The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-07-03
ARTS AND CRAFTS VILLAGE.
An Interesting Group OF Unique
Buildings Of the Jamestown
,5,$EtfIs EXposition, EEt/ ..
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town. Exposition present a unique
group, called the Arts and Crafts
Village. Tn the early colonial. days
men and women made by hand almost
every article which entered into the.
furnishing of their houses and the
providing of their wearing appeared
and even for their ornaments And
before the landing of the whites in
America the Indians made with their
own hands their clothing, cooking
utensils, baskets, pottery and objects
of ornaments for their persons and
for their tepees. Some of these things
are now worth their weight in gold
and are, III great demand by those
who appreciate art and things artis-
tic. RI .a9,g,..,.
Perhaps the whites never assimilat-
ed the artistic instincts of the savages
in the making of useful objects or
that the artistic ideas of the more
civilized race found expression
through other mediums. AT all events
the whites fell short of the Indian in
handwork. Some very fine speci-
mems of workmanship however, were
produced by the early settlers of
America.
While the rudest couches, tables
and chairs might suffice for Jhon
Smith and his followers, the advent
of gentle woman at Jamestown charg-
ed the copleXion of things and Great
ed demand for articles of beauty
and art the manner Of making
these things and the articles Them
selves are to be shown at the James
town Exposition in the Arts and
Crafts Village.
Tn the cotton states of the South
the cotton was carded, being done by
hand This was for the summer cloth
ing. Wool was washed, carded, spun
and woven into winter wearing ma
terial, also without the aid of machin-
cry. In those days the spinning wheel
and the old hand loom were objects
of use and not .rnament. Hand made
carpets of ortestic design and superior
workmanship were in general
use, where the household were
wealthy enough to afford such a lux
ury. In the Textile Building of the
Arts and Crafts Village will be seen
this work and the fruits of the old
hand loom. Carpets, rugs, blankets,
n1x,l,
cottonades and numerous other arti-
cles made from cotton and wool will
be made the olden way at the James
town Exposition. The carding room,
the spinning room, the weaving room
and the dye house will all be as they
were in centuries gone by.
The Iron Workers building will con-
tain much of interest in the way Of
quaint andirons, door knockers, knobs,
hitching posts and other articles Of
common use in the old colonial days.
The Copper, Silver and Wood
working shops, the largest Of tho
Village, will show how chairs, tables
and other articles of wood and many
things made of silver and copper were
made in the olden times.
In the Pottery building will be
made beautiful Indian pottery of
unique designs nodded by hand and
artistioally colored and finished. The
Pottery building and the Iron-work-
ers' building are each 4SX50 feet. The
Textile building is 53XSS feet, and
the Copper, Silver and Woodworking
shops are 44X137 feet. These pretty
buildings are in themselves works of
art and peculiar attractiveness and
are so unique as to excite general
admiration.
Thus, the jamestown Exposition
will interject phase of the seven
teenth century into the twentieth CEN
tury and will show the changes
which three hundred years have made
in the mechanical world. What is
shown here may inouleate an artistic
spirit in modern manufacture and at
the same time teach the user Of home
made articles the value of them and
make him proud of wearing the best
that is made. s
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