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The 73rd Annual Antiques Forum:

Virtually Unstoppable February 19-26

WILLIAMSBURG, VA – Necessity truly is the mother of invention. Although this
year’s Annual Antiques Forum at Colonial Williamsburg will not take place on site as
it has in past years, that will not stop this event from connecting virtually to share new
research, explore exhibitions at the Art Museums, go behind-the-scenes in Colonial
Williamsburg’s objects storage facility, take a look at exciting discoveries in archaeology,
and share seldom-seen details in the Historic Area. Get ready to join curators,
conservators, collectors, scholarship, and decorative arts aficionados from the United
States and England for an engaging look at ceramics, furniture, metals, paintings,
prints, textiles, architecture, and archaeology at this not to be missed virtual conference!
In addition to archived presentations and live-panel discussions with surprise guest
speakers, the virtual Forum will include lectures from Grahame Long of the Historic
Charleston Foundation and Gary Albert of the Museum of Early Southern Decorative
Arts co-presenting on John Gough, a free Black cabinet maker of Charleston, South
Carolina. Robert Leath, pres-
ident of Classical American
Homes Preservation Trust
will share groundbreaking
discoveries on the Payne
Limner, and Annabel
Westman, Executive Director
of the Attingham Trust, will Portrait of Daniel Trueheart, Attributed to William Hodson,
Hanover County, Virginia, ca. 1794
examine the usage and design Gift of Mr. & Mrs. Bruce B. James, in memory of
of trimmings in historic Margery Woodall James Fleet, 2019.100.2
homes from the 17th to early
20th centuries. Christopher
“Kit” Maxwell of the Corning In continued partnership with the Carolyn and
Museum of Glass will lecture Michael McNamara Young Scholars Lectures
on glass in 18th-century sponsored by the Decorative Arts Trust, Colonial
Britain, and Lan Morgan Williamsburg's Antiques Forum will continue to host
from the Peabody Essex its emerging scholars: Rachel Asbury Cole will place
Museum will discuss the new a Mexican dressing-case in a global context, while
exhibit in the Asian Export Scott Merrifield, the Andrew Mellon Curatorial Intern
Art Gallery. will lecture on plane-maker Cesar Chelor, and Emily
Virtual tours highlighting Wells will discuss the connection between geography,
some of the newest gallery education, and feminine virtue during the 18th and
installations in Colonial 19th centuries.
Williamsburg’s Art Museums The deadline to register to attend is February 1,
will feature Katie McKinney, 2021, at 5pm. For more information and to register
Portrait of Mary Garland Trueheart, Attributed to William the Margaret Beck Pritchard call 800-603-0948 or visit www.colonialwilliams-
Hodgson, Hanover County, Virginia, ca. 1794 Assistant Curator of Maps burg.org.
Gift of Mr. & Mrs. Bruce B. James, in memory of
Margery Woodall James Fleet, 2019.100.2
the scott antique markets
and Prints, taking you on a journey through 740.569.2800
Promoting America: Maps of the Colonies and the America’s Favorite Treasure Hunts!
New Republic, while Tara Chicirda, Curator of
Furniture, invites you to join her At the Sign of
the Dial: Keeping Time in the 18th-Century. 2ND WEEKEND FEBRUARY 11, 12, 13 & 14
Director of Archaeology, Jack Gary will provide EVERY MONTH
an update from the field on the Custis and First
Baptist Church sites, and Erik Goldstein, Senior ANTIQUE & DESIGNER ITEMS
Curator of Mechanical Arts & Numismatics will
guide us through a tour of military treasures in Atlanta Expo Centers - Atlanta, GA
Colonial Williamsburg’s collection. Show Hours: Directions: 3 miles East of
Kimberly Ivey, Senior Curator of Textiles, Thurs. 10:45am-6pm Atlanta Airport, I-285 at
goes behind the scenes of the Rumford Fri. & Sat. 9am-6pm Exit 55 (3650 & 3850
Needlework Collection, and Janine Skerry, Sun. 10am-4pm Jonesboro Rd SE)
Senior Curator of Metals, joins Angelika ONE coupon per person. www.scottantiquemarkets.com
Expires: 2-15-20
Kuettner, Associate Curator of Ceramics and
Glass, to discuss the synergy between the two
materials. Vice President of Museums,
Preservation, and Historic Resources Ron Hurst
will give us his annual update on what’s new
to the Colonial Williamsburg Collections,
while Margaret Beck Pritchard, Deputy Chief
Curator, highlights pieces made and used in
Williamsburg.
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