Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum To Host Victorian Tea

From LMMM: The Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum will host its annual Victorian Tea on Sunday, Nov. 4 at 2 p.m. The event, chaired by LMMM Trustee Hunter Arton will feature a talk entitled, Edith Wharton: Women, High Society, and Art, 1870-1920, by Dr. Emily J. Orlando, a leading expert on celebrated author Edith Wharton.

Ms. Arton said, “We are honored to welcome Dr. Emily J. Orlando as the guest speaker. Edith
Wharton fans and newbies alike will enjoy the presentation as well as Julyen Table’s outstanding
menu. This event is a fun way to celebrate the beauty of the Mansion, while enjoying a
traditional English tea with friends old and new.” Dr. Orlando is the author of, Edith Wharton and the Visual Arts, and co-editor with Meredith Goldsmith of the peer-reviewed book, Edith Wharton and Cosmopolitanism (2016). Dr. Orlando is currently editing Volume 6 of, The Complete Works of Edith Wharton: Writings on Architecture, Design, and Gardens for Oxford University Press.

From 2015 to 2017 Dr. Orlando was President of the Edith Wharton Society, served from 2013 to 2016 as Book Review Editor for the Edith Wharton Review, and currently serves on the Editorial Board of the Edith Wharton Review. For her achievements in teaching and research, Dr. Orlando was recently appointed the E. Gerald Corrigan Chair of the Humanities at Fairfield University.

Dr. Orlando is Associate Professor of English at Fairfield University and has published numerous articles in peer-reviewed journals and essay collections including, American Literary Realism (1870-1910); Twentieth-Century Literature; Women’s Studies: An Inter-disciplinary Journal; Victoriographies: A Journal of Nineteenth-Century Writing, 1790-1914; New Voices on the Harlem Renaissance: Essays on Race, Gender, and Literary Discourse; Memorial Boxes and Guarded Interiors: Edith Wharton and Material Culture; Edith Wharton’s The Custom of the Country: A Reassessment; and Edith Wharton in Context.

The program will include a hat contest with prizes, a silent auction, and a formal traditional
English tea catered by Julyen’s Table. The event is generously sponsored by Cottages & Gardens Publications, Bankwell, Bigelow, and King Industries. All proceeds will benefit the Museum’s educational and cultural programs.

The Museum’s 2018 cultural and educational programs are made possible in part by generous funding from LMMM’s Founding Patrons: The Estate of Mrs. Cynthia Clark Brown, LMMM’s 2018 Season Distinguished Benefactors: The City of Norwalk and The Maurice Goodman Foundation; 2018 Distinguished Benefactors for Education: Daphne Seybolt Culpeper Memorial Foundation, Inc.

Tickets for the Tea are $35 for members and $45 for non-members and hats are welcomed! For Victorian Tea reservations please visit our website at www.lockwoodmathewsmansion.com, email info@lockwoodmathewsmansion.com, or call 203-838-9799 ext. 4. Please RSVP by Oct. 28th. The Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum is a National Historic Landmark. Tours are offered Wednesdays through Sundays, at noon, 1 p.m., 2 p.m., and 3 p.m.

Images via LMMM