u/Revolutionary-Fly176

I recently picked up this Navajo rug from an estate sale. I have been fascinated by the history and stories behind textiles for a long time and am starting to learn a lot more about Navajo rugs, but I am still very uninformed.

My current guess based on my research is that this rug is a Two Grey Hills design, dating to the mid-century? It measures about 38” x 50”.

Any advice?

Also, if any Navajo weavers are available I would love to know about the story of a rug like this one. Thanks!

I picked up this piece from a local estate sale. I know enough about embroidery to know it is antique, likely during the art nouveau period, but not enough to know the origin or the artist.

It appears to be fine silk thread on a thin silk fabric, and the gold areas have a metallic sheen.

Any thoughts?

I picked up this piece from an art collector in Western Colorado. It appears to be an American scene of a horse race, possibly steeplechase.

Signed in lower left “J.D. Wilson”. The back shows a pretty clean canvas. Best guess of age is 1920s-1950s. There are two “Stanley” brackets in the corners, likely added later in the 50s/60s to firm up the frame.

Any thoughts? I’d love to find the full name of J.D. Wilson and possibly pinpoint an era for the piece.

I picked up this piece from a hoarder house behind all of their much more “risqué” vintage photos and nudes. It was framed but I could see the impasto from behind the glass.

When I got it home I carefully took it out to reveal it was an oil on board, and a pretty old board at that. The back reveals an old maker of “Vandyke” canvas boards, Favor, Ruhl and Co. Best estimate is that the board itself is from 1910-1930. The tag has the faint name “Louise”, which I assume is either the artist or the subject.

It looks a lot like the style of Louise Schact (1908-1988) who operated mostly in New York, but I can’t find any examples of hers on board, and there is of course no signature.

Any thoughts?