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Call for papers by 15 April 2024 for Symposium 6 & 7 June 2024 at University...
Special Collections at University of Leeds Libraries & Leeds Museums & Galleries CALL FOR PAPERS What is Furniture History? Thursday 6th June – Friday 7th June 2024 University of Leeds (&...
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THE 48TH ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM OF THE FURNITURE HISTORY SOCIETY Saturday 23 March...
Members may be interested in: Picture credits: Chair designed by Ernest Gimson after 1888, V&A Circ.232-1960; MunsteadWood, designed by Edwin Lutyens for Gertrude Jekyll, 1896; Lily wallpaper...
View ArticleVisit to Little Holland House, Carshalton, Surrey. Sunday 7th April 2024
A unique expression of the Arts & Crafts movement . In 1899 Frank and Florence Dickinson got engaged and began designing their home in leafy Surrey. It was a long engagement since Frank was...
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Symposium 6 & 7 June 2024 at University of Leeds – What is Furniture History?
This 2-day symposium, developed as part of the exhibition ‘Part of the Furniture: The Library of John Bedford’ (Treasures of the Brotherton Gallery, University of Leeds, 9 January – 21 December 2024),...
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Innovation and Creativity: furnishing the country house 1780-1950. 5pm –...
Members may be interested in the following offering from the Furniture History Society and BIFMO: Join us online every Tuesday throughout June, when curators and historians will consider the evolution...
View ArticleTHURSDAY 1 AUGUST 2024 – A SUMMER VISIT TO SEE THE EXHIBITION ‘PART OF THE...
This visit is an exclusive RFS event, whilst the previously listed Symposium is not. We will meet for coffee in the café of the Parkinson Building, where Mark Westgarth, Associate Professor in Art...
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RFS Webinar via Zoom: Monday 17th June 2024 at 6 p.m. GMT. Stephen Jackson...
Scottish Furniture, 1500-1914, about to be published by National Museums Scotland is the first comprehensive narrative account of furniture-making in Scotland. In this lecture, the book’s author,...
View ArticleRegional Furniture Society: Notice of Annual General Meeting 2024
This year we are again going to offer the possibility of joining the AGM by Zoom. The Annual General Meeting of the Regional Furniture Society will be held at the University of Kent, Canterbury in the...
View ArticleAGM 2024: The Agenda for 30 June 2024, the Minutes of the 2023 AGM, and the...
The agenda for 30 June 2024 is to be found here. The Minutes of the 2023 AGM are here. The Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2023 are here.
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Bill and Gerry Cotton – a celebratory reception: Monday 9 September from 2.00...
Members of the Regional Furniture Society and Furniture History Society are invited to a celebratory reception in honour of the 50 years Bill and Gerry Cotton have devoted to Regional Furniture...
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