Blue Ridge Chapter Meeting - 16 Nov 2024

Added to Calendar: 11-16-24

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Come join us for an especially interesting meeting which includes a presentation about replicating Carter Hall chairs, a tour of the James Madison Museum and a tour of Bloomsbury. Please read the Admin Info section below and RSVP to Steve Dietrich by November 5th. We have room for only 35 participants.

For more information about the highlights of our meeting please visit these websites:
James Madison Museum: https://www.jamesmadisonmuseum.org/
The Maples Woodshop: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100026015696908
Bloomsbury: https://bloomsbury.org/



  • JAMES MADISON MUSEUM. Contains items owned by the Madisons, to include some furnishings, and other items relevant to the family and to the area.
  • BLOOMSBURY: Situated among scenic rolling hills and fields, Bloomsbury is the oldest extant dwelling in Orange County, Virginia. Prior to the mid-18th century, most planter’s homes this far west of the James River would have been built with logs, which makes Bloomsbury’s frame structure unique. The two wings of the home date from the 1730’s and late 1790s.
  • CARL MAPLES PRESENTATION. Carter Hall in Clarke County is one of the finest manor homes in Virginia [this is not the house we will visit]. It was built in the 1780's by Colonel Nathaniel Burwell, aid-de-camp to General Washington, and a descendant of Robert King Carter of Carter's Grove in Williamsburg. A set of 12 Federal style side chairs were made in Winchester for Carter Hall between 1790 and 1810. Today, four chairs survive from the original set. As part of a Museum of the Shenandoah Valley program highlighting Winchester furniture making, Carl Maples, a SAPFM member, will be making two handmade copies of the Carter Hall chairs. The presentation at the Chapter meeting will concern the process of making copies of these up-country Federal style chairs.
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AGENDA [subject to change]:
  • 8:30 - doors open, James Madison Museum, 129 Caroline Street, Orange, Virginia
  • 9:00 - 9:30 - chapter meeting
  • 9:30 - 11:00 - presentation by Carl Maples
  • 1100 - 1130 - tentative presentation (TBD)
  • 11:30 - 12:00 - tour James Madison Museum
  • 1200 - 1:00 - Catered Lunch at museum (BBQ and fried chicken)
  • 1:00 - 1:20 - Travel by private vehicle
  • 1:30 - 3:00 - Tour Bloomsbury historic home and period furniture collection, 11010 Bloomsbury Road Orange VA,
  • 3:00 - No host happy hour at a local venue TBD
ADMINISTRATIVE INFO:

  • Parking - plenty at and near the museum and at Bloomsbury. I’ll send details to registrants in before the meeting.
  • We will NOT provide coffee or donuts. Bring your own, if you wish - there is a McDonalds, Hardees, and Dunkin’ in town.
  • Catered Lunch.
  • COST
    • $50. Please pay at the venue - check or cash.
 
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