Record #:

21914

Author(s):

Horton, Laurel

Abstract:

This article examines two bedcovers from the early-19th century in the collection of Old Salem Museums & Garden and the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts. Both bedcovers belonged to women who lived in Salem, North Carolina during the 1810s.

Source:

Journal of Early Southern Decorative Arts (NoCar N 6520 .J67), Vol. Issue , Winter 2006, p149-168, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Salem (N.C.)--History; Bedcovers

Record #:

21915

Author(s):

Veasey, Patricia V.

Abstract:

This article examines a series of eight embroidery samplers from the Piedmont region of North Carolina and South Carolina. These samplers were produced by schoolgirls who received instruction at academies associated with the Bethel Presbyterian Church of York County, South Carolina. The style of this group exhibits elements of Scottish and Irish needle working.

Source:

Journal of Early Southern Decorative Arts (NoCar N 6520 .J67), Vol. Issue , Winter 2006, p103-148, il, map Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Embroidery; Piedmont (U.S.: Region)--History

Record #:

27885

Author(s):

Albert, Gary

Abstract:

Thomas and Andrew Ellicott Warner were brothers, silversmiths, and working partners in Baltimore, Maryland from 1805 to 1813. They produced high-quality sword blades for the officers of the U.S. Army and militias during the Federal period. The Warner swords are in collection at the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

Source:

Journal of Early Southern Decorative Arts (NoCar N 6520 .J67), Vol. 32 Issue 1, Summer 2006, p45-79, il, bibl, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Silversmiths; Silverwork

Record #:

27886

Author(s):

Comstock, H.E.

Abstract:

The identities of southern fraktur artists have rarely been identified, but the discovery of a student copybook revealed its identity as George Peter Dodson, also known as the Stony Creek artist of Shenandoah County, Virginia. Ornamented manuscripts in the copybook also revealed links to the identification of other fraktur artists such as Ehre Vater of North Carolina.

Source:

Journal of Early Southern Decorative Arts (NoCar N 6520 .J67), Vol. 32 Issue 1, Summer 2006, p80-102, il, bibl, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Fraktur artists

Record #:

21907

Author(s):

Rauschenberg, Bradford L.

Abstract:

This article examines the production of tin-glazed ceramics in Salem, North Carolina and other parts of the country. Tin-glazed ceramics were first introduced to the Moravian community in Salem by Carl Eisenberg near the end of the 18th century.

Source:

Journal of Early Southern Decorative Arts (NoCar N 6520 .J67), Vol. 31 Issue 1, Summer 2005, p45-103 , il, map Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Pottery

Record #:

21908

Author(s):

Hartley, Michael O.

Abstract:

This article examines the various ceramic traditions in 19th century Salem, North Carolina as produced by Moravian potters such as Heinrich Schaffner.

Source:

Journal of Early Southern Decorative Arts (NoCar N 6520 .J67), Vol. 31 Issue 1, Summer 2005, p1-44 , il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Pottery

Record #:

27882

Author(s):

Sherrer, John

Abstract:

Evidence found in research files at the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts in Winston-Salem, North Carolina reveals the diverse material culture and impact of cabinetmaking in Columbia and Richland County, Virginia from 1800 to 1860. Columbia’s political and geographic location made it a transition zone for people, goods, and cultures traveling between the Low country to the Piedmont regions.

Source:

Journal of Early Southern Decorative Arts (NoCar N 6520 .J67), Vol. 31 Issue 2, Winter 2005, p1-26, il, map, bibl, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Material culture; Furniture industry and trade

Record #:

27877

Author(s):

Allen, Gloria S.

Abstract:

Rug is the most frequently listed bed covering in colonial probate documents from the Chesapeake region. Due to the lack of artifact-based evidence, the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts in Winston-Salem, North Carolina conducted a study to determine the origins, materials, colors, and patterns of bed rugs as well as the extent and duration of their use from the seventeenth to the early nineteenth century.

Source:

Journal of Early Southern Decorative Arts (NoCar N 6520 .J67), Vol. 30 Issue 1, Summer 2004, p1-86, il, map, bibl, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Bedcovers; Material culture

Record #:

27879

Author(s):

Kolbe, J. Christian

Abstract:

A study by the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts in Winston-Salem, North Carolina examined the business records of Virginia cabinetmaker Sampson Diuguid. Analysis of Diuguid’s Ledger D account book reveals the various furniture forms he made in the early nineteenth century, and provides further knowledge of the cabinetmaking trade throughout the eastern region.

Source:

Journal of Early Southern Decorative Arts (NoCar N 6520 .J67), Vol. 30 Issue 2, Winter 2004, p1-48, il, por, map, bibl, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Cabinetmakers; Furniture industry and trade

Record #:

27880

Author(s):

Cross, John

Abstract:

A study by the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts in Winston-Salem, North Carolina examined the furniture trade between America and Jamaica during the eighteenth century. The movement of cabinetmakers such as John Fisher, coupled with the exportation of Windsor chairs to Jamaica from the eastern seaboard, reveals not only the trade of goods, but also the influence of skills, style, and culture.

Source:

Journal of Early Southern Decorative Arts (NoCar N 6520 .J67), Vol. 30 Issue 2, Winter 2004, p49-73, il, map, bibl, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Furniture industry and trade; Cabinetmakers

Record #:

27865

Author(s):

Rauschenberg, Bradford L.

Abstract:

Research by the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts in Winston-Salem, North Carolina found new records on the apprenticeship system, trade guilds and material culture in Carolinas. The records are of convicts, indentures, redemptioners, enslaved African American and American Indian labor and apprentices.

Source:

Journal of Early Southern Decorative Arts (NoCar N 6520 .J67), Vol. 29 Issue 1, Summer 2003, p1-67, il, bibl, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Apprentices; Labor supply; Material culture

Record #:

27866

Author(s):

Kolbe, J. Christian

Abstract:

All state governments had record keeping procedures that documented the claims of artisans who had provided goods and services. The Decorative Arts Guide to the Records of the Auditor of Public Accounts was compiled from vouchers and accounts for work performed by craftsmen working in Virginia during 1776-1840. The guide is an important resource on the lives and work of artisans working in the antebellum south.

Source:

Journal of Early Southern Decorative Arts (NoCar N 6520 .J67), Vol. 29 Issue 1, Summer 2003, p68-93, il, bibl, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Decorative arts; Artisans

Record #:

27874

Author(s):

Severens, Martha R.; Staples, Kathleen

Abstract:

A study of a painting of Benjamin Hawkins and the Creek Indians explored its relationship to Thomas Jefferson’s policy for the assimilation process during the first decade of the nineteenth century. Hawkins, a former North Carolina senator, was appointed to implement and oversee the civilization plan. Signs of assimilation are apparent in the painting, but they do not reflect an absolute change in the Creek social structure.

Source:

Journal of Early Southern Decorative Arts (NoCar N 6520 .J67), Vol. 29 Issue 2, Winter 2003, p1-38, il, por, map, bibl, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Creek Indians--North Carolina; Hawkins, Benjamin, 1754-1816

Record #:

27876

Author(s):

Staples, Kathleen

Abstract:

John Dart’s 1754 inventory demonstrates the strength and diversity of Charles Town, South Carolina’s textile trade in the mid-eighteenth century. It was based on society’s demand for imported foreign-made goods and their search for self-definition. Dart exploited diverse commercial opportunities to reach consumers throughout North Carolina and the eastern region.

Source:

Journal of Early Southern Decorative Arts (NoCar N 6520 .J67), Vol. 29 Issue 2, Winter 2003, p39-82, il, por, map, bibl, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Textile industry; Textile crafts

Record #:

27857

Author(s):

Ellis, Clifton

Abstract:

The house at Berry Hill plantation is a fine example of Greek Revival architecture in Virginia, and the classical tradition that dominated architecture in the South during the antebellum period. James C. Bruce, a wealthy financier and tobacco planter, deliberately designed the house in ways which displayed his wealth and power.

Source:

Journal of Early Southern Decorative Arts (NoCar N 6520 .J67), Vol. 28 Issue 1, Summer 2002, p1-52, il, por, map, bibl, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Architecture, Greek Revival style