Art Deco "Show and Tell" Afternoon

Join an ADSW member at his 1921 Bungalow for an Art Deco afternoon.

The event begins with a brief presentation on the A.C. Gilbert Company, including Erector Sets and various science sets. Preview the member's Erector Set collection. Learn more about A.C. Gilbert and his products from these books:

• The Man Who Changed How Boys and Toys Were Made: The Life and Times of A. C. Gilbert, the Man Who Saved Christmas by Bruce Watson
• The Man Who Lives in Paradise: Autobiography of A. C. Gilbert
• Greenberg's Guide to Gilbert Erector Sets: 1933-1962 by William M. Bean

Members and friends are asked to bring one or more small art deco objects to share with the group. Each participant should plan to talk for up to 5 minutes or so about his/her item of interest and spend a small amount of time discussing it with the group.

Coffee, tea and light snacks will be served.

We ask for either a donation of $15 to Art Deco Society of Washington OR that you bring a new member that will join (and get in free).

Please RSVP before October 18, 2008. Attendance is limited to 20 people. This is a great chance to show off your Erté statuette or to find out what that gadget grandma left you actually does. The only thing that we won't do is give appraisals.

Location: Northwest DC, near Chevy Chase Circle and the Avalon Theater. Full directions will be provided to all who register.

For More Information

For more information about this event or to RSVP, send email to Karyn Jarboe, kjarboe@adsw.org, or call 703-864-7070.

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Created September 6, 2008; Modified Sunday, July 26, 2009.