Members Only Preview
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Exhibit
Start date
Thu, Jul 22 05:00 PM
End date
Thu, Jul 22 07:30 PM
Address / City
1900 Pattison Avenue Philadelphia
Location
PA, US
Members Only Preview Exhibit Opening: American by Craft: The Art Furniture of Olof Althin
This exhibition explores the important legacy of turn-of-the-century Swedish immigrant cabinetmaker, Olof Althin, within the field of American decorative arts. Curators, Erica Lome and Trevor Brandt, will present new research into immigrant craftsmen networks and their impact on an emerging American style in the decorative arts. A tour and Q&A session will be presented both in-person and virtually over Zoom, followed by an onsite reception.
This event is free for members of the Decorative Arts Trust and the American Swedish Historical Museum.
This exhibition explores the important legacy of turn-of-the-century Swedish immigrant cabinetmaker, Olof Althin, within the field of American decorative arts. Curators, Erica Lome and Trevor Brandt, will present new research into immigrant craftsmen networks and their impact on an emerging American style in the decorative arts. A tour and Q&A session will be presented both in-person and virtually over Zoom, followed by an onsite reception.
This event is free for members of the Decorative Arts Trust and the American Swedish Historical Museum.
Organizer
American Swedish Historical Museum
Phone
215.389.1776
Email
info@americanswedish.org
