E. Bryding Adams is the curator of decorative arts at the Birmingham Museum of Art. The book Made in Alabama and its companion exhibition culminate ten years’ research initiated and organized by Adams. Uncovered during the extensive survey of decorative arts were ceramics, furniture, textiles, metals, paintings, and photographs, all made in Alabama during the nineteenth century. Many of the private-collection items have never been presented to the public. The book includes images of all 326 objects in the exhibition, as well as ten essays written by Alabama authorities on the cultural, social, and political history of Alabama during the nineteenth century.
E. Bryding Adams’s Featured Articles:
- “Made in Alabama: A State Legacy” Art in the South Department (Issue 39)
- “When Shall Our Cup Be Full?: The Correspondence of Confederate Soldiers James T. and Reuben M. Searcy” (Issue 32)
- “Decorative Arts in the Black Belt” (Issue 27)
- “Gunbolt Quilts” (Issue 8)
