Sold for:
$11,850
$11,850
Rare Great Lakes Finger-woven Woodland Quilled Sash, c. last half 18th century, a braided openwork form in red, green, and yellow ochre, with yellow, black, and white quill-wrapped spacers, lg. 82 in. Provenance: Ex-collection Sir John Caldwell, fifth Baronet of Castle Caldwell, stationed at Forts Niagara and Detroit as an officer in the King's Eighth Regiment of Foot, 1774-1780; Ex-collection Arthur Speyer. Literature: Pleasing the Spirits , Douglas C. Ewing, p. 219.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2008-05-10
