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Period: Mid-20th Century
Ralph Cahoon Decorated Pine Blanket Chest with Family and Museum Provenance
Located in Nantucket, MA
Ralph Cahoon Decorated Pine Two Drawer Blanket Chest with Family and Museum Provenance, mid 1930s, a late 18th or early 19th Century New England pine blanket chest with hinged rectan...
Category

Vintage 1930s American Folk Art Blanket Chests

Materials

Pine

Folk Art Sea Horse Hooked Rug, circa 1960
Located in Nantucket, MA
Vintage Folk Art Sea Horse Hooked Rug, circa 1960, featuring a family of three variously sized and colored sea horses swimming against a variegated bl...
Category

Mid-20th Century American Folk Art Rugs

Materials

Wool

Nantucket Cocktail Purse by Jose Formoso Reyes, circa 1950
By Jose Formoso Reyes
Located in Nantucket, MA
Nantucket Cocktail Purse by Jose Formoso Reyes, circa 1950, a very early Nantucket diminutive oval woven purse made during the first few years Reyes was m...
Category

Vintage 1950s American Folk Art Decorative Baskets

Materials

Cane, Rattan, Pine

Nantucket Round Purse by Jose Formoso Reyes, circa 1950
By Jose Formoso Reyes
Located in Nantucket, MA
Nantucket Round Purse by Jose Formoso Reyes, circa 1950, a very early Nantucket diminutive round woven purse from during the first few years Reyes wa...
Category

Vintage 1950s American Folk Art Decorative Baskets

Materials

Cane, Rattan, Pine

Watercolor of Nantucket Railroad, by Doris and Richard Beer, circa 1940
By Doris Beer
Located in Nantucket, MA
Vintage Watercolor of Nantucket Railroad, by Doris and Richard Beer, circa 1940, a watercolor on paper view of the Nantucket narrow gauge "Dummy Line" railroad on the Easy Street tre...
Category

Vintage 1940s American Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Paper

Chesapeake Bay Scaup Drake Sink Box Wing Decoy, circa 1940
Located in Nantucket, MA
Early Chesapeake Bay Scaup Drake Sink Box Wing Decoy, circa 1940, a very shallow flat bodied decoy in original condition, original black and white paint on head and body, and painted...
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Vintage 1940s American Folk Art Decoys

Materials

Wood

Decoratively Carved Oak One Drawer Console Table
Located in Nantucket, MA
Oak console table with single drawer decorated with carved bell-flowers, highly turned legs, and twisted and arched iron stretcher.
Category

Mid-20th Century Console Tables

Materials

Iron

Vintage Map of Nantucket Town by Ruth Haviland Sutton, 1946
Located in Nantucket, MA
Vintage Map of Nantucket Town by Ruth Haviland Sutton, 1946, a classic vintage tourist map of Nantucket Island showing historic landmarks and geogr...
Category

Vintage 1940s American Other Maps

Materials

Paper

Nantucket Purse by Jose Formoso Reyes, circa 1950
By Jose Formoso Reyes
Located in Nantucket, MA
Nantucket Purse by Jose Formoso Reyes, circa 1950, a very early Nantucket woven purse from during the first few years Reyes was making Nantucket baskets, ...
Category

Vintage 1950s American Folk Art Decorative Baskets

Materials

Cane, Pine

Doris and Richard Beer Watercolor of "Old North Slip, Nantucket" circa 1940
By Richard Beer (American), Doris Beer
Located in Nantucket, MA
Vintage Nantucket Watercolor of "Old North Slip" on Nantucket, by Doris and Richard Beer, circa 1940, a watercolor on paper view of mooring slips along the end of Old North Wharf, signed in pencil lower right, titled on the reverse. Doris and Richard Beer (1898-1967 and 1893-1959 respectively) produced a well-known series of watercolor miniatures featuring popular Nantucket scenes. Working at their Wharf Head Studio on Old North Wharf for 18 years, the couple worked together on these copyrighted creations, photo-duplicating Doris's line sketch and Doris and Richard completing the watercolor. A native New Yorker, Doris studied at the Art Students League, Cooper Union, and with Arthur Dow at Columbia University. She developed a successful career designing theatrical scenery and costumes in New York, Newport, and later for the Straight Wharf Theater on Nantucket. Richard spent the summers of his childhood in ’Sconset. A graduate of Hamilton College, he served for ten years as American consul in posts in Budapest, England, Havana, and Canada. A self taught painter, he also was a talented writer who contributed to the Saturday Evening Post, Yankee Magazine, and Art News...
Category

Vintage 1940s American Other Paintings

Materials

Paper

Nantucket Old North Wharf Watercolor by Doris & Richard Beer, circa 1940
By Doris Beer, Richard Beer (American)
Located in Nantucket, MA
Vintage Nantucket Old North Wharf Watercolor by Doris & Richard Beer, circa 1940, a watercolor on paper view of Old North Wharf, signed in pencil power right. Doris and Richard Beer (1898-1967 and 1893-1959 respectively) produced a well-known series of watercolor miniatures featuring popular Nantucket scenes. Working at their Wharf Head Studio on Old North Wharf for 18 years, the couple worked together on these copyrighted creations, photo-duplicating Doris's line sketch and Doris and Richard completing the watercolor. One of a large collection of Beer watercolors...
Category

Mid-20th Century American Other Paintings

Materials

Paper

Nantucket Captain's House Watercolor by Doris & Richard Beer, circa 1940
By Doris Beer, Richard Beer (American)
Located in Nantucket, MA
Vintage Nantucket Watercolor by Doris & Richard Beer, circa 1940, a watercolor on paper view of Captain's Houses, signed in pencil lower right. Doris and Richard Beer (1898-1967 and 1893-1959 respectively) produced a well-known series of watercolor miniatures featuring popular Nantucket scenes. Working at their Wharf Head Studio on Old North Wharf for 18 years, the couple worked together on these copyrighted creations, photo-duplicating Doris's line sketch and Doris and Richard completing the watercolor. One of a large collection of excellent Beer watercolors...
Category

Mid-20th Century American Other Paintings

Materials

Paper

Nantucket East Brick Watercolor by Doris and Richard Beer, circa 1940
By Doris Beer, Richard Beer (American)
Located in Nantucket, MA
Vintage Nantucket East Brick watercolor by Doris & Richard Beer, circa 1940, a watercolor on paper view of the East Brick on Nantucket, signed in pencil power right. Doris and Richard Beer (1898-1967 and 1893-1959 respectively) produced a well-known series of watercolor miniatures featuring popular Nantucket scenes. Working at their Wharf Head Studio on Old North Wharf for 18 years, the couple worked together on these copyrighted creations, photo-duplicating Doris's line sketch and Doris and Richard completing the watercolor. One of a large collection of Beer watercolors currently in stock. A native New Yorker, Doris studied at the Art Students League, Cooper Union, and with Arthur Dow at Columbia University. She developed a successful career designing theatrical scenery and costumes in New York, Newport, and later for the Straight Wharf Theater on Nantucket. Richard spent the summers of his childhood in ’Sconset. A graduate of Hamilton College, he served for ten years as American consul in posts in Budapest, England, Havana, and Canada. A self taught painter, he also was a talented writer who contributed to the Saturday Evening Post, Yankee Magazine, and Art News...
Category

Mid-20th Century American Other Paintings

Materials

Paper

Nantucket Watercolor of Old North Wharf, by Doris and Richard Beer, circa 1940
Located in Nantucket, MA
Vintage Nantucket Watercolor of Old North Wharf, by Doris and Richard Beer, circa 1940, a watercolor on paper view of shell lane down center of ol...
Category

Vintage 1940s American Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Paper

Vintage Jose Reyes Nantucket Purse with Rosewood Top, circa 1960
Located in Nantucket, MA
Vintage Jose Reyes Nantucket Purse with Rosewood Top, circa 1960s, an oval cane woven covered basket with fine rosewood top plate, shaped swing handle, carved bone peg and handle att...
Category

Vintage 1960s American Folk Art Decorative Baskets

Materials

Rattan, Cane

Sherwin Boyer Nantucket "One Egg" Basket, circa 1960
Located in Nantucket, MA
Nantucket Petite Basket, by Sherwin Boyer, circa 1960, the tiny size referred to on-island as a “one egg" basket, a round open basket with carved swing handle,...
Category

Mid-20th Century American Folk Art Decorative Baskets

Materials

Cane

Mattapoisett Basket, by Gladys Ellis, circa 1940s
Located in Nantucket, MA
Early Vintage Mattapoisett Basket, by Gladys Ellis, Mid 20th Century, a hand-crafted basket modeled after a Nantucket purse, having a round disk shape with open top, made of hand-sti...
Category

Mid-20th Century American Folk Art Decorative Baskets

Materials

Other

Mattapoisett Basket, by Gladys Ellis, circa 1940s
Located in Nantucket, MA
Early Vintage Mattapoisett Basket, likely by Gladys Ellis, Mid 20th Century, a hand-crafted basket modeled after a Nantucket purse, having a flat oval "clamshell" lid hinged above an oval body, made of hand-stitched longleaf pine needles and raffia in braided and lace-like arrangements, with two braided raffia handles, a stitched hinge, and a silk lined interior, not signed. This is one of her very early baskets made before she started adding ivory tops and fixtures. The basket remains in strong original condition with no discernible breaks to the weave. There may have once been a loop closure at one point. Measures: 5-1/4 in H x 9 in L x 6-1/4 in W A local adaptation of a Nantucket basket first designed by Gladys Ellis (Mattapoisett: 1917 – 2011). The Mattapoisett basket is made in the shape and nature of a Nantucket basket, but uses southern yellow or longleaf pine needles and raffia coiled and sewn on a frame with a lace-like effect, often incorporating scrimshaw panels on the top and sides, sometimes as well as clasps and handle knobs...
Category

Mid-20th Century American Folk Art Decorative Baskets

Materials

Other

Carved and Painted Black Duck Decoy, by Pat Gardner, Nantucket, circa 1960s
Located in Nantucket, MA
Carved and Painted Black Duck Decoy, by Pat Gardner, Nantucket, circa 1960s, a carved wooden working decoy style black duck with head set well back on shelf in the content posture, with carved mandible and nares, on plump body with paddle tail, signed M.P. Gardner Nantucket on the bottom, and retaining an old sticker inscribed "Gaillard." This is believed to be the only duck decoy that Pat ever made. amongst all her shorebird carvings. The decoy is extremely heavy, as if carved from a solid block of lignum vitae, ebony or the like. Mary Patricia Gardner was born and lived her whole life on Nantucket. She studied under Frank Swift Chase, Ruth Haviland Sutton and Earl S. Ray, and was influenced by her grandfather Wallace Gardner, who was a trained sculptor. She became a member of the Artists Association of Nantucket in 1947. She was best known for her shorebird carvings, but also worked in watercolor and printmaking. She is viewed as one of the greater talents of her generation on Nantucket. Her work is highly sought after but only rarely appears on the market. This bird is from the personal collection of the late Nantucket antiques...
Category

Vintage 1960s American Folk Art Decoys

Materials

Hardwood

Original Watercolor Ski Poster "Pontresina" by Herbert Leupin, circa 1949
By Herbert Leupin
Located in Nantucket, MA
Original Watercolor Ski Poster "Pontresina" by Herbert Leupin (Swiss: 1916 - 1999), a watercolor and gouache painting original for one of Leupin's celeb...
Category

Vintage 1940s Swiss Modern Paintings

Materials

Paper

Vintage Seltzer Bottle Lamp
Located in Nantucket, MA
Vintage green glass seltzer bottle converted to lamp. Sits on custom wooden base mounted with lamp arm and accompanying shade. Great addition to a...
Category

Mid-20th Century Table Lamps

Materials

Aluminum

Vintage Canada Goose Decoy
Located in Nantucket, MA
Vintage Canada standing Goose Decoy on bent nail legs, by carver of birds and working decoys William "Roy" Mill (1902-1982), Kensington, Prince Edward Island.
Category

Mid-20th Century Canadian Decoys

Materials

Iron

Large Cast New England Bank Patriotic Eagle and Clipper Ship Plaque
Located in Nantucket, MA
Cast and Gilded Patriotic Eagle with Clipper Ship Plaque, with a Clutch of Arrows and an Olive Branch in it's Talons, mid 20th Century, from a Boston Bank...
Category

Mid-20th Century American Federal Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Composition

Elmer Crowell Quarter Sized Canada Goose Decoy, circa 1930s
Located in Nantucket, MA
Antique Quarter Sized Canada Goose Decoy, by J.Elmer Crowell, East Harwich, MA (1862 - 1952), circa 1928 - 1943, a hand carved and painted diminutive Can...
Category

Vintage 1930s American Folk Art Decoys

Materials

Cedar

Vintage Rustic Pine Stool
Located in Nantucket, MA
Vintage pine stool with classic, rustic design.
Category

Vintage 1940s Stools

Materials

Pine

Seascape with Portrait of a Schooner-Rigged Yacht, Signed and Dated 1937
Located in Nantucket, MA
Early Vintage Seascape with Portrait of a Schooner-Rigged Yacht, signed and dated Carl Schroeder, 1937, an un-tutored oil on canvas seascape painting with a port side view of a large schooner rigged racing yacht with all canvas aloft including topsails and staysails, smartly uniformed crew, captain and first mate visible on deck, a lookout posted on the foremast crosstrees, a burgee, pennant and flag flying on the fore and main peaks, with a one design class designation A-1 on the mainsail; a low-lying spit of land with red and white cottages is visible near in background beyond the bowsprit; signed and dated Carl Schroeder, 1937 in the lower right. The painting is in near excellent condition, with only a stretcher line visible down the left side and one small pin hole on the right side. The painting is mounted in a contemporary carved an gilded frame. The artist has not been identified, but the style and subject is consistent with either the American or Danish schools. The 1930s was a golden age decade for the J-Boats and other great ocean racing yachts. The A class designation suggests very large...
Category

Vintage 1930s Danish Other Paintings

Materials

Canvas

1940's Swiss Army Shovel with Sheath
Located in Nantucket, MA
A military grade forged metal shovel with a protective leather cover used by the Swiss Army mountaineers during World War II.
Category

Vintage 1940s Swiss Historical Memorabilia

Materials

Iron

Primitive Jelly Jar Cupboard
Located in Nantucket, MA
Diminutive rustic jelly jar cupboard, likely homemade, crafted from reclaimed wood. Exterior with mustard yellow/ochre paint, white painted interior with two...
Category

Mid-20th Century North American Cupboards

Materials

Iron

Cherry Wood Extension Table with Draw Leaves
Located in Nantucket, MA
Beautiful vintage fiery red cherry wood European Draw Leaf Table with a four board top and breadboard ends, straight skirt and tapered legs. This pieces gives off a nice shine and is...
Category

Mid-20th Century European Tables

Materials

Wood, Cherry

Folk Art Penguin Whirligig, circa 1930s-40s
Located in Nantucket, MA
Early Vintage Penguin Whirligig from Plymouth, Massachusetts, circa 1930s - 1940s, a hand cut and painted wooden flat silhouette of a large penguin in ...
Category

Vintage 1930s American Folk Art Weathervanes

Materials

Pine

Tibetan Wool Scatter Rug, circa 1950
Located in Nantucket, MA
Vintage Tibetan wool Scatter rug, circa 1950, a hand knotted wool carpet in a Three Dragon pattern, having three black medallions comprising coiled dragon...
Category

Mid-20th Century Tibetan Tibetan Chinese and East Asian Rugs

Materials

Wool

"Martha Washington" Mahogany Upholstered Lolling Chair, circa 1930s
Located in Nantucket, MA
Early vintage "Martha Washington" mahogany upholstered lolling chair, circa 1930s, having a large rose velvet upholstered back and generous seat, wit...
Category

Vintage 1930s American Federal Lounge Chairs

Materials

Velvet, Mahogany

Pair of Brass George Washington Andirons
Located in Nantucket, MA
Vintage pair of brass George Washington Andirons, likely mid 20th century, cast brass shallow full length figure of George Washington standi...
Category

Mid-20th Century American Federal Andirons

Materials

Brass

Mid 20th Century Folk Art Cowboy Rodeo Whirligig
Located in Nantucket, MA
Mid 20th century Folk Art cowboy Rodeo Whirligig, circa 1940s to 50s, comprising four carved and painted cowboys mounted on horseback riding in a circle a...
Category

Mid-20th Century American Folk Art Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Copper

Nantucket Orange Street Watercolor by Doris and Richard Beer, circa 1940
By Richard Beer (American), Doris Beer
Located in Nantucket, MA
Vintage Nantucket orange street watercolor by Doris & Richard Beer, circa 1940, a watercolor on paper view of orange street, signed in pencil power right. Doris and Richard Beer (1898-1967 and 1893-1959 respectively) produced a well-known series of watercolor miniatures featuring popular Nantucket scenes. Working at their Wharf Head Studio on Old North Wharf for 18 years, the couple worked together on these copyrighted creations, photo-duplicating Doris's line sketch and Doris and Richard completing the watercolor. One of a large collection of Beer watercolors...
Category

Mid-20th Century American Other Paintings

Materials

Paper

Nantucket Old North Slip Watercolor by Doris & Richard Beer, circa 1940
By Richard Beer (American), Doris Beer
Located in Nantucket, MA
Vintage Nantucket Old North Slip watercolor by Doris & Richard Beer, circa 1940, a watercolor on paper view of Old North Slip (Wharf), signed in pencil power right. Doris and Richard Beer (1898-1967 and 1893-1959 respectively) produced a well-known series of watercolor miniatures featuring popular Nantucket scenes. Working at their Wharf Head Studio on Old North Wharf for 18 years, the couple worked together on these copyrighted creations, photo-duplicating Doris's line sketch and Doris and Richard completing the watercolor. One of a large collection of beer watercolors...
Category

Mid-20th Century American Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Paper

Nantucket Harbor Scene, by Inna Garsoian
By Inna Garsoian
Located in Nantucket, MA
Nantucket Harbor Scene, by Inna Garsoian (1896–1984), circa 1946, oil on canvas view of wharves and waterfront from vantage of old Steamship office, signed lower right, and signed and dated on the reverse, mounted in original hand carved wooden frame. Garsoian was a former costume designer in Paris for the Ballet Russe, and summered on Nantucket from 1935-1945. Her work is noted for muted colors, stark light and shadows; she exhibited at the Easy Street Gallery. From the Nantucket Historical Association's digital exhibition "Nantucket Art...
Category

Vintage 1940s American Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Antique Nantucket Ship's Wheel Dining Table
By Nancy Chase
Located in Nantucket, MA
Antique ship's wheel dining table from Nantucket Island, made by the renowned Scrimshaw artist Nancy Chase (1931-2016). Nancy bought this Late 19th Century Ship's Wheel from an antiq...
Category

Vintage 1950s American Folk Art Dining Room Tables

Materials

Wood, Glass

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