The Charleston Art & Antiques Forum 2010

E Pluribus Unum: Thirteen Colonies, One New Nation
March 17 – 21, 2010
Charleston, South Carolina  

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Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday 

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17, 2010

12noon-5:00pm

Registration: Old Courtroom at the Confederate
Home and College, 23 Chalmers Street

2:00-4:00pm

Optional Tours: Departing from 23 Chalmers Street
Tours will be held rain or shine. No refunds or
exceptions.

•Private Houses from the Period of George II
Ralph Harvard III, Antiquarian, Designer
Ralph Harvard, Inc., New York
Stroll through the old walled city and visit some of the
obscure remnants of Charleston's first period of
architectural renaissance. The ancient dwellings combine
Lowcountry practicality with European splendor and are
a marked contrast to the typical 18th and early 19th
century Charleston house.

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

Robert M. Prioleau, President,
The Huguenot Society of South Carolina
Fleeing religious persecution in France, some 450
Huguenots settled in the South Carolina Lowcountry and
founded their Protestant church in Charleston in 1681.
The present 1845 Gothic Revival building, designed by
Edward Brickell White, is America’s only remaining
independent Huguenot church.

•Walking the Walls of Charles Towne’s Walled City
Katherine A. Saunders, Associate Director of
Preservation, Historic Charleston Foundation and
Co-Chair of the Mayor’s Walled City Task Force
Charleston was the only English walled city in North
America. Encompassing 60 acres of high ground, the
fortifications were protection from possible Spanish,
French and Native American attacks. Visit the bastions
and drawbridge sites, plus recent archaeological
excavations.

6:00-7:00pm

Registration: Old Courtroom, 23 Chalmers Street

7:00pm

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.


Jean Helms, Founder and Chairman of The Charleston Art & Antiques Forum, with James Hervey-Bathurst, 2009 Keynote Speaker

THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 2010

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9:00am

Registration: Old Courtroom, 23 Chalmers Street

9:30-10:30am

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

10:45-11:45am

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

2:00-3:00pm

White House Glassware: Two Centuries of
Presidential Entertaining

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

3:15-4:15pm

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

Evening at Leisure

Enjoy one of Charleston’s many fine restaurants.
[For information on the Charleston International
Antiques Show Preview Party, contact Historic
Charleston Foundation at 843-722-3405 or
www.historiccharleston.org]

Elizabeth Bradham and Marnie Chardon enjoy the picnic at Drayton Hall

FRIDAY, MARCH 19, 2010

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9:00am

Registration: Old Courtroom, 23 Chalmers Street
Morning and early afternoon lectures are in
the Old Courtroom, followed by an on-site visit to
Middleton Place.

9:30-10:30am

Recreating Gardens and Grounds for Historic
Houses

Paul F. (Chip) Callaway, Historic Landscape
Architect
Callaway and Associates, Inc., Greensboro, NC

10:45-11:45am

Crucible for Revolution: Metalworkers in the
Colonial South

Gary J. Albert, Vice President, Publications
Old Salem Museums & Gardens

1:30-2:30pm

Dusting Up: Making and Maintaining a Home in
the Thirteen Colonies

Elisabeth Garrett Widmer, Independent Scholar,
Museum Consultant 

3:00pm promptly Buses to Middleton Place depart from the
Mills House Hotel, 115 Meeting Street
4:00-6:00pm Planters and Patriots: The Family Collections at
Middleton Place

An afternoon on-site with Middleton Place
Foundation officials, including:
Charles Duell, President
Tracey Todd, Vice President, Museums
Mary Edna Sullivan, Curator
Barbara Doyle, Historian
Middleton Place was the seat of a great Lowcountry
planter family and home to a dynamic African-American
slave community. In 1741 Henry Middleton, President of
the First Continental Congress, created America’s oldest
landscaped garden, now a National Historic Landmark
property. Henry’s son, Arthur Middleton, signed the
Declaration of Independence and several great-grandsons
signed the Ordinance of Secession. For almost 300 years
this Ashley River plantation had never been deeded out of
the family until it was given, with continuing family
stewardship, to the Middleton Place Foundation.
Early evening

Sunset Cocktails and Plantation Supper
The Pavilion at Middleton Place,
4300 Ashley River Road

SATURDAY, MARCH 20, 2010

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9:00am Registration: Old Courtroom, 23 Chalmers Street

9:30-10:30am

The Southern Cultural Landscape
Margaret B. Pritchard, Curator of Prints, Maps and
Wallpaper, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

10:45-11:45am

To Carve, Inlay or Paint: Neoclassical Furniture
from the Mid-Atlantic States

Matthew A. Thurlow, Research Associate,
Department of American Decorative Arts,
The Metropolitan Museum of Art

2:00-3:00pm

“The finest made in Boston”: Furniture by John
and Thomas Seymour… and Others

Robert D. Mussey, Jr, Senior Furniture Conservator,
Robert Mussey Associates, Inc., Boston

3:15-4:15pm “I See London, I See France”: Origins of American
Style

J. Thomas Savage, Forum Moderator and Director of
Museum Affairs, Winterthur Museum and Country
Estate

6:00-8:00pm

Connoisseur Event: Farewell Cocktails in a
Private Home
Evening at Leisure Enjoy one of Charleston’s many fine restaurants

SUNDAY, MARCH 21, 2010

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10:00am

Optional Tour: Meet at Historic Charleston
Foundation, 40 East Bay Street

Private Tour of the Charleston International
Antiques Show
Join Forum Moderator
J. Thomas Savage and other
experts for a private tour through the show before
the doors open to the public. Meet the dealers for an
exclusive behind-the-scenes look at one of the nation’s
preeminent antiques shows. Coffee and libations will be
served.

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Please note schedule changes may occur due to unforeseen circumstances.

 

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