Virtual Lecture | The Minister’s Flower’d Box
Attributed to Thomas Stoughton IV, Box, c. 1695, oak, yellow pine, and iron, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, the Bayou Bend Collection, Museum purchase funded by the W. H. Keenan Family Endowment Fund and Carolyn Frost Keenan.
The Minister’s Flower’d Box: A Treasure from the Early Connecticut River Valley
Presented by Joshua Lane
This talk is inspired by a major new acquisition for the Bayou Bend Collection: a 17th-century tabletop Box of oak, yellow pine, and iron, attributed to American carpenter Thomas Stoughton IV.
Free / Live via Zoom
Tuesday, November 9, 7 p.m. Central Time
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About the Speaker
Joshua Lane is the Lois F. and Henry S. McNeil Curator of Furniture at Winterthur Museum in Delaware.
About the Carol and Les Ballard Lecture Series
Twice a year, the Carol and Les Ballard Lecture Series presents renowned scholars who speak about interesting aspects of American decorative and fine arts. Admission is free.
Questions? Contact jmilillo@mfah.org or call 713.639.7759
This lecture series is generously endowed by Carol and Les Ballard.