As a singular figure in the world of American pottery and early textiles, Dr. Wahler was a celebrated curator, collector, and scholar. Early Southern furniture including four MESDA documented items: Virginia William and Mary paneled trunk, Virginia Chippendale Cupboard, Tennessee inlaid cherry chest of drawers and a Tennessee cherry high chest, many early Southern painted furniture examples, Ten Ulysses Davis folk art carvings, textiles to include a rare Asheville sampler dated 1824, quilt dated1861, rare Southern salt glaze and redware pottery examples to include Tennessee, Alabama and North Carolina.
