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NEEDLE • KNIFE • TORCH [&] BRUSH
Steven S. Powers presents, NEEDLE • KNIFE • TORCH [&] BRUSH, a collection of Outsider, Folk Art and good ol' Americana assembled for exhibition and sale at The Philadelphia Antiques & Art Show April 15-17 2016 with a gala preview party April 14. The Navy Yard, Marine Parade Grounds, Philadelphia, PA 19112. StevenSPowers.com for more information.
Steven S. Powers presents, NEEDLE • KNIFE • TORCH [&] BRUSH, a collection of Outsider, Folk Art and good ol' Americana assembled for exhibition and sale at The Philadelphia Antiques & Art Show April 15-17 2016 with a gala preview party April 14. The Navy Yard, Marine Parade Grounds, Philadelphia, PA 19112. StevenSPowers.com for more information.
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Obsessive Proposal<br />
Circa: Fort Dix 1944<br />
Size: 11 5/8" (h) x 13 1/4" (w)<br />
A unique marriage proposal in the style of a<br />
ransom note from Eric to Heidi (Pastor)<br />
done as an acrostic (read down from the<br />
first letter of each line..."jeg elsker dig" is<br />
Danish for "I love you.") In the second<br />
paragraph he asks, "Gee wouldn't it be<br />
grand if you were my wife?" Eric was a<br />
linguist in WWII and did this from Fort Dix<br />
1944.<br />
Fascinating American Folk Art<br />
Embroidered Textile<br />
Circa: 1897-1904<br />
Size: 24" (h) x 24" (w)<br />
Wrought by Edith Owen-Bruyere<br />
(1878-1958) of Glen Ridge NJ.<br />
The center with vines, each leaf<br />
with initials of a sibling, then<br />
scattered autographs and<br />
illustrations of a devil, skull,<br />
playing cards, a neat illustration<br />
of a woman at an easel with an<br />
ink pot (possibly Violet Oakley),<br />
a trumpet, snail, boat, golf clubs<br />
a Bissell carpet sweeper(!) and<br />
many more.
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