In celebration of the acquisition of a superb rococo revival parlor from the Butler-Greenwood Plantation in St. Francisville, Louisiana, this exhibition will feature the parlor in its entirety and component parts, and illuminates its setting, and the taste for revival styles in furniture and the decorative arts prevalent in the mid-19th century South. A Louisiana Parlor: Antebellum Taste & Context is organized by the New Orleans Museum of Art.
NOMA Butler Greenwood Parlor Conservation
June 2014
Roman Alokhin
Photography
Image courtesy of the New Orleans Museum of Art
Parlor at Butler Greenwood Plantation
August 2014
Roman Alokhin
Photography
Image courtesy of the New Orleans Museum of Art
Butler Greenwood Plantation
August 2014
Roman Alokhin
Photography
Image courtesy of the New Orleans Museum of Art
Parlor At Butler Greenwood Plantation
June 2014
Roman Alokhin
Photography
Image courtesy of the New Orleans Museum of Art
New Orleans Museum Of Art Presents “A Louisiana Parlor: Antebellum Taste & Context”
Victorian Parlor from Butler-Greenwood Plantation will be on view June 26-October 11, 2015 New Orleans, LA- Opening this summer at the New Orleans Museum of Art, A Louisiana Parlor: Antebellum Taste & Context is an exhibition featuring the Butler-Greenwood Plantation parlor furnishings acquired by the museum from descendants of the family in St. Francisville, Louisiana…. Read More
Butler Greenwood’s Plantation Parlor Goes To New Orleans
A PLANTATION’S PARLOR SITS WELL WITH AMUSEUM Antiques By Eve M. Kahn | The New York Times This article originally appeared here Rosewood parlor furniture that has scarcely been moved for more than 150 years is about to be shipped across Louisiana. The New Orleans Museum of Art has bought the parlor contents (for an… Read More
Sponsors / Partners
A Louisiana Parlor: Antebellum Style and Context is organized by the New Orleans Museum of Art and is sponsored by the Eugenie and Joseph Jones Family Foundation. Additional support has been provided by Mr. and Mrs. Prescott N. Dunbar in memoriam Paul M. Haygood, and by Carol Flower Layton Parsons.