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VINTAGE BAKTIARI CARPET
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Pre 1920 item# 723968 (stock# 5206)
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Gordon S. Converse and Co.
610.722.9004
$4,200.00
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This splendid Baktiari woven rug has reds and blues galore, and with its white border the eye is drawn inward to the busier designs. Its been enjoyed in our home for years, but now is for sale. The tribal weaving of the Baktiari tribes includes, among other things, superb rugs woven on wool foundations. Workshop rugs can be distinguished from the tribal pieces by the fact that they were woven on cotton foundations. Those were made in workshops throughout the hundreds of central Persian villages ...click for details
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PENNSYLVANIA TALL CASE CLOCK
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Pre 1837 VR item# 723951 (stock# 5223)
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Gordon S. Converse and Co.
610.722.9004
$8,000.00
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One of the better appointed cases that dates as late as 1825, echoing the fiat of style from the earlier Chippendale era of American Mid Atlantic clock case making- between about 1770 and 1780. The case is solid black walnut. Note the carved blind frieze above the waist door and the panel on the base with ogee feet. The movement is the eight day bell strike type with a dial attributed to the Philadelphia dial makers Patton and Jones-- with the distinctive conch shell spandrels. It dates to the e ...click for details
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WALNUT END TABLE
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Pre 1900 item# 722850 (stock# 7840)
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Gordon S. Converse and Co.
610.722.9004
$1,900.00
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An unusual walnut "end" or "work" table, measuring 28 1/2" X 17 1/2" X 24". This table has a total of eight drawer fronts- two on each side, while three are functional. The later replaced brass pulls are much like the originals. The smaller working drawers were fit with dividers, which are now all missing. Nineteenth century English furniture making using solid walnut throughout. The top stained and a little faded throughout, consistent with its age and usage. ...click for details
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