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late 19th century. Known for: Decoy carver and stencils of shorebirds.
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John Dilley. Strangely, two of Long Island's most celebrated carvers, Bill Bowman and John Dilley, have escaped researchers' efforts to elaborate on their lives. The first written record of the... Read full biography
John Dilley. Strangely, two of Long Island's most celebrated carvers, Bill Bowman and John Dilley, have escaped researchers' efforts to elaborate on their lives. The first written record of the shorebirds now credited to Dilley appeared in Bill Mackey's 1965 "American Bird Decoys". He related that... Read full biography
John Dilley. Strangely, two of Long Island's most celebrated carvers, Bill Bowman and John Dilley, have escaped researchers' efforts to elaborate on their lives. The first written record of the shorebirds now credited to Dilley appeared in Bill Mackey's 1965 "American Bird Decoys". He related that he had acquired a small rig of very finely painted shorebirds from the widow of Jess Birdsall of Barnegat Bay, NJ. With all innocence, he credited Birdsall with their creation. Fairly quickly,... Read full biography
John Dilley. Strangely, two of Long Island's most celebrated carvers, Bill Bowman and John Dilley, have escaped researchers' efforts to elaborate on their lives. The first written record of the shorebirds now credited to Dilley appeared in Bill Mackey's 1965 "American Bird Decoys". He related that he had acquired a small rig of very finely painted shorebirds from the widow of Jess Birdsall of Barnegat Bay, NJ. With all innocence, he credited Birdsall with their creation. Fairly quickly, however, due to the quality of the painted plumage, speculation centered around the possibility of Elmer Crowell from Cape Cod as the maker. Within a brief period of time, and with additional collectors entering the search, Mackey had to concede that his... Read full biography
John Dilley. Strangely, two of Long Island's most celebrated carvers, Bill Bowman and John Dilley, have escaped researchers' efforts to elaborate on their lives. The first written record of the shorebirds now credited to Dilley appeared in Bill Mackey's 1965 "American Bird Decoys". He related that he had acquired a small rig of very finely painted shorebirds from the widow of Jess Birdsall of Barnegat Bay, NJ. With all innocence, he credited Birdsall with their creation. Fairly quickly, however, due to the quality of the painted plumage, speculation centered around the possibility of Elmer Crowell from Cape Cod as the maker. Within a brief period of time, and with additional collectors entering the search, Mackey had to concede that his initial assumptions were incorrect. This was largely due to the fact that most of the "newly discovered" decoys seem to have b... Read full biography
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Art images copyright© of artist or assigneeExceptional golden plover in very rare transitional plumage
John Dilley Auction: 07/26/2016 - 7/27/2016Lot: 123Subscribe or get free alerts
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