'Dine' with the House of the Seven Gables Wednesday Night

Thank you to Alan Collachicco and the House of the Seven Gables staff for providing lecture information.

is welcoming another expert to the house as part of its on Wednesday at 7 p.m.

International lecturer Edward F. Maeder will share his expertise from his work as curator of textiles at historic Deerfield in his lecture — A White Cloth on Every Table: World Dining and 'Horror Vacui' in the Colonial American Period.

In addition to his time at historic Deerfield, Executive Director of the House of the Seven Gables Alan Collachicco said Maeder is a published author and international speaker. He has also spearheaded exhibits on period costumes for museums in the United States and Europe.

"He will speak here on how important damask table cloths were in the 17th and
18th centuries and how manners around the table evolved over the years," Collachicco said. Maeder "is extremely well informed, amusing to listen to and filled with the sort of information you never find in books," he added.

Collachicco said this year's lecture series is focusing on what life was like for the Turners when they lived in the Great Mansion — the Gables.

“So often we learn about the history of a grand old house like the Turner-Ingersoll Mansion — who built it, who lived and died in it, who married whom and for what reason, and who came along with a plan to up-date the old pile,” he said. “Sadly, what gets lost in the margins of the history books is how these persons of note lived in these great unheated buildings with no running water, sputtering tallow candles, rattling windows, and smoking fireplaces.”

To learn more about the lecture series, check out our complete listing here.

Call 1-978-744-0991 for more information or visit www.7gables.org.