AFA Autumn 2018

HAPPENINGS Autumn 54 www.afamag.com | www.incollect.com 824 East Main Street, Branford, CT 06405 203-488-1919 branfordantiques@gmail.com w ww.branfordantiques.com Worthington T. Whittredge (1820–1910) Hudson River School 49 x 64 inches framed Drayton Hall and the Decorative Arts Trust Symposium September 15, 2018 Drayton Hall, Charleston, SC For more information, visit www.decorativeartstrust.org/drayton-hall On Saturday, September 15, Drayton Hall will host a one-day symposium in tandem with the Decorative Arts Trust, “An Agreeable Prospect: Rediscovering Drayton Hall in the 18th-Century Atlantic World.” Attendees will hear new research about John and Charles Drayton’s cosmopolitan outlook in the colonial era, with topics that will explore the landscape, architecture, and decorative arts of the site through lectures and in-depth tours. An optional fundraiser will be held the evening before at a private residence. Built by Charles Elliott circa 1770, the home is among the largest “single” houses dating to the 18th century and retains its original interior woodwork and paneling with elaborate rococo carvings. The evening is to support the next generation of curators and academics through Drayton Hall’s Wood Family Fellowship Fund and the Trust’s Emerging Scholars Program. Miniature portrait of Charles Drayton (1743–1820) Painted ca. 1760 when Charles was a young gentleman (artist unkown). Watercolor on ivory, sup- ported by burnished bezel case with hanging loop and mounted brooch pin. Drayton Hall Museum Collection, National Trust for Historic Preservation. Gift of Mr. Charles H. Drayton, III. Photo- graph courtesy of Mr. Russell Buskirk. MARK & MARJORIE ALLEN Furniture & Accessories of the 17th, 18th & early 19th centuries 36 Endicott Street E, Unit 13/14, Laconia, NH 03246 (603) 644-8989 mandmallen@antiquedelft.com www.antiquedelft.com A Bristol Delft blue dash charger depicting Charles II on a rearing horse. One of 19 blue dash chargers.