Wednesday, April 3, 2019

8:15-9:00AM:

Registration and light breakfast

9-9:15AM:

Welcome

Dr. Michael Barsanti, Edwin Wolf 2nd Director, Library Company of Philadelphia

Linda August, Curator of Art & Artifacts, Library Company of Philadelphia

9:15-10:15AM:

Keynote address

The Divergent Paths of Two Masters of British 18th-Century Design, Thomas Johnson and Thomas Sheraton

Brock Jobe, Professor Emeritus of American Decorative Arts, Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library

10:15-10:45AM:

Break

10:45-12PM:

Chippendale’s Director. The Rise of Print and Promotion in 18th-Century England

Femke Speelberg, Associate Curator of Historic Ornament, Design and Architecture in the Department of Drawings & Prints, Metropolitan Museum of Art

Thomas Chippendale’s Director in America: Popularity, Parody, and Perseverance

Alyce Englund, Assistant Curator of American Decorative Arts, Metropolitan Museum of Art

12-12:45

From Design Book to Design–The Philadelphia Cabinetmakers’ Companions and Guides, 1750-1800

Alexandra Kirtley, Montgomery-Garvan Curator of American Decorative Arts, Philadelphia Museum of Art

Final Remarks

Lunch on your own