Dear Forum Friends:
In the world of art and antiques, everything depends upon history and integrity. Who really made the object and where? What is its condition? Has it been altered? Is it the real McCoy? Advances in techniques for historical research and scientific investigation have opened new avenues of verification for curators, collectors, and scholars in recent years. At the 63rd annual Colonial Williamsburg Antiques Forum, Decorative Arts Forensics: How We Know What We Know, you are invited to learn more about this fascinating subject.
The 2011 Forum will bring together a group of widely recognized authorities on the remarkable furniture, metals, ceramics, glass, clocks, musical instruments, and buildings of the 18th and 19th centuries. More than 20 curators, collectors, conservators, and historians will present recent findings in a series of fully illustrated lectures and video-assisted workshops. Scheduled speakers include Robert Hunter, editor of Ceramics in America; Lynne Dakin Hastings, vice president for museum programs at James Madison’s Montpelier; and noted antiques dealer and auctioneer Leigh Keno.
In addition to the formal program, Forum guests may register for optional hands-on workshops with Colonial Williamsburg collections and private tours of historic homes in the region. Please plan to join us February 20–24, 2011, for Decorative Arts Forensics: How We Know What We Know.
Sincerely,
Colin G. Campbell
President and CEO
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