Record #:

27614

Author(s):

White, Raymond D.

Abstract:

Marine art has been a constant thread in the pattern of American life since explorations to the New World. Among the first marine art produced in America are engravings by a European named Theodore de Bry. De Bry engraved many of John White’s drawings during attempts to colonize in Roanoke Island off the coast of North Carolina.

Source:

Journal of Early Southern Decorative Arts (NoCar N 6520 .J67), Vol. 6 Issue 2, November 1980, p49-65, il, bibl, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Engraving; Art--North Carolina

Record #:

27615

Author(s):

Weekley, Carolyn J.

Abstract:

A group of new pictorial material has surfaced from the record books of the Bannan, Fries and Hobday families, all of which were drawn by an unidentified artist in Winchester, Virginia during the early nineteenth century. Stylistic patterns in the artist’s design and calligraphy indicate German influence from Virginia, Maryland, and the piedmont regions of North and South Carolina.

Source:

Journal of Early Southern Decorative Arts (NoCar N 6520 .J67), Vol. 7 Issue 1, May 1981, p1-20, il, map, bibl, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Folk art; Calligraphy

Record #:

27616

Author(s):

Michie, Audrey

Abstract:

Textiles were frequent and vital imports into eighteenth century Charleston, South Carolina. Trade goods were often imported from England and sent up navigable coastal waters to the ports of North Carolina.

Source:

Journal of Early Southern Decorative Arts (NoCar N 6520 .J67), Vol. 7 Issue 1, May 1981, p21-40, il, map, bibl, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Textile industry--History

Record #:

27617

Author(s):

Comstock, H.E.

Abstract:

Redwell Ironworks, a joint business venture of Derick Pennybacker, John Jordon, and Richard Patton, was a prominent iron producer in the Shenandoah Valley during the eighteenth century. Surviving wrought iron is spread throughout the eastern states and remain as direct evidence of the industrial success of Redwell.

Source:

Journal of Early Southern Decorative Arts (NoCar N 6520 .J67), Vol. 7 Issue 1, May 1981, p41-80, il, map, bibl, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Iron industry and trade

Record #:

27630

Author(s):

Beckerdite, Luke

Abstract:

Researchers at the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts in Winston-Salem, North Carolina examined the carving work of William Buckland and William Bernard Sears. Their carving represents some of the most important American interior architecture of the Rococo period.

Source:

Journal of Early Southern Decorative Arts (NoCar N 6520 .J67), Vol. 8 Issue 2, Nov 1982, p7-42, il, bibl, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Architecture; Carving (Decorative arts)

Record #:

27631

Author(s):

Beckerdite, Luke

Abstract:

William Buckland is known for his architectural carving work in Richmond County, Virginia, but evidence of his work in Maryland has been questioned. Researchers at the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts in Winston-Salem, North Carolina reassessed Buckland’s career from 1771-1774 through a comparative study of six houses, two documented and four previously attributed to his shop.

Source:

Journal of Early Southern Decorative Arts (NoCar N 6520 .J67), Vol. 8 Issue 2, Nov 1982, p43-88, il, por, bibl, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Architecture; Carving (Decorative arts)

Record #:

27634

Author(s):

Estes, Rosemary Niner

Abstract:

A pair of silver sauceboats of South Carolina origin were recently added to the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The sauceboats are part of a group of eighteenth century artifacts which belonged to Daniel Cannon, master builder and Revolutionary patriot of Charleston.

Source:

Journal of Early Southern Decorative Arts (NoCar N 6520 .J67), Vol. 9 Issue 1, May 1983, p1-32, il, bibl, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Silverwork

Record #:

27635

Author(s):

Hollan, Catherine B.

Abstract:

The largest southern footed silver bowl recorded to date was recently added to the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The bowl was crafted by John Gaither, a silversmith in Virginia during the early 1800s.

Source:

Journal of Early Southern Decorative Arts (NoCar N 6520 .J67), Vol. 9 Issue 1, May 1983, p33-50, il, bibl, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Silverwork

Record #:

27636

Author(s):

Allen, Gloria S.

Abstract:

Delftware was a variety of ceramic wares offered by British merchants in the eighteenth century. Researchers at the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts in Winston-Salem, North Carolina conducted a study of delftware and found a connection to socio-economic structure in Kent County, Maryland.

Source:

Journal of Early Southern Decorative Arts (NoCar N 6520 .J67), Vol. 9 Issue 2, Nov 1983, p1-20, il, bibl, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Ceramics; Material culture

Record #:

27637

Author(s):

Beckerdite, Luke

Abstract:

Furniture made by the Crow group exhibits a diversity of style and construction not often encountered in the production of a single rural shop. The furniture’s craftsmanship is likely influenced by shifts in technology and styles transmitted from the Piedmont and Tidewater regions of northeastern North Carolina and southeastern Virginia during the late eighteenth century.

Source:

Journal of Early Southern Decorative Arts (NoCar N 6520 .J67), Vol. 9 Issue 2, Nov 1983, p21-42, il, map, bibl, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Furniture industry and trade

Record #:

27638

Author(s):

Beckerdite, Luke

Abstract:

New discoveries in Virginia and North Carolina furniture were made by researchers at the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The construction, style, and histories of the signed furniture pieces identify them as products of Mardun V. Eventon from eastern Virginia.

Source:

Journal of Early Southern Decorative Arts (NoCar N 6520 .J67), Vol. 10 Issue 2, Nov 1984, p1-34, il, map, bibl, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Furniture makers; Furniture

Record #:

27639

Author(s):

Batson, Barbara C.

Abstract:

The Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts in Winston-Salem, North Carolina recently acquired three prints of Virginia scenery, including Natural Bridge, the Potomac River, and Harper’s Ferry. These pieces provide insight into the process by which landscape prints were produced and the artistic selection of topographical views during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.

Source:

Journal of Early Southern Decorative Arts (NoCar N 6520 .J67), Vol. 10 Issue 2, Nov 1984, p35-48, il, bibl, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Landscape prints, American; Prints--Technique

Record #:

27693

Author(s):

Hollan, Catherine D.

Abstract:

Recently several pieces of hollowware dating circa 1815 have been discovered with a clear maker’s mark, IOG. The mark is for James Orme Gaither, a silversmith of the Gaither family who settled in North Carolina and Maryland. James started his own business in Georgetown, D.C., and often made silver for legislators and visitors to the nation’s capital.

Source:

Journal of Early Southern Decorative Arts (NoCar N 6520 .J67), Vol. 11 Issue 1, May 1985, p1-14, il, bibl, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Silversmiths; Silverwork

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 #:

27695

Author(s):

Carll, M. Allison

Abstract:

Researchers at the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts in Winston-Salem, North Carolina assessed the impact and amount of English furniture imported into Charleston, South Carolina during 1760-1800. While a significant amount of furniture was imported, the Charleston cabinetmaking trade was both large and healthy.

Source:

Journal of Early Southern Decorative Arts (NoCar N 6520 .J67), Vol. 11 Issue 2, Nov 1985, p1-20, il, bibl, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Cabinetmakers; Furniture industry and trade