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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 and variety of country house interiors in Britain and Ireland created between 1780 and 1950, with an emphasis on furniture makers and designers. Each of the four sessions will deal with a different stylistic phase and will be introduced by either Dr Megan Aldrich (sessions 1-3) or Elisabeth Bogdan (session 4). Every week the introduction will be followed by two experts who will provide case studies on specific country houses, ranging from Castletown House in Co. Kildare to Castle Drogo in Devon. There will also be short Q&A sessions.
Here is an overview of the course programme:
Session 1 – 4th June
Title: Reconsidering the Antique: later neoclassical interiors
Speakers: Dr Megan Aldrich, Dr Kyle Leyden & James Collett-White
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Session 2 – 11th June
Title: Opulence and Excellence in Regency Interiors
Speakers: Dr Megan Aldrich, Dr Alexandra Loske & Adriana Turpin
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Session 3 – 18th June
Title: The Arts and Crafts Country Houses: Alternative Interpretations of the Past
Speakers: Dr Megan Aldrich, Jessica Insley & Annette Carruthers
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Session 4 – 25th June
Title: The Country House in the Twentieth Century
Speakers: Elisabeth Bogdan, Katherine Sharp & Professor Pat Kirkham.
Tickets may be bought for individual sessions or for the entire course, but you will benefit from a discount if all 4 sessions are bought together. Don’t worry if you cannot attend the sessions live because they will be recorded and links to the recording will be sent to ticketholders. These recordings will not be available to purchase after the course has ended. FHS members and ECD members will receive a discount on all tickets.
For further information and to purchase tickets please click here to travel straight to the relevant Eventbrite page. If you have any questions, please contact Ann Davies at bifmo@furniturehistorysociety.org.
IMAGES ON THE BANNER ABOVE (from left to right): Detail of design for the Royal Pavilion Brighton by John Gregory Crace ã V&A Museum, London; detail of walnut Arts and Crafts side chair (c.1900), designed by Robert Weir Schultz for Mount Stuart © The Bute Collection at Mount Stuart. Photo: Keith Hunter; entrance hall at Mount Stuart. Photo: Ann Davies; staircase designed by Edwin Lutyens at Castle Drogo; Devon (1911-1930). ã Adrian Colston; the entrance hall at Melsetter House, Hoy, Orkney. ã RIBA Collections. Photo: Martin Charles.