The High’s Decorative Arts and Design department collects works made in the American South, including early nineteenth-century fine furniture and silver; ceramics, wood, and textiles, including key quilts by Ruth Clement Bond, Wini McQueen, and Jessie Telfair; Southern vernacular forms, such as pie safes, slab tables, baskets, and Southern alkaline-glazed stoneware, including vessels by David Drake; Southern studio craft, especially through gifts by Martha and Pat Connell; and works by contemporary makers including Jon Eric Riis and Julia Woodman.
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Monica Obniski
Curator of Decorative Arts and Design