Record #:

21867

Author(s):

Bivins, John, Jr.

Abstract:

This article examines the mid-18th century folk art revival of Fraktur, the Germanic art of illuminated manuscripts featuring the Gothic alphabet. Giving particular attention to Moravian collections of Fraktur in North Carolina, the work of one unidentified artist referred to by historians as \"Ehre Vater Artist' is featured.

Source:

Journal of Early Southern Decorative Arts (NoCar N 6520 .J67), Vol. 1 Issue 2, Nov 1975, p1-23, il, bibl, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Fraktur; Moravians--Folk art

Record #:

21881

Author(s):

Bivins, John, Jr.

Abstract:

A study of furniture produced in Wachovia, the Moravian settlement in North Carolina, focusing on the closely-knit stylistic trends - particularly baroque design elements - exhibited by decorative arts produced in within a cohesive societal sub-unit.

Source:

Journal of Early Southern Decorative Arts (NoCar N 6520 .J67), Vol. 2 Issue 1, May 1976, p38-63, il, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Furniture designers--Moravian; Moravians--Decorative art

Record #:

21886

Author(s):

Bivins, John, Jr.

Abstract:

This article analyses the Cupola House in Edenton as a cultural object for chronology, style, and technology. Through examination of the house, a mixture of architecture and technology can be identified which assist in cementing the Cupola House as an important structure to the history of North Carolina.

Source:

Journal of Early Southern Decorative Arts (NoCar N 6520 .J67), Vol. 15 Issue 1, May 1989, p56-132, il, map Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Cupola House (Edenton); Edenton--Architecture

Record #:

21905

Author(s):

Bivins, John, Jr.

Abstract:

This article examines 18th and 19th century furniture collected by the Historic Hope Foundation that represents the style of the Roanoke River basin. This furniture documents an identifiable regional style that was adapted from Great Britain and metropolitan areas of the Lower Chesapeake.

Source:

Journal of Early Southern Decorative Arts (NoCar N 6520 .J67), Vol. 22 Issue 1, Summer 1996, p42-90, il, map Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Furniture

Record #:

27694

Author(s):

Bivins, John, Jr.

Abstract:

Isaac Zane, Jr. of Philadelphia was a prominent iron maker who operated Marlboro Furnace in Frederick County, Virginia during the eighteenth century. Zane’s products of his furnace are among the very finest known southern cast iron.

Source:

Journal of Early Southern Decorative Arts (NoCar N 6520 .J67), Vol. 11 Issue 1, May 1985, p15-65, il, map, bibl, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Iron industry and trade; Ironwork

Record #:

27697

Author(s):

Bivins, John, Jr.

Abstract:

Researchers at the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts in Winston-Salem, North Carolina conducted a study of the work attributable to the anonymous artisan identified as Humphrey Sommers’ carver. Sommers’ high social status in late colonial Charleston, South Carolina is evident in the Rococo interior architecture and stylistic work of his personal estates.

Source:

Journal of Early Southern Decorative Arts (NoCar N 6520 .J67), Vol. 12 Issue 2, Nov 1986, p1-129, il, por, bibl, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Carving (Decorative arts); Architecture

Record #:

27859

Author(s):

Bivins, John, Jr.

Abstract:

John Bivins, Jr. served ten years as editor of the Journal of Early Southern Decorative Arts. In memory of John, this issue presents several of his editorial commentaries and articles he wrote for The Luminary newsletter.

Source:

Journal of Early Southern Decorative Arts (NoCar N 6520 .J67), Vol. 28 Issue 1, Summer 2002, p53-156, il, por, bibl, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts (Winston-Salem); Editors