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DESCRIPTION:Lecture by Adam T. Erby\, Associate Curator at George Washingto
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SUMMARY:Lecture-A Shopping Spree\, an Auction and a Gift on Oct 3\, 2017
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CATEGORIES:Lyceum,Museums,Old & Historic Alexandria,Old Town
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 s.alexandriava.gov/Calendar/Detail.aspx?si=16713\n\nLecture at 7 p.m.\, Do
 ors open at 6:30 p.m.\n\nIn September 2013\, Mount Vernon curators made an
  exciting discovery\; a previously unknown ledger kept by George Washingto
 n's friend and neighbor\, George William Fairfax showed up at auction.  At
  first glance\, the ledger seemed to have little to do with Mount Vernon\,
  but as curators mined the document\, they discovered that much of the Lon
 don made furniture listed in the ledger came to Mount Vernon\, either by p
 urchase or gift\, when its original owner returned to England at the outbr
 eak of the American Revolution.  As almost all the furniture has since dis
 appeared\, the document has proven to be a Rosetta Stone for understanding
  the furnishing of Mount Vernon\, demonstrating George Washington's desire
  for English goods even as he prepared to take up arms against the mother 
 country.\nAdam Erby's lecture will trace the fascinating tale of these fur
 nishings from the London warerooms of William Gomm and Son to the grand\, 
 but now lost\, Virginia plantation of George William Fairfax and his wife 
 Sally\, and finally to the principal rooms at Mount Vernon.  The talk will
  demonstrate that as these furnishings moved from place to place through r
 etail purchase\, auction\, and gift\, they served as a powerful means of e
 stablishing Fairfax\, and later Washington\, as sophisticated grandees on 
 the edges of empire. \n \nThe lecture will focus on the most important fin
 d from the ledger\, the rediscovery of the furnishings of Mount Vernon's f
 ront parlor.  The luxurious suite of eight backstools and a sofa\, all cov
 ered in a rich blue silk and worsted wool damask\, was originally intended
  for use in George William Fairfax's dressing chamber.  Fairfax later pres
 ented that suite to Washington as a gift and as a memento of their friends
 hip\, and Washington redecorated his parlor to accommodate the new furnitu
 re.  He used the suite for the remainder of his life. Utilizing comparable
  examples from British institutions\, Mount Vernon curators are currently 
 working with Williamsburg craftsmen to recreate the extraordinary suite. \
 n \nAdam T. Erby biography\nAdam T. Erby is associate curator at George Wa
 shington's Mount Vernon\, where he is responsible for both special exhibit
 ions and historic interiors.  He was a major contributor to the recent con
 servation of George Washington's "New Room\," and he curated the special e
 xhibition Gardens & Groves: George Washington's Landscape at Mount Vernon.
  He is the principal author of the recently released book The General in t
 he Garden: George Washington's Landscape at Mount Vernon.  His work has be
 en published in The Magazine Antiques\, Antiques & Fine Arts\, and the Chi
 pstone Foundation's journal American Furniture.  Erby holds a bachelor's d
 egree from the University of Virginia and a master's degree from the Winte
 rthur Program in American Material Culture.  He is currently at work on th
 e upcoming restorations of Mount Vernon's front parlor and central passage
 .  His is also completing articles on George Washington's purchases of Bri
 tish furniture and the Alexandria\, Virginia artist John Gadsby Chapman.\n
 \n\nLocation: Lyceum\nContact Phone: 703.746.4554\nAudience: Anyone may at
 tend\nTags: Lyceum\, Museums\, Old & Historic Alexandria\, Old Town\n\nImp
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DTEND:20171004T010000Z
DTSTAMP:20171002T130021Z
DTSTART:20171003T223000Z
LOCATION:Lyceum
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SUMMARY:Lecture-A Shopping Spree\, an Auction and a Gift
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