8:30–9:30 a.m.

Registration

9:30–9:45 a.m.

Welcome

Priscilla Lawrence, Executive Director

Jack Pruitt Jr., Director of Development & External Affairs

The Historic New Orleans Collection

9:45–10:00 a.m.

Opening Remarks:

Engulfed!: Encounters with the Deep South

J. Thomas Savage, moderator

Director, Museum Affairs

Wintherthur Museum and Country Estate (Delaware)

10:00–10:15 a.m.

La Louisiane, La Luisiana, Louisiana

John H. Lawrence

Director of Museum Programs

The Historic New Orleans Collection

10:15– 11:15 a.m.

Furnishing Louisiana

Jack Holden, MD

Scholar and collector of Louisiana material culture and architecture

11:15–11:30 a.m.

Break

11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

Creole Furniture from the Upper Valley of Colonial Louisiana

Francis J. "Bill" Puig

Consultant, writer, and researcher

12:30–2:00 p.m.

Lunch on your own

2:00–3:00 p.m.

Inside the Early Creole Home

Brian J. Costello

Historian, author, and archivist

3:00–3:15 p.m.

Break

3:15–4:15 p.m.

Cajun and Creole Houses, and Their Relationships to Furnishings

Jay D. Edwards

Professor of Anthropology

Louisiana State University

4:30–6:30 p.m.

Evening Reception

The Historic New Orleans Collection

533 Royal Street

8:00–9:00 a.m.

Registration

9:00–10:00 a.m.

The Louisiana Campeche Chair

Cybèle T. Gontar

Adjunct Professor of Art History

Montclair State University, New Jersey

10:00–11:00 a.m.

A Meandering Journey: Vine-Inlaid Furniture from Here, There, and Everywhere

Andrew Richmond

Vice President

Garth's Auctions, Ohio

11:00–11:15 a.m.

Break

11:15 a.m.–12:15 p.m.

Louisiana Acadian Textiles

Jenna Tedrick Kuttruff

Doris Lasseigne Carville and Jules A. Carville Jr. Professor

School of Human Ecology

Louisiana State University

12:15–1:45 p.m.

Lunch on your own

1:45 pm.–2:45 p.m.

Hardware and Early Louisiana Furniture

H. Parrott Bacot

Professor Emeritus

Louisiana State University

2:45 p.m.

French Quarter Antiques Stroll

10:00–11:15 a.m.

Panel Discussion:

Collecting and Connoisseurship

J. Thomas Savage, moderator

Dr. and Mrs. Robert C. Judice, collectors

Mercedes Bordelon Whitecloud, collector

Neal Alford, president and cofounder, Neal Auction Company

Dr. Anne Woodhouse, Shoenberg Curator of Decorative arts, Missouri History Museum

11:15–11:30 a.m.

Closing Remarks

Priscilla Lawrence and Jack Pruitt Jr.

11:45 a.m.–1:00 p.m.

Brunch with the speakers (optional/additional charge)

Antoine's Restaurant

713 St. Louis Street