Acquire an understanding of how the colonies and the new nation of America embraced British and European style and design, while inevitably bringing American and even regional character to furniture, silver, portraiture, architecture, and the decorative arts.
This 3-day event features lectures from renowned experts in the arts, antiques, and history. For additional information you may contact the forum registrar Jan Scarborough at 601-445-7479 or 601-443-1261 or e-mail AntiquesForum@bellsouth.net
Mrs.Sis Stowers, President, Pilgrimage Garden Club; Jeanette Feltus, PGC Advisory Board Chairman; Gwen Ball, Tanya Biglane, and Elaine Gemmell, 2008 Forum Chairmen
Wendell Garrett, "Dean of American Antiques" and Senior Vice President, Americana, Sotheby's
Home of Dr. and Mrs. James T. Coy III, Built by Robert D. Smith, a free African-American
Wendy Cooper, Senior Curator of Furniture, Winterthur Museum
Carrie Barratt, Curator of American Painting, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Ron Miller, Executive Director, Historic Natchez Foundation
Antiques Forum participants are invited to shop and enjoy refreshments at Natchez' antique and specialty shops.
Jennifer Goldsborough, Consultant and Adjunct Professor, Smithsonian Associates and Corcoran College of Art
Michael K. Brown, Curator, Bayou Bend Collection
Ron Miller
During the Union occupation of Natchez, these homes were located within Fort McPherson, a large earthwork fortification constructed in the northern suburbs of town.
Craftsmen were among the many English immigrants to the New World in the mid-1600's. Soon they were fashioning furniture, silverware, and other household equipment according to English models and styles.
During Revolutionary days, Americans continued to keep an attentive eye on style and fashion developments abroad, while seeking a brand new start toward a purely American way of life.
In the Nineteenth Century, a rich and novel vocabulary of design drawn from the past mixed with freedom of expression to create styles often labeled as historical revivals. Distinctive forms emerged, reflecting the impact of labor-saving processes and mechanical aids to production, as well as the artistic styles of the past.
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