Furniture: chair, slat-back slipper

Dublin Core

Title

Furniture: chair, slat-back slipper

Subject

Chairs
Handicraft
Woodwork -- Appalachian Region, Southern

Description

This ladder-back cherry slipper chair, has a rope rush seat, six stretchers (two on each side) and two horizontal banisters. The chair was made ca. 1910 by Shadrach Birdic "Birdie" Mace, 1892-1973, of Madison County, North Carolina. Mace, a third generation chair-maker, usually signed his name S.B. Mace, and was also known as Shadrick Mace, Birdie Mace, and Birdic Mace.

Creator

Mace, Shadrach Birdic, 1892-1973

Source

Hubert Hayes Collection

Publisher

Hunter Library Digital Collections, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723

Date

1910/1919

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/

Format

jpg;
crafts (art genres)

Type

StillImage

Identifier

12382
https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/12382

Date Created

2006-04-17

Rights Holder

All rights reserved. For permissions and use, contact Mountain Heritage Center, Western Carolina U, Cullowhee, NC 28723;

Spatial Coverage

Madison County (N.C.)
Appalachian Region, Southern

Extent

19.5" x 13.5" x 30.5"(dimension)

Is Part Of

Craft Revival

Collection

Citation

Mace, Shadrach Birdic, 1892-1973, “Furniture: chair, slat-back slipper,” OAI, accessed May 7, 2025, https://sadc.qi-cms.com/omeka/items/show/12382.