Historic New England presents lectures on classical Boston Furniture
September 17-24, 2013 |
Boston – Historic New England presents two lectures on classical Boston furniture at the Otis House on Tuesdays, September 17 and 24, 2013 from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m.
The first quarter of the nineteenth century produced some of Boston’s most creative and skilled cabinetmakers. Recent research by independent furniture scholars Robert Mussey and Clark Pearce uncovered remarkable survivals and identified key players in the early nineteenth-century Boston furniture industry.
The Flowering of Regency Style in Boston Furniture
Tuesday, September 17, 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
From 1807 to 1817 there were dramatic economic hardships in Boston prior to and during the War of 1812. Despite this, an entirely new furniture style was introduced to wealthy Bostonians and offered by a few furniture shops in town. Robert Mussey discusses “Boston Regency” furniture, which, although little studied until now, was among the finest produced in Boston in the early nineteenth century.
Classical Excellence in Boston: The Work of Isaac Vose, 1815-1825
Tuesday, September 24, 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
After the War of 1812, Boston reopened to trade with England following a seven-year economic drought. In the next decade, Isaac Vose and his partners showed themselves extremely adept at securing the patronage of Boston’s elite merchants and industrialists. Clark Pearce discusses Vose, whose genius helped define a
distinctly local version of the European classical revival.
Boston Classical Furniture lectures are presented as part of Four Centuries of Massachusetts Furniture, a collaborative project of Historic New England and ten other institutions that features exhibitions, lectures, demonstrations, and publications to celebrate the Bay State's legacy of furniture-making. Visit www.fourcenturies.org.
The Otis House is at 141 Cambridge Street, Boston, Massachusetts. Lectures are $12 each. Please call 617-994-5959 to register.
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Otis House |
141 Cambridge Street
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