W. PATRICK EDWARDS: CURRICULUM VITAE

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1969-Present Owner “Antique Refinishers Inc.”, restoration & conservation of pre-industrial American & European furniture for private collectors, dealers & institutions. Specialty services in French marquetry, veneer, custom fabrication of period furniture styles, consulting & authentication.
Clients include:
California State Capitol Restoration, Sacramento
Phineas Banning Residence, Wilmington, California
Old Mill, Pasadena
Workman-Temple Homestead, City of Industry
California Historical Society, Whittier Mansion, San Francisco
Quartermass-Wilde House, San Diego
Christian House, Heritage Park, San Diego Old Town
Villa Montezuma, San Diego
San Diego Museum of Man, Balboa Park
San Diego Museum of Fine Arts, Balboa Park
Timken Museum of Art, Balboa Park, San Diego

1986-1995 California State Superintendent, Fine Woodworking Department, 22nd Agricultural District, Del Mar. Supervised annual “Design In Wood” show, largest public woodworking exhibition in America, created “19th Century Cabinetmakers Workshop”. State judge in 1984. Awarded “Best of Show” for traditional furniture in 1998.

1975-1985 Conservator of Furniture at Banning Residence Museum. Responsible for upholstery, restoration, conservation, research, installation, inventory and documentation of all furniture. Assisted in docent training program.

EDUCATION
1995 University of Massachusetts. Microscopic Wood Analysis (Dr. Bruce Hoadley)
1991-1995 Ecole Boulle, Paris. 18th Century Marquetry, Traditional French Polish (Dr. Pierre Ramond)
1978 University of Delaware, Winterthur Summer Institute. Regional American Furniture 1800-50.
1967-1971 University of California at San Diego. Bachelor of Arts, Nuclear Physics major, History minor.

CREDENTIALS
California Teaching Credentials, valid for life:
Antiques, Physics, Math, History, Philosophy (STD #22215).
Art History and Appreciation I, II, III (STD #86480).
Decorative Arts and Related Technologies (STD#119827).

TELEVISION EXPERIENCE
2000 “Marquetry Master Patrick Edwards” UNC TV (PBS) Woodwright’s Shop, Roy Underhill
1995 “Kindred Spirits” Mingei International Folk Art Museum. Researched, authored, presented material for 1/2 hour video to accompany traveling exhibition.
1992 “The Age of Elegance” Timken Museum of Art/KPBS/NEA. Researched, authored, presented material. Nominated for Emmy award in 1993 for Best Documentary.
1973 “Welcome to the Past...The History of American Furniture” San Diego Community College/CBS TV. Researched, authored, presented ten 1/2 hour shows. Repeated in 1976 by popular demand.

MUSEUM INSTALLATIONS
1992-1994 “The Age of Elegance: France in the 18th century” Timken Museum, Balboa Park. Designed, installed, operated Didactic Gallery, presented weekly lectures and demonstrations of French marquetry/veneer techniques. Funding by National Endowment for the Arts.
1982 “Henry Sargent’s ‘Dinner Party’” Huntington Beach Library. Designed, installed exhibition of period furniture re-creating “Dinner Party”, painted by Sargent in Boston in 1821.
1981 “American Decorative Arts: 300 years of Heritage” Southwestern College Art Gallery. Designed, installed exhibition of period furniture, presented lecture series.
2002, 2004 "Artist-At-Work" Program, J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles. Series of public demonstrations and docent lectures illustrating various French and Italian 17th and 18th century marquetry techniques.

GUEST LECTURES
1975-Present Presented Lectures on a variety of Decorative Arts subjects for:
The Kingsley Art Club, Sacramento
The Palladian Society, Rancho Santa Fe
American Society of Appraisers, International Conference
International Society of Appraisers, International Conference
San Juan Capistrano Decorative Arts Center
Antiquarian Society of California
La Jolla Antiquarian Society
Pasadena Historical Society
Huntington Beach Library
Banning Residence Museum, Wilmington, California

TRADE SCHOOL INSTRUCTOR
2000-Present “The American School of French Marquetry” in San Diego
1995-2000 Ecole Boulle, Paris. Accredited to receive 3rd year marquetry student interns.
1985-1995 Taught 6 week course in traditional veneer/marquetry at:
The Woodworker’s Store, San Diego
Classic Woodcraft Supply, Los Angeles
The Cutting Edge, San Diego

ACADEMIC INSTRUCTOR
1972-1985 Decorative Arts semester lecture series presented at:
Coastline Community College, Newport Beach
University of California at Irvine
University of California at San Diego
Southwestern Community College
San Diego Community College

PUBLICATIONS
Society of American Period Furniture Makers
......Journal Vol 3, "Period Productivity" 2003
......Journal Vol 2, "Why Not Period Glue?" 2002
......Journal Vol 1, "Form Follows Process" 2001
1997 “POSTPRINTS” Wooden Artifacts Group, American Institute of Conservation. “Current Trends in Conservation of Marquetry Surfaces”.
1993 “WOODWORK Magazine” Issue 20. Cover photograph and story, “19thCentury
Cabinetmaker in Southern California”.

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
2000-Present Society of American Period Furniture Makers
1997-Present American Institute for Conservation
1992-Present ADEN, Paris, international group formed to research marquetry conservation (founding member)