The American Decorative Arts Forum is proud to have brought over 25 years of outstanding lectures by scholars and experts in American decorative arts to Northern California.

  1. 2012

    1. Jan 10 Art of the Garden, 1931
    2. Feb 21 David Hicks’ drawing room, Britwell Salome, England

      Youthquake: High Style in the Swinging Sixties

      Mitchell Owens, Architectural Digest, New York, NY

    3. Mar 13 Wedding Dress 1

      Wedded Perfection: Two Centuries of Wedding Gowns

      Cynthia Amneus, Cincinnati Art Museum, OH

    4. Apr 10 Crafting Modernism Cover

      Crafting Modernism: Midcentury American Art and Design

      Jeannine Falino, Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY

    5. May 08 Corner or smoking chair by Robert Walker
    6. Jun 09 Japonesque Easel
    7. Jul 10 
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      Panorama of the American Campus over the Centuries

      Paul V. Turner, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA

    8. Aug 14 
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      Thomas Chambers, American Marine and Landscape Painter

      Kathleen A. Foster, Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA

    9. Sep 11 Painted bedstead with canopy, circa 1855, painted by Thomas and Edward Hill
    10. Oct 09 Mahogany and cherry tea table, attributed Robert Walker (ca. 1710-1777)

      Black and White All Mixed Together: The Hidden Legacy of Enslaved Craftsmen

      Daniel Ackerman, Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts, Winston-Salem, NC

    11. Nov 13 Kenneth Jay Lane Brooch

      Kenneth Jay Lane: American Jeweler to the World

      Curt DiCamillo, DiCamillo Companion, Boston, MA

    12. Dec 11 
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      The Glamour of Glory: War of 1812 Commemorations

      Ann Wagner, Winterthur Museum, Wilmington, DE