MESDA Summer Institute Final Presentations
June 27, 2025 Winston-Salem, NC2025 Summer Institute Final Presentations
Mark your calendars! More information to follow!
For forty-eight years the MESDA Summer Institute has trained the next generation of southern decorative arts scholars. Please join us from 10:00am – 2:30pm on Friday, June 27 as the 2025 MESDA Summer Institute students present their original research. The 2025 Summer Institute emphasizes the objects, buildings, and landscapes of the Chesapeake.
This year we are offering free virtual access as well as in person tickets to include a boxed lunch.
To register, please click here!
Can’t attend, but still want to support MESDA’s educational efforts? Consider making a gift to MESDA’s Annual Fund or becoming a Friend of MESDA.
2025 Projects:
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Writing table Circa 1820 Mahogany Gift of Claiborne B. Beall in memory of Otho T. Beall Jr. (Acc. 6041.3) |
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Sampler Mary Eleanor “Mollie” Beall Prince George Co., Maryland (Acc. 4467) |
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Tea chest Baltimore, Maryland 1790-1810 Mahogany and other woods, tin, ivory Mr. and Mrs. George Kaufman Purchase Fund (Acc. 2694) |
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Cypher and record book William Healy, schoolmaster; William “Wiley” Buntin Jr., student Nash County, North Carolina Circa 1807 Ink, paper (Acc. 6150) |
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Candlestick Attributed to the shop of Benedict Calvert Milburn Wilkes Street Pottery Alexandria, District of Columbia Circa 1840 Salt-glazed stoneware The William C. and Susan S. Mariner Collection (Acc. 5813.13) |
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Sundial United Kingdom 1709 Brass Gift of Mrs. Andrew Weber (Acc. 3842) |
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Padlock and key Columbus J. Stewart Baltimore, Maryland 1850-1860 Iron, brass Gift of Frank L. Horton (Acc. 2413.2) |
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Rock crystal necklace England Late 17th century Gold, rock crystal, foil Gift of Mary G. Boyd (Acc. 5253) |
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