Virtual Series | Fascinating Finds
Eliza Carolina Dagen, Memorial Embroidered Picture, c. 1822, silk thread, silk chenille, metallic threads, metallic spangles, ink, and watercolor on twill-woven silk ground fabric, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, the Bayou Bend Collection, Museum purchase funded by the Houston Junior Woman’s Club Charitable Fund.
Ann Hibberd, Darning Sampler, 1817, silk on linen, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, the Bayou Bend Collection, Museum purchase funded by Barbara C. Bailey.
Adolphe Himmel, Goblet, 1857, silver, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, the Bayou Bend Collection, Museum purchase funded by the Michael K. Brown Metals Endowment Fund.
Johann Christoph Heyne, Flagon, c. 1754–80, pewter, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, the Bayou Bend Collection, Museum purchase funded by Susan Neptune.
August 15, 22 & 29, 2023
Over three evenings, expert speakers shine the spotlight on new works of art in the Bayou Bend Collection. Each fascinating find tells an interesting story about the world in which it was made.
A pewter flagon reveals the journey of the artist who created it; two works of embroidery provide insight into the education of American women; and a silver goblet commemorates the heroics of a Galveston citizen who assisted a fire brigade.
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August 15 Flagon
Speakers: Johanna Metzgar Brown, curator of Moravian decorative arts at Old Salem Museums and Gardens in Winston-Salem, North Carolina; David L. Barquist, the H. Richard Dietrich, Jr., Curator of American Decorative Arts at the Philadelphia Museum of Art; Bradley Brooks, curator at Bayou Bend.
August 22 Darning Sampler and Memorial Embroidered Picture
Speakers: Mary Uhl Brooks, retired archivist at the Westtown School in West Chester, Pennsylvania; Laura Johnson, the Linda Eaton Associate Curator of Textiles at Winterthur Garden, Museum, and Library in Delaware; Remi Dyll, collections manager at Bayou Bend.
August 29 Goblet
Speakers: James F. Anderson, author of Galveston Burning: A History of the Fire Department and Major Conflagrations; Lydia Blackmore, decorative arts curator at the Historic New Orleans Collection; Bradley Brooks, curator at Bayou Bend.
Questions? Contact Joey Milillo at jmilillo@mfah.org or 713.639.7759.
Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens is the MFAH house museum for American decorative arts.
Education programs at Bayou Bend receive generous funding from Houston Junior Woman’s Club; Sharon G. Dies; Mary Lynn and Steve Marks; Susan Vaughan Foundation; Ralph H. and Ruth J. McCullough Foundation; Ms. Bobbie Nau; and additional generous donors.
The education programs also receive endowment income from funds provided by Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Ballard; Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Tate; and the James William Glanville and Nancy Hart Glanville Endowment.