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Events

Gallery Talk at Rienzi | “Hall Chair” for Chiswick House

Date & Time

Thu. Oct. 19, 2023 1 PM-2 PM
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Location Rienzi

Call for Questions 713-639-7800

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Events

Gallery Talk at Rienzi | “Hall Chair” for Chiswick House

Date & Time

Thu. Oct. 19, 2023 1 PM-2 PM
This event has passed

Location Rienzi

October 19, 2023

Learn more about the works of art at Rienzi, the MFAH house museum for European decorative arts. On selected Thursdays, Gallery Talks offer an insider’s look at a particular object in the Rienzi Collection, as well as special topics and themes. Speakers include curators, conservators, educators, and librarians.

This month, Trevor Boyd, associate conservator of objects and sculpture, discusses the rare 18th-century Hall Chair designed for Chiswick House in London by English architect and artist William Kent.

Tickets

Gallery Talks are included with Rienzi admission. Get your tickets below.

Call for Questions 713-639-7800

Email Your Questions [email protected]

Education programs at Rienzi receive generous funding from the Sterling-Turner Foundation; Alkek and Williams Foundation; Carroll Sterling and Harris Masterson III Endowment; and the Caroline Wiess Law Endowment for Rienzi.