{"id":36,"date":"2025-10-25T10:28:54","date_gmt":"2025-10-25T14:28:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/arthistoryblog\/?p=36"},"modified":"2025-10-25T10:28:55","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T14:28:55","slug":"gabriela-podlesny-ba-december-2025-summer-intern-with-freemans-hindman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/arthistoryblog\/2025\/10\/25\/gabriela-podlesny-ba-december-2025-summer-intern-with-freemans-hindman\/","title":{"rendered":"Gabriela Podlesny (BA December 2025) summer intern with Freeman&#8217;s-Hindman"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Every two weeks, I would switch between the\u00a0Fine Arts and the American Furniture, Decorative, and Folk Arts Departments. My summer-long project focused on database taxonomy, where I categorized +25,000 files according to historical classification (ex. Old Masters, Couture, 19th-Century Continental Furniture) after Freeman&#8217;s database merged with Hindman. From writing condition reports to cataloging objects for an upcoming auction, the Decorative Arts department offered something new every day. Additionally, I participated in live auctions through online and phone bidding. Research proved to be a vital skill, as I was frequently assigned pricing catalogues to study. I was able to use my notetaking and visual analysis skills to recognize patterns in quilts, carved horses, and Chippendale furniture. I could also create historic connections despite not directly knowing the context of the object, such as the rising popularity of mahogany furniture being directly attributed to growing transatlantic slavery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1018\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/arthistoryblog\/files\/2025\/10\/Gabby-at-Podium-2-1018x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-39\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/arthistoryblog\/files\/2025\/10\/Gabby-at-Podium-2-1018x1024.jpg 1018w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/arthistoryblog\/files\/2025\/10\/Gabby-at-Podium-2-298x300.jpg 298w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/arthistoryblog\/files\/2025\/10\/Gabby-at-Podium-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/arthistoryblog\/files\/2025\/10\/Gabby-at-Podium-2-768x773.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/arthistoryblog\/files\/2025\/10\/Gabby-at-Podium-2-1527x1536.jpg 1527w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/arthistoryblog\/files\/2025\/10\/Gabby-at-Podium-2-2036x2048.jpg 2036w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1018px) 100vw, 1018px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every two weeks, I would switch between the\u00a0Fine Arts and the American Furniture, Decorative, and Folk Arts Departments. My summer-long project focused on database taxonomy, where I categorized +25,000 files according to historical classification (ex. Old Masters, Couture, 19th-Century Continental Furniture) after Freeman&#8217;s database merged with Hindman. From writing condition reports to cataloging objects for an upcoming auction, the Decorative Arts department offered something new every day. Additionally, I participated in live auctions through online and phone bidding. Research proved to be a vital skill, as I was frequently assigned pricing catalogues to study. I was able to use my notetaking and visual analysis skills to recognize patterns in quilts, carved horses, and Chippendale furniture. I could also create historic connections despite not directly knowing the context of the object, such as the rising popularity of mahogany furniture being directly attributed to growing transatlantic slavery.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3268,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-undergraduate","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/arthistoryblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/arthistoryblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/arthistoryblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/arthistoryblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3268"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/arthistoryblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/arthistoryblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/arthistoryblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36\/revisions\/40"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/arthistoryblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/arthistoryblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/arthistoryblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}