Maine Antique Digest, April 2017

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Maine Antique Digest, April 2017 21-B
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discussion on interior design. The panel
members included Tori Mellott, moderator, with
Darryl Carter, Barry Dixon, and Maria Crosby
Pollard. And the Saturday lecture moved from
interior to exterior design. Veteran landscape
designer Chip Callaway’s topic was “Gardens
Great and Small – 40 Years of Trials and
Triumphs.”
The show itself appeared successful. The
preview was oversold and packed. Many dealers
stated that they enjoyed exceptional sales at
the preview, and others confirmed that they
concluded post-show sales with contacts made
over the weekend. Still, as is the case with every
show, some dealers did not fare as well as others
and did voice concern over the future of large
shows in general. That said, all dealers that I
spoke with stated that they intend to be back
next year.
Karen DiSaia summed it up in an e-mail
following the show. “We [took over the
management of] this event several years ago,
and the first year was not good in terms of sales,
but by the second year things were beginning to
happen, and now it is a shopping experience!”
The committee is already hard at work
planning for next year. For additional
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One entire wall of the Fletcher/
Copenhaver Fine Art booth presented
39 matted and framed drawings by
Derek Fowler (British, 1919-1990).
Joel Fletcher and John Copenhaver
of Fredericksburg, Virginia, are
regular exhibitors at the Washington
Winter Show. As a young man Derek
Fowler was a serious art student;
however, his formal studies were
interrupted by World War II. While
in service, he spent five years in
India and Burma, where he created
a volume of drawings depicting
scenes of day-to-day army life. This
charcoal sketch is representative of
the examples offered by Fletcher/
Copenhaver. In Bed, Writing a Letter
was priced at $875.
Standing guard outside of the Hanebergs’ booth was this nicely modeled
hollow-body crowing rooster. The circa 1900 bird was likely a roof
decoration or finial. The 20½" high rooster appears to retain its original gilt
surface and is in overall excellent condition. The figure was marked $4250.
The circa 1840 oil on canvas depicts vessels from America and several European countries moored
at Whampoa Reach in China. It was at this port that trade cargo was transferred to and from junks
while trading in the markets of Canton. The unsigned painting clearly is titled Whampoa, lower
center. The painting was offered by Claudia and Bob Haneberg of East Lyme, Connecticut, and
priced at $14,500.
The set of four finely executed needlework panels was offered by Bill and Susan Beck of
Beck’s Antiques, Fredericksburg, Virginia. The Renaissance Revival-inspired panels from
the late 19th century are likely either American or English. The central figures are framed by
columns, with several menacing figures above and what appear to be dolphin figures below.
The set of panels was marked $3750.
G. Sergeant Antiques, Woodbury, Connecticut, offered this circa 1730 triple chair-
back settee in walnut. The crest rails display heavily carved shell and vine designs,
and the arms are outward scrolls with floral motif carving. The acanthus-leaf-carved
cabriole legs terminate in lion’s paw feet. The seat rail is a complex molded bell
shape. The settee was priced at $75,000. The George II mahogany tilt-top table, circa
1750, features a decoratively carved top edge. The center pedestal threads on to the
top, and the three legs terminate with carved inward-turned blunt feet. The table was
marked $6500.