Private Houses from the Period of George II (3hrs)

Wednesday March 17, 2010
1:15PM

Who Were the Huguenots?: A Visit to The French Protestant (Huguenot) Church

Wednesday, March 17, 2010
2:00PM

Walking the Walls of Charles Towne's Walled City

Wednesday, March 17, 2010
2:00PM

Keynote Address and Reception with Carrie Rebora Barratt, Associate Director of Collections and Administration, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Facing of the New World: American Portraiture in the Thirteen Original Colonies

Introduction by the Forum Moderator:
J. Thomas Savage, Director of Museum Affairs,
Winterthur Museum and Country Estate
Evening Reception in the Old Courtroom following the Keynote Address

Mirroring much of Charleston's history, Number 23 Chalmers Street has withstood war, hurricanes, an earthquake, and diverse structural adaptations. In 2008, the Old Courtroom was restored to its mid-19th century appearance when it served as a U.S. District Court and later as a Confederate States Court. Following the Civil War, the building was purchased by the Confederate Home, an organization which provided housing for widows and children in need and schooling for young women.

Wednesday, March 17, 2010
7:00 PM

The Grandest Dwelling in the Richest Province During Our Most Exuberant Past: Architectural Splendor in the Lowcountry
Ralph Harvard III, Antiquarian, Designer
Ralph Harvard, Inc., New York

Thursday, March 18, 2010
9:30-10:30AM

From Pilgrims to Patriots: Style in Colonial New England

Eleanore P. Gadsden, Carolyn and Peter Lynch
Curator of Decorative Arts and Sculpture, Art of the
Americas, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Thursday, March 18, 2010
10:45-11:45AM

White House Glassware: Two Centuries of Presidential Entertaining

Jane Shadel Spillman, Curator of American Glass
The Corning Museum of Glass

Thursday, March 18, 2010
2:00-3:00PM

Glitz, Sparkle and Shine: The Wonderment of Dutch New York Interiors

Erik K. Gronning, Vice President, Senior Specialist,
American Furniture and Decorative Arts, Sotheby's New York

Thursday, March 18, 2010
3:15-4:15PM