Furniture: stepback cabinet

Furniture: stepback cabinet

Handicraft

Woodwork -- Appalachian Region, Southern

This stepback cabinet was made by woodworker Jesse Bryson Stalcup around 1918. A number of useful features are incorporated in this kitchen furniture item including two flour or meal bins that open to the front, upper storage shelves, a horizontal work surface, and, on the lower right side, an enclosed storage slot for a dough tray and rolling pin. The cabinet features mortise and tenon joints; manufactured hinges, handles, and latches; and its original finish was applied by Hyldah Jane Stalcup, one of the Stalcup's daughters. The artifact shows the skill and craftsmanship of a talented western North Carolina builder. Jesse Bryson Stalcup (1860-1931), born in Swain County, N.C., was the son of Thomas Belew Stalcup and Charity Jane Stalcup. The family lived near Whittier on Conley's Creek where Jesse grew up as a skilled carpenter. In 1881, Jesse Bryson Stalcup met and married Alice Florence Kelly. They had eight children and lived in several western N. C. locations. Jesse himself worked as a carpenter, millwright, and Baptist preacher.

Stalcup, Jesse Bryson

Jesse Bryson Stalcup Collection

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

1918

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14608

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2007-10-01

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Macon County (N.C.)

Appalachian Region, Southern

62" x 32" x 24"(dimension)

Craft Revival