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Art Deco, Gilded Age and Colonial Revival design will be the subjects of talks on the decorative arts presented by the Southampton History Museum in July. Design professionals will examine the role of decorative arts during different periods of local and American history.
Lori Zabar, a decorative arts and architectural historian, will kick off the series on Saturday, July 13, with “Roaring into the Future: Art Deco and Early Modernism in New York, 1925-1935.”
Ms. Zabar will explain how New York State was a driving force behind the creation of 20th century modern during the period between the heights of the Jazz Age and the depths of the Great Depression.
“Decorating the Gilded Age House in the Hamptons” will follow on Saturday, July 20, presented by Gary Lawrance. The author, architect and historian is the man behind the “Mansions of the Gilded Age” blog and social media accounts, which have thousands of followers. Mr. Lawrance also is the co-author of “Houses of the Hamptons, 1880-1930.”
Cynthia Van Allen Schaffner will present “To Perpetuate the Best: Furnishing the Colonial Revival House” on Saturday, July 27.
Ms. Schaffner is a decorative arts historian who has been a research associate and research volunteer for the American Wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. She co-authored, with Ms. Zabar, the definitive article on the Shinnecock Hills Summer School and Art and Art Village for Winterthur Portfolio in 2010, the museum noted. Her talk will focus on how the opening of the American Wing in 1924 inspired interest in decorating American homes with antiques in historic settings, symbolizing idealized notions of the Colonial past.
All three talks will take place at the Rogers Mansion on Meeting House Lane in Southampton Village, with 4 p.m. start times, followed by a reception at 5 p.m. Admission is $10 per talk, or free for museum members.
To reserve a seat, call 631-283-2494, or visit southamptonhistory.org. Or RSVP to ggangi@southamptonhistory.org.
Staff Writer on Jun 27, 2019