MT. CRAWFORD, Va. – Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates will conduct their first auction of textiles and antique sewing items July 16 beginning at 9:30 a.m.
Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.com.
Consignments include a large group of items deaccessioned by the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts and George Washington’s Mount Vernon. These items are being sold because they fall outside of each museum’s collecting mission; all funds will go into the museums’ acquisition funds.
The auction will feature a fine selection of early 19th to early 20th century quilts from Virginia, Maryland and other areas including examples that have descended in the family of the original maker; a collection of Shenandoah Valley of Virginia overshot coverlets that were recently featured in the exhibition “Colorful and Cozy: The Woven Art of the Coverlet” at the Heritage Museum in Dayton, Va.; other types of coverlets and woven bed covers; 18th and 19th century samplers and needlework pictures; vintage clothing; a large selection of 19th and 20th century sewing tools, work boxes, sewing machines and accoutrements; plus related objects.
Two events will be held on Friday, July 15, in conjunction with the auction – a lecture by Brenda Hornsby Heindl on historical Kentucky weavers at 2 p.m. at the auction gallery, and a tour of the Virginia Quilt Museum in Harrisonburg, Va., at 4 p.m. Both are free and open to the public.
For further information email info@jeffreysevans.com or call 504-434-3939.
