Past Events

PAST EVENTS

Past Events from the Decorative Arts Society

PRAGUE & ENVIRONS

FOREIGN STUDY TOUR

Mon 22 Sep 2025

A six-night tour covering Prague and its environs will go beyond the generally available tourist destinations and behind doors normally not open to the public. Included will be a private tour of...

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A TOUR OF MAKING A MARK: COLLECTING CONTEMPORARY METALWORK, LONDON

UK EVENT

Tue 16 Sep 2025

Lyon & Turnbull have kindly invited us for a private tour of Making a Mark, an exhibition celebrating the remarkable collection that Helen Cargill Thompson amassed and then bequeathed to Glasgow...

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OBJECT HANDLING SESSION, KIDDELL COLLECTION OF FAKES, FORGERIES AND REPRODUCTIONS, LONDON

UK EVENT

Tue 16 Sep 2025

The Kiddell Collection, the property of Sotheby’s New Bond Street, London, is a compilation of fakes, forgeries, and reproductions, initiated by J.D. (Jim) Kiddell, a distinguished former...

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ARCHIBALD KNOX AND THE ISLE OF MAN

UK EVENT

Sun 31 Aug 2025

A four-day tour is planned to visit the once-in-a-lifetime exhibition Knox: Order and Beauty at the Manx Museum in Douglas, Isle of Man. The Society awarded a grant to help support the display of...

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A VISIT TO MORRIS MANIA EXHIBITION, WALTHAMSTOW

UK EVENT

Wed 27 Aug 2025

An informal visit is planned to the exhibition Morris Mania, which looks at ‘how Britain’s greatest designer went viral’ at the William Morris Gallery, Lloyd Park, London E17 4PP. Meet Sarah...

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50TH ANNIVERSARY SYMPOSIUM, LONDON

UK EVENT

Sat 31 May 2025

The symposium will be a day of celebration with talks by leading historians, curators and dealers marking the 50th anniversary of the DAS. One focus will be on how the Society was established at...

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GERTRUDE JEKYLL AT MUNSTEAD WOOD, THE HOME OF THE ‘ARTIST-GARDENER’

ZOOM LECTURE

Sun 25 May 2025

Zoom lecture by National Trust Curator Dr Caroline Ikin at 6.00 pm (London). She will speak about Gertrude Jekyll and her home at Munstead Wood. Recent research offers insight into the...

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GLASGOW AND THE WEST OF SCOTLAND

UK EVENT

Wed 14 May 2025

A four-day tour is planned. Our two days in Glasgow will include Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Alexander ‘Greek’ Thompson, dinner at the Glasgow Art Club, the Hunterian and the refurbished Burrell...

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A VISIT TO MAKERS OF MODERN GOTHIC: A.W.N. PUGIN AND JOHN HARDMAN JR, V&A LONDON

UK EVENT

Wed 16 Apr 2025

Max Donnelly and Angus Patterson, joint curators of this display of significant new acquisitions of drawings made by architect AWN Pugin for his collaborations with the metalworking firm of John...

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A VISIT TO BETTY JOEL EXHIBITION, WEST LONDON

UK EVENT

Tue 08 Apr 2025

Clive Stewart-Lockhart, the author of Betty Joel: Furniture Maker, Designer and Businesswoman in 1920s and '30s Britain has kindly agreed to give DAS members a tour of the exhibition accompanying...

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