The Drawing Room of Newport Antiques.
Including draperies, clothing, tapestries, and textile related elements {valances, bed crowns, drapery rods} etc...
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# 5172. A fancy beaded evening bag. Late 19th early 20th century. Unmarked. Silver plated frame. The detailed glass beading in tapestry style includes roses and rococo style embellishments. The background is ivory the foliage is in realistic colored beads and the rococo decorations are in silver glass beads. Condition: some beading edge staining close to the metal frame; the bottom fringed beading is fragile and mostly removed with many pieces stored in the bag. The inside of the bag is lined with lambskin which is unusual: most of these style bags are lined with silk or some other textile. The opposite sides of the bag have identical decorations. From a Newport Rhode Island Estate. Price: $195.00.
# 4177. A late 19th century 5 panel screen. Cut silk velvet. Each of the 5 panels is 22" wide and 78" tall all joined together with double joint hinges. In Newport as with most fashionable towns with houses of note, these screens were an important decorative addition to ball rooms, drawing rooms and bed rooms. This particular screen came from some Newport Estate. Condition: fraying to the outer edges and there is a cut in one of the panels that is about 7" across. Little discoloration between panels. This is a double sided screen with the same cut velvet on both sides. In The new book about Stanford White written by Wayne Craven on page 49 plate 11 is a photo of a drawing room designed by Richard Morris Hunt for John Jacob Astor IV on Fifth Avenue in New York. To the right of the fireplace is such a screen as the one that we offer here. These screens were often used to hide doorways used by servants. New cut velvet of this caliber sells for several thousand dollars a yard today. The price for this screen is $3,850.00.
# 4817. A Grand Tour Tent. Egyptian (probably woven there and consistent with textiles and tapestry's from Egypt). c. 1920's. The previous owner "bought this canape from Vera the scarf designer; Vera Neumann (Stamford, Connecticut, 1910-1993) was a print designer who began her unique career designing place mats. Eventually she expanded into other home furnishings and fashions to create a major design company. . She got it from Sister Carita {"In 1971, Boston Gas commissioned artist Corita Kent to use one of two large natural-gas tanks in Dorchester as a giant canvas. The result was an instant landmark: a rainbow of colored stripes that greets motorists on Rte. 93 and which is the world's largest copyrighted art work. But did Kent, active in protesting the Vietnam War, add a political statement to the piece? Look closely at the left side of the blue stripe, and you'll see a man's profile. Now follow that profile down and an unmistakable beard appears - that of Ho Chi Minh. Kent has since died, so she's not talking. But Boston Gas ardently denies any political tinge, saying the profile is a coincidence. A couple of years ago, when the company tore down the tank with the art on it, it had it re-painted on the remaining tank. Tank purists quickly noted that the profile had a rounder, less Ho-like nose. Boston Gas insisted the rounder beak was more in keeping with what it says was Kent's original design." }in a monastery in California." Size: app. 10' in diameter and about 8' tall (the fabric) when assembled, it is about 16' tall. Condition: considerable fraying to the fabric though it seems to add to the look making it seem to appear older than it's actual age. In a private collection for the past 30 years. Price for this item is: $3,500.00.
Item # tex1. A fine silk embroidered Picture: Harvest theme, anonymous, probably New England, early 19th century. Embroidered and painted in silk, chenille in tones of green, gold, blue, white and crimson, with the smaller figures a woman carrying wheat on her head flanked by a small child holding wheat in her hand and a man harvesting wheat; the larger two figures depict a woman kneeling and the feet of a robed male figure. Stretched on a wooden (period) stretcher size 20" x 23"; the fabric is attached to the stretcher with tacks. The size of the fabric is 17" x 21". Condition: considerable loss to the silk in the right upper quadrant, revealing the linen backing. The silk loss is basically where there was no weaving to the design. The textile is unattached to the tacks in the upper section of the picture. This was probably one of a series of pictures popular in American in the first half of the 19th century. I would believe that this item can be restored but it would take an expert to do so. Price: $750.00.
Offering a fine and rare Oriental Carpet. Keshan. c. 1925-30. Size: 21" x 19". Condition: excellent; bright, vibrant colors. An exceptionally fine woven carpet created in a time when the Middle East was more friendly to America. American Flag carpet mats are not commenly found and we are pleased to offer this exceptional example. Price: $4,500.00.
#3920. Pictured is one of a pair of Aubusson window surrounds. Late 19th century. Each 104" tall and 55" wide. Cut to fit custom "frames." Condition: minor stains, area cuts to the sides when used at one time to fit window forms. Color good. Price: $7,500.00 the pair.
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The Drawing Room is located at 152-154 Spring Street, Newport, Rhode Island 02840.We are open daily from 11 am to 5 pm and by appointment. If you have an interest in an item listed in this document or wish to purchase an item, please call us at 1-401-841-5060. (cell 401-261-3980) The Partnership of Gacher and Santi has been in business since 1972. We have been located in Newport since 1985.
Our Email address is: drawrm@hotmail.com All images copyright by F. Santi, 2008
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