Study Trip: Winterthur 18th-Century New England Furniture Construction
Monday, August 22 through Wednesday, August 24, 2005
The 2005 Winterthur Museum Study Trip, focusing on Advanced Connoisseurship of American Fine a
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Connecticut Furniture
9:00am
Welcome: Tracey Rae Beck, Director, Educational Programs,
Winterthur
9:15am – 10:30am
The Connecticut, Housatonic, and Thames River Valleys in the 18th Century:
A Social and Material Culture History. Lecturer: Susan Schoelwer, Director of Museum Collections, Connecticut Historical Society Museum.
10:45am – 12:00pm
Major Style Centers of the Connecticut Valley. Lecturer: Dr. Thomas P. Kugelman, Independent Scholar, West Hartford, CT. The “golden age” of Connecticut valley cabinetmaking produced four distinct major styles emanating from the towns of Wethersfield, East Windsor, and Colchester, Connecticut, as well as from the Springfield-Northampton region of Massachusetts. This lecture will present highlights and distinguishing features of each of these major styles.
12:00pm
Panini Lunch at Winterthur (included in fee)
1:30pm – 3:00pm
Alternating Workshop Sessions
•Connecticut River Valley Shop Characteristics led by Dr. Thomas P. Kugelman. The workshop accompanying Dr. Kugelman’s lecture will focus on details of design and construction of Connecticut valley furniture, using representative examples from Winterthur’s extensive collection.
•Characteristics of Cabinetwork Along the Housatonic River led by Gregory Landrey, Director of Conservation, Winterthur
3:15pm – 4:45pm
Alternating Workshop Sessions
•Connecticut River Valley Shop Characteristics led by Dr. Thomas P. Kugelman
•Characteristics of Cabinetwork Along the Housatonic River led by Gregory Landrey, Director of Conservation, Winterthur
5:00pm
Return to Mendenhall Inn for Dutch-Treat Dinner at the Inn
Tuesday, August 23
Boston and North Shore Furniture
9:00am – 10:15am Boston in the 18th Century: A Social, Political, Economic and Material Culture History. Speaker: J. Ritchie Garrison, Director, Winterthur Program in Early American Culture, University of Delaware
10:30am – 11:45am
Looking at Boston Furniture of the 18th Century. Speaker: Brock Jobe, Professor of American Decorative Arts, Winterthur Museum
12:00pm
Lunch (on your own)
1:30pm – 3:00pm
Alternating Workshop Sessions
•Characteristics of 18th-Century Boston Furniture led by Brock Jobe
•Characteristics of North Shore Furniture led by Kemble Widmer II, Independent Scholar, Newburyport, MA
3:15pm – 4:45pm
Alternating Workshop Sessions
•Characteristics of 18th-Century Boston Furniture led by Brock Jobe
•Characteristics of North Shore Furniture led by Kemble Widmer II, Independent Scholar, Newburyport, MA
5:00pm
Return to Mendenhall Inn (dinner on your own)
Wednesday, August 24
Rhode Island Furniture
9:00am – 10:15am
Looking at 18th-Century Newport Furniture and the Goddard-Townsend Cabinetmaking Shop. Speaker: Dennis Carr, Doctoral Candidate, Yale University, New Haven, CT. Dennis Carr will present a broad survey of furniture making in colonial Newport, with a special focus on the products of the Goddard-Townsend shops. The talk will cover a wide range of block-and-shell case furniture, chairs, tea tables, and other furniture produced by these two families of cabinetmakers, as well as new research on lesser-known Newport cabinetmakers, such as Benjamin Baker.
10:30am – 11:45am
Looking at 18th- and early 19th-Century Providence, RI and Coastal Connecticut Counterparts to Newport Furniture. Speaker: Wendy Cooper, Lois F. and Henry S. McNeil Senior Curator of Furniture, Winterthur Museum
12:00pm
Lunch (on your own)
1:30pm – 3:00pm
Alternating Workshop Sessions
Characteristics of Newport Furniture led by Dennis Carr. Participants in the workshop will engage in a
