Lowell Lecture
Eighteenth-Century Massachusetts Furniture: Form, Function, and Fabrication
Date & Time
Sept. 3, 2014
Location
Old South Meeting House
310 Washington Street Boston, MA 02108
Driving Directions
Speaker(s)
Judy Anderson, Principal, Marblehead Architectural Heritage
Presenting Organization
Paul Revere Memorial Association
Topics
Lecture #1, 2014 Paul Revere Memorial Association Lecture Series Lecture Title: High-Style Craftsmanship and Patronage in Marblehead on the Eve of Independence Known more for its pivotal role in the American Revolution and its exceptional legacy of early American architecture, Marblehead also has a noteworthy but relatively unfamiliar heritage of furniture craftsmanship. Judy Anderson, Principal, Marblehead Architectural Heritage, will show how, in contrast to the clamor and boisterousness of the working harbor front, Marblehead cabinetmakers and clockmakers produced high-style furniture for a clientele that comprised more than thirty merchants in Massachusetts' celebrated Atlantic codfish trade.