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Toupie Feet Derived from the French word for top (as in a child’s toy spinning top), toupie feet are turned top-shaped forms having a larger turning in the middle, narrowing to a small radius turning at the bottom which forms the foot. Reference note by p4A editorial staff, 05.09. Charles Greene & Henry Greene, Architects Architects and furniture designers, Charles Sumner Greene (1868 to 1957) and his brother Henry Mather Greene (1870 to 1954) were born in Brighton, Ohio to old New England families. They moved to St. Louis in 1874 and enrolled at the Manual Training School of Washington University. They would complete their formal education in 1891 from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in architecture and then began apprenticeships in Boston. [...] Click here to continue reading. Modern Gothic Furniture The term “modern Gothic” in the Decorative Arts refers to furniture and decorative objects with clean lines made from about 1870 to 1890. Also known as “art furniture” and “Queen Anne Revival”, depending on the creator, the pieces reflect the inspiration of the English “reform movement”. This movement reflected a change in taste away from the French inspired “ostentatious” highly carved Rococo Revival designs of the middle 19th century toward the [...] Click here to continue reading. J. B. Cole Jacon B. (JB) Cole (1869 to 1943) was the patriarch of a North Carolina pottery dynasty that continues into the 21st century. After 20 years working for other potters in the Catawba Valley and in the Seagrove area, J.B. established his own shop in 1922. Smart, energetic and ambitious, he catered to the tourist trade by supplying hand-made mass produced art pottery in bright colors. J.B. left back-breaking traditional [...] Click here to continue reading. Rockingham Pottery Brownish glazed Rockingham pottery originated in England, where it was named after the Marquis of Rockingham, who produced it at his Swinton pottery. Essentially Rockingham is yellow ware that is streaked or dappled with a lustrous manganese brown glaze; some is tortoise-shell or spattered yellow. The brown color is part of the glaze itself, which was spattered on the fired clay body. Variations in color were achieved by applying the glaze more [...] Click here to continue reading. Bouillotte Lamp: A French table lamp, usually found with a painted metal shade, adjustable in height, on a brass dished base with one, two or three candleholders, were associated with ecard game. These popular lamps have been reproduced in the 19th and 20th centuries. Roswell Gleason (1799-1887) Roswell Gleason of Dorchester, Massachusetts, began pewtering about 1830 and like the Boardmans in Hartford, Connecticut, he must have carried on the making of pewter and Britannia ware more after the manner of modern business than after that of an earlier craft. Lamps, candlesticks, communion sets (including flagons, patens, and baptismal bowls, chalices are not recorded as produced), tea-pots, coffee-pots, coffee-urns, water pitchers (with covers), mugs, syrup jugs and cuspidors, are [...] Click here to continue reading. English Bilston Enamels While many English decorative vitreous enamels were produced at Wolverhampton, Wednesfield, Birmingham and other places, the largest and most famous production of vitreous enamels was at Bilston. The artists and craftsmen of Bilston not only enameled the boxes and other trinkets, but others in the town also made the boxes and trinkets for enameling and engraved the plates from which transfers for enameling were made. The famous Battersea enamel factory [...] Click here to continue reading. Sally Abney Rose The late Sally Abney Rose (1915 to 2005) had an eye for aesthetics, and appreciated beauty in the garden as well as the home. She was an accredited flower judge, and founder of Our Garden Club in Anderson, South Carolina. Her acquisitive nature and wide ranging tastes are hinted at in her extensive collection of antiques and decorative arts. She collected early South Carolina and Georgia furniture and country accessories, but [...] Click here to continue reading. Richard Harrison Doughty Richard Doughty (1923 to 2003) was a well known teacher, historian, and collector in Greeneville, Tennessee. He was a descendant of early settlers in Greene County, was a graduate of Tusculum College and in 1947 received a Masters Degree from the University of Tennessee. Mr. Doughty spent much of his life researching the history of the region, particularly its decorative arts. In 1975 he published much of his research in Greeneville, [...] Click here to continue reading. |
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