Thomas Day [[electronic resource] ] : master craftsman and free man of color / / Patricia Phillips Marshall and Jo Ramsay Leimenstoll
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Marshall Patricia Phillips
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| Titolo: |
Thomas Day [[electronic resource] ] : master craftsman and free man of color / / Patricia Phillips Marshall and Jo Ramsay Leimenstoll
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| Pubblicazione: | Chapel Hill, : Published in association with the North Carolina Museum of History by the University of North Carolina Press, c2010 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (321 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 749.092 |
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| Soggetto topico: | Furniture - North Carolina - History - 19th century |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Altri autori: |
LeimenstollJo Ramsay
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| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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; Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Thomas 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. Beginning in the 1820's, he |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Thomas Day |
| ISBN: | 0-8078-9571-7 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910460058903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Richard Hampton Jenrette series in architecture & the decorative arts.