The Hume Furniture Study Reveals: Three Newport High Chests

Patricia E. Kane, with Gary R. Sullivan Friday, October 23, 2020, 12:30 pm The linear arrangement of the Hume Furniture Study fosters comparative looking. Join the Friends of American Arts Curator of American Decorative Arts Patricia E. Kane as she leads a virtual close-looking session in the Hume Furniture Study Center on three high chests made in Newport, R.I., about 1760. See how they are the same, how they are different, and what they disclose about the joiner’s trade at the foremost center of furniture-making in colonial America. Gary R. Sullivan, an independent scholar and art dealer in Sharon, Mass., will also participate in the session. Generously sponsored by the Martin A. Ryerson Lectureship Fund.