Thomas Day: Master Craftsman and Free Man of Color (Richard Hampton Jenrette Series in Architecture and the Decorative Arts)
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| Rating | : | 4.82 (887 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 080783341X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 320 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-07-05 |
| Language | : | English |
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Educational with Great Photos Book Addict I love coffee table books. This one is special because I didn't know anything about Thomas Day so I learned some things. And I get to share this with friends and family , as well.. This is the definitive book on Thomas Day. A Anne B. Smith This is the definitive book on Thomas Day. A must read for anyone interested in Day, his life and art.. I'm a Realtor specializing in historic homes in Caswell County I'm a Realtor specializing in historic homes in Caswell County, NC. This makes the third one of these books I've purchased as closing gifts for my clients. This truly is the handbook for anyone selling or buying a historic home where the sawnwork, gingerbread, moldings, window casing an
The photographs are abundant and of high quality.--American CraftThis fascinating study explores the vital legacy of Thomas Day.The authors have produced a highly detailed−and highly readable−study of Day's career." --The Magazine AntiquesThomas Day is to be lauded as a significant achievement in scholarship on free black artisans of the South.--Journal of Southern HistoryThis long-awaited book is the first significant scholarly examination of Day and his work. An excellent book about the craftsman's remarkable life. This is an invaluable volume. Highly recommended.--Library JournalAn excellent addition to the continuing research of early North Carolina furniture.--The Journal of the North Carolina Association of HistoriansGives hints of the artisan's hidden inner life. Will be indispensable for all collections that focus on art history and the decorative a
. Patricia Phillips Marshall is curator of decorative arts for the North Carolina Executive Mansion and the North Carolina Museum of History.Jo Ramsay Leimenstoll is professor of interior architecture at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro
As demand for his services increased, the technological improvements Day incorporated into his shop contributed to the complexity of his designs. His surviving furniture and architectural woodwork still represent the best of nineteenth-century craftsmanship and aesthetics. Beginning in the 1820s, he produced fine furniture for leading white citizens and in the 1840s and '50s diversified his offerings to produce newel posts, stair brackets, and distinctive mantels for many of the same clients. 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. The photographs in the book document furniture in public and private collections and architectural woodwork from private homes not previously associated with Day. Day's style, characterized by undulating shapes, fluid lines, and spiraling forms, melded his own unique motifs with popular design forms, resulting in a distinctive interpretation readily identified to his shop. 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 restr