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North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources
North Carolina’s African American Heritage Featured In Historical Review ... is to enrich the cultural, educational, and economic well-being of North Carolina's citizens and visitors. We do this by working to enhance the availability and quality of our state's historic, library, and artistic resources. ... © 2004 North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources. ... [Read More]
North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources
“ Thomas Day: African American Furniture Maker” contains two illustrated articles previously published in the January 2001 issue of the North Carolina Historical Review . In “Thomas and John Day and the Journey to North Carolina,” Rodney Barfield writes about Day’s early life in Virginia and how he came to live and work in Milton. Information about Day, his family, and his cabinetmaking business is skillfully set against the historical background of how free blacks were treated in the two states. ... [Read More]
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U.S. Congressman Howard Coble : 6th District Of North Carolina
Let’s begin with furniture – the Sixth District is as well known for this industry as any. Twice a year, in April and October, 70,000 buyers from all corners of the world converge on High Point to attend the International Home Furnishings Market to see the latest in furniture designs and trends. When you mention High Point to anybody in the world, they immediately know you are talking about furniture – the names are synonymous. Thomasville, in nearby Davidson County, is known as the Chair City because it is the home of Thomasville Furniture and a giant Chippendale-style chair that adorns the town square. Not to be outdone, High Point boasts of several giant pieces of furniture sprinkled throughout the city. ... [Read More]
North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources
Celebration of North Carolina Craft includes items from early-20th-century potteries such as North State Pottery in Lee County, Pisgah Forest Pottery in Buncombe County, and Jugtown Pottery in Moore County. The exhibit features later works from the skilled hands of Burlon B. Craig of Lincoln County, Sid Oakley of Granville County, Dorothy Cole Auman of Randolph County, and Louise Bigmeat Maney and John Henry Maney of Swain County, among others. ... North Carolina craft brings in $538 million each year. In fact, more than 6,000 Tar Heels make their living as craft artisans, creating pottery, glassware, textiles, furniture and other items. ... [Read More]
North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources
Celebration of North Carolina Craft offers a glimpse of the talents of Tar Heels who have transformed thread into lace, yarn into rugs, pine needles into baskets and other everyday items into decorative art. The textile and fiber exhibit will be followed by a collection of furniture, which will be on exhibit from Sept. 20, 2005, to March 12, 2006. ... The two-year Celebration of North Carolina Craft is sponsored by the N.C. Craft Coalition, which is supported by the N.C. Arts Council. For details about the state’s craft events, access ... [Read More]
Elizabeth Dole - U.S. Senator for North Carolina
North Carolina Must Stop Illegal Furniture Dumping By China ... About Elizabeth | North Carolina | Constituent Services | Issues & Legislation ... 401 North Main Street ... [Read More]
U.S. Congressman Howard Coble : 6th District Of North Carolina
High Point Furniture ... 2004 Furniture Market in High Point ... [Read More]
Elizabeth Dole - U.S. Senator for North Carolina
North Carolina Must Stop Illegal Furniture Dumping By China ... About Elizabeth | North Carolina | Constituent Services | Issues & Legislation ... 401 North Main Street ... [Read More]
Patrick McHenry
Moving south in the Tenth District, there is sprawling Burke County, the home of legendary North Carolina Senator Sam Ervin. Like Caldwell County, Burke’s landscape is very diverse, ranging from mountains in the northern corners, to rolling foothills in the more southern regions. Burke’s county seat, Morganton, is home to several state offices and institutions including the North Carolina School for the Deaf. ... It is in Catawba County that Highway 321 becomes known as the “Furniture Corridor.” As one travels northwest out of Hickory and into Caldwell County, the road is lined with furniture retailers. From small antique shops, to massive outlets, this area is home to one of the largest concentrations of furniture manufacturers and retailers in the country. In fact, the welcome signs for Caldwell’s county seat, Lenoir, welcome visitors to “The Furniture Center of the South.” ... [Read More]
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