(American, early 1800s-late 1900s), Walter Shelnut, White Creek, White County, Georgia, 1977, made for the folklife collection, chair-assembly mallet, sourwood head and oak handle, 12 x 5 in. overall; 1971, chair post-turning chisel, hand-forged iron blade, 16-1/2 x 2 in. overall; Choestoe, Union County, Georgia, 1800s, mortising chisel, attached tag notes its use for "Mortisin chisel for cutting slits in rear chair posts to receive slats, used by Lon Reid of Choestoe, Union county (1885-1972)", 14 x 1-1/2 in. overall; Fry, Fannin County, Georgia, late 1800s, maker unknown, owned by George Lanning, plane, chip-carved decoration, 6-1/4 x 1-3/4 in. overall; Washington County, Georgia, early 1800s, wood blade square, maker unknown, 5-1/4 x 4-1/2 in. overall; Fry, Fannin County, Georgia, late 1800s, maker unknown, owned by George Lanning, iron blade square, 4 x 3-3/4 in. overall
Provenance: From the Folklife Collection of Southern Pottery Scholar, Author and Professor of English at Georgia State University, Dr. John Burrison, Atlanta, Georgia
Exhibited: Previously on Loan at the Atlanta History Center for viewing in the exhibition Shaping Traditions: Folk Arts in the Changing South from 1996 to 2024
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From the Folklife Collection of Southern Pottery Scholar, Author and Professor of English at Georgia State University, Dr. John Burrison, Atlanta, Georgia
condition consistent with age and use, pitting and dents to iron, slight wear and loss to wooden squares