Hooked on Beds: Stenton’s Re-created Flying Tester Bedstead
BY LAURA KEIM
Iron hooks embedded in second-floor chamber ceilings at Stenton pose questions about bedstead type.
MESDA’s Southern Pathways: Visiting Curators Connect Community with Collections
BY DANIEL ACKERMANN
As part of the Study South Initiative, MESDA invited three scholars—Michael J. Bramwell, Simiyha N. J. Garrison, and Robert Hunter—to join us as guest curators.
A Square Piano in Time and Space
BY BRENTON GROM
The Read House includes a Charles Trute square piano that recalls one Read acquired around 1806 for his daughter Kitty.
Horse Stables and Musical Chairs: Scholars Share New Research During Virtual Colloquium
BY MARY FESAK AND ALEXANDRA CADE
The 2021 Virtual Emerging Scholars Colloquium featured presentations on elite horse culture and the material culture of music.
Jenrette’s Legacy at Your Fingertips: CAHPT to Launch Collections Catalog
BY GRANT S. QUERTERMOUS
Classical American Homes Preservation Trust (CAHPT) is finalizing a redesigned website that fully reflects our educational mission.
Revitalizing Charleston’s Chancognie House: An Accidental Preservationist’s Journey
BY JULIANA FALK
As I learned more about the house, I started to research Chancognie and soon found he was somewhat of an international man of mystery.
Edward Caledon Bruce: A Deaf Artist in the Shenandoah Valley
BY A. NICHOLAS POWERS
The Museum of the Shenandoah Valley (MSV) in Winchester, VA, is home to one of the largest collections of works by painter Edward Caledon Bruce (1825–1900).
Between Commerce and Craft: The Workshop of Olof Althin
BY TREVOR BRANDT
The exhibition at the American Swedish Historical Museum reunites the workshop and wares of Olof Althin (1859–1920), an immigrant cabinetmaker and antiques restorer in turn-of-the-20th-century Boston.
