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Black Craftspeople Digital

Archive Awarded Prize for

Excellence and Innovation

MEDIA, PA – The Decorative Arts Trust is pleased to announce that
the Black Craftspeople Digital Archive (BCDA) has been named the
Something new for your 2021 recipient of the Prize for Excellence and Innovation.
something old. Founded in 2019, the BCDA brings together scholars, students,
museums, and archives professionals and the public to collaborate and
spread the story of Black craftspeople. To date, blackcraftspeople.org
Buy. Sell. Enjoy. includes archival information and a searchable map with information
about 960 black craftspeople involved in 45 trades in the South.
The BCDA originally
began as a project by Dr.
Tiffany Momon, inspired
Antiquing from the comfort of by her research into John
your armchair. “Quash” Williams, an
enslaved and later free
Personalized support for everyone. Black master carpenter
responsible for the carpen-
Flat monthly rate, commission-free sales. try and joinery work on
the circa 1750 Charles
Social media promotion for dealers. Pinckney Mansion in
Charleston, SC. Tiffany
Old school buyer/seller interaction. now serves as the BCDA Peter Bentzon, Teapot, 1817-1829, Philadelphia,
Founder and Co-Director PA. Silver, wood. Smithsonian National Museum
with Dr. Torren Gatson of African American History and Culture,
as BCDA’s Co-Director 2010.14. Born in the early 1780s in the West
and Publications and Indies, Peter Bentzon was a free man of color. He
apprenticed as a silversmith in Philadelphia and
GoAntiques.com Special Projects Director. then traveled to St. Croix where he opened a silver
Prize funding will shop. In 1817, Bentzon returned to Philadelphia
support the BCDA and opened a silver shop in the city.
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