This article appears in the Fall/Winter 2020/21 Issue of the Tennessee State Museum Quarterly newsletter.
This summer, the Museum was very fortunate to acquire a desk and bookcase built by Tennessee’s earliest documented cabinetmaker, Moses Crawford. Made of walnut and yellow pine, this piece of furniture dates between 1790 and 1800. As with much of Crawford’s work, it features a five-part cornice including an applied dentil and scalloped molding and fluted quarter columns. ...
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