We are pleased to announce our second Fellows Lecture. The Jacalyn & William P. Egan Lecture will take place on Tuesday, August 8th at 6pm at Marble House. This lecture is free both in-person and via Zoom. Registration required. Two of the Preservation Society’s Research Fellows will present "Surveying the Furniture of Jules Allard." Ben Bowery, Preservation Society Research Fellow, will discuss his contributions to the Preservation Society’s long-term study of Paris-born cabinet maker and designer Jules Allard. Allard is credited with the introduction of European-inspired architectural interiors, notably the French salon, to America’s Gilded Age elite. Ben, in collaboration with our conservation and curatorial departments, has embarked upon a comprehensive survey of furniture attributed to Allard in the Preservation Society’s collection, focusing on historic precedents, materials, construction, ornamental vocabularies, measurements and proportions. Ben will share the survey process,...