Fall Americana Auction

Two Small Oriental Mats.

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Start price: $100

Estimated price: $200 - $300

Buyer's premium:

36 x 42 and 38 x 41 inches. Good condition, some minor wear.

Obtained from decendants of Robert Lauent. This item was a prized possesion of Hamilton Easter Fields (1873-1922). A pioneer in collecting American folk art, Fields was a well known artist, teacher and critic as well as a dealer of antiques in the late nineteenth early twentieth century. This item was bequeathed to arist Robert Lauent (1890-1970), who was Field’s protege and life long friend. Years later, Robert Laurent founded the Hamilton Easter Field Foundation