May 26, 2006 – October 8, 2006
The Glenn C. Price & Strongwell Galleries
Opening Reception
Thursday, May 25, 6-8 pm. 7 pm gallery talk by curator Trisha Blosser.
About the Exhibition
Artists of Cumbow China Decorating Company of Abingdon transformed blank stoneware to lustrous pieces decorated with gold, silver or copper paint. Under the direction of Mabel Cumbow Ruskin, the company developed from a room above the owners’ kitchen in the 1930s to a travel destination on Main Street in the 1940s. The designs, inspired by historical china patterns and the surrounding region, varied from a version of the familiar Tea Leaf pattern to an original pattern using geometric shapes and Egyptian hieroglyphics called “Abingdon.”
Related Events
Guided Public Tours, Sundays, June 11 and September 10, 2 pm. Part of the Tours at Two series sponsored by Bristol Herald Courier.
Saturday, September 23, 1-4 pm. 7 pm gallery talk by curator Trisha Blosser
