• Auction Preview: Americana at Bonhams Skinner

    Circa 1900 friendship album quilt made in Saratoga County, New York. From the Collection of Rex and Patti Stark. All images are courtesy of Bonhams Skinner.Sometimes, Americana is assigned to a certain date and time, often associated with the earliest years of the nation and imagined through folk art crafts or straightforward Shaker furniture. It evokes an era before the onset of manufactured goods, when one’s access to art and design was through commissioning the talent of a craftsperson

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