Study Trip: Winterthur- 18th-Century Mid-Atlantic Furniture, Portraits, & Works on Paper The 2007 Winterthur Museum Study Trip, Advanced Connoisseurship of American Fine and Decorative Arts: 18th-Century Mid-Atlantic Furniture, Portraits, & Works on Paper will feature a series of lectures
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18th-Century Mid-Atlantic Furniture, Portraits, & Works on Paper
Monday, August 13 through Wednesday, August 15, 2007
The 2007 Winterthur Museum Study Trip, Advanced Connoisseurship of American Fine and Decorative Arts: 18th-Century Mid-Atlantic Furniture, Portraits, & Works on Paper will feature a series of lectures and hands-on workshops with leading experts in the field including Wendy Cooper, Dean Failey, Charles Hummel, Phil Zimmerman, Anne Verplanck, and others. This very special program, which will be limited to 30 participants, will take place in Winterthur’s seminar and period rooms.
Monday, August 13
18th-Century New York & Philadelphia Furniture
9:00am
Welcome, Check-in & Coffee
9:15 – 10:15am
Lecture: “Regional Characteristics of New York & Philadelphia Queen Anne Furniture” Speaker: Dr. Philip D. Zimmerman, Museum & Decorative Arts Consultant, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
10:30 – 11:30am
Lecture: “Regional Characteristics of New York & Philadelphia Chippendale Furniture” Speaker: Charles Hummel, Curator Emeritus and Adjunct Professor, Winterthur
12:00noon
Lunch (provided, cafe closed)
1:15 – 2:45pm
Alternating Workshop Sessions
Workshop: “New York and Philadelphia Card and Dressing Tables: Design, Ornament and Construction” with Charles Hummel
& Workshop: ”New York and Philadelphia Seating Furniture” with Dr. Philip Zimmerman
3:00 – 4:30pm
Alternating Workshop Sessions
Workshop: ”New York & Philadelphia Seating Furniture” with Dr. Philip Zimmerman
Workshop: “New York & Philadelphia Card and Dressing Tables: Design, Ornament and Construction” with Charles Hummel
6:00pm
Dutch-treat Dinner at the Inn ($40 pp)
Tuesday, August 14
18th-Century Vernacular: Long Island & Southeastern Pennsylvania Furniture
9:15 – 10:15am
Lecture: “18th-Century Long Island Furniture” Speaker: Dean F. Failey, Sr. Vice President and Sr. Director, American Furniture & Decorative Arts, Christie’s, New York, NY
10:30 – 11:30pm
Lecture: “18th-Century Southeastern Pennsylvania Furniture” Speaker: Wendy Cooper, Lois F. and Henry S. McNeil Sr. Curator of Furniture, Winterthur
12:00pm
Lunch (on your own, cafe open)
1:15 – 2:45pm
Alternating Workshop Sessions
Workshop: ”Southeastern Pennsylvania Furniture” with Wendy Cooper and Lisa Minardi, Project Assistant, Winterthur
Workshop: ”The Dominy Woodworking Shop & Long Island Furniture” with Charles Hummel and Dean Failey
3:00 – 4:30pm
Alternating Workshop Sessions
Workshop: ”The Dominy Woodworking Shop & Long Island Furniture” with Charles Hummel and Dean Failey
Workshop: ”Southeastern Pennsylvania Furniture” with Wendy Cooper and Lisa Minardi, Project Assistant, Winterthur
Wednesday, August 15
Portraits & Works on Paper
9:15 – 10:15am
Lecture: “Mid-Atlantic 18th- and early 19th-Century Painting” Speaker: Mary McGinn, Paintings Conservator, Winterthur, with focus on chronology, distinguishing 18th-century from later works, and one artist’s work from another’s.
10:30 – 11:30am
Lecture: “Mid-Atlantic 18th– and early 19th-Century Works on Paper” Speaker: Anne Verplanck, Curator of Prints and Paintings, Interim Director of Museum Collections, Winterthur, with focus on prints and watercolors.
12:00noon
Lunch (on your own, cafe open)
1:15 – 2:45pm
Alternating Workshop Sessions
Workshop: “Works on Paper” with Julie Ream, Independent Conservator, NJ, who will cover distinguishing 18th-Century works and their features, and evaluating condition.
Workshop: “Paintings Workshop” Anne Verplanck and Mary McGinn, who will cover distinguishing 18th-Century from later works, and evaluating condition.
