New! Doorways of Deerfield features 16 historic houses and buildings throught the village of Old Deerfield. Under each doorway is the name of the house or building. Photographer Dan Dougherty. Poster comes rolled ready for you to frame. 18” x 24”
Paul Revere and Beyond: Understanding 18th-Century New England Silver
April 24, 2010
9:45 am - 5:00 pm
White Church Community Center
PROGRAM:
Ranking among the United States’ top ten museum collections of American silver, Historic Deerfield is well known for its strength in New England-made silver objects. Join curators and a master craftsman for a day of exploration of Historic Deerfield’s lustrous treasures, the art and mystery of silversmithing, and the manufacturers of early New England silver, especially focusing on the work of Paul Revere. Enjoy presentations by Jeannine Falino, Curator of the Museum of Arts & Design in New York City; Amanda Lange, Curatorial Department Chair and Curator of Historic Interiors at Historic Deerfield; and Stephen Smithers, Master Silversmith of Ashfield, Massachusetts. A hands-on silver workshop will demonstrate the tools and techniques used to examine silver as a connoisseur does. The workshop will utilize objects (both authentic and deceptive) from the museum’s collection. Click here for an information and registration form.
SPEAKERS:
Ms. Falino is Curator of the Museum of Arts & Design, New York, NY, and a noted silver specialist. She has widely published on American silver, jewelry, and contemporary craft, and was also the chief author and co-editor of Silver of the Americas, 1600-2000, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (2008).
Ms. Lange has curated the ceramics, glass, and metalware collections at Historic Deerfield for the past 15 years. She published Delftware at Historic Deerfield (2001) and Chinese Export Art at Historic Deerfield (2005), and is currently at work on a catalogue of the English creamware collection.
Mr. Smithers has worked as a silversmith for the past 34 years. He has specialized in the reproduction of early American silver for private clients, museums, and organizations.
SCHEDULE:
9:45 a.m. Registration and Coffee. White Church
10:20 a.m. Welcome by Philip Zea, President, Historic Deerfield.
10:30 a.m. Lecture: “A Handsome Cupboard of Plate: Historic Deerfield’s New England Silver Collection.” Amanda Lange, Curatorial Department Chair and Curator of Historic Interiors, Historic Deerfield.
11:30 a.m. Lecture: “Revealing Revere: A Socio-Political Portrait of America’s Favorite Silversmith.” Jeannine Falino, Curator, Museum of Arts & Design.
12:30 p.m. Lunch. Deerfield Inn.
2:00 p.m. Hands-on Workshop: “Sleuthing Silver: Understanding New England Silver,” led by Jeannine Falino. Pewter Room
3:00 p.m. Presentation: “The Work of Paul Revere: A Demonstration and Discussion of the Tools and Techniques of his Time,” led by Stephen Smithers, Master Silversmith. Silver Workshop
4:00 p.m. Tour: “Henry Needham Flynt’s Silver Collection,” led by a Master Guide. Silver Vault
5:00 p.m. Reception. Hall Tavern.
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News
Join needlework experts and Historic Deerfield staff for a day of embroidery exploration and the launch of the new Marietta Stebbins sampler kit on Sat., Sept. 25. Joanne Harvey, owner of The Examplarery, will guide participants in using her kit to recreate Stebbins’ sampler.
Programs
New! Join museum educators in this fun family program to learn about bees and honey. Taste different kinds of honey, and make a beeswax candle to take home. Included with general admission.
In conjunction with the exhibition Dinner is Served!, Historic Deerfield will offer a chance for homeschool families to discuss how changing history and material culture influenced the dinner table.
Join Joanne Harvey for a workshop focused on reproducing the Marietta Stebbins’ 1801 sampler. Pre-registration required by September 17. Download the Information and Registration Form, or please contact Julie Orvis Marcinkiewicz at (413) 775-7179 or jmarcinkiewicz [at] historic-deerrfield [dot] org.
Historic Deerfield’s open hearth cooks will prepare select dishes that are on display in the Sheldon House, Hinsdale and Anna Williams House, and Stebbins House as part of the exhibition Dinner is Served!: Dining and the Decorative Arts. Come see “what’s cooking” and learn how these dishes were prepared in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Included with general admission.
New! Join Historic Deerfield and the Deerfield Inn for a fun and educational opportunity to learn more about tea drinking in colonial Deerfield. Pre-registration is required by September 22. For more information or to register, please call 413-774-5587.
Special fundraiser to support our local PBS station and WGBY. Gain access to experts from the Antiques Dealers’ Association of America (ADA).
Come meet Tukufu Zuberi from the PBS hit series History Detectives at a special live show to benefit WGBY. Pre-registration required. For tickets and more information, please call WGBY at 800-781-9429, or log on to wgby.org.
The kitchen was the center of activity in the Colonial era. Food preparation took a great deal of time, and children were expected to help with the many chores of meal time. Families are invited to come to the History Workshop where they can learn about making a colonial dinner through role playing.
Visitors of all ages are invited to attend a performance by musician and folklorist Cliff McGann who grew up outside of Boston with a strong connection to family in Nova Scotia. Today he continues to study, perform, and interpret music and folklore of both New England and Nova Scotia. He performs as a solo artist, and also regularly with The Boston Kiltics, a New England-based Celtic music and dance troupe. Included with general admission.
No matter your level of interest or ability to collect antiques, there will be something for everybody at the 2010 ADA/Historic Deerfield Antiques Show. The two-day event will include more than 50 of the country’s leading antique dealers selling thousands of rare antiques—from furniture and carpets to books and quilts.
Historic Deerfield will offer a Colonial Tavern Night on Saturday, October 9, focusing on the traditional New England harvest and featuring live entertainment by Bob Olsen as magician Mr. Potter and music by the Merry Players. For Colonial Tavern Night reservations, please call 413-775-7179 or e-mail events [at] historic-deerfield [dot] org.
Historic Deerfield’s open hearth cooks will prepare select dishes that are on display in the Sheldon House, Hinsdale and Anna Williams House, and Stebbins House as part of the exhibition Dinner is Served!: Dining and the Decorative Arts. Come see “what’s cooking” and learn how these dishes were prepared in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Included with general admission.
Join us for an Archaeological Walking Tour with Bob Paynter, Professor of Anthropology at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Enjoy a guided tour of the Old Burying Ground with a guide from Historic Deerfield at 11:30 a.m. Free and open to the public.
Enjoy the fun of Halloween and the beauty of harvest during the fall season. Historic Deerfield presents seasonal hearth cooking, pumpkin decorating, wagon rides, mask-making, and face painting. Wear a costume and enjoy some early trick-or-treating at select historic houses. Included with general admission.
Come learn about early 19th-century cookery as an open hearth cook makes dishes from “receipts” (or recipes) from The American Frugal Housewife written by Lydia Maria Child in 1829. This cookbook was one of the most widely used and reprinted cookbooks in American culinary history. Included with general admission.
Families will make a holiday gift to give to someone special. With thread and a needle museum educators will help visitors embroider a small design or initials on a cloth napkin. Make a unique napkin ring to go along with the napkin, and tie it up with a ribbon. Then decorate a card, and put it a gift bag. Included with general admission.
Historic Deerfield will offer a symposium that explores design and proportion in early American furniture and architecture through lectures by international experts and hands-on workshops by master cabinetmakers.
New! Join Historic Deerfield and the Deerfield Inn for a fun and educational opportunity to learn more about tea drinking in colonial Deerfield. Pre-registration is required by November 10. For more information or to register, please call 413-774-5587.
Meet Jennifer Lee, Algonkian descendant, artist and re-enactor. Lee will be at Historic Deerfield to share material culture and customs as a historical Algonkian woman. Through basket-making demonstrations and conversation, she will help visitors understand the persistence of Native American life and culture into the present. Also enjoy open hearth cooking demonstrations, and craft a hand-made gift with the help of a museum educator. Included with general admission.
Meet members of the Society of the 17th Century, a group of re-enactors who will bring our historic Hall Tavern building to life with an incredible array of period arts, crafts, and trades that represent 17th-century English life. Included with general admission.
Help create beautiful natural wreaths to decorate the doorways of Deerfield.
Join President Philip Zea on a trip to The Connecticut Historical Society and the Florence Griswold Museum to view two exhibitions, one of which features embroidery from Historic Deerfield’s collection: Connecticut Needlework: Women, Art, and Family, 1740-1840, and With Needle and Brush: Schoolgirl Embroidery From the Connecticut River Valley.
Exhibitions
Examine one of the finest collections of early American textiles and costumes ever assembled!
In collaboration with the Museums10 consortium and the region-wide partnership “Table for 10: The Art, History and Science of Food,” Historic Deerfield’s new exhibition will explore the social, cultural, and artistic importance of dining in early America with displays in the lobby of the Flynt Center of Early New England Life, as well as in three dining rooms of historic houses.
Explore a dazzling array of masterworks by famous American cabinetmakers including Duncan Phyfe and Honoré Lannuier, Samuel McIntire, John and Thomas Seymour, and John Townsend. Included with general admission.
Museum Store
Support Historic Deerfield with this 100% cotton twill cap.
Hand hooked wool rug depicting 7 of our village buildings in Springtime. Taken from a painting by Anne Bell Robb, a MA artist. 2’ x 3’.
80 pages of full color photos by Richard Cheek celebrating the four seasons in the historic village.
