MMofA: ART TALK: On Thomas Day with Jerome Bias
Jan 01, 1970
Join MMofA for a talk and demonstration by North Carolina woodworker Jerome Bias
to celebrate the Columbia Museum of Art’s Bureau
(about 1855), made by Thomas Day (American, 1801–1861), who was a free Black cabinetmaker in the face of restrictive conditions in the pre-Civil War era.
A self-taught woodworker, Bias has been making period furnishings and studying Southern decorative arts for more than 20 years, using the work of Day as wel
A self-taught woodworker, Bias has been making period furnishings and studying Southern decorative arts for more than 20 years, using the work of Day as wel