UNCOMMON OBJECTS, PART ONE (Cheri)

Austin's Uncommon Objects shows up on aficionados' lists of the country's best place to shop for antiques, and it absolutely lives up to its name.

I asked about the very well designed and executed paint-by-number paintings that I saw throughout the store; they said they believed most had come from one man's collection.  This is Norman Rockwell's Rosie the Riveter.

I wondered what inspired the creation of this nearly life-size painting:

Although the store is apparently a collective of 24 dealers, I would have sworn that it was the collage of a single artist.

Many displays are color-coordinated:

even if the "color" is neutrals:

Even the on-sale art in the bathroom is color-coordinated:

(Note, too, the theme in this display!)

A series of animals:

This guy was huge:

and the "animal" here wasn't the first thing you noticed:

A couple of political-interest items:

I haven't posted any quilts for a while.  Here's one from the 1800's:

This was made of silk, still very glowing and lustrous:

This is actually some form of weaving, rather than a quilt:

Bonus for reading to the end of this post:  here is a Google Earth tour of the store!  (Who knew that was possible?)