The Midcoast Antique Study Club intends to bring together serious collectors interested in the scholarly pursuit of 17th and 18th century American furniture, and decorative arts that were available in the American colonies, through foreign trade or importation from England.
In addition to promoting a better understanding of individual items, the group will focus on how early furnishings and decorative arts fit into their historic and cultural context, the prevailing architectural standards of the time, and the historic vernacular in which particular items were produced, sold, and used.
American furniture, English, Dutch, German, and Portuguese Delft and Majolica, British, French, German and Chinese porcelains, ceramics, glass, paktong, silver, brass, iron, textiles, maps, prints and paintings will all be addressed as areas of study and comment.
