vending machine technology and mechanical musical instruments, and joined with the inventor of the slot machine, Charles ...
Arts and Crafts Period Pyrography Plains Indian Theme Wood Box. Box measures 4" x 12". Hand-tinted. An absolute charmer. Vintage Americana. Pyrography or pyrogravure is the art of decorating wood or other materials with burn marks resulting from the controlled application of a heated object such as a poker. It is also known as pokerwork or wood ...
Mexican Hand Pounded Sombrero Ashtray measuring 6". Call for pricing. We ship using UPS and Priority Mail, but for larger pieces we employ two freight companies we have found to be careful, cost effective and timely in delivery. We also ship worldwide, and for those transactions we require wire transfers. Please feel free to enquire about shipping ...
Two men seated outside a house, objects on the pavement, an interested donkey: this is a charmer from Laguna artist and wood carver, Carl Christian Abel, Born in Denmark on April 10, 1891. Abel settled in Laguna Beach in 1925 and lived there until his demise on Oct. 20, 1975. Art measures 23 x 20. Laguna Beach ...
Glorious imaging of the Trinity as three men, Father, Son and Holy Ghost, the idea of the Trinity empohasized by their triangular halos. Very unusual iconography. Price on request.We ship using UPS and Priority Mail, but for larger pieces we employ two freight companies we have found to be careful, cost effective and timely in delivery. ...