Special Events
Please note: All tickets to the special events
listed below include general admission and show catalogue,
a $25.00 added value. The McNeil Curator Lecture
is not included in this free catalogue offer.
See also:
Friday,
April 16th |
Preview Gala |
Each
year, the highly anticipated Preview
Gala inaugurates the four-day Show in truly
grand fashion as a prominent sell-out event.
To this day, the Gala continues to remain a
leading social and fund-raising event and an
increasingly important visitor attraction to
Philadelphia. Learn
more » |
Sponsor: |
Patient
Accounts Services LLC |
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Saturday,
April 17th |
Guided
Show Tour |
Take advantage
of this special opportunity, before the Show
opens to the public, to tour the Antiques Show
with Philadelphia Museum of Art Fairmount Park
House Guides.
Each day, the Park House Guides will share
their special expertise as they escort small
groups through the 2010 Loan
Exhibit, as well as highlight notable objects
offered by our pre-eminent exhibitors. |
Time: |
10:00 - 11:00 am |
Cost: |
$25.00/person
Buy tickets
online >> |
World
Collectors Night |
Join us for this
inaugural event-- aimed at individuals who
have a unique style and who are inspired to
furnish and accessorize their homes with findings
on their travels, original creations, and distinctive
pieces. The World Collectors will be offered
for sale special "found items" by
the participating dealers, items curated for
this evening as uniquely ideal purchases for
this individual. More
about the World Collectors Night » |
Time: |
6:00 - 10:00 pm |
Cost: |
$125.00/person ($90 tax
deductible)
Buy tickets
online >> |
Sponsor: |
Anthropologie,
Inc. |
ADA
'Award of Merit' Dinner |
The board of directors
of the Antiques
Dealers' Association of America this week
announced that the recipients of the Award
of Merit for 2010 are noted preservationists,
scholars and collectors Richard and Jane Nylander.
The Nylanders, who have been called the "Bacall
and Bogart of the preservation field," (see Antiques
and The Arts Weekly, June 17, 2005) are
the president emerita and retired senior curator
of Historic New England, the oldest, largest,
and most comprehensive regional preservation
organization in the country. |
Time: |
8:00 - 10:00
pm |
Cost: |
For tickets and more information,
please call 203-364-9913. |
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Sunday,
April 18th |
Guided
Show Tour |
Take advantage
of this special opportunity, before the Show
opens to the public, to tour the Antiques Show
with Philadelphia Museum of Art Fairmount Park
House Guides.
Each day, the Park House Guides will share
their special expertise as they escort small
groups through the 2010 Loan
Exhibit, as well as highlight notable objects
offered by our pre-eminent exhibitors. |
Time: |
10:00 - 11:00 am |
Cost: |
$25.00/person
Buy tickets
online >> |
McNeil Curator Lecture
A Call to Arms: Chinese Armorial Porcelain for the
British and American Markets – 1700-1850 |
The 2010 Philadelphia
Antiques Show loan exhibition curator, Ron
W. Fuchs II, will discuss the fashion for armorial
porcelain in the Anglo-American world in the
eighteenth and early-nineteenth centuries.
Mr.
Fuchs is the curator of Washington & Lee University’s
Reeves Center, a ceramics collection which
spans over 4,000 years of human history. The
collection is especially rich in Chinese export
porcelain and European ceramics made between
1600 and 1900. |
Time: |
1:00 - 2:00 pm |
Cost: |
Free with General Admission |
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Monday,
April 19th |
Guided
Show Tour |
Take advantage
of this special opportunity, before the Show
opens to the public, to tour the Antiques Show
with Philadelphia Museum of Art Fairmount Park
House Guides.
Each day, the Park House Guides will share
their special expertise as they escort small
groups through the 2010 Loan
Exhibit, as well as highlight notable objects
offered by our pre-eminent exhibitors. |
Time: |
10:00 - 11:00 am |
Cost: |
$25.00/person
Buy tickets
online >> |
Luncheon
Followed by Lecture:
Bullion and Tassels and Frogs — OH MY! |
Lecture by Edward
A. Goodman, Director of Trim, Scalamandré
Follow Edward Goodman, Director of Trim at
Scalamandré, as he weaves us down the fringe-lined
path of Scalamandré's breathtaking, artisan-made
Passementerie: rosettes, bullion, fringes and
tassels so ornate they can weigh 15 pounds.
Scalamandré Passementerie adorns pillows, curtains
and furniture in the most beautiful homes in
the nation, including the White House, and
around the world.
Mr. Goodman is a sought-after,
entertaining speaker and a lecturer at the
New York School of Interior Design. His extensive
travels around the world, visiting ancient
and historical sites, have helped to further
document and understand the diverse use of
Passementerie. |
Time: |
12:00 - 2:00 pm |
Cost: |
$70.00/person (includes
lecture, luncheon, general admission and show
catalogue; guided show tour is free with lecture/luncheon
ticket, by reservation)
Buy tickets
online >> |
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Tuesday,
April 20th |
Guided Show
Tour |
Take advantage
of this special opportunity, before the Show
opens to the public, to tour the Antiques Show
with Philadelphia Museum of Art Fairmount Park
House Guides.
Each day, the Park House Guides will share
their special expertise as they escort small
groups through the 2010 Loan
Exhibit, as well as highlight notable
objects offered by our pre-eminent exhibitors. |
Time: |
10:00 - 11:00 am |
Cost: |
$25.00/person
Buy tickets
online >> |
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