1989
February Politics,
Patronage, and Philadelphia Furniture: The Work of Thomas Affleck, Jonathan
Gostelowe, and Thomas Jones
Deborah A. Federhen,
Hallockville Historic Farm, Riverhead
March Recent Advances in
Furniture Conservation
Gregory J. Landry, The The Henry Francis
du Pont Winterthur Museum Museum
April Portsmouth Interiors and
their Furnishings, 1760 – 1820
Jane C. Nylander, Strawbery Banke,
Portsmouth
May American Porcelain
Alice C. Frelinghuysen, The Metropolitan
Museum of Art
June Source and Inspiration:
A Continuing Tradition
Frank J. Miele, Hirschl & Adler,
Inc.
July Furniture Traditions in
Louisiana
Jessie J. Poesch Tulane University
August The Decorative Arts of
Greene and Greene
Randell L. Makinson, The Gamble House,
Pasadena
September Cincinnati Art Furniture
Anita J. Ellis, Cincinnati Art Museum
October American Furniture as Art
Albert M. Sack, Israel Sack, Inc.
November Fads and Fashions: The History of
American Kerosene Lighting, 1850 –1910
Catherine M. V. Thuro, Toronto
December Chinese Influences in American
Furniture and Decorative Art, 1730 – 1930
Ellen P. Denker, Wilmington, Delaware
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January New England Handcrafted
Clocks, 1730 – 1830
Robert C. Cheney, Brimfield,
Massachusetts
February Cheap, Beautiful and
Imperishable: Victorian Cast-Iron Seating Furniture
Ellen M. Snyder-Grenier, Brooklyn
Historical Society
March The Neoclassical Style in
America
William N. Banks, Newnan, Georgia
April Thomas Chippendale and
his Continuing Legacy in America
Christopher P. Monkhouse, Rhode Island
School of Design
May American Pewter
John Carl Thomas, Hanover, Connecticut
June French
Forms, German Carvers, and New World Bounty: The Furniture of John Henry Belter
and His Contemporaries
Ed Polk Douglas, Lyons, New York
July Bennington Potters and
Potteries
Catherine Zusy, The Bennington Museum
August The
Sphinx and the Lotus: The Egyptian Movement in American Decorative Arts, 1865 –
1935
Bernadette M. Sigler, The Hudson River
Museum
September The Boston & Sandwich Glass
Company
Kirk J. Nelson, Sandwich Glass Museum
October The Decorative Designs of
Frank Lloyd Wright
David A. Hanks, New York City
November The Windsor Chair in America
Nancy Goyne Evans, The The Henry Francis
du Pont Winterthur Museum Museum
December Portsmouth Furniture, 1700 – 1825
Brock W. Jobe, Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities
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January Salem Federal Furniture
Dean Lahikainen, Essex Institute
February Rookwood Pottery: The Glorious
Gamble
Kenneth R. Trapp, The Oakland Museum
March Fake,
Fraud or Genuine? Problems and Puzzles in American Antique Furniture
Myrna Kaye, Lexington, Massachusetts
April New Perspectives on
Formal Maine Furniture
Edwin A. Churchill, Maine State Museum
May Silver in Colonial
Massachusetts
Patricia E. Kane, Yale University Art
Gallery
June The Parlor Cabinet in
America
Kevin L. Stayton, The Brooklyn Museum
July Shaker Furniture: The
Forces Behind the Forms
Jerry V. Grant, Shaker Museum, Old
Chatham
August A Strong Heritage: American
Furniture, 1820 – 1900
Patricia M. Tice, Strong Museum
September The Seat of the Chairman: American Queen Anne and
Chippendale Armchairs
Deanne D. Levison, Israel Sack, Inc.
October Tiffany & Company: Master
Silver Designers of the Nineteenth Century
Janet Zapata, Tiffany & CO.
November American Art and Luxury Glass
Gary E. Baker, The Chrysler Museum
December Comments on Connoisseurship
Graham Hood, Colonial Williamsburg
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January Boston Classical Furniture,
1810 – 1835
Paige Talbott, Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania
February For
Paint’s Sake: Decoration and Ornamentation of American Painted Furniture
Samuel S. Herrup, Herrup & Wolfner
March The Japan Idea: Art and
Life in Victorian America
William N. Hosley, Jr., Wadsworth
Atheneum
April Rhode Island Furniture,
1690 – 1890
Thomas S. Michie, Rhode Island School of
Design
May Art Nouveau: The
Japanese Connection
Cheryl Robertson, Sotheby’s
June Virginia
Furniture and its Northern Counterparts, 1750 – 1780
Ronald L. Hurst, Colonial Williamsburg
July Elegance of Ornament:
American Rococo, 1750 – 1775
Leslie G. Bowman, Los Angeles County
Museum of Art
August Elegant Plate: Three
Centuries of New York Silver
Deborah Dependahl Waters, Museum of the
City of New York
September The Diplomatic Reception Rooms of
the Department of State
Gail F. Serfaty, Department of State
October The
Celebrated Manufacturers of Duncan Phyfe & Sons: A Look at the New York
Cabinet Trade, 1792 – 1847
Michael K. Brown, Museum
of Fine Arts, Houston
November British Influence on the American
Aesthetic Movement
Catherine H. Voorsanger, The
Metropolitan Museum of Art
December Domestic Details: Life at Home in
Early America
Elisabeth D. Garrett, Sotheby’s
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January Queen Anne Style in America:
Courtly Grace in a Wilderness Place
Milo M. Naeve, The Art Institute of
Chicago
February The Importance of New York
Chippendale Furniture
Frank Levy,
Bernard & S. Dean Levy, Inc.
March Musical Instruments in
Colonial America
John R. Watson, Colonial Williamsburg
April The Early Furniture of the
Mississippi River Valley, 1760 – 1820
Francis J. Puig, Minneapolis
May Overview of American
Porcelain
J. Garrison Stradling, New York City
June The American Doll
Elizabeth Ann Coleman, Museum of Fine arts, Houston
July Deerfield,
Massachusetts: A Case Study in Historical Consciousness
Philip Zea, Historic Deerfield
August American Stained Glass: A
Decorative Art in Context
Virginia C. Raguin, College of the Holy
Cross, Worcester
September Charleston Furniture
Bradford L. Rauschenerg, Museum of EARly
Southern Decorative Arts
October American Furniture at
Chipstone: Taking a Private Collection Public
Luther C. Beckerdite, III, The Chipstone
Foundation, Milwaukee
November Slipcovers and Drapery in Early
America
Linda R. Baumgarten, Colonial
Williamsburg
December Genteel Dining in the Federal City
Barbara Carson, College of William and
Mary
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January Looking Glasses in America,
1640 – 1840
David L. Barquist, Yale University Art
Gallery
February What’s American About American
Silver?
Jennifer F. Goldsborough, Maryland
Historical Society
March Death in the Dining Room
Kenneth L. Ames, New York State Museum
April American Wicker Furniture
Jeremy E. Adamson, Renwick Gallery,
Smithsonian Institution
May Frame Design in America,
1820 – 1920
Suzanne Smeaton, Eli Wilner & CO.
June Classical Taste in
America, 1800 – 1840
Wendy A. Cooper, Baltimore Museum of Art
July Recent Discoveries in
Philadelphia Furniture
Jack L. Lindsey, Philadelphia Museum of
Art
August Matter in Place: Thoughts on
American Case Furniture
Gerald R. W. Ward, Museum of Fine Arts,
Boston
September Culture and Comfort: Nineteenth
Century American Upholstery
Katherine C. Crier, University of Utah
October Herter Brothers: Furniture and
Interiors for a Gilded Age
Katherine S. Howe, Museum of Fine Arts,
Houston
November American Decoys
Robert Shaw, Shelburne Museum
December Vermont Furniture
Kenneth Joel Zogry, The Bennington
Museum
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