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                 1996 Colonial Williamsburg Antiques Forum
                                          February 4 - 9, 1996

                  Wordly Impressions, American Expressions:
                               Decorative Arts in Early America

    The 1996 Colonial Williamsburg Antiques Forum will celebrate European and
Asian stylistic influences on early American decorative arts and
architecture.

    The forum will examine Britian's dominant role in the evolution of
American arts, and will subsequently explore the contributions of Dutch,
French, German, and Chinese artistic traditions.  Whether adopted wholesale
or anglicized, each of these cultures contributed to what would eventually
become a uniquely American style.

      An outstanding panel of international speakers has been organized for
this Forum:

    "Earthly Delights, Unearthly Adornments: A Worship of Writers and
Capriccio of Collectors"
    - Wendell Garrett, editor at large, The Magazine Antiques, and senior
vice-president, American Decorative Arts and Furniture, Sotheby's, New York.

    "The Decorative Arts of Holland's Golden Age"
    -Reinier J. Baarsen, Keeper, Department of Sculpture and Decorative Arts,
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Holland.

    "Material Life in the Dutch Cultural Areas of Colonial New York and New
Jersey"
    -Peter M. Kenny, associate curator of American decorative arts and
administrator of the American Wing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New
York.

    "Dutch Seventeenth-century Interiors and Genre Painting: Semblance or
Reality."
    -C. Willemijn Fock, professor, History of Decorative Arts, Art Historical
Institute of Leiden Univerity, Leiden, Holland.

    "Early Germanic and Dutch Influences in the Delaware Valley"
    -Jack Lindsey, curator of American Decorative Arts, Philadelphia Museum
of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

    "Hispanic Furniture in North America"
    -Lonn W. Taylor, historian, Division of Social History, National Museum
of American History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

    "The Creation of Badminton House: The Patronage of the First Duke and
Ducehess of Beaufort"
    -Lucy Abel Smith, author and lecturer, Gloucestershire, England.

    "More Than Water Bewitched: The Intoxicating Influence of Tea, Coffee,
and Chocolate"
    -Elizabeth Liza Gusler, curator of museum education, Colonial
Williamsburg

    "The Decorative Arts of France, 1675-1775"
    -Edgar Munhall, curator, The Frick Collection, New York.

    "Religion, Artisanry, and Cultural Identity: The Huguenot Experience in
America, 1585-1730"
    -Luke Beckerdite, executive director, The Chipstone Foundation,
Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

    "In the Valley Beyond the Blue Ridge: Thoughts on the Collection of Dr.
and Mrs. Henry P. Deyerle".
    -Wallace B. Gusler, master gunsmith, Colonial Williamsburg

    "Inspiration and Imitation: Chinese Influences on American Decorative
Arts and Architecture"
    -William R. Sargent, curator, Asian Export Art, Peabody Essex Museum,
Salem, Massachuetts.

    "The Grand Tour and its Impact in the First Half of the Eighteenth
Century"
    -Lucy Abel Smith

    "The Early Russian Trade and the Chesapeake"
    -Stephen E. Patrick, executive director, Hammond-Harwood House
Association, Annapolis, Maryland.

    "Nostell Priory: A Home and a Heritage"
    -The Lady St. Oswald, Wakefield, England.

    "Europe Engaged: Influences on British Decorative Arts, 1640-1740"
    -Lady Elizabeth White, University of Bristol, England.

    "British Influence on the Decorative Arts of Early America"
    -Sumpter T. Priddy, III, antiques dealer and museum consultant,
Alexandria, Virginia.

There are also a series of short afternoon presentations which include:

    "A Textile Primer: Rags To Riches"
    -Kimberly Smith Ivey, associate registar, Department of Collections,
Colonial Williamsburg.

    "The Dutch Influence on Furniture of the Colonial Chesapeake"
    -Robert A. Leath, assistant curator, Historic Charleston Foundation,
Charlestown, South Carolina.

    "Dutch Material Culture at the Mid-Seventeenth Century Settlement of
Providence, Maryland"
    -Al Luckenbach, county archaeologist, Anne Arundel County, Annapolis,
Maryland.

    "A Furniture Primer: Putting it All Together by Taking it All Apart"
    -Jonathon Prown, associate curator of furniture, Colonial Williamsburg.
    -Mack Headley, master cabinetmaker, Colonial Williamsburg.

    "Advantageouly Situated in point of land, Trade, and Manufacture:
Germanic Artisans in the North Carolina Backcountry"
    -Johanna Miller Lewis, associate professor of history, University of
Arkansas at Little Rock.

    "A Silver Primer: Understanding Quality"
    -Jimmy Curtis, master silversmith, Colonial Williamsburg.
    -John Hyman, research associate, Colonial Williamsburg.

    "Jefferson in France"
    -Bill Barker, character Interpreter, Colonial Williamsburg.

    "Native American Cultures and Early American Decorative Arts"
    -Nancy L. Hagedorn, research fellow, Colonial Williamsburg

    "African Influences on the Decorative Arts of Maryland, Virginia, and the
Carolinas"
    -Martha B. Katz-Hyman, assistant curator, Colonial Williamsburg.

The program will also include optional day-tours to nearby historic houses,
and special tours of Colonial Williamsburg sites and museums. The Optional
Master Classes have all  been filled.

For registration information contact:

            Antiques Forum Resistrar
            Colonial Williamsburg
            Post Office Box 1776
            Williamsburg, Virginia 23187-1776   USA
            voice:     804-220-7255
            fax:          804-221-8921




David Harvey
Conservator of Metals & Arms
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
P.O. Box 1776
Williamsburg, VA  23187-1776  USA
voice:     804-220-7039
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