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mesda Furniture Seminar on the vanguard 6o years of southern furniture sleuthing & beyond!
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top row: Desk and bookcase: Norfolk, Virginia; photo courtesy of Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Tall chest: Cecil County, Maryland, Winterthur Museum; photo courtesy of Winterthur Museum. bottom row: Chest on frame: Attr. Jesse Needham, Randolph County, North Carolina, Chest of drawers: Alamance County, North Carolina
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Friday, March 3o Seminar packets will be available during the day. Both Old Salem and MESDA are open to seminar registrants. To reserve a tour of MESDA call 336-721-7360.
9:00 pre-seminar workshop historic piedmont north carolina varnishes
A practical workshop on recently-discovered 19th-century varnish treatments from the North Carolina Piedmont. Martin O’Brien, Cabinetmaker. Workshop Location – 237 South Broad Street, Winston-Salem, NC. Space is limited. Lunch is included for Workshop Participants.
2:00 furniture seminar welcome and introductions MESDA Auditorium
2:15 workshop demonstration: building for our spirited ancestors: constructing an 18th-century chesapeake cellaret
Mack Headley, Master of the Anthony Hay Shop, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
6:00 seminar dinner Salem Tavern
7:30
Southern Furniture at 15: the evolving state of knowledge
Ronald L Hurst, Vice President, Collections, Conservation and Museums and Carlisle H. Humelsine Chief Curator, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
dessert and conversation Horton Center Rotunda
Saturday, March 31 9:00 morning coffee 9:30 influence and innovation: southeastern pennsylvania furniture and some southern relatives Wendy A. Cooper, Lois F. and Henry S. McNeil Senior Curator of Furniture, Winterthur Museum
10:30 morning break 11:00 from millbach to mahantongo: fraktur and furniture of the pennsylvania germans
Lisa Minardi, Assistant Curator of Furniture, Southeastern Pennsylvania Furniture Project, Winterthur Museum
12:00 lunch 1:00 north carolina piedmont myths & realities new discoveries in piedmont north carolina furniture June Lucas, Director of Research, Old Salem Museums & Gardens
unravelling the mystery of jesse needham Robert A. Leath, Chief Curator, Old Salem Museums & Gardens
2:30 break 3:00 conservation report: recently discovered varnish treatments from the north carolina piedmont Martin O’Brien, Cabinetmaker, Winston-Salem, NC
3:30 open house: continued transformations
MESDA Collection. New lighting, dramatic paint colors of original period woodwork, and recent installations of Chesapeake, Lowcountry, and Backcountry furniture.
2o12 mesda Furniture Seminar
on the vanguard 6o years of furniture sleuthing & beyond!
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Registration Information
registration fees: historic varnish workshop registration:
$125.00 (Fee subject to change) Workshop registration includes materials and lunch. Space is limited.
seminar registration:
$295.00 or $245.00 for Friends of MESDA or Old Salem. Seminar registration includes all sessions and materials, Friday dinner, Saturday lunch, and admission to Old Salem and MESDA.
cancellation policy
MESDA reserves the right to cancel a program and should this occur a full refund will be made. Registrants who cancel at least two weeks prior to a program will receive a full refund minus a $25 handling fee. No refunds will be given for cancellations that occur less than one week prior to the event. For information: 336-721-7360 / mesdaprograms@oldsalem.org All sessions take place at MESDA, located in the Horton Museum Center, 924 S. Main Street in Old Salem unless otherwise announced.
area accommodations in Winston-Salem within a few blocks of MESDA Brookstown Inn 200 Brookstown Avenue 336-725-1120 / 800-845-4262 Hawthorne Inn 420 High Street 336-777-3000 / 800-972-3774
Augustus T. Zevely Inn 803 S. Main Street 336-748-9299 / 800-928-9299 Wingate Inn 125 S. Main Street 336-714-2800
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2o12 MESDA Furniture Seminar Registration name(s) as preferred for name tag address city/state/zip telephone
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Registration fees
furniture seminar (March 30-31, 2012)
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Number of registrants _____ $125: Pre-Seminar Historic Varnish Workshop _____ $295: General Registration _____ $245: Friend of MESDA or Old Salem
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Cardholder Name Signature Please complete and return to: MESDA Seminar Registration, 924 S. Main St., Winston-Salem, NC 27101 336-721-7360 / fax: 336-721-7367 / mesdaprograms@oldsalem.org
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mesda 924 south main street winston-salem, nc 271o1 336-721-736o