COLLECTING WITH A VIEW: A series introducing the research and collecting interests of our Steering Committee members. ADRIANA TURPIN 1-What are you reading at the moment? I have been really enjoying reading about the geography of the world. A while ago I read a fascinating book: Black Sea by Neal Acheson. I enjoyed the book … Continue reading Collecting with a View: Adriana Turpin
Amersham Society Talk: Wednesday 30th November 7.30pm – REDISCOVERING WILLIAM BURGES FURNITURE
We are delighted to invite you to the last meeting of the year for the talk by cabinetmaker, furniture conservator and art historian Tom Lawrence. Amersham Society Talk: Wednesday 30th November 7.30pm - REDISCOVERING WILLIAM BURGES FURNITURE by Tom Lawrence As a furniture conservator, Tom Lawrence has been fortunate to work on many pieces made … Continue reading Amersham Society Talk: Wednesday 30th November 7.30pm – REDISCOVERING WILLIAM BURGES FURNITURE
Furniture History Society: BRITISH FURNITURE MAKING AND THE GLOBALISED TRADE
ONLINE COURSE – NOVEMBER BRITISH FURNITURE MAKING AND THE GLOBALISED TRADE Join us every Wednesday throughout November, when British and Irish Furniture Makers Online (BIFMO), as part of the Furniture History Society, is offering an online course on Zoom to examine how methods and ideas about furniture making have been transmitted between countries from the … Continue reading Furniture History Society: BRITISH FURNITURE MAKING AND THE GLOBALISED TRADE
Furniture as Collectible: Chinese chairs for seating or display? (18 May, 2021)
The Society for the History of Collecting Invites you to its Online Lecture Furniture as Collectible: Chinese chairs for seating or display?’ by Minna Katriina Törmä, University of Glasgow 18 May, 2021 at 6.30pm BST Online The presentation draws from Minna Törmä’s recent book Nordic Private Collections of Chinese Objects (Routledge 2020) focusing on furniture … Continue reading Furniture as Collectible: Chinese chairs for seating or display? (18 May, 2021)
CONF: Making a Case for Cases: The Furniture of Display (10-11 January 2020)
Making a Case for Cases: The Furniture of Display 10-11 January 2020 The Bowes Museum, County Durham This conference aims to explore the furniture used by collectors, museums and institutions for displaying artefacts. Spanning diverse functions and definitions, objects known as display cases, showcases, china cabinets, vitrines, specimen tables, or even trophy cabinets, are ubiquitous … Continue reading CONF: Making a Case for Cases: The Furniture of Display (10-11 January 2020)