Past Lecture Is it McIntire? Furniture Carving in Federal Salem March 13, 2010

Cleveland:  American Furniture Collectors Lecture March 13, 2010

Title: Is it McIntire? Furniture Carving in Federal Salem

This lecture will explore the rich tradtion of ornamental carving in Salem and the role Samuel McIntire played in creating a distinct regional style in both architecture and furniture.

Dean Thomas Lahikainen is a native of Massachusetts and a graduate of Syracuse University where he earned a Masters Degree in American art history. He served as Curator and Director of Museums and Public Programs at the Essex Institute before becoming the Carolyn and Peter Lynch Curator of American Decorative Art at the Peabody Essex Museum in 1992. He has lectured throughout the United States and Australia and organized numerous exhibitions, including: Frank Benson American Impressionist; Luxury & Innovation: The Furniture Masterworks of John & Thomas Seymour; and most recently Samuel McIntire Carving an American Style. He is the author of numerous articles and exhibition catalogues; his most recent book on Samuel McIntire won The Historic New England Book Prize in 2008. An authority on early American interiors, he has also served as an advisor and consultant for the interpretation and restoration of seventeen historic buildings in Massachusetts.