WINTERTHUR FURNITURE FORUM PAINT, PATTERN & PEOPLE

THE SEWELL C. BIGGS
WINTERTHUR
FURNITURE FORUM
PAINT, PATTERN & PEOPLE
Furniture of Southeastern
Pennsylvania, 1725–1850
APRIL 27–30, 2011
Sponsored by

Over the past four years Winterthur
curators and conservators have studied
the diverse furniture made by Englishand
German-speaking craftsmen in
southeastern Pennsylvania. With a
particular focus on well-documented
objects that identify specific local
patterns within the region, this study
culminates in the landmark publication
and exhibition Paint, Pattern & People:
Furniture of Southeastern Pennsylvania,
1725–1850, presented at Winterthur
April 2, 2011–January 8, 2012. Join us for
a forum of groundbreaking lectures
and workshops by key scholars who
will present new discoveries into
the furniture and connections between
the makers, owners, and places of
southeastern Pennsylvania.

FURNITURE FORUM SCHEDULE
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27
5:00–6:00 pm
Keynote Address
From Past to Present: The Furniture of
Southeastern Pennsylvania
Charles F. Hummel, Curator Emeritus
and Adjunct Professor, Academic
Programs, Winterthur Museum,
Garden & Library, Winterthur, DE
6:00–8:00 pm
Paint, Pattern & People exhibition open
for viewing
THURSDAY, APRIL 28
8:00–8:45 am
Registration
8:45–9:00 am
Introductory Remarks
Tom Savage, Director of Museum
Affairs, Winterthur Museum, Garden &
Library, Winterthur, DE
9:00–9:45 am
“Too new a field of research”: Exploring the
Furniture of Southeastern Pennsylvania
Wendy A. Cooper, Lois F. and Henry
S. McNeil Senior Curator of Furniture,
Winterthur Museum, Garden &
Library, Winterthur, DE
9:45–10:30 am
The People and Places of Southeastern
Pennsylvania
Lisa Minardi, Assistant Curator
of Furniture for the Southeastern
Pennsylvania Furniture Project,
Winterthur Museum, Garden &
Library, Winterthur, DE
10:30–11:00 am
Morning Break
11:00–11:45 am
Pattern and Place: Revisiting
Line-and-Berry Inlaid Furniture
Lee Ellen Griffith, Director,
Monmouth County Historical
Association, Freehold, NJ
11:45 am–12:30 pm
Sulfur-Inlaid Furniture: New Insights on
Style, Regional Distribution, and Technique
Mark J. Anderson, Head Furniture
Conservator, Winterthur Museum,
Garden & Library, Winterthur, DE
Brenda Hornsby-Heindl,
Independent Scholar, Liberty, NC
12:30–2:00 pm
Lunch
2:00–3:30 pm
The Robert Francis Fileti Endowed
Lecture/Video Assist Demonstration
Rural Traditions in Inlaid Furniture of
Southeastern Pennsylvania
Mark J. Anderson, Head Furniture
Conservator, Winterthur Museum,
Garden & Library, Winterthur, DE
Steve Latta, Professor, Cabinet &
Wood Technology, Thaddeus Stevens
College of Technology, Lancaster, PA
3:30–4:00 pm
Afternoon Break
4:00–4:45 pm
Screwy Feet: Removable-Feet Chests of
Drawers from Chester County, Pennsylvania
and Frederick County, Maryland
Laura C. Keim, Curator, Stenton &
Wyck, Philadelphia, PA
4:45–5:30 pm
Nottingham-Area Furniture of Southern
Chester County
Mark J. Anderson, Head Furniture
Conservator, Winterthur Museum,
Garden & Library, Winterthur, DE
Wendy A. Cooper, Lois F. and Henry
S. McNeil Senior Curator of Furniture,
Winterthur Museum, Garden &
Library, Winterthur, DE
6:00–8:00 pm
Reception & Exhibition Viewing
Galleries Reception Area

FURNITURE FORUM SCHEDULE
FRIDAY, APRIL 29
9:00–9:30 am
John Drissell, His Hand: Paint-Decorated
Objects from a Bucks County Mennonite
Community
Alyce Perry Englund, Curatorial
Fellow of American Decorative Arts,
Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT
9:30–10:00 am
Neatly Scribed, Vigorously Painted:
The Compass Artist of Lancaster County
Patricia Edmondson, Research
Assistant, Costume Institute,
The Metropolitan Museum of Art,
New York, NY
10:00–10:30 am
Tulips and Technology: A Molecular
View of Painted Surfaces
Dr. Jennifer Mass, Senior Scientist,
Winterthur Museum, Garden &
Library, Winterthur, DE
10:30–11:00 am
Break
11:00 am–12:30 pm
Video Assist Demonstration
Peter Deen, Painted Furniture
Conservator, Nottingham, PA
12:30–2:15 pm
Lunch
2:15–2:45 pm
Painted Furniture Down the Virginia
Wagon Road
Roddy Moore, Director, Blue Ridge
Institute, Ferrum College, Ferrum, VA
2:45–3:15 pm
Kissin’ Cousins: The Pennsylvania
Influence on Piedmont North Carolina
Furniture, 1760 to 1820
June Lucas, Director of Research,
Old Salem Museums & Gardens,
Winston Salem, NC
3:15–3:45 pm
Moravian Furniture of Pennsylvania
and North Carolina
Johanna Brown, Curator of Moravian
Decorative Arts and Director of
Collections, Old Salem Museums and
Gardens, Winston Salem, NC
3:45–4:15 pm
Break
4:15–5:00 pm
New Discoveries in Southeastern
Pennsylvania Furniture
Lisa Minardi, Assistant Curator
of Furniture for the Southeastern
Pennsylvania Furniture Project,
Winterthur Museum, Garden &
Library, Winterthur, DE
5:00–5:30 pm
The Future: Continuing “to do more than
blaze a somewhat imperfect trail”
Wendy A. Cooper, Lois F. and Henry
S. McNeil Senior Curator of Furniture,
Winterthur Museum, Garden &
Library, Winterthur, DE
Chest, attributed to the Compass Artist, Lancaster County; 1785–1820;
Collection of Dr. and Mrs. Donald M. Herr.

OPTIONAL WORKSHOPS
Only registered conference attendees may participate in workshops. Workshops fill
very quickly and registration is on a first-come, first-served basis. $75 per workshop.
Unless otherwise noted, workshops are offered at the following times:
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27
1:00–2:30 pm & 3:00–4:30 pm
SATURDAY, APRIL 30
9:00–10:30 am & 11:00 am–12:30 pm
For details about the workshops, please call 800.448.3883 or visit winterthur.org.
Beyond Philadelphia: Local Carving
Traditions in Southeastern Pennsylvania
Michael Podmaniczky,
Independent Furniture Conservator,
Wilmington, DE
Tours of Winterthur’s Pennsylvania Rooms
Winterthur specialist guides
Tours of Paint, Pattern & People:
Furniture of Southeastern
Pennsylvania, 1725–1850
Wendy A. Cooper, Lois F. and
Henry S. McNeil Senior Curator
of Furniture, Winterthur
Lisa Minardi, Assistant Curator
of Furniture for the Southeastern
Pennsylvania Furniture Project,
Winterthur
Bunches of Boxes: Painted and Decorated
Patricia Edmonson, Research
Assistant, Costume Institute, The
Metropolitan Museum of Art,
New York, NY
Alyce Perry Englund, Curatorial
Fellow of American Decorative Arts,
Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT
Tools and Techniques of Southeastern
Pennsylvania Inlaid Furniture
Steve Latta, Professor, Cabinet and
Wood Technology, Thaddeus Stevens
College of Technology, Lancaster, PA
Southeastern Pennsylvania Clocks and
Clockmakers
Edward F. LaFond, Consultant,
with William A. LaFond,
Mechanicsburg, PA
The Techniques of Sulfur and Other
Composite Inlay in Furniture
Mark J. Anderson, Head
Furniture Conservator, Winterthur
A Closer Look at Furniture Woods:
Macroscopic Features
Dr. Harry A. Alden,
Alden Identification Services,
Chesapeake, MD
Painted Furniture: A Demonstration
of Techniques and Explanation of
Paint Materials
Peter Deen, Painted Furniture
Conservator, Nottingham, PA
Catherine Matsen, Associate
Scientist, Winterthur
COMING SOON TO THE WINTERTHUR BOOKSTORE
Paint, Pattern & People: Furniture of Southeastern
Pennsylvania, 1725–1850
By Wendy A. Cooper and Lisa Minardi
Visit winterthurstore.com
Front cover: Spice box (detail), Nottingham area, Chester County; 1740–50; Chester County Historical Society, West Chester, PA., gift of Bart Anderson. Back panel: High chest of
drawers (detail), Seth Pancoast (1718–92); Marple Township, Chester (now Delaware) County; 1766; Winterthur Museum, promised gift of John J. Snyder, Jr. Inside front panel: Portrait
of Samuel Ensminger, Jr. and Portrait of Mrs. Samuel Ensminger, Jr. (Elizabeth Summy) and child, Attributed to Jacob Maentel (1778–1863?), Manheim, Lancaster County; 1831;
Collection of Stephen and Dolores Smith.

REGISTRATION FORM
3 WAYS TO REGISTER
Complete form and mail with payment to Winterthur Information &
Tours Office, 5105 Kennett Pike, Winterthur, Delaware 19735
or
Complete and fax form to 302.888.4953
or
Call 800.448.3883
Name (as you would like it listed on your nametag and the participant list)
Address
City State Zip code
Daytime telephone
E-mail
❒ Check enclosed, payable to Winterthur Museum
❒ Charge my ❍ Visa ❍ MasterCard ❍ American Express ❍ Discover
Account number
Exp. date
Cardholder name
Signature
INFORMATION
All lectures will be held in Copeland Lecture Hall (located in the Visitor Center). Optional
workshops ($75 each) will take place in the museum and research buildings. Please plan
on arriving at least 10–15 minutes prior to your first workshop to check in with your escort
at the Galleries Reception Area (museum building).
Conference Fee
$370; $320 Winterthur Members and
professionals working for nonprofits;
$250 students with valid ID
Fee Includes
Wednesday night keynote address,
Thursday and Friday lectures, Thursday
and Friday lunches and coffee breaks,
Thursday evening reception, option of
registering for workshops
Cancellation
Winterthur reserves the right to cancel the
conference or workshops. Should Winterthur
cancel, participants will be issued a full
refund. Furniture Forum participants who
cancel by April 1, regardless of the reason,
will be issued a full refund minus a $50
handling fee. No refunds after April 1.
Lodging
Lodging is the responsibility of the
registrant. Winterthur will provide a list
of local accommodations upon request.
Please ask when you call to register.

REGISTRATION FORM
Fee includes:
• Wednesday night keynote address
• Thursday and Friday lectures
• Thursday and Friday lunches and coffee breaks
• Thursday evening reception
• Option of registering for workshops
Registration Fee
❒ Members and professionals working for nonprofit organizations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$320
(Members include Member # __________________; professionals include business card)
❒ Nonmembers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$370
❒ Students (include a copy of valid student ID) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$250
❒ Optional workshops: $75 each x ______ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$_______
TOTAL ENCLOSED. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$_______
WORKSHOP PREFERENCES
Please indicate your top three choices for each time period in which you would like to take a
workshop. We will accommodate your workshop preferences on a first-registered, first-served basis.
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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 1:00–2:30 PM
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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 3:00–4:30 PM
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SATURDAY, APRIL 30, 9:00–10:30 AM
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SATURDAY, APRIL 30, 11:00 AM–12:30 PM