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The Industrial Revolution of the 19th century presented a paradox: through improved railway and steamship transportation, it facilitated greater Western access to and trade with the East, giving Westerners unprecedented exposure to the decorative arts of faraway places and cultures. However, another result of industrialism, mass production, fueled Westerners’ dissatisfaction with domestic goods. Aesthetes throughout the West hailed the decorative arts of nations such as China, India, and Egypt for being pure and uncorrupted by industry.
The 2013 New Orleans Antiques Forum, Opulence and Intrigue: Exoticism in the 19th Century, will examine the trend of non-Western motifs and styles in decorative arts. This years topics include decorative arts at world’s fairs, exotica-influenced Carnival designs, Middle East- and Far East-inspired architecture, Chinese art, American artists inspired by the Holy Land, and Western ceramics influenced by the natural world.
The four-day event, held August
1-4 in the French Quarter, includes talks by local and national decorative arts experts, special events, and optional preconference activities. Tom Savage, director of museum affairs for Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library, will serve as forum moderator. Registration for the event opens June 15. Visit www .hnoc.org/antiques.htm for details or call (504) 523-4662.
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Thursday, August 1
Optional preconference tours, open only to registered participants in the 2013 forum:
A Glimpse of the Exotic
Visit Poplar Grove Plantation (Port Allen), St. Mary of False River Catholic Church (New Roads), and Lakeside Plantation (Bachelor) with guides Eugene D. Cizek, William M. Hyland, and Brian J. Costello.
Visiting a World unto Itself
Join THNOC Curator/Historian John T. Magill on an 1880s walking tour of the French Quarter.
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