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Dazzling Designs
Bellamy’s Artful Tables
by Shannon Rae Gentry
The Bellamy Mansion Museum of History and Design
Arts has cultivated its antebellum appeal for more
than 150 years. Known for its seasonal and truly
Southern parties filled with high teas and impressive
finery, the Bellamy Mansion is staging its signature Art of the Table,
March 15-17. The weekend of unique décor and designs, inspired by
this year’s theme, “A History Built on
Common Grounds,” includes a formal
tea on Friday, March 15, for the first
100 guests.
Following an evening preview
Thursday, March 14, from 8-10 p.m.
for $50, the museum will again
showcase unique tabletops,
centerpieces and mantel displays assembled by local professionals
Friday through Sunday.
Reaching out to new audiences, the weekend’s events include
Saturday workshops for do-it-yourself designers, starting with “Making
a Quilt Table Runner,” presented by the First Culture African American
Quilting Circle. “Flower Arranging Small and Medium” will follow
with Ann Parker of St. James Episcopal Church. The third and final
workshop, “How to Blend Antiques and Modern Works of Art,” will be
presented by Charles Adams, interior designer and owner of Charles
Adams Antiques.
Art of the Table exhibits will extend to 12 period rooms throughout
three floors of the historic mansion.
For prices or reservations for each event, call 910-251-3700 or visit
www.bellamymansion.org
Above: Table settings
by Protocol and a
centerpiece by Fiore
Fine Flowers were
inspired by “An Imperial
Garden;” Right: Salt
Harbor Designs and The
Fisherman’s Wife created
“The Conservatory
of Ellen and Eliza;”
Opposite: The Temple of
Israel Ladies Concordia
Society makes creative
use of a tree branch for a
“Friday Sadder supper”
theme at the Bellamy
Mansion’s 2011 Art of
the Table.
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