Record #:

21893

Author(s):

Lewis, Michael H.

Abstract:

This article examines the origins of a particular walnut chest-on-frame, belonging to the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts, from the Piedmont of North Carolina as well as the study of Carolina backcountry furniture.

Source:

Journal of Early Southern Decorative Arts (NoCar N 6520 .J67), Vol. 20 Issue 2, Nov 1994, p1-37, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Furniture industry and trade

Record #:

21904

Author(s):

Rauschenberg, Bradford L.

Abstract:

This article provides additional information to the article 'American Vernacular Furniture and the North Carolina Backcountry,' which appeared in the November 1994 issue of the Journal of Early Southern Decorative Arts. After the original article's publication, several additional pieces of furniture relating to the original set of furniture discussed.

Source:

Journal of Early Southern Decorative Arts (NoCar N 6520 .J67), Vol. 21 Issue 1, Summer 1995, p89-93, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Furniture industry and trade

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 #:

21906

Author(s):

Brown, Johanna M.

Abstract:

This article examines the production and use of upholstered furniture by the Moravians of North Carolina during the mid-18th to mid-19th century.

Source:

Journal of Early Southern Decorative Arts (NoCar N 6520 .J67), Vol. 27 Issue 2, Winter 2001, p1-50 , il, por, map Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Furniture--Moravians

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 #:

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 #:

21919

Author(s):

Welker, Dorothy

Abstract:

This article examines the use of white pine, a type of wood not grown in the South, in the 18th and 19th century production of furniture found throughout Southern homes. The trade patterns between North and South is discussed as well as Southern furniture makers such as C.J. Tooker of Fayetteville.

Source:

Journal of Early Southern Decorative Arts (NoCar N 6520 .J67), Vol. 12 Issue 1, May 1977, p11-26, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

White pine; Furniture

Record #:

21920

Author(s):

Rauschenberg, Bradford L.

Abstract:

This article examines a series of 305 gravestones carved between 1803 and 1845 in Davidson County, North Carolina. During the course of examination two distinct styles of carving became apparent, Baroque and Gothic.

Source:

Journal of Early Southern Decorative Arts (NoCar N 6520 .J67), Vol. 3 Issue 2, Nov 1977, p24-50 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Davidson County--History

Record #:

21921

Author(s):

Horton, Frank L.

Abstract:

This article examines the life and trade of William Little, a cabinetmaker from Sneedsborough, North Carolina in the Piedmont region. Coming across from England in 1798, Little created furniture in a purely English tradition not found inland from the port centers of the coast.

Source:

Journal of Early Southern Decorative Arts (NoCar N 6520 .J67), Vol. 4 Issue 2, Nov 1978, p1-25, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Little, William B., 1935-; Cabinetmakers; Piedmont (U.S.: Region)--History

Record #:

21929

Author(s):

Whatley, L. McKay

Abstract:

This article examines the archaeological excavations that took place at the Mount Shepard pottery site in north-central Randolph County. Excavations provided a vast amount of 18th century pottery for inclusion into North Carolina pottery typologies that include Piedmont ware and Moravian varieties.

Source:

Journal of Early Southern Decorative Arts (NoCar N 6520 .J67), Vol. 6 Issue 1, May 1980, p21-57, il, map Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Pottery

Record #:

21930

Author(s):

Beckerdite, Luke

Abstract:

This article examines the furniture typology of the Catawba Valley of North Carolina through the works of cabinetmaker Peter Eddleman. The Catawba Valley groups of furniture were quite similar, influenced by the Delaware Valley where the families of Catawba Valley craftsmen originally came from.

Source:

Journal of Early Southern Decorative Arts (NoCar N 6520 .J67), Vol. 6 Issue 1, May 1980, p58-73, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Cabinetmakers--Catawba Valley

Record #:

21935

Author(s):

Beckerdite, Luke

Abstract:

This article examines the development of regional furniture styles in the Catawaba Valley of the North Carolina Piedmont through an anonymous group of furniture called the 'fluted pilaster group.' The Catawaba Valley style of furniture is heavily influenced by Delaware Valley settlers who moved to Catawaba Valley during the last half of the 18th century.

Source:

Journal of Early Southern Decorative Arts (NoCar N 6520 .J67), Vol. 7 Issue 2, Nov 1981, p31-48, il, map Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Furniture; Cabinetmakers--Catawba Valley; North Carolina, Piedmont--History

Record #:

21936

Author(s):

Wright, R. Lewis

Abstract:

This article examines the construction and use of key baskets, which were used for storing household keys until the 20th century. Solely a product of Virginia and North Carolina, key baskets are among the rarest forms of utilitarian American folk art.

Source:

Journal of Early Southern Decorative Arts (NoCar N 6520 .J67), Vol. 8 Issue 1, May 1982, p49-61, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Folk art