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The Important American Folk Art Collection of Stephen and Petra Levin

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VERY FINE AMERICAN CARVED<br />

ROSEWOOD REVOLUTIONARY WAR<br />

TROPHY FRAME, CIRCA 1876<br />

adorned with dragoon helmets, bugles, drums, shields,<br />

anchors and cannon; crested with an American eagle and<br />

shield.<br />

Height 27 in. by Width 23 in.<br />

PROVENANCE<br />

Sotheby’s, New York, The Bill Blass Collection, October 21,<br />

2003, sale 7928, lot 666;<br />

Kahn Fine Antiques, Chatham, Massachusetts.<br />

Ornately decorated with carved patriotic and Revolutionary<br />

War symbols such as weapons, military accouterments,<br />

flags, banners, and an American eagle and serpent, this is<br />

one of the most elaborately carved centennial folk art frames<br />

known. It was likely created for the 1876 centennial when<br />

celebratory events occurred across the nation.<br />

$ 8,000-12,000<br />

58 SOTHEBY’S THE IMPORTANT AMERICAN FOLK ART COLLECTION OF STEPHEN AND PETRA LEVIN

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