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[Ironwork: andirons]

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Title	[Ironwork: andirons]
Creator	Boone VI, Daniel Boone Forge (Spruce Pine, N.C.)
Medium of Original	crafts
Date of Orginal	1950/1959
Dimensions	19" x 11" x 30"
Description	This pair of wrought iron andirons feature a leaf motif and were made by Daniel Boone VI of Spruce Pine, N.C. Although made in the 1950s, these are typical of the work Boone was creating in the 1940s. Boone was a fifth generation blacksmith, trained by his father Kelse Boone of Burnsville, N.C. He taught industrial arts students at Lees-McRae College in Banner Elk, N.C. in the 1940s and also operated a forge with his brother Lawrence Boone, and later by himself, in Spruce Pine, N.C.
Subject - Topic	Handicraft -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Subject - Craft	Blacksmithing -- Appalachian Region, Southern Iron implements -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Craft Category	metalwork
Time Period	1950s
Location	Yancey County (N.C.)
Source Institution	Western Carolina University Mountain Heritage Center
Collection	Hubert Hayes Collection
Inventory Number	MHC_80_07_117
Copyright Information	All rights reserved. For permissions and use, contact Mountain Heritage Center, Western Carolina U, Cullowhee, NC 28723
Digital Publisher	Hunter Library Digital Collections, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723