Please note that the RFS visit to Cambridge on 13th May “Pepys Library and Kettles Yard’ is now fully booked.
With this in mind, members are reminded that the annual Research in Progress event takes place on Saturday 9 March 2019 at the Conway Hall, London. Please use the One day events booking form – Spring 2019.
This year the event will focus on the regionality of chair making, with five papers spanning the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. Speakers will examine a variety of idiosyncratic forms, the materials used, the makers, and their customers. Traditions commence as novelties and in many cases new research is establishing the precise origins of previously identified geographical groups. The papers will draw on a variety of research methods including fieldwork, archival sources and scientific analysis.
- The Caqueteuse Form in 17th century Scotland – Stephen Jackson
- Chairmaking in 18th Century Wakefield – Andrew Cox-Whittaker
- The Rush-Seated Chair in the North West of England – Simon Feingold
- Windsor Chairmaking in Grantham: the first fifteen years – William Sergeant
- In Search of the Elusive Mendlesham Chair and Other East Anglian Windsor Chairs – Robert Williams
Further details about the presentations and speakers will available on the Research in Progress page.
The event will start at 10 am for 10.30am, and will finish at 4.30pm. It is open to all. The fee is £35 for RFS members, £40 for non-members and covers attendance and tea/coffee but not lunch; there are numerous cafes and pubs nearby.
A number of 50% bursaries will be available. Application forms are available here: Grant & Bursary application forms.