The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-11-25
Lovely Old
Furniture
to Be Sold
Antique Collection to Be
Placed on Auction
Block Tomorrow.
BY HELEN LINDSAY

BY HELEN LINDSAY
Soap, water and furniture polish
have removed the CRIME from a
collection Of antiques which has been
stored for % years. But they have
not erased the beauty Of the an
tiques, nor the atmosphere of ro-
mantle mystery which antique low
erS will see in them. when they are
presented for sale at auction to-
morrow at l.
The collection. which is to be sold
at the Hodges Storage and Auction
Co. originally belonged to one of
Indiana'S pioneer families At the
death of the last direct head of this
family. the furniture and personal
effects went into possession of the
estate.
The old home was diSmantled; the
furnishings placed in storage. Fer
% years. descendants of the original
posSessors have paid storage charges.
During that period. no one has gone
into the department where the goods
were held except storage house at
PENDANTS
Pieces Probably Discussed
Probably the descendants have
discussed the pieces at family gath
eringS. Remember that old half
banquet table on which Granny used
to serve us our Thanksgiving meals
they may have said. as they sat
around a modern table and looked
upon the turkey and Stuf1ng.
Yes. and the half-canopy bed.
with its heavy carving. in which she
put us to sleep when we went to
spend the week-end?" matron
probably has remarked. as she re-
called the days of her childhood.
But the half banquet table and
the old walnut bed tomorrow will
pass into possession of persons who
have no recollection of the gray
haired Granny" who once busted
them with careful hands.
Asks One Piece
In a recent letter to the Hodges
company. the only remaining direct
descendant of the family asked that
the pieces be sold for storage charges
which have accrued during depres-
sion days.
For sentimental reasons, she asked
that one piece be held for her. It
is wooden carved bust. which
might have been the Apollo-like fea-
lures of some early ancestor.
Pieces to be sold include the half
banquet table, which is solid cherry.
and which originally was used with
another table just like it, the two
making full-sized dining table. It
is gate-legged model with a wood
en- hinge. The half canopy bed is
of walnut, with carving decorating
the low footboard and the high
headboard.
Gents and Lady's" Chair Included
Matching chairs, known among
dealers as "a gents and a ladys
chair" which means that they were
the ones in which grandfather and
grandmother sat before an old-fash-
Toned fireplace in the evening. are
to be placed on the block They
are walnut, and the backs of each
bear fruit carvings.
Grandfather had arms on his
chair; grandmother didn't need
them, apparently; she probably was
busy knitting and didn't have an
opportunity to relax completely.
Grandmother bedroom was fur
nished in addition to the bed, with
highboy of walnut, in which she
kept the family linens They were
secure there, because one side piece
which moves on hinges, fitted over
the edges of all of the drawers. and
she locked them all with one key.
Design Is Delightful
Her high-piled curled couture was
Inspected before social events in the
mirror of the walnut dresser. which
can be swung to different angles.
The top is carved in leaf and fruit
design which probably will delight
the modern purchasers eye.
There is a rose backed small divan
and a larger one, also in the familiar
iOSe pattern. ana J0eTe are Old
fashioned coverlets, one in the ia
nous old pine tree design, and an
other, perfect in design and color
ing after many years. In the corner
is the date of its beginning; a woven
1874. There is paisley shawl,
which also is to be sold
And there is a collection of glass
and china. which includes a vinegar
bottle in the button and daisy de-
sign; milk glass vases, and an Eng
lish china fruit bowl
Feminine Fan to Be Sold
The most intimate article in the
collection is fan. 1t is a thor
oughly feminine affair, made of
dainty mousseline de sole and lace,
embroidered in sequins.
Twenty-three years ago, they were
the personal belongings of a family.
Tomorrow they are to pass into alien
hands