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Conservation scholar Gregg Perry will lead us back into time on a journey of restoring and conserving 17th -19th century period architecture furnishings and timepieces.

Gregg Perry


    • Nov 25, 2022 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 19m AVG DURATION
    • 752 EPISODES


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    103. Old English Mirrors

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 2022 14:58


    Discovering the early origins of mirrors produced in Europe prior 1700.

    102. Wine, spirit and sauce labels

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 2022 9:32


    Collecting and identifying rare 18th and 19th century bottle labels.

    101. Chest Western Long Island

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 2022 10:43


    Examine four blanket chests possibly made by the same craftsmen.

    100. Salvaging historical fabric in flood prone areas

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2022 10:29


    Most insurance companies want to scrap flooded historical fabric

    99. Designs in old blue

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2022 13:52


    The development of Staffordshire transfer-printed wares.

    98. Regency Furniture

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2022 31:13


    With factory mechanization for the first time furniture began to be made in 3 different grades.

    97 cockfighting chairs

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2022 8:24


    Are cockfighting chairs real?, or just follies versions of reading and writing chairs.

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    96. Jefferson a patron of the arts

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2022 22:10


    Jefferson was the for most collector in America of copy paintings and sculpted bust making him the first and broadest inversiones art collector.

    95. Early American Globe Makers

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2022 12:23


    Globe making in America was only done by a certain few

    94 Early Boston Japaners

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2022 26:43


    The development of the art of Japaners in Boston

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    93. English Portable desks

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2022 11:51


    At times English writing desk can be mistaken for toilet mirrors.

    92. Houdini and Rembrandt Peale

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2022 10:45


    Houdini Peale and George Washington will be linked forever.

    91. The building of Jamestown

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2022 16:05


    Jamestown received its architectural building plan from LOndon.

    90. Spider leg tables

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2022 8:42


    Comparing the English and American versions for authentication.

    89. Identifying traits in NY furniture

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2022 14:20


    Tying in the regional characteristics of furniture making in NY 4 corners.

    88. A brief on bird cages

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2022 10:23


    Over the years birdcages have fulfilled a variety of functions.

    87. European furniture in American Homes

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2022 18:17


    A general rejection of European style objects

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    86. Salem Massachusetts furniture

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2022 11:29


    Masterpieces made by William Hook

    85. Sugar chest

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2022 18:41


    Farmers through colonial America could produce the majority of their food stuff except their sugar. Sugar was produced only in a few areas of the colonies when homeowner acquires it this one was an kept under lock and key.

    84. American firebacks and stove plates

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2022 20:29


    The beginning of American cast iron ornamentation began with firebacks and stove plates.

    83 Pre revolutionary furniture makers from NY

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2022 25:41


    Colonial NY furnitures influenced makers from Albany to Trenton NJ

    82. Elements that set Queen Anne chairs apart

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2022 18:06


    English and Dutch influences on Queen Anne chair design

    81. The Wallace COLLECTION- a treasury

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2022 13:31


    Explore one of the great collections of 18th furniture and decorative arts.

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    80. Palladium architecture Germanic Style

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2022 10:45


    Pennsylvania German architecture can teach us how the Germanic architecture was competing with the English Georgian as the styles developed.

    79 Musical tall clocks

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2022 12:56


    Musical tall clocks re a guide to our past to know why the popular tune of the day were.

    78. A tall case clock made my Claget

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2022 13:40


    There are difficulties in identifying the original color of Japanese surfaces due to longevity of time, non compatible materials and oxidation and reduction reactions.

    77. Japanese furniture

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2022 16:12


    Japanese furniture was first accepted in New England, but never gained a great foothold, what resulted was watered down Asian motifs applied to upscale American furniture.

    76 Thomas Harlens Tea Party

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2022 18:04


    A tale of the political events land the actual tea burning in Boston harbor which were captured as engravings on a tall case clock.

    75. New England Furniture

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2022 21:43


    Trying to determine unknown makers of furniture utilizing regional characteristics.

    74. French furniture

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2022 25:06


    The mechanizing of French furniture by German immigrants.

    73. America moving westward

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2022 4:17


    There is more to land than frontier development.

    72 English origins of Jamestown rod houses- part II

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2022 15:00


    The exterior and interior design of row houses

    71. English origins of Jamestown row houses

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2022 12:16


    How row houses footprint foundations along the James River cried out the origins of the English row house.

    70. Inheritance & adaptation of English style

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2022 18:09


    The blending of English and American design

    69 Reginal furniture preferences

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2022 2:57


    How design in America became diversified.

    68. American Colonial Revival

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2022 17:48


    Understanding who were the movers and shakers who helped bring about and solidify the American colonial revival.

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    67. understanding construction details of siding

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2022 8:52


    Water tables, clapboards, shingles and belt courses.

    66. Pa Germanic influences in 18th c. Art

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2022 16:38


    Understanding how combining Oa Germanic influences with English Quakers,resolve in a special art form in South Eastern PA

    65. Vines covering historic dwellings

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2022 8:30


    Vintage a wonderful accent on historic buildings when used with constraint.

    64. American Architecture of the Early 19th Century.

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2022 12:06


    Georgian, Federal, Greek revival styles are truly American.

    63 Inheritance adaptation of American architecture

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2022 17:38


    How the American version of architecture change with different materials in regional influences.

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    62. Landscape of wooden buildings

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2022 7:10


    Few wooden remnants remain of early dwellings.

    61. The threshold of survival of American architecture

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2022 13:46


    Sadly, very little 17th or early 18th remains of architecture can be found.

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    60. Studying early American architecture

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2022 5:11


    Studying vernacular American dwellings

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    59. breathing life into the Nemours Museum

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2022 16:35


    Restoration of the 100 year old estate.

    58. Early Long-case clocks from London.

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2022 6:35


    Moving from a lantern wall clock to a case clock.

    57. Washington, the man synonymous with America

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2022 5:45


    Washington, the most important man in America.

    56. The First Transformers

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2022 5:05


    An exhibition coming back to Switzerland.

    55. The Shakers

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2022 2:57


    The Shakers superb craftsmanship

    54 Terms used for British Tall Case Clocks

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2022 5:21


    Terms used for British Tall Case Clocks

    53. Terms used in describing dials

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2022 4:47


    Terms used in describing tall case composite dials.

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