Brock Jobe on Furniture Nov 12 |
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The last lecture in the 2013 season of the Piscataquq Decorative Arts Society will be given by Brock Jobe, Professor of American Decorative Arts,
The lecture will be held in the
Colonial consumers living along the Eastern seaboard had access to furniture from many locations. Certainly much of it was locally made or came from craftsmen within the region, but exports from
Brock Jobe has taught in the Winterthur Program in American Material Culture, assuming this role in October 2000. Before this his career included stints as curator of exhibition buildings at Colonial Williamsburg, Chief Curator at Historic New England, Research Assistant at the M.F.A., Boston, and Deputy Director for collection, conservation, and interpretation at Winterthur Museum. Brock has a number of publications to his name and is currently engaged in a collaborative project called “Four Centuries of Massachusetts Furniture”. He has just completed a conference and soon-to-be publication, which will result in six exhibitions in the
The Piscataqua Decorative Arts Society is a non-profit organization with a mission to promote original historical research resulting in publication. The primary focus is on the greater Piscataqua region of