From the 1880s Aestheticism of VMFA’s Worsham-Rockefeller bedroom to the 1910s neoclassicism of Beulah Branch’s boudoir, the Gilded Age was remarkable for an eclecticism reflective of both technological advances and socio-economic change. This talk considers the content and context of patronage and taste that shaped elite bedrooms of the era.
![Susan J Rawles, PhD, American Painting and Decorative Art Associate Curator](https://vmfa.museum/statewide/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2013/10/susan-rawles-bio.jpg)