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Class #2: Art and Design in the Colonial Era (1600s-1861)

By Chenoa Baker

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Ceremonial Drum Found in Virginia (perhaps made in Ghana in 1700), 1730-45, wood, deerskin, plant fiber, 16 x 11 in.

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Colonoware

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Face Jugs

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Kaolin

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Gullah/Geechee Basket Weaving

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David Drake’s Pottery

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Thomas Commeraw

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Slave Cabins

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Drayton Hall Plantation, 1744, wrought iron details, Charleston, SC

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Drayton Hall Plantation, 1744, wrought iron details, Charleston, SC

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Thomas Jefferson’s Estate, Monticello (1796-1809), Charlottesville, VA

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Armchair attributed to John Hemmings, c. 1816, mahogany

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Richard Poynor. Poynor Armless Sewing Rocker. ca. 1855.

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Peter Bentzon, Teapot, c.1817, silver and wood, ~7 x 12 x 6 in.

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Celestin Glapion, Armoire, c.1790-1830, Cuban mahogany

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Corn Husk Dolls

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Corn Husk Dolls

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Dinah Miller, Foremother of Gee’s Bend Quilters in Alabama

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Thomas Day

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Elizabeth Keckley

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Elizabeth Keckley, Mary Lincoln’s dresses, 1860s, velvet, satin, lace, 60 x 48 in.