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Victorian House Workshop Slated

CAPE MAY - How-to hints and practical advise for the owner of a Victorian house will be the topic of a five-day workshop here . sponsored by the MidAtlantic Center for the Arts as part of a festive Victorian Week celebration. Along with tours of the National Landmark Victorian City, antiques L shows, house tours, and F other frivolities, a I- specialized workshop will k be held using the treasure L of Victorian homes in Cape ■ May as a focus. Owners and lovers of Victorian homes are invited to register for the workshop, called "Restoring Your Victorian House: A how-to workshop for the 1820-1920 house", which is being cosponsored by the Old House Journal, a news letter of restoration and maintenance techniques for the antique house. THE WORKSHOP will feature several nationally noted experts on Victorian interiors and exteriors. Roger Moss, author of Century of Color Exterior Decoration for American Buildings 1820 1920. will speak on paint colors for Victorian homes and historic lighting devices Gail Caskey Winkler. ASID. who is completing a book for Viking Press entitled Victorian Interior Decoration, which will be published in 198'6. will speak on Victorian wallcoverings, floorcoverings, and window treatments, with a special workshop on how to make one's own window coverings. CLEM I.ABINK. founder

i and publisher of the OldHouse Journal, will speak i on practical aspects of restoring or rehabilitating a Victorian house, from dealing with contractors to living with and "listening" to your old house, using the practical experience he gained in restoring his brownstone house in Brooklyn as a specific I example. i John Crosby Freeman, I book director of the i American Life Foundation, will begin the workshop Oct. 14, with "In Praise of Old Houses", an en- > thusiastic talk on why "they don't build 'em like they used to" and why so » many people are buying ) and renovating old houses rather than taking brandnew homes. Wide verandahs, high I ceilings, handsome detail- ; ing, and attention to craftsmanship are just a few of I the reasons Victorian » homes are regaining i popularity. JUDY FREEMAN, food editor of Victorian Homes magazine, will i speak on "The EntertainI ing Victorians", featuring menus, food preparation 1 tips. Victorian use of servants and the butler's pantry. party ideas such as a i tea party, and other how-to suggestions on entertaining in Victorian style in a Vic- * torian house. I Workshop participants i will be treated to a special lecture by Ulysses G. Dietz, Curator of I Decorative Arts for the ? Newark Museum, who will speak on the furniture styles of the 19th Century, r followed by a tour of several of the splendid col- — lections of Victorian furniture in Cape May homes. This lecture is sponsored by the Cape May Vintage Homes Association GARDENS FOR Victorian homes will not be forgotten, as Joan Wells, formerly Executive Director of The Victorian Society in America and an avid gardener, will talk on howto plant a garden to complement the Victorian house, what "garden furniture" to consider, and how the Victorians considered their gardens in relation to their homes Following that lecture. Ann Miller of the Capo May Community Garden Club will give a practical talk and demonstration on howto use herbs and other plants from a Victorian garden to make Victorian accessories such as "tussymussies." pomander balls, potpourris, and sleep pillows. FINALLY, the Victorian gardens of Cape May will be open, with a gardener in each one to answer questions as workshop participants proceed from garden to garden on a selfguided basis. There will also be a special workshop and demonstration on how to reproduce grained woods and marbleized materials, led by Charles Miller, ASID. curator of the Emlen Physick House, featuring the newly restored and marbleized woodwork by Miller. Also featured during the "Restoring Your Victorian House Workshop" will be a gala tea party and reception hosted by several of the restored Victorian guest houses of Cape May, —I so that participants may

have an opportunity to view first-hand the interiors of these Victorian homes which now welcome guests and to learn about their restoration. Registeration for the five-day workshop, is limited to 150 participants. Registration deadline is Sept. 30, although if space is available, registrations received after that date,

will be accepted. Tickets for single lectures will be available at the door on a space-available basis. For a complete schedule of the workshop and« registration details, as well as for information on Victorian Week activities Oct. 11-20, contact the MidAtlantic Center for the Arts, P.O. Box 164, Cape May, N.J. 08204.

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