Background
Burks, Jean Maier was born on March 1, 1949 in New York City. Daughter of Roland Leonard and Jean Stewart (Campbell) Maier.
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Little has previously been written about eighteenth-century English brass candlesticks which, widely used to illuminate British and American homes of the period, represent one of the most important groups of domestic objects. Jean Burks firmly establishes that the seven firms known to have marked their candlesticks were all located in Birmingham, England. The history and working dates of the firms are discussed, and some 140 surviving marked examples are analyzed and classified in terms of base types and candle-ejection mechanisms. The appendixes include annotated listings of sixty additional eighteenth-century Birmingham candlestick makers working in various media. Illustrated with 121 black and white photographs and drawings.
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Burks, Jean Maier was born on March 1, 1949 in New York City. Daughter of Roland Leonard and Jean Stewart (Campbell) Maier.
AB, Vassar College, 1971. Master of Arts, Cornell University, 1973. Master of Arts, Parsons School Design, New York City, 1984.
Research assistant Cooper-Hewitt Museum, New York City, 1983-1984. Assistant curator decorative arts Philadelphia Museum Art, 1984-1986. Research assistant Winterthur (Delaware) Museum, 1987.
Curator of collections Canterbury (New Hampshire) Shaker Village, 1987-1990. Curator recreational artifacts The Strong Museum, Rochester, New York, 1991-1993. Adjunct professor Cooper-Hewitt Museum, 1986-1987.
Adjunct faculty Bard Graduate Center, New York City, since 1993. Consultant John Paul Getty Art and Architecture Thesaurus, Williamstown, Massachusetts, 1992-1993.
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Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Daniel Seamus Burks, July 28, 1973. 1 child, Charles Daniel.