Presentation and Book-signing
Have you ever wished you could see the antiques and artwork hidden behind closed doors in private Kentucky collections? Genevieve Baird Lacer and Libby Turner Howard present antebellum Kentucky artifacts from over fifty of today's most inspired private and public collections. Their new book, Collecting Kentucky 1790-1860, celebrates collectors, past and present, who continue to locate, research, and save the material archive of Kentucky. The book documents extant objects such as furniture, silver, art, textiles, longrifles, and stoneware. The authors will present images from the book and discuss the collectors and the development of the great private collections. Reception with drinks and light hors d'oeuvres. $20 person, $15 for Friends of Locust Grove. Books available for purchase and signing.