Crocheted Doilies
Crocheting was one of many creative expressions for Rheba Mabery Vaughn.
Cultural Objects
The “umbrella” category for all items in the collection, except Oral History Interviews.
Crocheted Garden Hat
Kate Boone applied traditional rag rug techniques in crocheting this garden hat out of plastic bread bags.
Curved Wooden Carpentry Template Set
Set of wooden templates made by William T. Sowers for early twentieth-century house carpentry.
Dancing Dolls (Hylton Set)
Early set of R.O.’s Dancing Dolls made for his cousin Andy Hylton.
Dancing Dolls (Lorton Set)
Limber jack dolls that dance in time to a musician’s strumming.
Dancing Dolls (Mystery Set)
Dolls designed by R.O. Slusher, Jr., to dance as a couple.
Dodd Creek Mill Cornmeal Sack
Dodd Creek Mill was the final name in a series of milling operations going back to 1777 outside the Town of Floyd.
Dogwood Gluts
Basketmaker Clovis Boyd made his own wooden wedges for splitting young white oak billets.
Doll’s Dresser
Miniature dresser created by Dock Hylton to delight his daughter Virginia.
Double Burl Sculpture
Abstract sculpture formed from a burled branch.
Double Wedding Ring Quilt
Virginia Alderman used a “spider web” design in quilting this quilt.
Embroidered Dresser Scarf
Dark wooden furniture was protected and brightened by the use of dresser scarves.
English Thistle Quilt
Final quilt completed by award-winning quilter and community leader Effie K. Brown.
Flower Basket
Dainty basket woven to hold a glass with cut flowers.
Flower Basket Quilt Top
Pieced and appliqued quilt top assembled around 1960.
Floyd Speedway Poster
Curtis Turner was the track manager in the early years of the Floyd Speedway.
Found Object Bells
Pair of bells fabricated from repurposed metal objects.
Four-Harness Loom
Asa Bishop built this loom for his wife Julia Dodd Bishop prior to the Civil War.
Garden Crockery
Glass and ceramic fragments from a county garden that has been continuously tended for 160 years.
Garden of Eden Quilt
Effie Nixon Slusher quilted this while tending store and caring for her family and farm.