66th. New Findings in the Arts of the Coastal South. Colonial Williamsburg Antiques Forum. February 14 18

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1 66th Colonial Williamsburg Antiques Forum New Findings in the Arts of the Coastal South February

2 Dear Forum Friends Innovative research regularly reveals new and exciting information about the goods made in and imported to the early American South. Previously unrecognized bodies of furniture, ceramics, silver, textiles, and other materials now illustrate distinctive local styles and preferences in the surprisingly diverse communities that stretched from Maryland to Louisiana. In order to better share the richness of this new scholarship, we are unveiling our first ever two-year schedule for the annual Colonial Williamsburg Antiques Forum. In February 2014 we will present New Findings in the Arts of the Coastal South, plumbing recent developments in topics such as southern portraiture, early Annapolis cabinetmaking, and Charleston silver, to name but a few. These presentations will, in turn, provide a foundation on which to explore taste and craftsmanship in the southern backcountry during Antiques Forum The 2014 Forum features a host of acclaimed curators, collectors, and dealers who will share their freshest observations and discoveries. Scheduled speakers include J. Thomas Savage, director of museum affairs at The Henry Francis DuPont Winterthur Museum, Carter C. Hudgins, director of preservation and education at Charleston s Drayton Hall Plantation, and Carol Cadou, the Robert H. Smith Vice President for Historic Preservation and Collections at George Washington s Mount Vernon. In addition to the formal program, Forum guests may register for optional hands-on workshops with the Colonial Williamsburg collections as well as private tours of historic homes in the region. This promises to be an eye-opening Antiques Forum. Please plan to join us February 14 18, 2014, for the 66th annual Antiques Forum, New Findings in the Arts of the Coastal South. Sincerely, 2014 Antiques Forum Colin G. Campbell President and CEO

3 Thursday, February 13 Optional Bus Trip Depart at 7 a.m.; Return Friday, February 14 by 5:30 p.m. Behind the Scenes in Washington, D.C. with Laura Pass Barry, Colonial Williamsburg Juli Grainger Curator of Paintings, Drawings, and Sculpture, and Tara Chicirda, Colonial Williamsburg curator of furniture, will feature visits to public and private collections and access to specialist curators. The tour begins with a visit to Tudor Place, a magnificent Federal mansion in Georgetown, followed by a private lunch in the National Gallery of Art s Garden Café. The NGA s exhibit design team will take us through their workrooms before visiting Masterpieces of American Furniture from the Kaufman Collection, featuring the distinguished collection assembled by long-time Colonial Williamsburg friends, George M. and Linda H. Kaufman. Wendy A. Cooper, NGA s guest curator will guide us through the exhibition. At the National Portrait Gallery we will meet Brandon Fortune, chief curator, who will escort us through the 18th century portrait galleries followed by a rare, behind-the-scenes tour of the museum s paintings and paper conservation labs. The day will end with cocktails and a private dinner at the elegant Sulgrave Club housed in a Beaux-Arts mansion in DuPont Circle. Day two provides participants with a special opportunity to view the State Department s Diplomatic Reception Rooms, a suite of historically important American interiors furnished with one of the country s most impressive assemblages of 18th- and early 19th-century American fine and decorative arts. Lunch will be followed by a visit to a nearby private collection before heading back to Williamsburg. Meals, accommodations, and transportation provided. Travel time 3 hours each way. 3 7 p.m. Conference registration (early arrivals). Williamsburg Lodge Conference Center Arrival Hall, 310 South England Street, Williamsburg, VA Friday, February 14 Optional Bus Trips All bus trips depart from the Williamsburg Lodge Conference Center entrance on South England Street across from the Spa. The conference center address is 310 South England Street, Williamsburg, Virginia Fredericksburg and Caroline County Departs at 8:00 a.m. Join Ronald L. Hurst, vice president, collections, conservation, and museums, and Carlisle H. Humelsine Chief Curator, Colonial Williamsburg, and Sara Lee Barnes, Library Associates, University of Virginia Library, for a one-day trip to Fredericksburg and Caroline County. Part of our day will be spent near the falls of the Rappahannock River in Fredericksburg, a remarkably intact town with many 18th- and 19th-century structures. Among the sites we will visit is Kenmore, the home of Fielding and Betty Washington Lewis. Arguably the town s most important early survival, Kenmore was completed just before the Revolution. A beautifully proportioned Georgian house, it retains some of the finest 18th-century decorative plasterwork in America. We will have a private curatorial tour of the recently and meticulously restored building. Discussions during our visit will include the furnishings plan, room usage, recently uncovered architectural features, paint analysis, and other exciting finds that are helping scholars interpret Kenmore and the Lewis family in a more authentic light. In nearby Caroline County, our tour will cover a century and a half of outstanding architecture and important local collections. Among the several sites we will visit is the earliest house in Caroline County, where we will meet an engaging and knowledgeable local historian. We will also visit a magnificently reconstructed/restored late 18th- early 19th-century plantation house with many of its original furnishings, a rare and important 19th-century library, and surviving paths from a French-influenced 1820 s garden. Other treats await as well. Lunch will be at the historic Kenmore Inn. Please wear comfortable walking shoes.

4 Messuage Mystery Tour Depart at 8 a.m. Travel with Ralph Harvard to a nearby ancient county, named for an extinct English shire. See a half dozen private 18th-century homes that include one of Virginia s most historic estates, a summer home of a royal governor, a house built with King Carter money (recently restored after laying fallow for over 50 years), and homes belonging to one of the colony s richest men and two signers of the Declaration of Independence. The sophisticated architecture includes three T shaped brick mansions pre-dating 1770, at least six glorious fully paneled rooms with pilasters in the Doric, Ionic, and wildly rare Corinthian orders, marble mantles, and a remarkably early 1710 English-bond brick church. The county fronts two mighty rivers, with a court town established in 1680 where we will have lunch, featuring righteous ribs and bodacious butts. Travel time one hour each way. Back by popular demand! Private Houses and Collections of Historic Edenton Depart at 8 a.m. For those of you left stranded on the waiting list last year, here is your chance to join Sally Gant, director, educational programs, and Robert Leath, vice president, collections and research, Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts as they explore private houses and collections in historic Edenton, the colonial capital of North Carolina, situated on the picturesque Albemarle Sound. In 1725 Edward Moseley presented the Anglican Church with an elegant paten and chalice marked by Williamsburg silversmith Alexander Kerr, which are considered to be among the earliest known Virginia-made silver. These and other rarely seen treasures include The Homestead (circa 1771), a two-story West Indies-style cottage with a dramatic view of the harbor and sound owned by Josiah Collins s descendants since 1786; Beverly Hall (1810), a family house with a Victorian formal garden beautifully restored and furnished by historic preservationist and collector Samuel B. Dixon and his wife Gray; an 18th-century cottage recently restored by the Hon. Thomas R. J. Newbern, a noted collector and co-author of Classical Norfolk Furniture and The WH Cabinetmaker; and, finally, Hayes Plantation (1817), a privately owned National Historic Landmark built for planter James Cathcart Johnston and considered to be among one of the finest and most elaborate early 19th-century houses in North Carolina. Lunch will be served at Beverly Hall. Travel time 1 hour and 30 minutes each way. Noon 8 p.m. Conference registration 6:30 8 p.m. Opening reception hosted by Colin G. Campbell, president and CEO, The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, and Nancy N. Campbell. Williamsburg Lodge Conference Center, 310 South England Street, Williamsburg, Virginia. Saturday, February 15 8:30 a.m. Continental breakfast. Williamsburg Lodge Conference Center. 9:15 a.m. Welcome and program introduction. Colin G. Campbell, president and CEO, The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. 9:30 a.m. The Material World of the Early South. Ronald L. Hurst, vice president, collections, conservation, and museums, and Carlisle H. Humelsine Chief Curator, and Margaret Pritchard, senior curator and curator, prints, maps, and wallpaper, Colonial Williamsburg. 10:30 a.m. Coffee break 11 a.m. Painters and Paintings in the Early American South. Carolyn J. Weekley, Juli Grainger Curator Emerita, Colonial Williamsburg. Lunch on your own

5 2 p.m. Group A. Drayton Hall Reimagined: New Perspectives on the Elite Status and Material Culture of an 18th -Century Lowcountry Estate. Carter C. Hudgins, director, preservation and education, Drayton Hall Plantation, National Trust for Historic Preservation, Charleston, South Carolina. Williamsburg Lodge Conference Center. Group B. Behind the Scenes, Beneath the Layers. Shelley Svoboda, conservator, paintings, Colonial Williamsburg. Hennage Auditorium, Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg. 3:30 p.m. Group A. Behind the Scenes, Beneath the Layers. Shelley Svoboda, conservator, paintings, Colonial Williamsburg. Hennage Auditorium, Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg. Group B. Drayton Hall Reimagined: New Perspectives on the Elite Status and Material Culture of an 18th-Century Lowcountry Estate. Carter C. Hudgins, director, preservation and education, Drayton Hall Plantation, National Trust for Historic Preservation, Charleston, South Carolina. Williamsburg Lodge Conference Center. 4:30 p.m. Afternoon refreshments 5 p.m. The Gracia and Horatio Whitridge Distinguished Scholar Lecture. Threads of Feeling: The London Foundling Hospital s Textile Tokens, John Styles, research professor in history, University of Hertfordshire, and Honorary Senior Research Fellow, Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Sunday, February 16 8:30 a.m. Continental breakfast 9:15 a.m. New Accessions, New Exhibitions. Ronald L. Hurst, vice president, collections, conservation, and museums, and Carlisle H. Humelsine Chief Curator, Colonial Williamsburg. 9:30 a.m. The Chipstone Lecture. All Dressed Up, and No Place to Go. Cary Carson, vice president, research (retired), Colonial Williamsburg. 10:30 a.m. Coffee break 11 a.m. English Goods Were Ever the Best: British Imported Furniture for the South. J. Thomas Savage, director, museum affairs, Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library, Wilmington, Delaware. Lunch on your own 2 p.m. Group A. Curators in new exhibitions: Material World of the Early South, Painters and Paintings in the Early American South, and Threads of Feeling. Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg. / Daniel K. Ackermann, associate curator, Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts / Gary Albert, editorial director and editor of Journal of Early Southern Decorative Arts, Old Salem Museum and Gardens / Laura Pass Barry, Juli Grainger Curator of Paintings, Drawings, and Sculpture, Colonial Williamsburg / Linda R. Baumgarten, curator, textiles and costume, Colonial Williamsburg / Johanna M. Brown, director of collections and curator of Moravian Decorative Arts, Old Salem Museums and Gardens / Carter C. Hudgins, director, preservation and education, Drayton Hall Plantation, National Trust for Historic Preservation / Ronald L. Hurst, vice president, collections, conservation, and museums, and Carlisle H. Humelsine Chief Curator, Colonial Williamsburg

6 / Kimberly Smith Ivey, curator, textiles and historic interiors, Colonial Williamsburg / Lauren James, independent scholar, Williamsburg, Virginia / Robert Leath, vice president, collections and research, and chief curator, Old Salem Museums and Gardens / June Lucas, director, research, Old Salem Museum and Gardens / Margaret Pritchard, senior curator and curator, prints, maps, and wallpaper, Colonial Williamsburg / John Styles, research professor in history, University of Hertfordshire, and Honorary Senior Research Fellow, Victoria and Albert Museum / Carolyn J. Weekley, Juli Grainger Curator Emerita, Colonial Williamsburg Group B. John Bartlam: A Staffordshire Potter in the Low Country. Robert Hunter, editor, Ceramics in America, Yorktown, Virginia, and Michelle Erickson, ceramic artist, Hampton, Virginia. Hennage Auditorium, Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg. 3:30 p.m. Group A. John Bartlam: A Staffordshire Potter in the Low Country. Robert Hunter, editor, Ceramics in America, Yorktown, Virginia, and Michelle Erickson, ceramic artist, Hampton, Virginia. Hennage Auditorium, Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg. Group B. Curators in new exhibitions: Material World of the Early South, Painters and Paintings in the Early American South, and Threads of Feeling. Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg. 4:30 p.m. Afternoon refreshments 5 p.m. New Research from MESDA Summer Institute Graduates Unraveling the DNA of a Turned Chesapeake Chair. Steve Golden, craftsman and independent scholar, Greensboro, North Carolina. In A Very Tastey Style : A Study of Agnes Balderstone Wyse s Image. Michael A. Ausbon, decorative arts associate curator, North Carolina Museum of History, Raleigh, North Carolina. Knot your Average Chippendale Sideboard: Discovering the Scottish Cabinet Making School of Colonial Richmond and Petersburg. April Strader Bullin, curatorial and education associate, Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts, Winston-Salem, North Carolina. 6 7 p.m. Friends of Colonial Williamsburg Collections reception, Virginia Room Foyer, Williamsburg Lodge Conference Center. 7 p.m. Barbeque sponsored by Northeast Auctions, Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Shield s Tavern. All Antiques Forum registrants are welcome. Monday, February 17 8:30 a.m. Continental breakfast 9:30 a.m. All Kinds of Furniture in the neatest, Cheapest, and newest Mode : The Colonial Furniture of Annapolis, Maryland. Daniel K. Ackermann, associate curator, Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts, Winston-Salem, North Carolina. 10:30 a.m. Coffee break 11 a.m. CSI: Charleston Silver Investigated. Charlotte Crabtree, co-owner, The Silver Vault of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina. Lunch on your own

7 2 2:30 p.m. Cityscapes and Savage States: A Grouping of Southern Powder Horns. Arthur Nicholas Powers, fellow, Winterthur Program in American Material Culture, Wilmington, Delaware. Williamsburg Lodge Conference Center. 2:30 3 p.m. Mary Chicken is my name : An introduction to all sorts of fine needlework from Charleston and the Low Country. Kimberly Smith Ivey, curator, textiles and historic interiors, Colonial Williamsburg. 3 p.m. Coffee break 3:30 4 p.m. This is Charles-town, how do you like it : A City in Panorama. Lauren James, independent scholar, Williamsburg, Virginia. 4 4:30 p.m. Probability & Provenance: Jacob Sass and Charleston s Post-Revolution German School of Cabinetmakers. Gary J. Albert, editorial director and editor of Journal of Early Southern Decorative Arts, Old Salem Museum & Gardens, Winston-Salem, North Carolina. 4:30 p.m. Afternoon refreshments 5 p.m. Londinensis Rustica: Architectural Furniture of the Eastern Shore. Ralph Harvard, antiquarian, New York, New York. Tuesday, February 18 8:30 a.m. Continental breakfast 9:30 a.m. Southern Quilts: New Discoveries. Linda R. Baumgarten, curator, textiles and costumes, Colonial Williamsburg. 10:30 a.m. Coffee break 11 a.m. 40 Years of Collecting at Halcyon. Stiles T. Colwill, president, Stiles T. Colwill Interiors, Lutherville Timonium, Maryland. Lunch on your own 2 p.m. The p4a.com ltd. Lecture. Mr. Jefferson s Campeachy Chair. Sumpter Priddy III, scholar and antiques dealer, Alexandria, Virginia. 3 p.m. Crafting a Southern Interior: Mount Vernon as Material Culture Microcosm. Carol Borchert Cadou, Robert H. Smith Vice President, Historic Preservation and Collections, George Washington s Mount Vernon, Mount Vernon, Virginia. 7 p.m. Reception. Williamsburg Lodge Conference Center. 7:30 p.m. Closing buffet dinner. Williamsburg Lodge Conference Center.

8 Wednesday, February 19 Optional Workshops 9:30 11:30 a.m. / Caring For Furniture: Back To Basics Furniture Collectors! You are invited to a back to basics furniture workshop that will review best practices for the care and upkeep of your valuable antiques. Our group will consider a variety of forms and object types including cabinets, tables, seating, decorative objects, and other wooden artifacts. Specific material types will be identified with an eye to understanding special needs. We will address objects in use, a continuing source of concern for many collectors. A discussion of preventive conservation measures from moving and handling to when to talk to a professional will provide guidelines for minimizing the risk to specific objects and whole collections. Bring your questions and share your experiences as we explore the things you can do yourself, the products to use, and when to recognize that better is sometimes the enemy of good-enough! Chris Swan, conservator, furniture, Colonial Williamsburg. Bruton Heights Collections and Conservation Building, Furniture Lab. (Limited to 15 participants) / The Care of Photographs and Works on Paper Photographs, documents, prints and watercolors are often a significant part of personal collections. Pam Young, Colonial Williamsburg s paper conservator, will provide information regarding preservation of a wide range of photographic materials and works on paper. Identification of the variety of materials and techniques that form these collections will be followed by a discussion of appropriate handling, environment, and storage for the family archivist and serious collectors. Bruton Heights Collections and Conservation Building, Paper Lab. (Limited to 15 participants) / Needlework and Quilts of the Coastal South Join Kimberly Smith Ivey, curator, textiles and historic interiors, Colonial Williamsburg, in a close-up exploration of samplers, embroideries, and quilts from Maryland to Georgia. We ll examine various needlework techniques and learn about regional styles from different cities and localities including Baltimore, Annapolis, the District of Columbia, Alexandria, Norfolk, Williamsburg, Warrenton, Charleston, and Savannah. The workshop will conclude in Textile Storage with a focus on quilts. Bruton Heights Wallace Collections and Conservation Building, Textile Workroom (#119). (Limited to 15 participants) / Furniture of the Coastal South Join Tara Chicirda, Colonial Williamsburg s curator of furniture in a workshop focused on the furniture produced in the Coastal South from Maryland to South Carolina during the 18th and early 19th centuries. We will explore furniture of various forms and styles from different cities and localities including Williamsburg, Charleston, Baltimore, and the Eastern Shore of Virginia. Bruton Heights Collections and Conservation Building, West Corridor. (Limited to 15 participants) / More than Just Dessert: Ceramics and Glass for the Dessert Table In the 21st century dessert is often an afterthought and frequently not part of the daily routine. In the 18th century dessert was a full course unto itself. In the homes of the wealthy dessert was an event full of candied fruits, cakes, and sweet sugar confections of all sorts. Vessels of many types were required to appropriately serve these delicacies. Join Suzanne Findlen Hood, associate curator, ceramics and glass, Colonial Williamsburg, and explore the array of glass and ceramic objects needed to outfit the 18th-century dessert table. (Limited to 15 participants)

9 Lodging, Dining, and Spa The following special rates are available at the Colonial Williamsburg Hotels for conference registrants. Hotel rates are for single or double occupancy, per night. (Rates do not include applicable taxes.) Lodging Opportunities Williamsburg Woodlands Hotel & Suites Located adjacent to the Colonial Williamsburg Visitor Center, this moderately priced hotel includes a daily continental breakfast and an array of recreational amenities. A fitness room is available to all guests of the Williamsburg Woodlands. / Superior $81 / Deluxe/Suite $118 Williamsburg Lodge Colonial Williamsburg s restored and expanded hotel is known for its southern charm and hospitality. / Superior $118 / Deluxe $146 Colonial Houses-Historic Lodging This unique lodging experience allows guests to enjoy accommodations in the Historic Area with in one of 26 restored or reconstructed 18th-century buildings complete with today s modern conveniences. / Standard $146 / Superior $172 / Deluxe $205 Williamsburg Inn Regarded among the world s great hotels, the Williamsburg Inn is the crown jewel of the Colonial Williamsburg Hotels. / Main building guest rooms $205 Dining Distinctive dining options are offered throughout Colonial Williamsburg s restaurants and historic dining taverns. Dining and group lodging reservations can be made by calling , Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. until 5 p.m. (ET). Spa Services The Spa of Colonial Williamsburg provides a full menu of services. A team of experts has collaborated to create a spa that exudes southern charm, harmonizes with its historical surroundings, reflects its colonial heritage, and honors traditions of wellness and relaxation throughout American culture. The Spa Fitness Center and classes are open to all guests of official Colonial Williamsburg Hotels. Experience the wonders of our spa for yourself by calling

10 Registration Information Three Easy Ways to Register Online history.org/conted Phone Mail Office of Conferences, Forums, and Workshops The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Post Office Box 1776 Williamsburg, Virginia Registration Preregistration and payment in full are required. The registration fee is $650 per person. Payment can be made by check or charged to American Express, Discover, Visa, or MasterCard. Registration includes four continental breakfasts, four coffee breaks, three afternoon refreshment breaks, an opening reception, a closing reception and dinner, presentations proposed in this brochure, and a Colonial Williamsburg admission ticket valid through February 21, The presentation schedule is subject to change without notice. Discounts for Museum Professionals Full-time museum professionals can receive a 50% discount on the registration fee. The closing reception and dinner are not included in the museum professional rate but a ticket can be purchased for $85. The discount is limited to two per qualifying institution. Call , Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. to register. Cancellation Policy If notice of cancellation is received in writing by 5 p.m. Friday, February 7, 2014, Colonial Williamsburg will refund your registration fees, less a $50 administrative fee. Cancellation notices should be ed to dchapman@cwf.org or adodson@cwf.org. Refunds will not be made after February 7, Travel and/or trip interruption insurance is recommended. Check with your travel agent for details. How to Reach Williamsburg Williamsburg is easily accessible by plane, train, and car. Located in eastern Virginia, Williamsburg is about 150 miles (240 km) south of Washington, D.C., and midway between Richmond and Norfolk. The Williamsburg area can be reached via many major airlines, with more than 200 flights arriving daily, to three airports just 25 to 45 minutes away: Newport News Williamsburg (PHF), Richmond (RIC), and Norfolk (ORF). Each airport has rental car and limousine services. Amtrak also serves Williamsburg with trains daily to and from the northeast corridor.

11 Registration Form 66th Colonial Williamsburg Antiques Forum One person per form; duplicate as necessary Mr./Dr./Mrs./Ms./Miss (Print full name) Address City, State, Zip/Postal code Daytime phone address I would like my name badge to read: Name City, State Program Options Thursday, February 13 Washington, D.C. Bus Trip ($542 per person double occupancy, $644 per person single occupancy) Friday, February 14 Caroline County Bus Trip ($175 per person) Messuage Mystery Tour Bus Trip ($175 per person) Edenton, North Carolina Bus Trip ($175 per person) Opening reception ticket for your guest ($50 per person) Tuesday, February 18 The reception and dinner are included in general registration, but additional tickets can be purchased for guests. Museum professionals also have the option to purchase a ticket. Closing reception and dinner buffet ($85 per person) Name(s) of reception/dinner guests:

12 Wednesday, February 19 9:30 11:30 a.m. Caring for Furniture: Back to Basics ($75) 9:30 11:30 a.m. The Care of Photographs and Works on Paper ($75) 9:30 11:30 a.m. Needlework and Quilts of the Coastal South ($75) 9:30 11:30 a.m. Furniture of the Coastal South ($75) 9:30 11:30 a.m. More than Just Dessert ($75) Registration Fee ($650 per person) Optional program fee(s) Contribution to James E. Short Student Scholarship Fund* Contribution to Elizabeth Callis Scholarship Fund* Total of enclosed check (Payable to The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation ) Total credit card charge Check one: Discover MasterCard Visa American Express Credit card number Expiration date Security Code Cardholder name (please print) Cardholder signature If this information is a duplicate mailing, please pass it along to a friend. *Awards from the Short Scholarship Fund provide registration fees for students in decorative arts and related studies programs. Past awards have been made to students from a variety of programs including, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Winterthur, George Washington University, Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Awards from the Callis Scholarship Fund provide registration fees for students at the College of William and Mary The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation 9/