Gregg Perry

The Historic Preservationist

Arts EN ↓ 1035 episodes

Conservation scholar Gregg Perry will lead us back into time on a journey of restoring and conserving 17th -19th century period architecture furnishings and timepieces.

Author

Gregg Perry

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Arts

Latest episode

May 10, 2026

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Episodes

87. European furniture in American Homes 08.10.2022

A general rejection of European style objects

86. Salem Massachusetts furniture 08.10.2022

Masterpieces made by William Hook

85. Sugar chest 04.10.2022

Farmers through colonial America could produce the majority of their food stuff except their sugar. Sugar was produced only in a few areas of the colonies when homeowner acquires it this one was an kept under lock and key.

84. American firebacks and stove plates 04.10.2022

The beginning of American cast iron ornamentation began with firebacks and stove plates.

83 Pre revolutionary furniture makers from NY 03.10.2022

Colonial NY furnitures influenced makers from Albany to Trenton NJ

82. Elements that set Queen Anne chairs apart 30.09.2022

English and Dutch influences on Queen Anne chair design

81. The Wallace COLLECTION- a treasury 26.09.2022

Explore one of the great collections of 18th furniture and decorative arts.

80. Palladium architecture Germanic Style 26.09.2022

Pennsylvania German architecture can teach us how the Germanic architecture was competing with the English Georgian as the styles developed.

79 Musical tall clocks 26.09.2022

Musical tall clocks re a guide to our past to know why the popular tune of the day were.

78. A tall case clock made my Claget 25.09.2022

There are difficulties in identifying the original color of Japanese surfaces due to longevity of time, non compatible materials and oxidation and reduction reactions.

77. Japanese furniture 25.09.2022

Japanese furniture was first accepted in New England, but never gained a great foothold, what resulted was watered down Asian motifs applied to upscale American furniture.

76 Thomas Harlens Tea Party 20.09.2022

A tale of the political events land the actual tea burning in Boston harbor which were captured as engravings on a tall case clock.

75. New England Furniture 20.09.2022

Trying to determine unknown makers of furniture utilizing regional characteristics.

74. French furniture 19.09.2022

The mechanizing of French furniture by German immigrants.

73. America moving westward 19.09.2022

There is more to land than frontier development.

72 English origins of Jamestown rod houses- part II 04.09.2022

The exterior and interior design of row houses

71. English origins of Jamestown row houses 04.09.2022

How row houses footprint foundations along the James River cried out the origins of the English row house.

70. Inheritance & adaptation of English style 04.09.2022

The blending of English and American design

69 Reginal furniture preferences 04.09.2022

How design in America became diversified.

68. American Colonial Revival 31.08.2022

Understanding who were the movers and shakers who helped bring about and solidify the American colonial revival.

67. understanding construction details of siding 31.08.2022

Water tables, clapboards, shingles and belt courses.

66. Pa Germanic influences in 18th c. Art 31.08.2022

Understanding how combining Oa Germanic influences with English Quakers,resolve in a special art form in South Eastern PA

65. Vines covering historic dwellings 30.08.2022

Vintage a wonderful accent on historic buildings when used with constraint.

64. American Architecture of the Early 19th Century. 30.08.2022

Georgian, Federal, Greek revival styles are truly American.

63 Inheritance adaptation of American architecture 24.08.2022

How the American version of architecture change with different materials in regional influences.

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