American Furniture, Folk & Decorative Arts

Freeman’s | Hindman has sold fine American furniture and decorative arts longer than any auction house in the country.

The department specializes in American furniture, decorative arts, and folk art from the late 17th century to the 20th century, with examples from the Mid-Atlantic, New England, the Mid-West, and the South, including items brought to the colonies and early United States by settlers and merchants. With a focus on regionalism, research, and scholarship, the team of knowledgeable and experienced specialists continually deliver strong results for a range of works such as clocks, silver, needlework, quilts, portraits, Chinese Export porcelain, pottery, decoys, Fraktur, weathervanes, and more.

Over the years, Freeman’s | Hindman has set numerous world auction records in the category, including a paint-decorated Pennsylvania box ($744,825), an important Andrew Clemens portrait sand bottle ($956,000), The Captain John Cowan Kentucky Secretary ($498,750), a Pennsylvania watercolor Fraktur by Reveran George Geistweite ($366,750), and an American looking glass ($293,000). The firm has been entrusted with a number of private collections and deaccessions from important institutions such as Property Deaccessioned from the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association, Furnishings from Historic Lemon Hill Mansion, A Grand Old Flag: The Stars & Stripes Collection of Dr. Peter J. Keim, and The Donald F. Moylan, M.D. Collection of American Furniture, Folk & Decorative Arts.