Past Events

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PAST EVENTS

Past Events from the Decorative Arts Society

Krakow and Zakopane

FOREIGN STUDY TOUR

Mon 18 Sep 2023

This 5-day tour will give members the opportunity to explore the treasures of Krakow, which was the heart of the Young Poland movement, and to see the context of the objects which were loaned to...

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VISIT TO CRAFTS ALIVE 2023 AND RODMARTON MANOR

UK EVENT

Thu 14 Sep 2023

A day visit to see the third Gloucestershire Guild Crafts Alive Festival at Rodmarton Manor and for a tour of the iconic early 20th-century Arts & Crafts country house, designed by Ernest...

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VISIT TO A PRIVATE COLLECTION IN SOUTHWEST LONDON AND A HOUSE DESIGNED BY C.F.A. VOYSEY

UK EVENT

Thu 20 Jul 2023

First, we will see an important Voysey house of 1903, with its original oak panelling, fireplaces and staircase. We will then visit a private collection of Secession ware (produced by Minton),...

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VISIT TO ASCOTT HOUSE AND THE CRAFT COLLECTION OF VICTORIA, LADY DE ROTHSCHILD

UK EVENT

Fri 14 Jul 2023

The DAS has been invited for a special tour of Ascott House, and in particular over 100 objects from Victoria, Lady de Rothschild’s contemporary craft collection which will be on view prior to...

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PRIVATE VIEW: HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE COLLECTION OF CLIVE AND JANE WAINWRIGHT

UK EVENT

Wed 28 Jun 2023

DAS members will have a private view with our Chairman, Martin Levy, of this outstanding collection of furniture, sculpture, pictures and other works of art reflecting the Wainwrights’ collecting...

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VISIT TO A PRIVATE COLLECTION IN SOUTHEAST LONDON

UK EVENT

Sat 03 Jun 2023

A visit to a private collection in a late-Victorian house with a substantial collection of Moyr Smith ceramics, watercolours, posters and rare books. There is a specialism in Oscar Wilde and his...

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VISIT TO WESTMINSTER CATHEDRAL

UK EVENT

Wed 24 May 2023

Dr Rory O’Donnell FSA, a published expert on Catholic church architecture, will lead this visit to Westminster Cathedral (1895–1910), the masterwork of the architect J.F. Bentley, in his...

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SECESSION-ERA VIENNA

FOREIGN STUDY TOUR

Thu 11 May 2023

Focused on the Secession movement and covering virtually all the sites worth visiting in this period, this exclusive 6-day tour of `post-1850’ Vienna and immediate surroundings will also cover a...

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STYLED BY DESIGN VISIT, LONDON

UK EVENT

Wed 26 Apr 2023

An opportunity has arisen to visit ‘Styled by Design’, an exhibition of 20th Century modernist textiles including those by Henry Moore (‘Two Standing Figures’), Barbara Hepworth, Pablo Picasso,...

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VISIT TO AN ARTS & CRAFTS HOUSE IN SOUTHWEST LONDON

UK EVENT

Sat 22 Apr 2023

A visit to see one of the finest examples of a Grade II-listed 1920s house, built as an Arts & Crafts Norfolk vernacular flint and pantile cottage, and designed by the prolific local architect...

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