Building America: The Wolf Family Collection
Building America: The Wolf Family Collection
The Bradford Family Embroidered Silk Coat of Arms, Boston, Massachusetts, circa 1755-75
No reserve
Auction Closed
April 21, 08:50 PM GMT
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
The Bradford Family Embroidered Silk Coat of Arms
circa 1755-75
worked in red, green, brown, and cream threads on a black ground depicting an armorial cartouche headed by a profile bust of a stag, enclosed by a scrolled and strapwork surround; the reverse with pages of a ledger book
18 x 14½ in. (45.7 x 36.8 cm.)
Christie's, New York, Important American Furniture, Silver, Prints, Folk Art and Decorative Arts, January 15, 1999, sale 9054, lot 210
[with] Stephen & Carol Huber, Old Saybrook, Connecticut (acquired from the above)
Wolf Family Collection No. 1159 (acquired from the above on January 17, 1999)
[with] Stephen & Carol Huber, Old Saybrook, Connecticut (acquired from the above)
Wolf Family Collection No. 1159 (acquired from the above on January 17, 1999)