This past Saturday 10/19 at Old Sturbridge Village was the Collectors Forum discribing furnituremaker Nathan Lombard, his life and his furniture. Over 100 people were in attendance.
The program lasted the entire day and included a luncheon that was highlighted with a talk by Norm Abram, of the This Old House and Yankee Workshop fame. In his speech he acknowledged "one of own", Freddy Roman, who is working with the Museum on building a copy of the reciently aquired Lombard chest of drawers and a table. It was a nice "shout out" to Freddy.
Freddy, Michael Wheeler and myself spent the entire day in talks, workshops and touring the village and it's exhibits.
When first looking at the furniture on exhibit you of course are in admiration of the vareity and quality of his work. Then you take a closer look....The banding and the inlay work are the real hightlights of these pieces. The inlays of flowers are impressive with tapering vines and colored accents, and the consistancy across all the pieces...(about 12 pieces, with the Winterthur loaned desk the most impressive).
We all are privledged to see many well made and designed pieces of frunture in our travels, museums etc. so sometimes we just glance and walk on, but this was a very nice exhibit. If around Sturbridge Mass., it is a required visit (of course the Museum's village is a traditional must see).
The program lasted the entire day and included a luncheon that was highlighted with a talk by Norm Abram, of the This Old House and Yankee Workshop fame. In his speech he acknowledged "one of own", Freddy Roman, who is working with the Museum on building a copy of the reciently aquired Lombard chest of drawers and a table. It was a nice "shout out" to Freddy.
Freddy, Michael Wheeler and myself spent the entire day in talks, workshops and touring the village and it's exhibits.
When first looking at the furniture on exhibit you of course are in admiration of the vareity and quality of his work. Then you take a closer look....The banding and the inlay work are the real hightlights of these pieces. The inlays of flowers are impressive with tapering vines and colored accents, and the consistancy across all the pieces...(about 12 pieces, with the Winterthur loaned desk the most impressive).
We all are privledged to see many well made and designed pieces of frunture in our travels, museums etc. so sometimes we just glance and walk on, but this was a very nice exhibit. If around Sturbridge Mass., it is a required visit (of course the Museum's village is a traditional must see).