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Autumn 2018 Newsletter
The latest RFS Newsletter out now and available to members. There are several interesting notes in this Autumn edition: Letter from America by Daniel Ackermann A Forest chair in Colonial America by...
View ArticleVolunteer Opportunity at V&A
We have had the following request from the Department of Furniture, Textiles and Fashion at the V&A. Please respond directly to the email or phon number given below rather than to the RFS. Would...
View ArticleDates for your diary: 2019 RFS Events
Members organising their 2019 diary may wish to note the RFS Events Programme for the forthcoming Spring / Summer. Full details and booking forms will appear in the Spring newsletter in late January....
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Spring 2019 Newsletter
The Spring 2019 edition (No.70) of the RFS Newsletter is now available to members. It features reports of recent Society events and a number of illustrated articles on regional furniture: Letter from...
View ArticleINVITATION
The Olive Collection sale at Bonhams, New Bond Street, London, Thursday 31 January 2019 https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/25255/ Bonhams Oak Department is delighted to invite Regional Furniture Society...
View Article£4 Million Restoration: Historic House Rescue
Tomorrow, Wednesday 16th January at 9pm, More 4 is broadcasting the first of two programmes called the £4 Million Restoration, which may be of interest to members. It documents the restoration of a...
View ArticleRFS 2019 Events Update
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...
View ArticleExhibition: Thinking inside the box
Members will be interested to hear about an exhibition currently on show the Bodleian’s Blackwell Hall, Weston Library in Oxford. Thinking inside the box is a display of boxes, bags, and satchels used...
View ArticleResearch in Progress 2019: The Regional Chair
The 2019 RFS Research in Progress meeting will be held at the Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, Holborn, London, on Saturday 9th March. This year the event will focus on the regionality of chair making,...
View ArticleThe Annual Christopher Gilbert Lecture, Friday 12 July, 2019
The annual Christopher Gilbert lecture for 2019 will be given by Hans Piena on The History of the Dutch Ladder-back Chair. We met Hans at the Netherlands Open Air Museum on our Netherlands tour in...
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Lecture dates for a new publication: The Cabinetmaker’s Account by Jay Robert...
The Cabinetmaker’s Account: John Head’s Record of Craft & Commerce in Colonial Philadelphia, 1718-1753, by Jay Robert Stiefel Suffolk-born joiner John Head immigrated to Philadelphia in 1717 and...
View ArticleNotice of RFS Annual General Meeting 2019
The 2019 Annual General Meeting of the Regional Furniture Society will be held at 9:00 a.m. on Sunday 14 July in the Regional Food Academy of Harper Adams University. It is located in Edgmond,...
View ArticleWessex Fine Art Study Courses: From Tower House to Country House: The Art and...
RFS members will be interested to hear about this course run by Wessex Fine Art Study Courses and led by Dr David Jones. The tour will be based in Aberdeenshire, a magnificent and unspoilt part of...
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An Exhibition of Lincolnshire chairs at Alford Manor
An Exhibition of Lincolnshire chairs at Alford Manor, West St., Alford, Lincs, LN13 9HT All are invited to this exhibition which started in April and continues until October 2019. The exhibition...
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Reminder: private visit to Oak House, West Bromwich, September 5th
There are still places available for the private visit to Oak House, West Bromwich on Thursday 5 September 2019. The Oak House Museum has a collection of fine 17th-century panelling and good oak...
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Autumn 2019 Newsletter
In this issue there are varied contributions to the short notes and queries section, ranging from an appeal for help in the search for John Lombe’s Piedmont chest, thought to have been used to carry...
View ArticleStudy Day at Blair Castle , Pitlochry, Perthshire. Friday 1st November 2019
David Jones will be leading a Study Day exploring the important furniture collection in the public and private apartments of Blair Castle. The study day will be based in the Private Library of the...
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Regional Furniture journal, volume 33, 2019
A quick reminder that volume 33, the 2019 edition, of the Regional Furniture Journal is currently available to all members. This year’s contents: Volume 33 – 2019 Leeds and West Yorkshire Carved Oak...
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Spring 2019 Newsletter
The Spring 2019 edition (No.70) of the RFS Newsletter is now available to members. It features reports of recent Society events and a number of illustrated articles on regional furniture: Letter from...
View Article£4 Million Restoration: Historic House Rescue
Tomorrow, Wednesday 16th January at 9pm, More 4 is broadcasting the first of two programmes called the £4 Million Restoration, which may be of interest to members. It documents the restoration of a...
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