PATRICIA MARSHALL & JO LEIMENSTOLL - Craftsmanship And THOMAS DAY

Patricia Marshall & Jo Leimenstoll present THOMAS DAY: MASTER CRAFTSMAN AND FREE MAN OF COLOR.  They've crafted the story of the most successful  19th century cabinetmaker in NC.  Thomas Day was a free man of color.  His surviving furniture and architectural woodwork still represent the best craftsmanship and aesthetics of the time.

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Thomas Day: Master Craftsman and Free Man of Color (Hardcover)

By Patricia Phillips Marshall, Jo Ramsay Leimenstoll

$40.00

ISBN-13: 9780807833414
Availability: Special Order - Subject to Availability
Published: University of North Carolina Press, 6/2010

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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.
Patricia Phillips Marshall and Jo Ramsay Leimenstoll show how Day plotted a carefully charted course for success in antebellum southern society. 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. As demand for his services increased, the technological improvements Day incorporated into his shop contributed to the complexity of his designs.

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