a conference cosponsored by
the UCLA Center for 17th- & 18th-Century Studies,
the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library,
and the J. Paul Getty Museum
arranged by Kathryn Norberg, UCLA, and Dena Goodman, University of Michigan
at the Clark Library and the Getty Museum January 31–February 2, 2002
Thursday, January 31 Opening Program, at the Getty Museum
Hosted by the J. Paul Getty Museum (click here for directions to the Getty Museum)
5:00 p.m. • introductory sessionIntroductory remarks by Kathryn Norberg, UCLA, and Dena Goodman, University of Michigan Gillian Wilson, Curator, Department of Decorative Arts, J. Paul Getty Museum An Introduction to the Getty Decorative Arts Collection
6:15 p.m. • reception and viewing of the decorative arts galleries
Historians, literary scholars, art historians, and curators interested in furniture and furnishings of France, England, and their colonies during the long eighteenth century will gather at this two-and-a-half-day conference to critique old approaches and develop new interpretations while exploring the way that material culture—in this case furnishing—shaped cultural production and mirrored social patterns.
Friday, February 1
Conference, at the Clark Library
9:30 a.m. • coffee
10:00 a.m. • session 1: Empire and Home
Chaela Pastore, California State University, San Marcos
Merchants and Luxury Markets in Saint Domingue: Mahogany as a Case Study
Jessica Richard, Princeton University
“Draw forth to Combat on the Velvet Plain”: Card Tables and the Gambling Culture of Eighteenth-Century England
Ann Smart Martin, University of Wisconsin
Tea Tables Overturned: Rituals of Power and Place in Colonial America
1:00 p.m. • lunch
2:00 p.m. • session 2: Fashion and Function
Natacha Coquery, Université de Tours
Fashion, Business, Diffusion: An Upholsterer’s Shop in Eighteenth-Century Paris
Dena Goodman, University of Michigan
Desks, etc.: Furnishing the Letter Writer in Eighteenth-Century Paris
Carolyn Sargentson, Victoria and Albert Museum
Looking at Furniture Inside Out: Secrecy and Security in Eighteenth-Century French Furniture
5:00 p.m. • reception
Furnishing for Distinction: Provincial Nobles in the Late Seventeenth and Early Eighteenth Centuries
Le Mobilier galant
The Joy of Sets: Engaging Ensembles in French Social Spaces
Playing Games with Otherness: Watteau’s Cabinet Chinois at La Muette
A Wanton Chase in a Foreign Place: Hogarth and the Gendering of Chinese Exoticism
Orientalism, Colonialism, and Furnishings in Eighteenth-Century France
Locations and scheduling:
The Getty Museum is at 1200 Getty Center Drive, off the San Diego Freeway (405), Getty Center Drive exit.
The Clark Library is at 2520 Cimarron Street, in the West Adams district, one block east of Arlington Avenue, two blocks south of the Santa Monica Freeway.
Session at the Getty Museum, Thursday, January 31, 2002: Parking will be reserved for registrants beginning at 1:30 p.m. Registrants are encouraged to arrive early to enjoy the Museum’s exhibitions, gardens, and vistas during daylight. Those planning to attend only the conference must arrive no later than 4:30 p.m. for transportation to the conference area.
Nametags will be mailed to registrants in advance and will be used as a form of identification. They should be worn or kept on hand while on site, especially after 6:00 p.m., when the Museum is closed to the general public.
Registration deadline: January 22, 2002
Space at the Clark is limited and registration closes when capacity is reached.Note: Those planning to attend the session at the Getty must observe the stated deadline in order to be on the Museum’s guest list and to receive nametags in time (required because of current security concerns). For a detailed explanation, see “Session at the Getty Museum,” on adjacent panel.
The session at the Getty is hosted by the J. Paul Getty Museum. Fees cover lunches and refreshments at the Clark, advance mailing of nametags, and advance copies of abstracts.
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