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COME AND ATTEND the American Decorative Arts Forum of Northern California (http://www.adafca.org) for their Saturday, May 6, 2017 DOUBLE Lectures by the renowned Carrie Rebora Barratt, Curator Emerita and Deputy Director for Collections and Administration, Metropolitan Museum of Art. 1:00 p.m. Lecture: "Deborah Lyde Brinley: Goddess in Colonial Boston and Margaret Kemble Gage: Sultana of the American Revolution" 2:45 p.m. Lecture: Queen Victoria: English Inspiration From Across the Pond and Susan Walker Morse: Clio in the Communication Age Gould Theater, Palace of the Legion of Honor, Lincoln Park, San Francisco Admission: Free to ADAF members, $20 to non-members. Museum admission required. Dr. Barratt examines, in two beautifully illustrated lectures, 18th and 19th century portraits of exceptional women. She will discuss the artistic convention of creating both a likeness and an astute depiction of the sitters of a particular time and place. Thomas Sully’s ingenious and unorthodox state portrait of 18-year-old Queen Victoria emphasizes both her femininity and her strength. The other three portraits convey beautiful imagery for posterity and hints of their sitters’ remarkable lives. IMAGES: 1. Thomas Sully (1783-1872). Queen Victoria, 1838. Oil on canvas (94 x 58 in.) The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Lent by Mrs. Arthur A. Houghton, Jr. 2. Samuel F. B. Morse (American 1791-1872). Susan Walker Morse (The Muse), c. 1836-1837. Oil on canvas (73 3/4 x 57 5/8 in.). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Bequest of Herbert L. Pratt. 3. John Singleton Copley (1738-1815). Mrs. Thomas Gage, 1771. Oil on canvas (50 in. x 40 in.). The Timken Museum of Art, Putnam Foundation Collection, San Diego, CA. 4. John Smibert (American, Edinburgh, Scotland 1688-1751, Boston,MA). Mrs. Francis Brinley and Her Son Francis, 1729. Oil on canvas (50 x 39 1/4 in.). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Rogers Fund, 1962,62.79.2. #thomassully #johnsingletoncopley #legionofhonormuseum #queenvictoria #carriereborabarratt #adafnorcal #samuelfbmorse #johnsmibert #themetropolitanmuseumofart #deyoungmuseum

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JOIN the American Decorative Arts Forum (http://www.adafca.org) at the Gould Theater in the Legion of Honor Museum, San Francisco on Tuesday, April 11th for the 8:00PM lecture on President Kennedy’s cherished collection of scrimshaw featuring whaling scenes, portraits of our founding fathers, Yankee warships and naval heroes. Our illustrated presentation is “THE JOHN F KENNEDY SCRIMSHAW COLLECTION: PATRIOTIC ENTHUSIASM FOR AMERICAN MARITIME PROWESS” by Dr Stuart M Frank, Senior Curator Emeritus of the New Bedford Whaling Museum. PLEASE …be sure to “like” us on Instagram, Facebook and Tumblr; place us on your Events Calendar and alert your friends. #scrimshaw #legionofhonormuseum #adafnorcal #frankstuart #newbedfordwhalingmuseum #fineartsmuseumsofsanfrancisco #decorativearts #johnfitzgeraldkennedy #oldtimecountrymusichalloffame #kendallwhalingmuseum #presidentkennedy

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Join The American Decorative Arts Forum's March 14th mini-exhibit at 7:30pm and the 8:00pm lecture, "AS ELEGANT AS YOU EXPECT TO FIND ELSEWHERE: THE DECORATIVE ARTS OF FEDERAL MAINE" by Laura Fecych Sprague, Independent Museum Curator, Portland, Maine. Check out our website http://www.adafca.org for information about our extraordinary illustrated lectures at the Gould Theatre in the Legion of Honor Museum, Lincoln Park, San Francisco. Maine - even in the early 19th century - was at the geographic and cultural crossroads of east coast cultures. #adafnorcal. #sanfrancisco. #legionofhonormuseum #fineartsmuseumsofsanfrancisco #maine #federalperiod #federalperiodarchitecture #decorativearts #laurafecychsprague #mainehistoricalsociety #harrietcutter #bowdoincollege #bowdoincollegemuseumofart #deyoungmuseum

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LINKING LAND AND SEA:THE DESIGN AND DECORATION OF TRANSATLANTIC OCEAN LINERS. This lecture is co-sponsored by the Victorian Alliance of San Francisco and is free to all VASF members as well as to members of the American Decorative Arts Forum. Remember: DON’T MISS the American Decorative Arts Forum's illustrated lecture, Tuesday, June 13, 2017, at 8:00 pm, at the Gould Theater, Palace of Legion of Honor, Lincoln Park, San Francisco, by Christie D. Jackson, Senior Curator, The Trustees of Reservations, Sharon, Massachusetts, on design in the golden age of transatlantic ocean liners. At our June 13 lecture we will see how the ocean liner’s arrival at the dawn of the twentieth century is truly a story of the mingling of technology, aesthetics, and social ritual. By creating these extravagant shipboard interiors, companies projected a strong visual message of luxury and refinement to their customers and the world. Christie Jackson will examine one particular furniture supplier, the Frederick Parker Company, whose attention to detail resulted in sumptuously designed interiors that were truly stunning. Image: Watercolor of the grand salon with a glass ‘fountain’ in the middle and everyone having cocktails. Image of the salon on the Normandie, 1935.

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Make it a very Happy New Year knowing you will indulge yourself by attending our EXTRAORDINARY 2018 lecture series BELOW by world renowned experts in the field of decorative arts.  Visit us at https://adafca.org for more information about our extraordinary lectures and follow us on FACEBOOK (American Decorative Arts Forum of Northern California); INSTAGRAM (@adafnorcal); TWITTER (@AmDecArtForum) and TUMBLR (@adafca).

Double Lecture Sunday, January 14, 2018 - 11:30 am - Georgian Grace: Masterpieces of Colonial and Federal American Woodwork - John Tschirch, Rhode Island School of Design.

Sunday, January 14, 2018 - 1:45 pm - Georgian Opulence and Federal Refinement: Great Wallpaper in American Houses - John Tschirch, Rhode Island School of Design.

Tuesday, February 13, 2018 - 7:30 pm - Found in Translation: Design in California and Mexico, 1915 - 1985 - Wendy Kaplan, Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

Tuesday, April 10, 2018 - 7:30 pm - The Jazz Age, American Style - Stephen Harrison, Cleveland Museum of Art.

Tuesday, May 8, 2018 - 7:30 pm - American Watercolor in the Age of Homer and Sargent - Kathleen Foster, Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Double Lecture Sat., June 2, 2018 - 11:30 am - Decoding the Furniture of a Devastated Colonial Culture: Furniture of Norfolk, Virginia and the Lower Chesapeake 1680-1775 - Sumpter T Priddy.

Sat., June 2, 2018 - 1:45 pm - Unexpected Genius: Neoclassical Furniture of Norfolk, Virginia: 1780 - 1820 - Sumpter T Priddy.

Tuesday, September 11, 2018 - 7:30 pm - The Artist Paints in Print: Textile Design in Mid-Century America - Leigh Wishner, Fashion Institute of Merchandising and Design.

Double Lecture Saturday, October 6, 2018 - 11:30 am - Glass Houses and Palaces of the Regency and Victorian Eras - Gareth Williams, Weston Park, England.

Saturday, October 6, 2018 - 1:45 pm - Capability Brown in America and America in Capability Brown - Gareth Williams, Weston Park, England.

Double Lecture Sat, November 10, 2018 - 11:30 am - Recovering Harvard’s Philosophy Chamber: Adventures at the Intersection of Art and Science, c. 1766 - Ethan Lasser, Harvard Art Museums.

Saturday, Nov. 10, 2018 - 1:45 pm - A Maker’s History of American Silver, (This is our annual Michael Weller Lecture) - Ethan Lasser, Harvard Art Museums.