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2014 NEW ORLEANS ANTIQUES FORUM Southern Expression
July 31-August 3, 2014
Visit www.hnoc.org/antiques.htm to register and view a complete schedule, or call (504) 523-4662.
Registration opens June 9.
A.	Mme. Alcee Villere, nee Delphine Odile Fleitas
ca. 1858; oil on canvas
by Francois Bernard, painter
bequest ofClarisse Claiborne Crima, 7981.376.4
B.	Still Life with Grapes, Watermelon and Peaches
1839; oil on canvas by Thomas Bangs Thorpe, painter courtesy of the Johnson Collection, Spartanburg, South Carolina
C.	Slab sideboard
1840-60; walnut and poplar by Christian or John C. Burgner, Greene County, Tennessee
courtesy of the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts at Old Salem, partial gift of Mary Jo Case
D.	Shell-edged pearlware plates with peafowl and eagle decoration
ca. 1820
courtesy of a private collection, image by Gavin Ashworth
Just a Southern Expression
The 2014 Antiques Forum explores southern identity	the decorative arts.
Southern decorative arts are trending upward in ru?^*--.! '	" L ^cndas and collecting
practices, and the New Orleans Antiques Forum b rt J. to -	-	and	examine this
development with the 2014 theme, Southern Expic- --11
In recent years, a brace of southern-themed publications. exhibition^. and scholarly works has supported the South’s rightful place in the dec---*”*'*'	'	landscape.	But in
some corners, an old bias downplaying the region"^ contr L	the	field still lingers.
“It’s still a breath of fresh air to have a chance to -"t and ur- -tand all of the different influences that came into play outside of the Northeisi. trp Executive Director Priscilla Lawrence.
Since its inception in 2008, the New Orleans Antiques Forum has exemplified the cutting edge of southern studies, attracting an avid, geographically diverse audience year after year. This year’s speakers will engage in lively disoi«k>ns of southern furniture, pottery, landscape paintings, clocks, quilts, mourning an, and more. These educational opportunities segue seamlessly into social occasions, from a Friday-night cocktail reception to an optional Sundav-morning brunch at French Quarter fixture Antoine’s Restaurant. Thursday’s preconference tour goes behind the scenes at four Pointe Coupee landmarks—St. Mary of False River Catholic Church (New Roads), the Jacques Dupre House (Jarreau), Alma Sugarcane Plantation (Lakeland), and Bonnie Glen (New Roads)—with historians Brian J. Costello, William M. Hyland, and Eugene D. Cizek as guides. And tour participants should be sure to save room for lunch, courtesy of Chef John Folse’s White Oak Plantation.
Reprising his role as forum moderator this year is Tom Savage, director of museum affairs for Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library, in Delaware. Other 2014 speakers include Daniel Kurt Ackermann (Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts), Stephen Harrison (Cleveland Museum of Art), Laurie Ossman (Preservation Society of Newport
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