Summer Furniture Lecture Series

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Mickey Callahan

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Staring on the evening of Friday, June 29, there will be a series of three lectures at the Connecticut Historical Society in Hartford, CT in conjunction with the exhibition, ?A Tradition of Craft: Current Works by the Society of American Period Furniture Makers.? Each program will include light refreshments prior to the start of the lecture and conclude with a question and answer period along with access to the exhibition. Space is limited and reservations are recommended. For more information, please call 860-5621 x209 or email Mary Muller at mary_muller@chs.org. The fee for individual lectures is $12 for CHS/SAPFM members and $15 for non-members. A discounted series subscription is also available.

Friday, June 29
?Eliphalet Chapin: A Leading Force Behind Connecticut Valley Furniture?
Lecture and demonstration by Will Neptune, a leading period furniture maker, teacher, and author.

Friday, July 20
?Compete, Leave, or Change: The Challenges of Connecticut Craftsmen, 1800-1820?
Lecture by Alyce Perry Englund, Associate Curator of American Decorative Arts, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT.

Friday, August 17
?New England Furniture Ornamentation in the Federal Period?
Lecture and demonstration by Steve Latta, Professor of Wood Technology at Thaddeus Stevens College, Lancaster, PA. Also a custom furniture maker and contributing editor to Fine Woodworking Magazine.
 
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