Showing posts with label folk art. Show all posts
Showing posts with label folk art. Show all posts

Monday, 26 June 2017

Folk art carved limberjack

Very rustic with nice articulation and patina and a mischievous smile.  Just over 12 inches tall.








Folk art carved articulated female figure

Seller from Alabama and acquired it from an estate that had it for many years.  Said to have had a dress at one time and the right hand is said to have held a pole that was in a butter churn.  Would guess the age at about 1900.  13 inches tall in the sitting position.








Thursday, 22 June 2017

Carved and painted limberjack

12 inches tall with a separately carved head and joined with metal discs.





Carved and painted articulated figure/marionette

Only 7 inches tall with glued down feathers for hair that is painted over.  Carved to appear obese of pregnant under the dress?  Comes with a carved, home made manipulating stick.







Tuesday, 15 November 2016

Folk art carved articulated figure / jig doll

Nicely complete articulated figure that is 12 inches tall.  Unique form with wooden pegs connecting the joints and hollowed out sides to accommodate the arms.  Has a metal bracket on the top of the head which presumably was to hang the figure to make it dance.




Thursday, 1 September 2016

Antique carved Kentucky / poppet doll

10.25 inches tall with original clothing.  Carved head and torso as well as carved arms and legs attached with cloth.  Tag that identifies it as "Tennessee Woman" and Mrs. E.H. Welker, Detroit" who, along with her husband, Eugene H. Welker, were art patrons who donated items to the Detroit Institute of the Arts.

Orlenia Ritchie and Annie Combs Williams are well known poppet doll makers from Kentucky who made and sold dolls in the 1920's / 1930's.








Friday, 19 August 2016

Folk art carved limberjack / jig doll

A big one, tall and lanky - 13 inches tall.  Though he's lost his hands somewhere along the way, he has a very well carved, expressive face.








Saturday, 28 November 2015

Primitive, carved limberjack / jig doll.

Great patina and completeness.  7 3/4 tall.





Saturday, 17 October 2015

Folk art, carved, articulated limberjack. 

9.5 inches tall with an unusual body and face.  The Anonymous Works' site that lists parts of the collection for sale has a 19th Century picture of a carver that has the same style of carvings as this little guy - definitely the same carver of this limberjack.