Verbal Description + Sensory Tour | Tablescapes: Designs for Dining

Verbal description tour of Tablescapes: Designs for Dining. Image of a gold mug and saucer made from ceramic with detailed colorful depictions of flowers, animals, and shells around the rim of each object.

Dynamic verbal description tours of exhibitions are offered the first Friday of every month at 1:30 p.m. Join a Cooper Hewitt educator in conversation and explore a selection of objects through detailed verbal description and touch.

November 2: Tablescapes: Designs for Dining

This program is intended for visitors who are blind or have low-vision, and is open to all. Free program, no preregistration required.

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Tablescapes: Designs for Dining is made possible by Anonymous. Conservation of the surtout de table is made possible by the Smithsonian Women’s Committee. In-kind support is provided by Shapeways and The Abadi Group.

Featured Image: Cup and saucer from Cabaret Service 1813? Attributed to Alexandre Brongniart (French, 17701847) Manufactured by Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (Sèvres, France, founded 1738) Enameled and gilt hard paste porcelain Gift of Katrina H. Becker in memory of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles V. Hickox, 1981-38-1/8 Photo: Ellen McDermott © Smithsonian Institution