Record #:

21943

Author(s):

Scarborough, Quincy

Abstract:

This article examines the flow of pottery material, styles and craftsmen from the Connecticut River Valley into the Cape Fear region of North Carolina. It also focuses on the Webster family of Connecticut, a family of potters who were responsible for the unique work identified as the 'bird and fish pottery.'

Source:

Journal of Early Southern Decorative Arts (NoCar N 6520 .J67), Vol. 10 Issue 1, May 1984, p15-74, il, map Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Pottery

Record #:

27568

Author(s):

Minter, Christine D.

Abstract:

In 1975, researchers at the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts located silver engraved with the initials I.M., but the silversmith’s identity and history were unknown. Further research suggested that the silversmith might be James Murphree of Norfolk, Virginia. Murphree’s work was evident in silver descending in the Coffield family of Chowan County, North Carolina.

Source:

Journal of Early Southern Decorative Arts (NoCar N 6520 .J67), Vol. 3 Issue 1, May 1977, p1-10, il, bibl Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Silverwork; Silversmiths--North Carolina

Record #:

27569

Author(s):

Welker, Dorothy

Abstract:

For some time scholars believed that the use of white pine in early furniture indicated northern manufacture, since white pine does not grow along the southern coast. However, many pieces of southern manufacture display white pine as a secondary wood. North Carolina merchants often used white pine because it was easier and cheaper to import lumber by water than to face the difficulties of cutting local trees.

Source:

Journal of Early Southern Decorative Arts (NoCar N 6520 .J67), Vol. 3 Issue 1, May 1977, p11-26, il, bibl, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Furniture industry and trade; Furniture, Early American

Record #:

27570

Author(s):

Rauschenberg, Bradford L.

Abstract:

An inkstand made by John Bell in 1825 is the first inscribed American tin-glazed pottery to be discovered. The tin-glaze technique was introduced by German potter Carl Eisenberg who visited Salem, North Carolina in 1793. Since tin-glaze was so uncommon at the time, many questions remain unanswered regarding Bell’s apprenticeship, influences, and products.

Source:

Journal of Early Southern Decorative Arts (NoCar N 6520 .J67), Vol. 3 Issue 1, May 1977, p27-35, il, map, bibl Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Potters; Pottery; Ceramics

Record #:

27571

Author(s):

Horton, Frank L.

Abstract:

The Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts has begun an extensive research program into southern newspapers published pre-1821. Some areas, such as North Carolina, have made strong archival efforts and the state’s papers have already been microfilmed. Material related to decorative arts is being copied and indexed, and will be available to students and researchers.

Source:

Journal of Early Southern Decorative Arts (NoCar N 6520 .J67), Vol. 3 Issue 1, May 1977, p36-44 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

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

Record #:

27572

Author(s):

Dibbler, Ann W.

Abstract:

The discovery of three groups of chairs with related design and construction characteristics, and with early histories based near the Fredericksburg-Falmouth area of Virginia has prompted further appraisal of chair-making in the region. Each chair features a crest rail, which may be characteristic to Tidewater Virginia down into the Albemarle Sound region of North Carolina.

Source:

Journal of Early Southern Decorative Arts (NoCar N 6520 .J67), Vol. 4 Issue 1, May 1978, p1-24, il, map, bibl Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Chairs; Furniture, Early American; Material culture

Record #:

27580

Author(s):

Childs, Elizabeth Taylor

Abstract:

A rare American-made silver mounted sword is on display at the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts. The sword demonstrates the craftsmanship of the Richardson brothers, two Virginia silversmiths. According to family histories connected with Richardson silver, their patrons were from Richmond’s wealthiest and most prominent families.

Source:

Journal of Early Southern Decorative Arts (NoCar N 6520 .J67), Vol. 4 Issue 1, May 1978, p25-44, il, map, bibl, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Silverwork; Silversmiths

Record #:

27581

Author(s):

Rauschenberg, Bradford L.

Abstract:

One of the earliest marked examples of southern salt-glazed stoneware is a jug produced by B. Duval & Company in Richmond, Virginia. Owned by apothecary Benjamin Duval, the company manufactured pottery to complement Duval’s medicine business. The jug is now on display 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. 4 Issue 1, May 1978, p45-75, il, map, bibl, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Pottery; Manufacturing industries

Record #:

27582

Author(s):

Snyder, John J.

Abstract:

John Shearer of Martinsburg, West Virginia is credited for the largest group of documented Chippendale furniture. Shearer’s furniture pieces are marked by unique stylistic qualities in design and ornamentation, Shearer’s signature, and numerous inscriptions. An 1801 desk-and-bookcase regarded as Shearer’s masterpiece is 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. 5 Issue 1, May 1979, p1-25, il, bibl, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Furniture, Early American; Furniture makers; Design and ornaments

Record #:

27583

Author(s):

Rauschenberg, Bradford L.

Abstract:

Neoclassical and Empire are two major styles of brass andiron produced in Charleston, South Carolina. These two styles were brought to light through an analysis of Charleston brass founders conducted 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. 5 Issue 1, May 1979, p26-75, il, bibl, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Metal-work; Design and ornaments; Material culture

Record #:

27584

Author(s):

Horton, Frank L.

Abstract:

Researchers at the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts in Winston-Salem, North Carolina identified the work of Mary Roberts as America’s earliest known woman miniaturist. This was revealed after discovery of a miniature portrait-painting signed by Roberts during the 1740s in Charleston, South Carolina.

Source:

Journal of Early Southern Decorative Arts (NoCar N 6520 .J67), Vol. 5 Issue 2, Nov 1979, p1-5, por, bibl, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Women artists; Portraits; Painting

Record #:

27585

Author(s):

Gusler, Wallace B.

Abstract:

In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the area that is now Shenandoah County, Virginia served as a principal migration route from Philadelphia to North Carolina. Trade centers and developers in the region brought together a variety of cultures. This diversity created one of the most interesting American regional styles in decoration and craftsmanship.

Source:

Journal of Early Southern Decorative Arts (NoCar N 6520 .J67), Vol. 5 Issue 2, Nov 1979, p6-35, il, map, bibl, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Design and ornaments; Furniture industry and trade; Material culture

Record #:

27586

Author(s):

Kolbe, J. Christian; Holcomb, Brent

Abstract:

Research by the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts has revealed much about the material culture of Germans in piedmont North Carolina, but less is known about their history in South Carolina. The discovery of illuminated manuscripts called fraktur indicate German settlement in the Dutch Fork area, and a mix of religious and cultural influences on art.

Source:

Journal of Early Southern Decorative Arts (NoCar N 6520 .J67), Vol. 5 Issue 2, Nov 1979, p36-51, il, map, bibl, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Material culture; Germans--North Carolina--Immigration

Record #:

27612

Author(s):

Rauschenberg, Bradford L.

Abstract:

In the collection of the South Carolina Library in Columbia, South Carolina, is an armchair made for the Royal Governor’s ceremonial use in the first State House. The chair survived a disastrous fire and is a rare example of an unrepresented period of Charleston’s chair-making. Some of the chair’s emblems are often seen on furniture from the Albermarle region of North Carolina.

Source:

Journal of Early Southern Decorative Arts (NoCar N 6520 .J67), Vol. 6 Issue 2, November 1980, p1-32, map, bibl, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Chairs; Furniture, Early American

Record #:

27613

Author(s):

Wright, R. Lewis

Abstract:

In the early 1800s, Thomas Johnson and his family established a chairmaking business in Mecklenburg County, Virginia. Known as Johnson chairs, this group of ladderback chairs became prevalent throughout southeastern Virginia and upper North Carolina. The chairs represent the largest surviving group of its kind due to certain enduring features of construction.

Source:

Journal of Early Southern Decorative Arts (NoCar N 6520 .J67), Vol. 6 Issue 2, November 1980, p33-48, map, bibl, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Chairs; Furniture, Early American