If it's of interest to anyone within driving distance of Raleigh NC, our local paper ran a story today about the new exhibit opening at the NC Museum of History, "Behind the Veneer: Thomas Day, Master Cabinetmaker". 6000 sq ft with 78 pieces of furniture. They are also releasing a 320 pg book "Thomas Day: Master Craftsman and Free Man of Color".
"Exhaustively researched, the 320-page book is dense with historical details and gorgeous full-color photographs of more than 160 pieces of furniture and architectural woodwork that Day produced between 1835 and 1861."
Full article: http://www.newsobserver.com/2010/05/16/482694/the-extraordinary-thomas-day.html
"Exhaustively researched, the 320-page book is dense with historical details and gorgeous full-color photographs of more than 160 pieces of furniture and architectural woodwork that Day produced between 1835 and 1861."
Full article: http://www.newsobserver.com/2010/05/16/482694/the-extraordinary-thomas-day.html