Self-taught Peter Hunt (1896-1967) started painting thrift shop furniture with peasant designs ... and he sold his folk art to important socialites, including Helena Rubenstein, who promoted ...

Self-taught Peter Hunt (1896-1967) started painting thrift-shop furniture with peasant designs ... and he sold his folk art to important socialites, including Helena Rubenstein, who promoted ...

The Brookline-based couple were pioneer folk art collectors and filled their farmhouse with objects that delighted and fascinated them: wonderful painted furniture, unusual rocking chairs ...

He grew up attending flea markets and antique shows throughout New York and New England with his parents, with a special interest in Folk Art and painted furniture. In his early 20s, while ...

The painting comes to the sale from the Honorable J ... and includes examples of early American furniture, folk art and metalware. The proceeds of the sale of the Gail-Oxford Collection will benefit ...

is widely regarded as one of the nation's foremost experts on Early American Furniture, American Decorative Arts and Folk Art. His expertise in American formal and country furniture and his work ...