International Society of Appraisers
(ISA)- Certified Appraiser of
Antiques & Residential Contents (CAPP).
Appraisers Association of America, Inc. (AAA) -
Certified Appraiser of Personal Property - Residential Contents, Furniture &
Decorative Arts, American Southern Fine Art & Decorative Arts, Silver,
American Southern Silver.
American Society of Appraisers (ASA) - Senior
Accredited in Personal Property: Antiques and Decorative Arts.
Academic Background
Bachelors of Science, University of Utah, 1980
Master of Science in Administration, University of Utah, 1982
University of Maryland / ISA
Core Courses,
Ethics, Business Practices, Communications
Identification and Authentication, Research, Terminology, Report
Writing
Legal Aspects of Appraising, Case Studies, Expert Witness, IRS
Report Writing
George Washington University, Smithsonian Institution &
ASA Certificate Program in Appraisal Studies in Fine and
Decorative Arts
Introduction to Personal Property Valuation, The Sources of Value
Personal Property Valuation Methodology, Research and Analysis
Personal Property Valuation: Report Writing
Personal Property Valuation: Appraisal Practice and Standards
Appraising Books, Manuscripts and Ephemera
Silver Identification: Markings
18th & 19th Century French Furniture
19th Century Decorative Arts
American and European Pottery and Porcelain: 18th, 19th
& 20th Centuries
Victorian Porcelain
Porcelain, Furniture, Silver and Fine Art during the Baroque
Period in England. 2 weeks studying in London with Sotheby’s Auction House,
Education Department
Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum,
Winter Institute, 3 Week Intensive Study in Fine and Decorative Arts consisting of
lectures, workshops and room studies
Introduction to History of British
American Colonies in the 18th Century
17th C William & Mary Furniture
Atlantic Conversations: Material Culture & the 18th Century City
Queen Anne Furniture
Craftsman’s Introduction to Windsor Chairs
Rococo Influences in American Furniture
"Who put the Rococo in American Furniture?"
American Neo-classical Architecture
Federal Furniture
American Chairs of the Early Federal Period, 1790-1810: The Early Classical
Style
American Furniture in the Late Classical Revival Style
Material Culture in American Society 1840 - 1900
Pennsylvania German Painted Furniture
Painted Furniture Tour
The Art and Architecture of the Shakers
Shaker Room Studies
Textile Production in Early America
Upholstery Details of the 18th C
"With My Needle I Wrought..." Early American Needlework
Fashions and Functions in Early American Silver 1640 - 1860
Non-Precious Metals
English Ceramics
Glass in Early America
Understanding Glass Technology
Handmade Paper for the Arts
Landscape Images after the Civil War: Changing Tastes, Techniques &
Audiences
Print Workshop
More Than Meets the Eye: Looking at Paintings With a Conservator
MESDA Summer
Institute, 4 Week Intensive Study in Fine and Decorative Arts of the Low Country
consisting of lectures, collection studies, workshops and a field trip to Charleston.
Survey of Terminology and Period Characteristics
Collection Studies, Textiles, Chesapeake Furniture, Low Country
Furniture, Metals, Paintings, Ceramics, & Back Country Furniture
Research Methods
Woods, Tools and Technology
The Three Regions
South Carolina, A Social Portrait
Material Culture
Material Culture outside the Canon
Products and Patrons of Thomas Elfe
Artists in the Carolina Low Country
Silver and Metals in the Low Country
Charleston Furniture
Rococo Architecture Carving
"Did they really have slaves"
Archaeology
Charleston Furniture
Education in the South
Charleston's Revolutionary Artisans
Ceramic Production in the Low Country
Charles Frazier
Textiles in the Low Country
Wood Identification
Master's level course in French Decorative Arts, Paris, France -
Parson's School of Design, Musee Des Arts Decoratifs and Cooper Hewitt
in the History of Decorative Arts - 2 weeks in June 2000
Antiques & Residential Contents - ISA
Specialty Course, 1 Week Intensive Study Program, Atlanta Georgia
Furniture: American, French, and English
Ceramics: Pottery and Porcelain, American, English, Continental
and Oriental
American Glass
Silver: American, English, Continental and Oriental
Toys
Dolls
Vintage Fashions
Garage
Kitchen
Prints
Oriental
The Appraisal of Antique and Period Jewelry - ISA Specialty Course, One Week Intensive Study Program, Atlanta, Georgia
Timeline and Circa Dating
Hallmarks and Makers Marks
Construction and Creation
Pre 17th Century, Georgian, Victorian (Romantic, Grand &
Aesthetic), Edwardian, Arts & Crafts, Art Nouveau, Art Deco, Retro, and Cocktail
Jewelry
Cultural Cross Currents
Accessories & Novelties
Reproduction & Fakes
Restored & Married Pieces
Market Research
The Appraisal of Fine Art - ISA
Specialty Course, 1 Week Intensive Study Program, San Antonio, Texas
Paintings
Sculpture
Works on Paper - Intaglio, Relief, Planograph, Stencil and Giclee
Prints
Frames
Conservation
Authentication
Identification and Market Research
Japanese Prints
Icons
Animation Art
Black and White Photography
Spanish Colonial Religious Art
Continuing Education
Everything Georgia, A two-day Symposium on the
Griffin Collection of Fine and Decorative Arts of Georgia, Asheville, NC,
May 2009.
Exploring Waldseemuller's World, A two-day
International Symposium on Cartography in the Age of Discovery held by the
Geography and Map Division of the Library of Congress, Washington DC, May
2009.
Assets 2009, International Society of Appraisers
Annual Conference, Charleston SC, March 2009
Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP)
- Successfully completed the 15-hour course and examination on USPAP,
the Congressionally-recognized set of appraisal standards promulgated by The Appraisal Foundation.
Completed February 2009 - Effective through February 2014.
Assets 2008, International Society of Appraisers Annual Conference,
Baltimore MD, April 2008
40th Tryon Palace Decorative Arts
Symposium, March 2008, “Borrowed, Invented & Stolen”.
Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts Furniture Seminar, February
2008. "The Finishing Touch”
Two day seminar on Understanding Period Furniture Finishes.
International Society of Appraisers Annual Conference, Ft Worth TX,
April 2007
Understanding Furniture Surfaces: Change over time, Winterthur, DE
October 2006
Scottish Furniture Design,
Mr. David Jones,
Lecturer in Furniture History, University of St Andrews, Scotland, August 3-6, 2006
The Northern Ceramic Society, Summer School -
Looking at the Evidence, University of Chester, England, August 8-13, 2006
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, The Line of
Beauty Rococo Silver in England and It's Colonies, International Symposium,
October 2004
A Perfect Storm: London's Cultural
Climate and the Flowering of Rococo Silver
From Germain to Auguste: The English
Taste for French Silver
Patrons or Consumers? Buying Rococo
Silver in 18th century London
"Quelque chose de beau et de bon gout"
An English Silver-gilt Toilet Service of 1747 for Augustus III
Evidence without Documents: Patterns of
Ornament in Rococo Silver
Retooling for the Rococo: Assembling
the Complex Network of Talents, Skill, and Languages Necessary to Express
the New Style
The Verplanck Family Silver: Fashion
and Politics in Colonial New York
Fit for a Gentleman's Table: Rococo
Silver in Maryland
Colonial Williamsburg, The De Witt Wallace
Decorative Arts Museum, panel discussion and hands on session
MESDA 2004
Gordon Conference, October 2004
Creating a "Biography of Things" at Bacon's
Castle
The Building Career of George Watson
The Architectural Fortunes of Charles B.
Clusky in Antebellum Savannah
Accoutrements of Cultural Interaction:
Powder Horns of the Southern Back Country
Virtue Leads and Grace Reveals:
Embroideries and Education in Antebellum Carolina
Not Unmindful of the Sick and Wretched:
Slave Hospitals in Jamaica
Domestic Disturbance and Street Satire in
Jamaican John Canoe Festivals
The Caribbean Board House: A
Historiographical Perspective and Suggested Methodology
Men...of some influence in the city:
William and Washington Tcuk and Annapolis Cabinetmaking, 1795 - 1838
Southern Capitols and New York Furniture:
Thomas Constantine & Co. in Washington and Raleigh
The life of John Fisher: The flight of
a royalist and the plight of a cabinet-maker
French Colonial Furniture in the Mississippi
Valley
Fancy and Fine, Plain and Simple:
Furnishings in Columbia and Richland County, South Carolina
Just Very Plain: Furnishings of
Lexington County, South Carolina
The South Carolina Silver Scene
Columbia Silversmiths in Perspective
Capturing Columbia: The Landscape
Painting of Eugene Dovillers
Gustavus Grinewald's Columbia at Mid Century
The Appraisal Foundation's Uniform Standards
of Professional Practice (USPAP), New York University, June 2004.
ISA Annual
Conference, April 2004
IRS and the Appraiser
How Do We Make Contacts in the Insurance
Industry?
Appraising Prints for the Generalist
Southern Silver
Identifying American Art Deco Furniture
Southern Furniture
African-American Art
Identifying and Appraising Clocks
Fake, Fantasy and Fraud in Civil War
Memorabilia
MESDA Furniture Seminar - Fanciful& Functional The Art & Mystery of
Painted Furniture, February 2004
Painted Furniture for America's First
Garden Rooms, 1790 - 1825
Painted Furniture of the Valley of
Virginia
Workshop: Design, Construction and
Ornament in the Painted Architectural Cupboards of the Eastern Shore
Workshop: Care and Conservation of
Painted Surfaces in Antique Furniture
Appraiser's Association of America
Conference, Working Relationships: Appraisers and Other Professionals,
four day conference, New York, November 2003
Overview of Recent Cases Involving Art Appraisals
Ethics and the Appraiser
Estate Planning and the Appraiser
Overview of Estate Planning and the Appraiser
Estates and Remainder Trusts
Trade in Cultural Property
The Impact of Terrorism on the Art Market
The Appraisal Report: Collaboration Among
Professionals
Regionalism and American Paintings
What's Hot? - What's Not?
Collectibles
Silver - Fake Marks
18th century Chinese Export Porcelain
Part Time Appraiser - Part Time Consultant
All About Appraising: The Definitive
Appraisal Handbook
Sources for Comparables: Suggested
Resources
Pacific Coast Ceramics Seminar, three day seminar by The
Northern Ceramic Society with Geoffrey Godden, September 2003
What is Porcelain?
Published Images and Other European
Sources That Influenced English Ceramic Design
Politics and Pots
Mid-Eighteenth century English Porcelain
- The First Fifty Years
Bristol and Plymouth Porcelain
Victorian Pottery and Porcelain
What are Delftware, Stoneware and
Creamware?
English Earthenware and Porcelain in
Colonial America
Chinese Influences on English Ceramic
Design
London Decoration 1800 - 1830
Worcester Porcelain
Collecting Blue and White Porcelain
ISA Annual
Convention, April 2003
Appraising the Dream
Garden Mosaic
The World Trade Center: The
Ultimate Damage Claim and Loss Case
Art & Antiques World: Present and
Future
The Internet for Appraisers and Sellers
Art Fraud, Misrepresentations &
Gobbledygook
Federal Furniture
Identifying Unmarked Pottery
Collecting Photographs in the New
Millennium
19th century Philadelphia Cabinetmakers
1850 - 1940 American Paintings
Art Nouveau jewelry
Prints and Maps: Separating the
Wheat from the Chaff
MESDA
Furniture Seminar "All the Branches of the Trade." Survey of a
variety of aspects of 18th century cabinetmaking, including design and
layout, design sources, regional style, and furniture finishes.
Participants closely studied examples of Charleston furniture in the MESDA
collection. February 2003
Appraising Oriental Rugs by Sharon Kerwick, ASA, ISA, two
day seminar through the Georgia Chapter of ISA, August, 2002
ASA Seminar, Thomas
Jefferson - Charlottesville, VA, March 2002
MESDA
Furniture Seminar - The Subject is: case Study Examining form, style,
construction, reproduction, and conservation of case furniture (i.e. boxes
of all sorts - desks, chests, drawers, cabinets, etc.) February 2002
Charleston Case Furniture:
Major groups of style found in Charleston, SC
Scottish Case Furniture
Workshop: Building Cases and
Personal Spaces: 18th century shop technology in laying out and
constructing the desk interior
Workshop: "Case Goods Made to
Order": Reproducing a Krause Desk and Bookcase in the Old Salem
collection.
Workshop: Making a good case:
A conservator's insights into traditional case construction.
Williamsburg Antiques Forum, French
Taste in Early America, 1 week - Colonial Williamsburg, February
2002
French Arts and Manners
The French Connection: Founding
Fathers, Parisian Interludes and a New Scene of Style 1776 - 1815
Rediscovering an American Icon:
Houdon's Washington
American Women and French Fashion, 1780 -
1820
Fripperies and Fops: 18th century
British Satires of French Culture
In the French Fashion: French
Influence on English Metalwork, 1680 - 1760
From Boston to Charleston: Huguenot
Artisans in Colonial America
French Furniture in the Mississippi
Valley
Huguenot Silversmiths and Their Influence
in America, 1680 - 1760
Elegant China Ware: The Taste for
French Porcelain in America
Emigres Artisans and Merchants and the
Dissemination of French Modern Classicism in the Decorative Arts in
Federal New York
The Murray Sisters: A Closer Look
at an 18th century Portrait through Conservation
The French Connection: Wallpaper in
the French Taste
French Dining in America
The Influence of French Classicism on
Furniture-making in the Middle Atlantic
In Search of Style: French Design
Influences on American Interiors, 1850 - 1900
Southern Furniture
Continental and English 19th century
Furniture. 3 day class thru George Washington University Appraisal
Studies Program, Washington, DC
MESDA Furniture
Seminar - Judgment, Taste & Skill of Upholstered Furniture - February 23-24,
2001
Furniture Upholstery 1600-1800
The Finishing Touch: Textiles for Historic Upholstery
Historic Upholstery Restoration and Conservation Techniques
Upholstered Furniture of the Moravians in North Carolina
75 years of Collecting.
53rd Williamsburg Antique Forum - February 4-9, 2001
The European Grand Tour: Forming the Connoisseur
In Pursuit of Refinement:Charlestonians Abroad, 1740-1860
Seventy-Five Years of Caring for Furniture
Abby Aldrich Rockefeller and the Recognition of Folk Art in
America
Thomas Jefferson Speaks About His "Tour de France"
Charles Wilson Peale and the Birth of the American Museum
Scholarship and the Changing Market for Southern Decorative Arts
Paul Mellon as a Collector of Americana Books and Manuscripts
"We're Going to Buy the Town": Williamsburg and the
Popularization of the Colonial Past, 1850-1930
Cora Ginsburg: Addressing Collections. The Influence of a
Pioneer Dealer in Costume and Textiles
Paper Conservation: Extremely Up Close and Personal with
Prints and Watercolors
The Truth Lies Within: Furniture Fakes from the Chipstone
Collection
How Henry E. Huntington Got "The Goods"
Wallace Nutting: A Search for New England's Past
"Road Trips and Treasure Hunts": Some Early Collectors
of Pennsylvania German Decorative Arts
Appraising Damage & Loss Claims,
ASA Personal Property, Dallas, TX, January 26-27, 2001
Provenance and Due Diligence: A
Workshop / Conference, An International Foundation for Art Research and New
York University Collaboration, NYC
"Every native mechanical genius: Furniture of
the Southern Back Country, MESDA February 2000
American Silver, 19th and 20th centuries:
1840 -1940. Two day symposium by D. Albert Soeffling
ASA Conference on
Personal Property Appraising, New York City
Estate and Donation Appraisals, Lecture
by IRS representatives
Damage/Loss Appraisals in the event of
major Fire/Water and Contamination Loss and Likelihood of Litigation,
Panel Discussion
The Art News Media and Its Sources
The New School of Social Research,
Curator Lecture on the works of Jose Clemente Orozco
The Forbes Collection, Curator Lecture
Illustration House Gallery, Walt Reed,
Director's analysis of the market.
Sotheby's Auction House, Lecture by
Leslie Keno, connoisseurship and characteristics of value and the
auction market vs. the retail market
New York Public Library, tour of art and
special collection resources
Morgan Library, curator tour of the
Dahesh Museum exhibition
Metropolitan Museum of Art, lecture by
assistant curator, Peter Kenney, The American Decorative Arts Collection
The Frick Collection, lecture on
development of the collection and tour of the collection
American Historical Picture Frames -
Connoisseurship lecture by representative of Eli Wilner Gallery
American Quilts, lecture by William
Ketchum
Art & Enterprise, American Decorative Arts,
1825 - 1917, High Museum of Art, GA
European Roots of American 19th century
Furniture
Charles L. Tiffany: The Legacy of
Enduring Marketing through Excellence in Design
International Expositions and the
Decorative Arts: Americans Encounter the World
American Silver
American Ceramics
American Revival Style Furniture
International Ceramics Seminar, London
Scientific Analysis and 18th century
Porcelain
1799 - 1999 Two Hundred years of
Collecting Asian Export Ceramics at the Peabody Essex Museum
Princes, Harlequins, Kings and
Shepherdesses: Ceramic Figures from the Baroque to the
Neo-Classical
Charles-Nicolas Dodin (1734-1803), First
miniature painter at the Vincennes -Sevres Royal Porcelain Manufactory
The Art of London's Porcelain
Transparent or Opaque Colors? The
Introduction of Figurative Painting on Porcelain
Capodimonte or Buen Retiro? Old Problems,
New Conclusions
ISA Annual
Convention
Valuation of Personal Property for Estate
and Gift Tax Returns - "From A Practitioner's Point of view"
Hallmarks: An Advanced class in reading,
interpretation and identification
Sevres Porcelain
Appraising Pewter: Identifying American
Pewter
19th century Japanese Prints: "A
Great Wave Of Information"
After Ukiyo-E: Connoisseurship of
20th century Japanese Prints
Valuing Fine Art and Artifacts
collections "The Players and How They Affect The Appraisal Process"
Painted Furniture in America
Steuben Glass by Tom Dimitroff
IRS Estate and Gift Tax
Repairing and Restoring Antiques by Bob Flexner, The Wood
worker's Guild of Georgia
The
Art of Wood Inlay (plus)....MESDA
ASA, Personal
Property Annual Conference
The Imagery of Early Colonial Art:
Evolution from an English tradition
The Charleston Museum collections,
including Charleston Silver
Four schools of Charleston Cabinetmakers
French Porcelain for Federal Tables
MESDA,
1998 Gordon Conference. New research in Southern Decorative Arts and
Material Culture
Searching Alabama for Material Culture:
What we found and what it means to Southern research
To be a Free Black Artisan in the
antebellum south: The life of Cabinetmaker Thomas Day
Simple Silver: Silverware by South
Central Kentucky Silversmiths
The Tuttle Muddle: An Investigation
of a Kentucky Case on Case Furniture Group
"In An Elegant Manner and On reasonable
Terms": Gabriel Allen's Gravestones in Rhode Island and
Charleston, SC
The Alexandria Forum, "Southern Furniture
rediscovered"
The Decorative Arts of Southwest Virginia
The Kentucky Shakers and their furniture
Furniture of the Chesapeake 1680 - 1830
Winterthur Museum and AAA, Deceit, Deception and Discovery: Recognizing and
identifying fakes through the study of objects
Scientific tests to determine fakes
Fakes in ceramics
Physical evidence of pre-industrial
furniture
Furniture workshop: Imposters at
Winterthur
Masterpieces from the Winterthur
collection
English ceramics
Chinese Export Porcelain
ISA
Annual Convention 1998
The Value of Wildlife and Wildlife Artifacts
Customs: Whose Value Does the Appraiser Use When Working With
Customs?
How to Research Heraldry
Oriental Ceramics: Describing, Judging and Valuing
Early American Silver
Railroad Collectibles - Categories and Considerations
19th Century Furniture & Renaissance Furniture -
Anything New?
Expert Witness
The Art & Mystery of Turned Furniture - MESDA, North Carolina
A Region of Regions: Cultural Diversity and the Furniture Trade
in the Early South - Williamsburg Institute & The Chipstone Foundation,
VA
Wood Identification Seminar - MESDA, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Silver Seminar - Whitehall at the Villa by David Lindquist,
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
ISA Annual Convention 1997
18 th century Meissen
Four Centuries of Chairs
The Furniture of the American Classical Period
The Right Frame
Appraising Antique Advertising and Country Store Memorabilia
Micro-Mosaics
American and English Silver: The Same ? Different ? Does it
matter?
Decorative Objects of the American Arts and Crafts Movement
Curbing Claim Costs
Provenance and its effect on value
Sterling Qualities: British and American Silver 1670 - 1900 -
Virginia Museum of Fine Art and The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation,
VA
Furniture Seminar The Subject: Wood -
MESDA, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
AAA Personal Property Conference:
Regional Aspects of Furniture and Decorative Arts of Charleston, South Carolina
Independent Research at MESDA, Furniture Library -High Point,
North Carolina, High Museum Library, Atlanta Historical Society Library, Emory University
Library, Fulton County Public Library, Atlanta College of Art Library and the Internet.
Books, Studies in the Decorative Arts, Maine Antique Digest, The Art and Antiques Weekly,
The Magazine Antiques, Silver Magazine, Art and Antiques, Art & Auction,
Art news and
results of Internet searches are a few sources of reading material.
Professional Experience
Appraisals, Brokering & Consultations
Co - Director, Antiques & Art Conference ‘97, Atlanta,
Georgia
Article published in nationally recognized research publication
Researched, developed and taught numerous courses at the graduate
and undergraduate level
Resources to Support Appraisal research
2500 Volume Reference Library
ARTFACT, an online database of international auction results for
fine & decorative arts which is continually updated
Art Price, an online database of International Fine art auction results
which is continually updated
AskArt, an online database of American Art
P4A, an online database of auction results for fine &
decorative arts which is continually updated
Knowledge of and skill in researching on the Internet
Memberships
AAA Inc. -
Certified Member
ISA - Certified
Member
ASA -
Senior Accredited
ISA, Chairperson,
Designation & Review Committee
MESDA
Winterthur Guild, Winterthur Museum
The English Ceramic Circle
The Northern Ceramic Society
New York Silver Society
American Cut Glass Society
Ken Rittenmeyer
ISA AM
Qualifications
Academic Background
Masters in Business Administration
(MBA), University of California, Los Angeles CA, 1970
Bachelors of Science, United States Air Force Academy, 1969
Twenty Year Veteran of the US Air Force - living and traveling
throughout Europe and the Far East for nine years. Extensive exposure to
United Kingdom and European Decorative Arts.
Fifteen Years in the
Airline Industry - traveling throughout the United States, Central and South
America.
Continuing Education
Everything Georgia, A two-day Symposium on the
Griffin Collection of Fine and Decorative Arts of Georgia, Asheville, NC,
May 2009.
Exploring Waldseemuller's World, A two-day
International Symposium on Cartography in the Age of Discovery held by the
Geography and Map Division of the Library of Congress, Washington DC, May
2009.
Assets 2009, International Society of Appraisers
Annual Conference, Charleston SC, March 2009
Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP)
- Successfully completed the 15-hour course and examination on USPAP,
the Congressionally-recognized set of appraisal standards promulgated by The Appraisal Foundation.
Completed February 2009 - Effective through February 2014.
Assets 2008, International Society of Appraisers Annual Conference,
Baltimore MD, April 2008
40th Tryon Palace Decorative Arts Symposium, March 2008, “Borrowed,
Invented & Stolen”.
Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts Furniture Seminar, February
2008. "The Finishing Touch”
Two day seminar on Understanding Period Furniture Finishes.
International Society of Appraisers Annual Conference, Ft Worth TX,
April 2007
ISA Antiques and Residential Contents Course, 5 day intensive course
with comprehensive exam, 2007
The Men Behind the Maps, Lecture by Mr. Philip Burden author of The
Mapping of North America I & II, Meredith College, Raleigh NC, 2007
Understanding Furniture Surfaces: Change over time, Winterthur, DE
October 2006
Scottish Furniture with Dr. David Jones, University of St. Andrews,
St. Andrews, Scotland, August 2006.
Northern Ceramic Society’s Summer School - “Looking at the Evidence”,
University of Chester, Chester, England, August 2006.
The Third Henry D. Green Symposium on the Decorative Arts, University
of Georgia, Athens GA, February 2006
Rogue River Studios School of Fine Woodworking - Course in the
construction and finishing of Shaker Style furniture 2005.
18th Annual Arts & Crafts Conference, Grove Park Inn, Asheville, NC
February 2005
Pacific Coast Ceramics Seminar, three day seminar by The Northern
Ceramic Society with Geoffrey Godden, September 2003
Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts Furniture Seminar, February
2003. "All the Branches of the Trade.” Seminar looked at a variety of
aspects of 18th century cabinetmaking, including design and layout, design
sources, regional style, and furniture finishes. Participants closely
studied examples of Charleston furniture in the MESDA collection.
Henry D. Green Symposium of the Decorative Arts, February 2003.
University of Georgia, Athens.
Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts Furniture Seminar The
Subject is: Case Study Examining form, style, construction, reproduction,
and conservation of case furniture (i.e. boxes of all sorts - desks, chests,
drawers, cabinets, etc.) February 2002
“Every native mechanical genius” Furniture of the Southern Back
Country Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts (MESDA), Winston-Salem,
North Carolina
The International Ceramics Fair, London
Grosvenor House Art and Antiques Fair, London
Olympia Art and Antiques Fair, London
The Art of Wood Inlay (plus)...Museum of Early Southern Decorative
Arts (MESDA), Winston-Salem, North Carolina
High Museum of Art, “The art of Turned Wood” an evening with Sam
Maloof and Ed Moulthrup 1998
Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts, 1998 Gordon Conference, New
Research In Southern Decorative Arts & Material Culture
Antiques & Art Conference, Atlanta GA
The Alexandria Forum, “Southern Furniture Rediscovered”
The Art & Mystery of TURNED FURNITURE. MESDA Furniture Seminar Museum
of Early Southern Decorative Arts (MESDA), Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts (MESDA), Winston-Salem, NC
Furniture Seminar The Subject: Wood - The material itself, and the history
of its use in Southern and British furniture. February 1997
American Association of Appraisers Personal Property Conference:
Regional Aspects of Furniture and Decorative Arts of Charleston, South
Carolina
Professional Experience
Appraisals, Brokering & Consultations
Antiques & Art Conference ‘97, Atlanta, Georgia. Twenty international
experts presented lectures on a wide variety of decorative arts topics.
Responsible Marketing, Logistics, & Technical Support.
Appraiser, “Appraisal Fest” for GMR Marketing & Phillip Morris Inc.
