Thomas Day: Master Craftsman and Free Man of Color

by Jo Ramsay Leimenstoll and Patricia Phillips Marshall

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080783341X
• ISBN13: 9780807833414
• Release Date: May 2010
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 8.2" x 11.0"