The Green Mountain Edit

A gravel road under red and orange maples at Shelburne Farms, Vermont, in October

Tallmadge Ave · Autumn 2026

The Green
Mountain Edit

Twenty-nine pieces, each one of one.

Shelburne Farms, Vermont

The Collection

Vermont keeps things.

Barns outlast the farms that built them. The general store keeps its counter, the schoolhouse keeps its chalkboard, and the good plates stay in the cupboard for company.

This autumn we gathered twenty-nine pieces, folk art and paintings among them, and arranged them in five chapters: the farm, the shore, the kitchen, the stable and the dining room. Each is one of one.

I · 1812 – 1845

The Farm

By 1830 Vermont was said to hold five sheep for every person. Then wool fell from 57 cents a pound to 25, and the hills turned to dairy.

What came after the sheep: a cow in the shallows, a village parade, a skillet on the kitchen wall.

Will Moses Parade Day limited edition folk art print in a wood frame — “Parade Day,” Will Moses

Folk art print · signed · edition 155 of 500 · framed 32 × 22 in.

$325Take it homeFound a home

Folk art landscape print after Grandma Moses in a wood frame — After Grandma Moses

Folk art print · wood frame · framed 26 × 23 in.

$275Take it homeFound a home

Pastoral landscape oil painting with cattle in a black frame — The Cow in the Shallows

Oil on canvas · black frame · framed 25 × 20 in.

$325Take it homeFound a home

Pair of vintage porcelain figurines, a boy holding a goose and a girl holding a lamb — The Boy with the Goose, the Girl with the Lamb

Glazed porcelain · pair · 5.5 in. tall · maker unidentified

$36Take it homeFound a home

Brock of California ceramic skillet with a painted farm scene and yellow rim — The Farm Skillet

Brock California · ceramic · 10 × 14 in.

$56Take it homeFound a home

II · 12,500 years ago

The Shore

Vermont once had a coast. In 1849 a railroad crew near Charlotte dug up the bones of a beluga whale, now the state marine fossil.

The Champlain Sea drained and left a lake behind. Three pieces about the water, from a landlocked state, make more sense than they look.

Mid-century painting of a three-masted American clipper ship in a gilt frame — The Clipper

Original painting · gilt frame · 18 × 22 in. · artist unknown

$375Take it homeFound a home

Framed linen sampler reading The Sea Is Where I Want to Be — “The Sea Is Where I Want to Be”

Stitched linen · striped backing · wood frame · 13 × 8 in.

$65Take it homeFound a home

Woven wood purse with a lid covered in seashells — The Shell Purse

Woven wood · shell-set lid · leather strap · 6 in. tall, 11 in. with handle

$65Take it homeFound a home

III · 1947 · Shelburne

The Kitchen

Electra Webb opened the Shelburne Museum in 1947 and filled it with what other people used up: decoys, hatboxes, quilts, toys.

A painted tray, a wall pocket for the matches, a chalkboard with the chalk still on it, a winter bridge worked in wool. Everyday things, kept.

Vintage needlepoint of a covered bridge in winter in a wood frame — The Covered Bridge

Needlepoint · wood frame · 6.5 × 8.5 in.

$75Take it homeFound a home

Oval black painted metal tray with red fruit and a scalloped yellow border — The Painted Fruit Tray

Painted metal · oval · 19 × 15 in.

$74Take it homeFound a home

Red and cream metal match holder with painted flowers — The Match Pocket

Painted metal · wall-hung · 5 in. tall

$38Take it homeFound a home

Framed chalkboard with a weathered wood frame and a wooden chalk ledge — The Chalkboard

Wood frame · chalk ledge · 17 × 13 in.

$58Take it homeFound a home

One to note

Made to
fool a duck.

The Shelburne Museum keeps about 1,400 decoys and miniature carvings. This one is painted cream over red and worn to the wood in places, with the red still bright underneath. Twelve inches of carved wood for a mantel.

$75

Take it home