03065nam 2200577 a 450 991078519840332120230823183256.0979-88-908749-2-40-8078-9571-7(CKB)2670000000037569(EBL)565695(OCoLC)658201645(SSID)ssj0000429724(PQKBManifestationID)11323212(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000429724(PQKBWorkID)10430857(PQKB)11788916(Au-PeEL)EBL565695(CaPaEBR)ebr10405064(CaONFJC)MIL929434(MiAaPQ)EBC565695(EXLCZ)99267000000003756920091103h20102010 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThomas Day master craftsman and free man of color /Patricia Phillips Marshall and Jo Ramsay LeimenstollChapel Hill :Published in association with the North Carolina Museum of History by the University of North Carolina Press,2010.©20101 online resource (xii, 289 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) illustrations (some color), mapThe Richard Hampton Jenrette series in architecture and the decorative arts0-8078-3341-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Foreword; Introduction; CHAPTER ONE: A Cabinetmaker; CHAPTER TWO: A Good and Valuable Citizen; CHAPTER THREE: Opportunities for an Industrious Man; CHAPTER FOUR: Unavoidable Encumbrances, Gratifying Accomplishments; CHAPTER FIVE: An Assortment of Fine and Fashionable Furniture; CHAPTER SIX: Bold and Expressive Architectural Woodwork; EPILOGUE: An Enduring Legacy; APPENDIX A: John Day Sr. Estate Papers; APPENDIX B: Petition from the citizens of Milton on behalf of Thomas Day, 1830; Notes; Bibliography; Acknowledgments; IndexThomas Day (1801-61), a free man of color from Milton, North Carolina, became the most successful cabinetmaker in North Carolina--white or black--during a time when most blacks were enslaved and free blacks were restricted in their movements and activities. His surviving furniture and architectural woodwork still represent the best of nineteenth-century craftsmanship and aesthetics. In this lavishly illustrated book, Patricia Phillips Marshall and Jo Ramsay Leimenstoll show how Day plotted a carefully charted course for success in antebellum southern society.Richard Hampton Jenrette series in architecture & the decorative arts.FurnitureNorth CarolinaHistory19th centuryFurnitureHistory749.092BMarshall Patricia Phillips1502512Leimenstoll Jo Ramsay1502513MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910785198403321Thomas Day3730333UNINA