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2006 Programs
Tuesday
Jan 10
8:00 pm
Lions & Eagles & Bulls: Early American Tavern and Inn Signs
Susan Schoelwer, Director of Museum Collections, Connecticut Historical Society Museum
Tuesday
Feb 14
8:00 pm
Blueprints for Modern Living: LA in the 50s and 60s
Elizabeth A. T Smith, Chief Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art
Tuesday
Mar 14
8:00 pm
From Rome to San Francisco Direct: American Neoclassical Sculpture in the Victorian Age
Thayer Tolles, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Tuesday
Apr 11
8:00 pm
The Art of the Garden, Indoors
Peter Brown, Curator, Fairfax House
Tuesday
May 9
8:00 pm
Gambling Collectors: Chippendale Furniture and its Revival in America During the 1890s
Thomas Michie, Curator of Decorative Arts, Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Tuesday
Jun 13
8:00 pm
Carpets and Colors in the American Home, 1800–1900
Jean Dunbar, Preservation Scholar/Consultant, Lexington, VA
Tuesday
Jul 11
8:00 pm
On the Walls: Window Treatments in the American Home, 1750–1900
Natalie Larson, Historic Textile Furnishings Specialist, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Tuesday
Aug 8
8:00 pm
Of Show and Splendour: Charleston’s Federal Interiors
Robert Leath, Vice President of Collections and Research, Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts
Tuesday
Sep 12
8:00 pm
Imports and Industry: Glass Made and Used in Early America
Mary Cheek Mils, Manager of School and Docent Programs, Corning Museum Of Glass
Tuesday
Oct 10
8:00 pm
Preserved and Properly Covered: 250 Years of Historic Upholstery
Elizabeth Lahikainen, Peabody Essex Museum
Tuesday
Nov 14
8:00 pm
Building Newport Furniture Today: Carving and Construction by a Modern Master
Alan Breed, Artisan, South Berwick
Tuesday
Dec 12
8:00 pm
'Cups that Cheer': Tea Drinking in Early America
Beth Wees, Metropolitan Museum of Art