Nuanced interpretations of material culture, meaningful dialogue on race and identity in #VastEarlyAmerica, led by @cynthiawriter and @plbhalbert
Circa 1450-1830
Joined August 2020
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Years of careful scholarship, empathy, and a hands-on, sewing machine-free approach make for a compelling exercise in historic dress replication by @cynthiawriter.
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Thanks @JeremyNative (a past @Material_Race speaker!) for the warm welcome and a great visit to @MasHouseStudio and the @ShinnecockGov! Amazing space, really thoughtful, important work and art that bridge past, present, and future.
#VastEarlyAmerica #AmericanArt
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Sarah Sprague was a Nipmuc craftswoman who made her living making baskets and repairing woven chair seats. This pair of chairs is said to be one of the last Sprague re-seated in her lifetime. They are now preserved in the #OSVMuseumCollection.
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Some Canadian surprises are in store for this weekend’s Rococo Beyond Borders symposium, co-sponsored by the Furniture History Society and the French Porcelain Society, hosted by the @V_and_A. Excited to be in London! #VastEarlyAmerica #EarlyCanada #CanadianArt
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This chair, made with handmade upholstery tacks and French-inspired construction, has been attributed to the Thomas Jefferson's Monticello joinery by the curators at Colonial Williamsburg.
Monticello joinery, c. 1790-1815, @colonialwmsburg
#AntiqueOfTheDay
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Newly on view, a juxtaposition of works by Jeremiah Paul and Kara Walker examines the aesthetics of freedom.
🖼️: “Manumission of Dinah Nevil” (about 1795), Constance P. Godfrey Living Trust.
🖼️: “Resurrection Story with Patrons” (2017), Courtesy of Sikkema Jenkins & Co.
ALT Painting by Jeremiah Paul hung next to a triptych by Kara Walker
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Hearing reports of "Indian sculptures on a rock" at the Great Falls of the Connecticut River, the Reverend David McClure (1748-1820) of @Dartmouth made plans to see things for himself in 1789. #VastEarlyAmerica
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Out today! My @BBCRadio3 essay, 'Ruffs in Jamestown'. What are these clunky iron tools, & what do they have to do with English colonialism? How do Indigenous novels & artworks shed different light on ruffs, and on Renaissance self-fashioning more broadly?
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Much of this research began with a #MaterializingRace event @Material_Race during the lockdown - many thanks to @cynthiawriter and @plbhalbert for these initial conversations! #VastEarlyAmerica
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Tell @SavingPlaces that it is time to show the leadership at @JMMontpelier the door and save the reputation of their flagship property, Montpelier before it is too late.
#FreeMontpelier
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Congratulations to our co-founder, Dr. Philippe Halbert on successfully defending his #PhD this afternoon! #MaterializingRace #VastEarlyAmerica @Yale @plbhalbert
263 pages, 131 figures, 518 footnotes, 14 browser windows, 303 browser tabs, a global pandemic, and one hard drive failure later = #PhDone. Merci tout le monde, merci Madame Bégon.
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CFP for a special issue of Arts/@MDPIOpenAccess on "Black Artists in the Atlantic World, circa 1500-1900"
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Although we don't know his name, there was an enslaved goldsmith who created objects in Samuel Vernon’s Newport shop in the mid-1700s & he may have had a hand in this tankard's creation.
For more stories of Black craftspeople, check out @blackcraftspeopleda.
#BlackHistoryMonth
ALT Tankard, ca. 1730, Samuel Vernon (1683-1737), Newport, RI, silver
ALT Silver "SV" maker's mark