Milford chronicle., 1962-04-13
University Hospital
Antique Show

Philadelphia, an 18th century
world-center of fine furniture MAX
Ing, is scheduled to attract wide
attention once again among con-
noiseurs of this early American
craft.
On Tuesday, April "a, in the first
of what is planned as an annual
Philadelphia event, the University
Hospital Antiques Show will open
at the 103rd Engineers Armory,
3215 Lanca ster Ave. 1t is believed
to be the largest and most quality
conscious" benefit antiques show
ever to be launched in this city.
Proceeds will go to the Hospital
OF the University of Pennsylvania.
The five-day show april "a thru
28) is sponsored by the Hospitals
Board of Women Visitors, wi h
Board President Mrs. Moreau d.
Brown, Haverford, and Mrs. Dom
aid M. Pillsbury, Bala-Cynwyd, SER
wing as co-chairmen. Honorary
chairman is Mrs. Thomas S. Gates,
Chestnut Hill.
Patterned on the famous shows
in New York and Boston-the East
Side Show and the Ellis Memorial,
Philadelphia's University Hospital
Antiques Show will bring under
one roof the best offerings of
group of 81 invited antiques deal
ers from the Eastern states. They
will come from Maine to Virginia,
with roughly a fourth hailing from
Philadelphia and nearby counties.
In addition to the dealers dis
plays, Loan Exhibit is being or
ganized under the chairmanship of
Mrs. Antelo Devereux. Amber. In
it will be featured distinguished
pieces of early American antiques
which are presently treasured in
private homes throughout Della
ware Valley.
The famous Rittenhouse orrery,
a clock like mechanism depicting
the movement of planets of the
solar system will be part of the
Loan Exhibit, if it is found that it
can be safely moved. 1t is owned
by the University and is on dis
play in the University library.
The orrery has been selected as
the symbol of the University Hos
pital Antiques Show, and it will he
pictured on the program book, pro-
motional flyers, posters, and other
official notices. 1t was designed
and built for the University (then
the College of Philadelphia) by
David Rittenhouse 1732-1796),
Philadelphia Matchmaker mathe-
matician and astronomer. Ritten-
house was a Fellow of the Royal
Society of London and one of the
early presidents of the American
Philosophical Society.
The Loan Exhibit will be dis
played in the center section of the
armory. There also will be found
a garden area and coffee shop"
where members of the Hospitals
Doctors Wives Committee will sell
coffee, sandwiches, and a variety
of snacks.
Dealers will present their dis
plays in room-like settings. Early
American furniture will be the
chief emphasis, but displays of 18th
and early 10Th century English and
French furniture also will be
shown. Ohc of the booths will be
devoted to antiques from the ORR
ent. Others will display specialized
collections of antique porcelain,
glassware, silverware, prints d
jewelry.
Items in these booths will be for
sale at the dealers regular prices.
But these displays, no less than
the Loan Exhibit, are being plan
ned also to please the visitor who
is 'just looking.
Daily admission tickets to h e
show will sell at the door for 81 so.
Doors will be open from noon to
1000 pm, Tuesday through Fri
day, and from 10000 am. till 800
pm. on Saturday.
A gala five to nine preview and
reception will be given Monday
april 23), the evening before the
official opening, by friends of the
Hospital of the University of Pa.
A donation of $40 is being asked
for this event, where late after
noon refreshments and supper will
be served, and preview guests will
have admission privileges to the
armory on subsequent days of the
Antiques Show.
The Board of Women Visitors of
the Hospital of the University of
Pennsylvania, sponsor of the show,
has a long history of service. 1t
was appointed by the Board OF
Managers in 1875, one year after
the opening of the Hospital, t h e
teaching hospital of the nation S
first medical school, founded in
1765.
Function of the Board of Women
Visitors was defined as follows. at
the time of it's founding: "To aid
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