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Gilded Tables: The Art of Food and Dining in Edith Wharton's New York
On Sunday, April 23, 2023, 2-4 p.m., Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum will feature a lecture by renowned social and culinary historian Carl Raymond, host of the popular podcast, “The Gilded Gentleman.”
The Lecture series is chaired by LMMM Trustee Kathy Olsen. This lecture will be held at Stepping Stones Museum for Children’s Multimedia Gallery, 303 West Ave., Norwalk, CT. To reserve tickets attendees can visit the Events page on the Museum’s website at www.lockwoodmathewsmansion.com. Admission is $15 for LMMM members, $20 for non-members. Light refreshments will be offered following the presentation.
In this illustrated talk, Carl Raymond, a Wharton specialist, takes us into the world of food and dining in Gilded Age New York. It’s in the details of architecture, fashion, and social customs, that Wharton’s gives us her revealing portrait of society. The details of food and dining in her work are no different, we are brought into the dinners and balls and often feel that we too, as readers are seated at the table.
The talk will provide an overview of where and how people dined, the dishes one would have found on the table, and how a formal dinner would have been served. Along with rare archival images, the talk will feature selections from Wharton’s writing to illustrate certain points as well as unique primary source menus that will take us from the balls of the Vanderbilts and Astors to the tables of J.P. Morgan and Stanford White.
Carl Raymond is the host of The Gilded Gentleman history podcast (produced by Bowery Boys Media). He is a writer, social historian, and frequent speaker for organizations including the Royal Oak Foundation, Historic Royal Palaces, the English-Speaking Union, the Metropolitan Opera Guild, the National Arts Club, and the Merchant’s House Museum.
This lecture is generously sponsored in part by Plaza Realty & Management Corporation. LMMM’s 2023 programs are made possible in part by CT Humanities with generous funding provided by Connecticut State Department of Economic and Community Development/Connecticut Office of the Arts (COA) from the Connecticut State Legislature; LMMM’s Founding Patrons: The Estate of Mrs. Cynthia Clark Brown; LMMM’s Leadership Patrons: The Sealark Foundation; and LMMM’s 2023 Season Distinguished Benefactors: The City of Norwalk, The Maurice Goodman Foundation, and Lockwood-Mathews Foundation, Inc.
For more information on tours and programs, please visit www.lockwoodmathewsmansion.com, email [email protected], or call 203-838-9799.
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