Historic New England presents workshops on Boston Furniture
October 26 - November 2, 2013 |
Haverhill, Mass. – Historic New England presents two in-depth workshops on Boston furniture on October 26 and November 2.
Join some of the country's leading experts for an investigation of furniture made in or around Boston from the seventeenth century through the nineteenth. Speakers
include Brock Jobe from the Winterthur Program in American Material Culture,
independent scholars Clark Pearce and Robert Mussey, and curators Gerald Ward,
Richard Nylander, and Nancy Carlisle among others. Enjoy a rare opportunity to
explore the furniture in Historic New England's collection with the specialists
who have studied it. See a full schedule for each workshop.
These workshops are 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.
Boston Furniture Workshops are Saturdays, October 26 and November 2, 9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. at Historic New England’s Haverhill Facility in Haverhill, Mass.
A single session is $100, both sessions $160. A boxed lunch is included. Please call 617-994-5959 to register.
|
Website:
www.historicnewengland.org |
| |
| Location Information |
|
Haverhill, MA |
| |
| Contact Information |
|
SCrampton |
| Email:
news@historicnewengland.org |
|