Virtual Tuesday Talk: Thomas Gross in Context: Black Artisans in Early Philadelphia

The work of cabinetmaker Thomas Gross (1775-1839) provides the centerpiece to the study and understanding of Black artists and artisans who contributed to the fabric of the prolific art community in early Philadelphia. This richly illustrated talk will share the documentary evidence of the names of those people as well as the work they made, from silversmiths, upholsterers, potters, and cabinetmakers to painters like David Bustill Bowser and his seamstress wife Elizabeth Harriet Stevens Gray Bowser.

Speaker: Alexandra Kirtley, The Montgomery-Garvan Curator of American Decorative Arts, Philadelphia Museum of Art

This event is taking place online only. The speaker will not be present at the DAR Museum.

Photo Credit: 1. Double Chest (Chest-on-Chest) Thomas Gross Jr. (1775–1839) Philadelphia, 1805–10 Mahogany, tulip poplar, yellow pine; brass 82 3/4 x 43 1/4 x 22 1/2 in. (210.2 x 109.9 x 57.2 cm) Gift of Mrs. Leslie Legum, 1983-167-1

You may also like the following events from DAR Museum:

• Next month, 8th July, 04:00 pm, Virtual Tuesday Talk: The Wilson Potters from Slavery to Reconstruction in Washington D.C.
• This August, 12th August, 04:00 pm, Virtual Tuesday Talk: The Black Craftspeople Digital Archive and Fighting for Freedom in Washington D.C.
• This November, 7th November, 04:00 pm, Making Freedom: A Symposium on Black Craftspeople in Washington

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