by Alex Seigfried | Apr 1, 2025 | Furniture and Clocks, Highlight, The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Trunk Maker Christopher Hudson Date of Creation 1819 Location Richmond, Virginia Materials Yellow pine, leather, brass, iron, paper, and textile Institution The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Credit Line Museum Purchase, The Friends of Colonial Williamsburg...
by Alex Seigfried | Apr 1, 2025 | Delaware Historical Society, Textiles, The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Quilt Maker Amelia Lauck (1760–1842) Date of Creation c. 1822 Location Winchester, Virginia Materials Plain and printed cottons Institution The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Credit Line Museum Purchase Accession Number 2006.609.1,A Photo Credit Colonial...
by Alex Seigfried | Apr 1, 2025 | Folk Art, Instruments, and Tools, The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Watermelon Trade Sign Maker Miles Burkholder Carpenter (1889–1985) Date of Creation 1960 Location Waverly, Virginia Materials Oil paints on elm wood with a natural grapevine stem, the object set upon a painted iron and wood hand cart and accompanied by an empty,...
by Alex Seigfried | Feb 14, 2025 | Furniture and Clocks, Monticello Thomas Jefferson Foundation
Standing Desk Maker Unknown Date of Creation c. 1775 Location Williamsburg, Virginia Materials Mahogany, yellow pine, brass, leather Institution Monticello, Thomas Jefferson Foundation Credit Line Thomas Jefferson Foundation Purchase Accession Number 1938-22 Photo...
by Alex Seigfried | Nov 12, 2024 | George Washington’s Mount Vernon, Metalwork
Poffertjes Pan Maker Unknown Date of Creation Late 18th century Location Used at Mount Vernon, Virginia Materials Copper, tin Institution George Washington’s Mount Vernon Credit Line Acquired through the generosity of the Bill and Betty Busey Family, 2020 Accession...
