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A Unique Tour of the Yale Furniture Study with Patricia Kane: William & Mary Furniture
A Unique Tour of the Yale Furniture Study with Patricia Kane: William & Mary Furniture
Many of you have expressed the desire to accompany CVSW director Bob Van Dyke on one of his frequent visits to the Yale University Art Gallery’s Hume American Furniture Study Center in West Haven, CT. The Furniture Study is an 18K sq. ft facility that houses over 1300 pieces of furniture, clocks, and wooden objects.[...]
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Build an Eli Terry Pillar and Scroll Wall Clock
Build an Eli Terry Pillar and Scroll Wall Clock
Eli Terry, Native of East Windsor, Ct who apprenticed under Windsor clockmaker Daniel Burnap, pioneered using interchangeable wooden parts to produce the first ever affordable clocks in the early US. His “Pillar & Scroll” clocks went a step farther and featured standardized decorative pillars, a scrolled top, painted dial and a reverse painted (églomisé)[...]
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Build an Eli Terry Pillar and Scroll Wall Clock
Build an Eli Terry Pillar and Scroll Wall Clock
Eli Terry, Native of East Windsor, Ct who apprenticed under Windsor clockmaker Daniel Burnap, pioneered using interchangeable wooden parts to produce the first ever affordable clocks in the early US. His “Pillar & Scroll” clocks went a step farther and featured standardized decorative pillars, a scrolled top, painted dial and a reverse painted (églomisé)[...]