Furniture Makers

Today's featured designers are a legend in North Carolina furniture craftsmanship (the wood furniture capitol of the USA) and a designer determined to continue that legacy. Thomas Day (c. 1801 – 1861) was a free black American furniture designer and cabinetmaker in Caswell County, North Carolina. Day's furniture-making business became one of the largest of its kind in … [Read more...] about Wednesday Open Thread: Black Industrial Designers