The Furniture History Society have again kindly invited RFS members to an online lecture.
The Furniture History Society invites you to the latest in our series of free online lectures:
Camille Mestdagh
Independent scholar in the history of furniture, decorative arts and the history of the art market
Valuing old, making new and selling both: The Beurdeleys in Paris (1818-1895)
Sunday, 20 September 2020, 19:00 (BST)
Console table, clock and vases designed by Alfred Beurdeley, c. 1865, Beurdeley private archives © Camille Mestdagh
Camille received her PhD in December 2019 (‘The Beurdeley dynasty: from boutique to workshop, a history of trade in antiques and of furniture production in 19th century Paris’). She published her first academic thesis on the Parisian furniture workshops as a book, L’ameublement d’art français 1850-1900 in 2010. Her research now revolves around the correlations between the establishment of the Parisian market for antiques, the cabinet and bronze makers production in the second half of the nineteenth century and the collectors’ choices. She worked for a London auction house and for the National Trust Collections department before returning to Paris, where she now works as an independent scholar and lecturer, notably for the Institute of Arts and Culture and the School of Culture Management and the Art Market.
For more details, including a short summary of this lecture and instructions (including a link) for how to join the meeting, please click here.
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