AFA 18th Anniversary

18th Anniversary 182 www.afamag.com | w ww.incollect.com in Halifax County, Virginia, where dirt roads crisscrossed to link a general store and a one-room schoolhouse. Orphaned at age five, she was reared by various sisters and, by age sixteen, was living in Richmond and working for DuPont. In 1932, Louise Blanks met and ultimately married Harwood Cochrane. Forty years later, she volunteered for VMFA’s vanguard ArtMobile, a museum on wheels that traversed the state to bring art and education to all reaches of the Commonwealth. Subsequently, Louise Cochrane joined the museum’s council and Harwood Cochrane joined its board of trustees. In 1988, the couple established the Fig. 12 : Worsham-Rockefeller bedroom, ca. 1881–82. Decoration attributed to Pottier and Stymus Manufacturing Company (New York, active ca. 1859– 1910) and/or George A. Schastey and Co. (New York, active 1873–1897). Furnishings attributed to George A. Schastey and Co. (New York, active 1873–1897) and Sypher and Co. (New York, active 1869–1908). Mahogany, ebonized and inlaid mahogany, textiles, metal, glass, ceramics. VMFA; Gift of the Museum of the City of New York (2008.213). Fig. 13 : James W. and Frances Gibson McGlothlin, 2015.