Programs Brochure - The Royal Oak Foundation

R O YA L OAK P ROG RAM S
FALL
2016
Made possible by the Drue Heinz Trust
Sincere Thanks to Our Sponsors
for The Drue Heinz Lectures
The Royal Oak Foundation’s national program of lectures is made
possible by the continued generosity of the Drue Heinz Trust,
our lead sponsor for the past 24 years. The committed support
of the Drue Heinz Trust enables us to maintain a high quality of
programming each season and for this we are deeply appreciative.
For the Fall 2016 season we also gratefully acknowledge additional
support for The Drue Heinz Lectures from the Marian Meaker
Apteckar Foundation and an Anonymous Donor.
Regional Corporate Support
Thank you to FREEMAN’S for partnering and supporting our
lectures in Philadelphia, Boston, Los Angeles and Washington DC.
Advance Registration,
Seating, and Dress Code
No tickets will be issued. You must register in advance for all
programs. Registrations will not be held without payment or credit
card—there are no tickets—and your name will be on our guest
list at the door when you check in. Your guests may be listed under
your last name. We cannot guarantee seating for late arrivals.
There is a dress code at many of our lecture venues, some require
formal business attire. Shorts, jeans, sneakers, and tee shirts are
not acceptable in any weather. Incorrect attire may result in your
being turned away at the door by the venue staff. Royal Oak is not
responsible for venue dress code policies.
Fees & Refunds
The members’ price applies to members and co-sponsoring
members only and does not apply to guests who are non-members.
You must indicate your co-sponsoring affiliation when registering
to receive the member price. No refunds will be made once
you have registered for a lecture or program. Reservations for
upper-level tours and programs are non-transferable.
How To Register
Online: www.royal-oak.org/lectures
By Telephone: Please call Robert Dennis at 212-480-2889, ext. 201.
ALL PROGRAMS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE OR CANCELLATION.
VISIT OUR WEBSITE FOR UPDATES.
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Cover photo: The entrance front of Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire
Photo: ©National Trust Images/Mike Williams
FALL 2016 PROGRAMS
NEWS & INFORMATION
Times listed are lecture or departure times.
Check individual listings for reception times.
AT-A-GLANCE
SEPTEMBER
15
7:00 p.m. Phillip Dodd
New York, NY
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6:30 p.m. Oliver Everett
Philadelphia, PA
28
6:15 p.m. Oliver Everett
New York, NY
29
7:00 p.m.
Dr. Wolf Burchard
Washington DC
30 11:00 a.m. Exhibition Tour: Charlotte Brontë New York, NY
OCTOBER
4
6:15 p.m.
Dr. Wolf Burchard
New York, NY
4
6:00 p.m.
Oliver Everett
Charleston, SC
5
6:30 p.m.
Follies: Royal Oak Fall Fundraiser
New York, NY
6
6:30 p.m. James Reginato
Chicago, IL
14
11:00 a.m.
Walking Tour: Sacred Buildings & Stained Glass
New York, NY
17
6:30 p.m.
Anne Sebba
Philadelphia, PA
18
5:30 p.m. Private Passions: Albert Hadley Style New York, NY
19
6:15 p.m.
Anne Sebba
New York, NY
20
6:00 p.m.
Anne Sebba
Boston, MA
22
10:30 a.m.
Private Tour: Harkness House
New York, NY
24
6:30 p.m.
Lord Watson of Richmond
Philadelphia, PA
25
12:00 p.m.
Anne Sebba
Los Angeles, CA
26
11:00 a.m.
Anne Sebba
San Francisco, CA
26
6:15 p.m.
Lord Watson of Richmond
New York, NY
28
2:30 p.m.
Rizzoli: Paris, Liberation & Fashion
New York, NY
29
11:00 a.m.
Freeman’s: Paris, Liberation & Fashion
Philadelphia, PA
31
6:15 p.m.
James Reginato
New York, NY
NOVEMBER
1
6:30 p.m.
James Reginato
Philadelphia, PA
1 6:30 p.m. Sarah Gristwood Chicago, IL
2
7:00 p.m. Sarah Gristwood
Washington DC
3
6:00 p.m.
Anya Hindmarch Cocktail Party
New York, NY
7
6:30 p.m.
Sarah Gristwood
Philadelphia, PA
9
6:15 p.m.
Sarah Gristwood
New York, NY
10
6:15 p.m.
Anne Sebba
New Orleans, LA
10
6:00 p.m.
Sarah Gristwood
Boston, MA
17
11:00 a.m.
Behind-the-Scenes: Penn & Fletcher Embroidery New York, NY
29 6:30 p.m. James Reginato
Atlanta, GA
DECEMBER
1 5:30 p.m. TBATBA
Celebrating the Seasons New York, NY
Private Tour: The Players Club
New York, NY
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PUBLIC LECTURES
Please note: New York lectures now begin at 6:15 p.m. Doors will still open at 5:30 p.m.
All lectures are followed by a reception unless otherwise indicated, and some are followed
by a book-signing.
NEW YORK
NEW YORK CITY
An Ideal Collaboration:
The Art of Classical Details
Phillip J. Dodd | Architect
Thursday, September 15, 7:00 p.m.
This event is FREE for Royal Oak members*
This lecture is preceded by a book-signing and a
reception at 6:30 p.m.
*For more information and to register,
contact the Institute of Classical Architecture
and Art: www.classicist.org/programs or
call (212) 730-9646, ext. x109
Kingsham Farm, Sussex; designed
by Quinlan and Francis Terry Architects
The Monarch’s Taste:
Treasures from
the Royal Collection
Oliver Everett, CVO Librarian Emeritus, Windsor Castle
Wednesday, September 28, 6:15 p.m.
$30 members; $40 non-members
Co-sponsors: American Friends
of Attingham; American Friends
of the Georgian Group
Location: The General Society Library,
20 West 44th Street
Additional funding for this lecture has
been generously provided by Mr. Robert
Ohlerking and Mr. Christopher LiGreci
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The Fountain Nymph, by Antonio Canova, 1816
Photo: Royal Collection Trust/© Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2016
Photo: © Nick Carter
Location: The General Society Library,
20 West 44th Street
NEW YORK CITY
NEW YORK
Hardwick Hall: An Elizabethan Masterpiece
Dr. Wolf Burchard | Furniture Research Curator, The National Trust
Tuesday, October 4, 6:15 p.m. | $30 members; $40 non-members
Co-sponsors: American Friends of Attingham; Furniture History Society
Location: The General Society Library, 20 West 44th Street
Les Parisiennes: Women
in Wartime Paris 1939-1949
Anne Sebba | Best-Selling Author
Wednesday, October 19, 6:15 p.m.
Co-sponsor: St. George’s Society
Location: The General Society Library,
20 West 44th Street
Additional funding for this lecture has
been generously provided by
The Reverend Terence Blackburn
For an additional Anne Sebba
program: see page 15
Crowds line the Champs Elysees after Paris
was liberated on August 25, 1944
Churchill’s Legacy: Two
Speeches to Save the World
Alan Watson Baron Watson of Richmond
Wednesday, October 26, 6:15 p.m.
$30 members; $40 non-members
Co-sponsors: The Churchill Centre;
St. George’s Society
Location: The General Society Library,
20 West 44th Street
Additional funding for this lecture has been
generously provided by Mr. William Lee Younger
Photo: © Terry Savage, Westminster College, courtesy Harry S. Truman Library
Photo: Courtesy of the Library of Congress
$30 members; $40 non-members
President Truman (left) and
Sir Winston Churchill walking to Westminster
College, 1946
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NEW YORK
NEW YORK CITY
Modern Aristocrats: Ancestral
Houses and Their Stories
James Reginato Writer-at-large, Vanity Fair
Monday, October 31, 6:15 p.m.
$30 members; $40 non-members
Co-sponsor: Institute of Classical
Photo: © Jonathan Becker
Architecture and Art
Location: The General Society Library,
20 West 44th Street
The conservatory at Dudley House, home of His
Highness Sheikh Hamad bin Abdullah Al-Thani
Additional funding for this lecture
has been generously provided
by The Stoddart Family; and Mr. Albert
Messina and Mr. Ken Jennings
Game of Queens: The Women Who Ruled 16th-Century Europe
Sarah Gristwood | Historian & Author
Wednesday, November 9, 6:15 p.m. | $30 members; $40 non-members
Co-sponsor: Historic Royal Palaces, Inc.
Location: The General Society Library, 20 West 44th Street
Photo: Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
Additional funding for this lecture has been generously provided by an Anonymous Donor
An Allegory of Tudor Succession: The Family of Henry VIII
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LOS ANGELES
CALIFORNIA
Les Parisiennes: Women in
Wartime Paris 1939-1949
Anne Sebba | Best-Selling Author
Tuesday, October 25, 12:00 p.m.
Lecture and Luncheon:
$68 members; $78 non-members
Co-sponsors: Beverly Hills Women’s
Club; ICAA, Southern California Chapter;
The ESU, Los Angeles Branch
Location: Beverly Hills Women’s Club,
1700 Chevy Chase Drive
Crowds of Parisians celebrating the entry of Allied
troops into Paris scatter for cover as a sniper fires
from a building on the place De La Concorde, 1944
Formal business attire required
SAN FRANCISCO
CALIFORNIA
Les Parisiennes: Women in
Wartime Paris 1939-1949
Anne Sebba | Best-Selling Author
Wednesday, October 26, 11:00 a.m.
Lecture and Luncheon:
$55 members; $65 non-members
This lecture is preceded by a reception
and book-signing at 10:30 a.m. and
followed by a luncheon with cash bar.
Co-sponsors: The Metropolitan Club;
ICAA, San Francisco Chapter; The ESU,
San Francisco Branch
Location: The Metropolitan Club,
640 Sutter Street
Formal business attire required
Photo: © Boucheron, Paris
Photo: The Library of Congress
This lecture is preceded by a reception
and book-signing at 11:00 a.m. sponsored by
FREEMAN’s and followed by a luncheon.
A 1942 evening clutch bag made by Boucheron
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Photo: Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, in the National Museum Wales
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
WASHINGTON D.C.
The Field of the Cloth of Gold, c. 1545
Hardwick Hall: An Elizabethan
Masterpiece
Dr. Wolf Burchard Furniture Research Curator, The National Trust
Photo: © National Trust Images/Nick Guttridge
Thursday, September 29, 7:00 p.m.
Game of Queens: The Women
Who Ruled 16th-Century Europe
Sarah Gristwood | Historian & Author
Wednesday, November 2, 7:00 p.m.
Detail of the leg of the sea-dog table, c. 1580 in
Hardwick Hall, Debyshire
For each lecture:
$30 members; $40 non-members
Each lecture is preceded by a reception at 6:30 p.m.
sponsored by FREEMAN’s.
Co-sponsors: Washington Decorative Arts Forum;
American Friends of Attingham; Historic Royal
Palaces Inc.
Location: The Fund for American Studies,
1706 New Hampshire Ave NW
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ATLANTA
GEORGIA
Modern Aristocrats:
Ancestral Houses and Their Stories
James Reginato | Writer-at-large, Vanity Fair
$30 members, $40 non-members
Co-sponsors: Holland & Company; ADAC;
Spalding Nix Fine Art & Antiques; Culture Club
Location: Atlanta Decorative Arts Center,
351 Peachtree Hills Avenue, NE
Additional funding for this lecture has been
generously provided by Ms. Lynne R. Pickens
Photo: Courtesy of Blenheim Palace
Tuesday, November 29, 6:30 p.m.
The Dining Room at Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire
CHICAGO
Modern Aristocrats:
Ancestral Houses and
Their Stories
Game of Queens:
The Women Who Ruled
16th-Century Europe
James Reginato Sarah Gristwood | Historian & Author
Writer-at-large, Vanity Fair
Tuesday, November 1, 6:30 p.m.
Thursday, October 6, 6:30 p.m.
$45 members, $55 non-members
This lecture is preceded by a reception
at 6:00 p.m.
Location and Co-sponsor: The Golden
Triangle, 330 North Clark Street
Photo: © National Trust Images
ILLINOIS
$35 members; $45 non-members
This lecture is preceded by a reception
at 6:00 p.m.
Location: The Newberry Library,
Ruggles Hall, 60 West Walton Street
Additional funding for Chicago programs
has been generously provided by Chris
and Laurie Nielsen
Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire
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NEW ORLEANS
Les Parisiennes:
Women in Wartime
Paris 1939-1949
Anne Sebba Thursday, November 10, 6:15 p.m.
$30 members, $40 non-members
Co-sponsors: The English-Speaking
Union, New Orleans Branch;
French Heritage Society
Location: Academy of the Sacred
Heart, 4521 St. Charles Avenue
A man and woman behind sandbags with weapons
captured from the Germans, 1944
MASSACHUSETTS
BOSTON
Les Parisiennes: Women in
Wartime Paris 1939-1949
Anne Sebba | Best-Selling Author
Thursday, October 20, 6:00 p.m.
$30 members, $40 non-members
Co-sponsor & Location: The Boston Athenaeum,
Photo: © Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA/Bridgeman Images.
10 ½ Beacon Street
Game of Queens: The Women
Who Ruled 16th-Century Europe
Sarah Gristwood | Historian & Author
Thursday, November 10, 6:00 p.m.
$30 members; $40 non-members
Co-sponsors: New England Historic
Genealogical Society; FREEMAN’S; Oxford and
Cambridge Society of New England Inc.;
Historic Royal Palaces Inc.
Location: New England Historic Genealogical
Society, 99-101 Newbury Street
Margaret of Austria, c.1490
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Thank you to FREEMAN’s for sponsoring
our Boston receptions
Photo: Courtesy of Library of Congress
Best-Selling Author
PHILADELPHIA
PENNSYLVANIA
The Monarch’s Taste: Treasures
from the Royal Collection
Oliver Everett, CVO | Librarian Emeritus,
Photo: Royal Collection Trust/© Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, 2016
Photo: Courtesy of the Trustees of the Goodwood Collection
Photo: Courtesy of Cartier Archives
Royal Library, Windsor Castle
Monday, September 26, 6:30 p.m.
Les Parisiennes:
Women in Wartime Paris 1939-1949
Anne Sebba | Best-Selling Author
Oiseau libéré brooch, Cartier Paris, 1944
Monday, October 17, 6:30 p.m.
Churchill’s Legacy:
Two Speeches to Save the World
Alan Watson | Baron Watson of Richmond
Monday, October 24, 6:30 p.m.
Modern Aristocrats:
Ancestral Houses and Their Stories
James Reginato | Writer-at-large, Vanity Fair
Tuesday, November 1, 6:30 p.m.
The Large Library at Goodwood House
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Archers shooting at a target, drawing by Michelangelo, 1530
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PENNSYLVANIA
PHILADELPHIA
Game of Queens: The Women Who
Ruled 16th-Century Europe
Monday, November 7, 6:30 p.m.
FOR EACH LECTURE:
Lecture only: $30 members; $40 non-members
Lecture and dinner: $75 members; $80 nonmembers
Portrait of Queen Elizabeth I,
after a painting by Nicholas Hilliard
Additional funding for these lectures
has been generously provided by
Martha Hamilton and I. Wistar Morris
III, Diana J. Mackie and an
Anonymous Donor.
Thank you to FREEMAN’s
for supporting our
Philadelphia programs
For each lecture, there will be a cash bar reception
at 6:00 p.m. Dinner reservations are non-refundable
and must be made by the Wednesday before the
lecture.
Co-sponsors: The Abraham Lincoln Foundation
of the Union League of Philadelphia; FREEMAN’S;
ICAA, Philadelphia Chapter; American Friends of
the Attingham; The Decorative Arts Trust; The ESU,
Philadelphia Branch; The Churchill Centre
Location: The Union League of Philadelphia,
140 South Broad Street
Formal business attire required
SOUTH CAROLINA
CHARLESTON
“A Feast of Treasures and
Curiosities:” The Royal Library
at Windsor Castle
Oliver Everett, CVO | Librarian Emeritus,
Windsor Castle
Tuesday, October 4, 6:00 p.m.
$30 members; $40 non-members
Co-sponsors: Charleston Library Society; The
Preservation Society of Charleston
Location: Charleston Library Society, 164 King Street
Additional funding for this lecture has been
generously provided by Dr. & Mrs. Daniel Ervin
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Elephant charging at the Indian Emperor
Shah Jahan, Agra, 1633, from Mughal
manuscript, the Padshahnama
Photo: Royal Collection Trust/© Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, 2016
Photo: © National Trust Images/Derrick E. Witty
Sarah Gristwood | Historian & Author
ROYAL OAK MEMBER TOURS
All tours are limited to 20 people and require walking, standing and possible stair-climbing.
Tours are open to Royal Oak supporting-level members only. Limit: 2 reservations per event.
Photo: © National Portrait Gallery, London.
EXHIBITION TOUR
Charlotte Brontë: An Independent Will New York City
Friday, September 30 | 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
To commemorate the 200th anniversary of one of England’s
most celebrated authors, The Morgan Library & Museum
presents Charlotte Brontë: An Independent Will, which traces
her path from reluctant governess to published poet/novelist.
The exhibition presents an intimate portrait of Bronte from her
earliest literary works—written with a quill pen in a minuscule
hand—to the manuscript of her explosive novel Jane Eyre
Charlotte Brontë, chalk, 1850,
first published in 1847 an d on view for the first time in North
by George Richmond
America. Christine Nelson, Drue Heinz Curator, Literary &
Historical Manuscripts will lead us through this exhibition and show manuscripts, intimate
letters, and rare printed books from the Morgan’s collection with personal artifacts from the
Brontë Parsonage Museum in Haworth, England. Highlights include Brontë’s earliest surviving
miniature manuscript, her portable writing desk, one of her own dresses, and a pair of her
ankle boots.
Location: The Morgan Library & Museum, 225 Madison Avenue | Charge: $40 members only;
$50 non-member guest
WALKING TOUR
Photo: © Whitney Cox
Sacred Buildings & Stained Glass | New York City
Friday, October 14 | 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
In the mid-1800s, Brooklyn was known as the “City of the
Churches,” where steeples towered high above its residential
homes and farms. Nowhere was this more evident than the
quaint neighborhood of Brooklyn Heights. With so many
churches beautifully preserved, Brooklyn Heights has the
Interior of Grace Church,
largest concentration of stained glass by Tiffany & Co. in their
Brooklyn Heights
original settings. Join architectural historian Matt Postal, for
an exploration of some of these beautiful sacred buildings, including the First Unitarian
Congregational Society, whose sanctuary boasts a legacy of Tiffany stained glass windows;
Joseph C. Wells’ Plymouth Church, famous for having had the fiery anti-slavery minister
Henry Ward Beecher; and Grace Church, the epitome of Gothic Revival. We will also stop by
Our Lady of Lebanon, which was built in 1846 and features a pair of bronze doors from the
famed French luxury liner the Normandie; and the former Spencer Memorial Church, dating
back to 1851 and possibly the first church converted into apartments in New York City!
Meet at: Borough Hall Station, corner of Montague and Court Streets | Charge: $40 members
only; $50 non-member guests
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Classic Albert Hadley Style | New York City
Tuesday, October 18 | 5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
One of Albert Hadley’s last decorating projects in New York City was for a long time close
friend whose first apartment and home in Connecticut had been done by the designer.
When the couple bought their Park Avenue apartment in 1999, they immediately asked him
to transform their new space. He gutted the apartment and decorated it in what the owner
calls classic Albert Hadley style. “It is traditional with simplicity to it. Albert used fabrics
and furniture he designed and combined it with pieces we had already.” The home is filled
with antique carpets such as 19th-century Sultanabad and Kierman, modern works on paper
(including lithographs by Picasso and Ellsworth Kelly), and 17th-and-18th-century American
and European clocks collected by her husband. “Even though he was always late,” she recalls
ironically. Antique and modern art are blended together. The library features a collection of
19th-century English dog paintings, while a Francois Gilot painting hangs in the living room.
Hadley also decoupaged the breakfast room with menus from restaurants around the world at
which the owners have dined. Join Royal Oak as we visit the last home entirely decorated by
Albert Hadley, Royal Oak Foundation’s first Timeless Design Award recipient, and speak to the
homeowner about collaborating with the designer and the stunning results!
Location: To be given at time of registration | Charge: $90 Art & Design and Heritage Circle
members only
PRIVATE TOUR
Photo: © Lauree Feldman
Harkness House: A Gilded Age Mansion New York City
Saturday, October 22 | 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
One of New York’s greatest architectural treasures,
Harkness House sits on the corner of Fifth Avenue and
75th Street. The Italian Renaissance Revival mansion—
marble façade and wrought-iron fence inspired by
that of the Scalegari tombs in Verona—was designed
by James Gamble Rogers in 1908 for Edward Harkness,
heir to the Standard Oil fortune and his wife Mary.
Said to be one of the most intact mansions remaining
on Fifth Avenue, it boasts seven floors, large public
rooms, 14 servants’ rooms, kitchens, pantries, and
more. The gorgeous interiors originally were filled
with an extensive art collection including remarkable
paintings by Holbein, Gainsborough and Stuart.
After Mr, Harkness’ death in 1940 and his wife’s in
Harkness House, front entrance
1950, the couple’s art collection was bequeathed to
The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the house was
turned over to the family’s philanthropic foundation. The Commonwealth Fund continues to
preserve the property’s period details today. Walk back into New York’s Millionaire’s Row as
Curator, Paul Wentworth Engel offers a private tour of this extraordinary mansion.
Location: Harkness House, 1 East 75th Street | Charge: $50 supporting-level members only
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SPECIAL LECTURE – NYC
Photo: © Boucheron, Paris
Tea and Talk at Rizzoli Bookstore: Paris,
Liberation & Fashion | New York City
Friday, October 28 | 2:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
For decades, Paris has been synonymous with
fashion. Even during the horrors of World War
II, clothing and accessories played an important
role in how women behaved during the German
Occupation—using dress as a tool of resistance
against the enemy. The fashion industry was also
significant to how France rebuilt itself following the
Liberation. Best-selling author Anne Sebba will
Boucheron lipstick holder and bag with
elephant motif
show how dressing fashionably was considered far
from trivial for Parisiennes throughout the War; it
was a matter of personal and national pride. She will also talk about how after Liberation,
French designers dreamed up a bold and imaginative scheme, aimed at Americans, to ensure
Paris remained the capital of fashion in the post-war world. Indeed, the triumph of Parisian
haute couture was reached with the stunning‘New Look’ of Christian Dior that debuted in
1947. The influence of its classic French elegance remains timeless and influences fashion and
design event today.
Location: Rizzoli Bookstore, 1133 Broadway (at West 26th Street) | Charge: FREE for
members; Registration required Additional funding for this program has been generously provided by Ms. Leonora Ballinger
Photo: © Boucheron, Paris
SPECIAL LECTURE – PHL
Talk & Tea at FREEMAN’S: Paris,
Liberation & Fashion | Philadelphia
Saturday, October 29 | 11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
For decades, Paris has been synonymous with
fashion. Even during the horrors of World War
II, clothing and accessories played an important
role in how women behaved during the German
A 1942 evening clutch bag made by Boucheron
Occupation—using dress as a tool of resistance
against the enemy. The fashion industry was also
significant to how France rebuilt itself following the Liberation. Best-selling author Anne
Sebba will show how dressing fashionably was considered far from trivial for Parisiennes
throughout the War, it was a matter of personal and national pride. She will also talk about
how after the war ended, French artists and designers dreamed up a bold and imaginative
scheme, aimed at Americans, to ensure Paris remained the capital of fashion in the post-war
world. The triumph of Parisian Haute Couture was reached with the extravagant and opulent
‘New Look’ of Christian Dior that debuted in 1947. The popularity of this new mode of dress
enabled French couture and Parisian style to remain dominant until the 1960s. The influence
of its classic elegance remains timeless and influences fashion and design event today.
Location: Freeman’s Auction House, 1808 Chestnut Street | Charge: FREE for members;
Registration Required
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Photo: Courtesy of Anya Hindmarch
PRIVATE EVENT
British Bespoke: Anya Hindmarch New York City
Thursday, November 3, 6:00 p.m.–8:00 p.m.
The word “ Bespoke” brings to mind the British
tailors that have lined the streets of London’s
Savile Row since the 18th century, creating madeto-measure garments and leather goods. Founded
Anya Hindmarch Bespoke leather boxes
in 1987, the Anya Hindmarch brand takes the
concept of traditional bespoke and turns it on its head in the 21st century, blending exquisite
craftsmanship and creative personalization with a dash of humor. The brand has grown
from Anya’s first store on London’s Walton Street, to 48 global stores including flagships in
New York, London and Tokyo that feature the unique Bespoke collection and craftsmen’s
workshops. Beautiful leather accessories are inspired by pop culture—such as a purse
featuring a large pixilated smiley face, or an evening clutch resembling a crisps packet.
Collections for both women and men are personalized with handwritten messages and
drawings embossed onto the leather—marking a moment in time rather than a moment in
fashion and highlighting the exceptional quality. Join Royal Oak for a special evening as the
Madison Avenue store opens up after hours exclusively for members. Enjoy drinks and hors
d’oeuvres, watch the master craftsmen at work and admire the gorgeous leather goods.
Location: Anya Hindmarch, 795 Madison Avenue | Charge: $40 supporting-level members
only; $55 non-member guest; Free for Heritage Circle members.
Photo: Courtesy of Penn &
Fletcher Embroidery
BEHIND-THE-SCENES
Painting with Stitches: Penn & Fletcher
Embroidery | New York City
Thursday, November 17
11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
From the 1920s to the 1950s, Manhattan was
headquarters to more than 300 custom embroidery
shops. While only few remain, Penn & Fletcher
Hand embroidery work at Penn & Fletcher
has been employing old-world methods and newworld technology since 1986 to create embroidery for theater, fashion, interior design, and
historic reproduction. Fifteen artisans operate 100 embroidery machines (many dating back
to the 1800s!) and also create beautiful handwork. It is the “go to” embroidery house for
interior designers such as Bunny Williams, Charlotte Moss and Ellie Culman; museums such
as the Metropolitan Museum of Art; and historic estates such as Marble House, Newport, RI
and the Maymont Mansion, Richmond, VA. Their work can also be seen in movies and on
the stage including the elaborate kimonos in the 2005 film Memoirs of a Geisha, costumes
for Broadway’s Phantom of the Opera, and the 2007 production of Cyrano de Bergerac. The
company library contains thousands of patterns and an extensive collection of vintage
designs. Penn & Fletcher founder, Ernie Smith, will show us current project from the
showroom and discuss the techniques and approaches used towards restoration projects.
Location: 2107 41st Ave #5, Long Island City (around the corner from the F train “21 Street –
Queensbridge” stop) | Charge: $40 members only; $50 non-member guests
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PRIVATE RECEPTION
Celebrating the Season New York City
Thursday, December 1 5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
It would be a humbug holiday if we
didn’t again visit at the beautifully
holiday decorated home of Royal Oak
member Benjamin Bradley and his
partner Bruce Wayne! We are thrilled
to return to this winter wonderland
Reindeer and pine adorn the mantlepiece
of antique ornaments and beautifully
handcrafted decorations he has collected over the years. Mr. Bradley revealed to us, “Christmas
collectibles are fascinating and represent not only my personal likes and interests, but that
of the country and the world...” Combining his creativity with his love of Christmas, he even
makes his own ornaments using vintage Christmas cards that he painstakingly cuts to combine
with Dresden gilded trim and other materials. These one-of-a-kind handcrafted ornaments
are available through his cleverly named site: Ebenezer & Company. Mr. Bradley has a passion
for Christmas that is contagious and we can’t wait to see what will be on display this year!
Location: To be given at time of registration | Charge: $ 75 members only
PRIVATE TOUR
Photo: © Jerome Ryan
The Players Club New York City
Date | Time TBA
Through the iron gates of Gramercy
Park, you might glimpse the central
statue commemorating the wellknown 19th century Shakespearean
actor Edwin Booth. In 1888, Mr. Booth
—who is also the brother of John
Detail of wrought iron railing depicting Comedy and Tragedy
Wilkes Booth—purchased a townhouse
at 16 Gramercy Park South to form a men’s club for members interested in theatre, fine arts
and letters, journalism and commerce. The club’s Great Hall is dominated by a 20-ton fireplace
with a Stanford White designed white marble mantel with the Club’s logo. The Billiards Room
boasts Mark Twain’s favorite cue, and portraits by Norman Rockwell and Al Hirschfeld as
well as artwork by famed actors John Barrymore and James Cagney line the walls. The dining
room, with its stag horn chandelier (both designed by Stanford White) features original
1901 stained glass windows from the Garrick Theatre in Philadelphia. Its extensive library,
started by Edwin Booth’s personal collection, is considered to be one of finest repositories of
theatre reference, art and memorabilia today. Join Royal Oak as we visit this National Historic
Landmark with Lisa Easton of Easton Architects, who has just begun an extensive restoration
of this fascinating building.
Location: The Players Club, 16 Gramercy Park South | Charge: $50 supporting-level
members only
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ABOUT OUR SPEAKERS
DR. WOLF BURCHARD
Hardwick Hall: An Elizabethan Masterpiece
“Hardwick Hall, more glass than wall,” is a well-known
English saying characterizing a key feature of one of the
National Trust’s greatest architectural landmarks. Built in
the 16th century, Hardwick and its collection bear witness
to Bess of Hardwick’s vision, wealth, and sheer audacity to
construct a large and showy building—or Prodigy house—
that still takes people’s breath away centuries later. Dr.
Wolf Burchard, the National Trust’s Furniture Research
Curator, will discuss the house’s exciting history and
illustrate some of its renowned treasures. He will describe
the extraordinary interiors such as the striking Long
Gallery, created to display the tapestries and pictures which
highlighted the Countess of Shrewsbury’s wealth and status,
as well as the Great Chamber adorned with a unique frieze
of figurative plasterworks. Collection highlights include the
Ming dynasty ceramics, 17th and 18th-century tester beds, the
Sea Dog Table, and the inlayed chest in the State Withdrawing
Room. Dr. Burchard will discuss Hardwick’s 19th-century
occupants, including the glamorous retired bachelor William
Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire, and he will revisit the
final years of Hardwick’s private ownership by Evelyn,
Duchess of Devonshire, before the house was transferred to
the National Trust in 1959.
PHILLIP J. DODD
An Ideal Collaboration: The Art
of Classical Details
In the follow-up to his critically acclaimed book The Art of
Classical Details, architect Phillip James Dodd continues his
look at some of the finest examples of contemporary classical
architecture in Great Britain and the United States in his
latest publication An Ideal Collaboration: The Art of Classical
Details. Mr. Dodd examines how collaboration—between
architects, decorators, landscape designers and others—is
the key to their successful design. Collaborative relationships
are rare, especially amongst designers, where each is
focused on their own individual objectives and often unable
to transcend their own egos. Featuring projects by architects
like Robert Adam, John Simpson and Julian Bicknell,
Mr. Dodd reveals the pivotal role that collaboration plays
in the design and construction of a home in order to create
successful timeless designs.
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... AND THEIR LECTURES
OLIVER EVERET T, CVO
“A Feast of Treasures and Curiosities”:
The Royal Library at Windsor Castle
Windsor Castle is the oldest and largest continuously
occupied castle in the world. It has been modified throughout
its 900 year history to reflect the ambitions and styles of the
monarchy, evolving from an impregnable fortress into a royal
country residence said to be the Queen’s favorite that she
regularly uses for spectacular state occasions. Housed within
the walls of the Castle is the Royal Library, described as “a
feast of treasures and curiosities.” The Library occupies three
rooms, originally built for Queen Elizabeth I, King Henry
VII and King Charles II, and more a remarkable museum of
the British monarchy than a traditional library. It contains
one of the world’s finest collections of Old Master Drawings,
including the largest group of drawings by Leonardo da
Vinci, as well as fans, clocks, jewelry, miniatures, over 4,500
military maps and documents, and even the shirt in which
King Charles I was executed. Fine bindings, manuscripts
and rare books include the Mainz Psalter, 1457; the Sobieski
Book of Hours, 1420; and annotated copies of books by Sir
Walter Scott and Benjamin Disraeli. Oliver Everett, Librarian
Emeritus for the Royal Library, Windsor Castle, will discuss
many of these remarkable objects, some usually only seen by
Her Majesty, her guests and visiting scholars.
The Monarch’s Taste:
Treasures from The Royal Collection
The Royal Collection of art is one of the last great European
Dynastic collections to survive in royal ownership, with over
485,000 objects collected from King Henry VIII to the present
Queen. The Collection is a unique and valuable record of the
personal tastes of kings and queens over the past 500 years,
including works by many great artists including da Vinci,
Rembrandt, Vermeer and Holbein; Sèvres porcelain; jewelry,
like the Diamond Diadem and the Cullinan diamond;
furniture and even Fabergé Russian Imperial Easter eggs. In
his lavishly illustrated talk, Oliver Everett, Librarian Emeritus
for the Royal Library, Windsor Castle, will demonstrate the
range and magnificence of the Collection, as well as show the
varying collecting interests of individual monarchs and other
members of the Royal family.
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SARAH GRIST WOOD
Game of Queens: The Women Who
Ruled 16th-Century Europe
During the 16th century, large swathes of Europe were under
the firm hand of a reigning queen or a female regent. From
Isabella of Castile to her daughter Katherine of Aragon
and granddaughter Mary Tudor; from Louise of Savoy to
her daughter Marguerite of Navarre; from Marguerite’s
admirer Anne Boleyn to her daughter Elizabeth Tudor—this
period was marked by an explosion of female rule scarcely
equaled even today. Despite being on opposing sides of
armed struggles, through family ties and patronage, noble
women educated and supported each other in a brutal world
where the price of failure was disgrace, exile or even death.
Following the passage of power from mother to daughter,
and mentor to protégé, historian Sarah Gristwood weaves
together stories of familiar figures such as Anne Boleyn with
those of lesser-known women in a striking portrayal of one
of the most dramatic periods in European history in her new
book, Game of Queens: The Women Who Made SixteenthCentury Europe. Ms. Gristwood will reveal the unorthodox
practices these women adopted and assess the impact they
had on shaping the world around them. Epic in scale, this
game of queens is a remarkable tale of skill and ingenuity
and the challenges faced by women in power – many of
which still hold relevant today.
JAMES REGINATO
Modern Aristocrats: Ancestral
Houses and Their Stories
The history of England and the British people is inextricably
linked with the stories of its leading aristocratic dynasties
and the seats they have occupied for centuries. These houses
have survived great wars, economic upheavals, and at times
scandal and tragedy. James Reginato, writer-at-large for
Vanity Fair, will showcase several of these homes in England,
Ireland, Italy, and the Carribean, and for the first times
illustrate some of their private interiors—among them the
exquisite Old Vicarage in Derbyshire, the last residence of
the late Dowager Duchess of Devonshire; Villa Cetinale in
Tuscany owned by the 7th Earl of Durham; Blenheim Palace,
the home of the 11th Duke of Marlborough; Broughton Castle,
home of the 21st Baron Saye and Sele; and The Grove in
Oxfordshire, home of Countess Mountbatten of Burma and
Lady Pamela Hicks. Mr. Reginato will bring the history of
these families and remarkable residences alive and discuss
how the modern stewards and aristocrats keep these stately
homes going in high style, based on his new book Great
Houses, Modern Aristocrats.
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ANNE SEBBA
Les Parisiennes: Women in
Wartime Paris 1939-1949
What did it feel like to be a woman in Paris during the war
years—a time of fear, power, and courage until finally, renewal
and retribution? While the men were fighting, it was the
women—including British and Americans—who faced the
German conquerors daily. From collaborators and resisters
to Nazi wives and spies, Parisian women made life-and-death
decisions every day. Coco Chanel lived at the Ritz with her
German lover and continued to design clothes. At the same
time, many British and French women (trained in Britain
as part of the famous S.O.E.) worked as secret agents for the
Allies, while some were caught and tortured. While some were
leading dangerous lives, others were pretending that things
were carrying on as normal in the occupied city. In her new
book, Les Parisiennes: How the Women of Paris Lived, Loved,
and Died Under Nazi Occupation, author Anne Sebba explores
the fascinating lives of these women, using first-hand accounts
and letters, to show how they came to terms with their
experiences during the war and after the Liberation. She will
describe the cultural and economic effect of the American and
British diplomats and tourists who flooded Paris after the war.
LORD WATSON OF RICHMOND, CBE
Churchill’s Legacy: Two Speeches
to Save the World
Two of the most controversial and formative orations of the
post-World War II era were given by former British Prime
Minister, Winston Churchill. The first was given in 1946 on
American soil in Fulton, Missouri, where Churchill alerted the
world to the threat posed by Stalin, calling for U.S. support.
His description of “an iron curtain [that] has descended across
the Continent,” and his call for a united Europe “from which
no nation should be permanently outcast” was one of the first
pleas to preserve world safety. That same year, he spoke at the
University of Zurich to advocate a “United States of Europe,”
looking toward a peaceful cooperative future, rather than backward to the horrors of past wars and desire for revenge. Lord
Watson will explain how Churchill’s “iron curtain” announced
the start of the Cold War and changed the Western view of
communism. He will discuss the resulting controversy and how
these speeches were integral to the emergence of NATO and
the Marshall Plan, committing the U.S. to Europe’s economic
recovery, foreshadowing the EU today. He will also show how
Churchill presented a new prospect of recovery and hope –
both for himself as a politician, and for the rest of the world.
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