Past Events

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PAST EVENTS

Past Events from the Decorative Arts Society

St Barnabas Church, Pimlico, and Colefax & Fowler

UK EVENT

Wed 11 Apr 2018

The visit begins with a guided tour of the richly decorated interior of the church of St Barnabas (Thomas Cundy, 1847–50). We then move to the new premises nearby of Sibyl Colefax & John Fowler...

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Visit to Waddesdon Manor and Windmill Hill

UK EVENT

Thu 22 Mar 2018

Waddesdon Manor was built by Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild in 1874–85 to display his art collection. Opened to the public in 1959, the Manor is now managed by the Rothschild Foundation on behalf...

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Visit to the Royal College of Physicians, London

UK EVENT

Thu 15 Mar 2018

Opened in 1964, many consider the Royal College of Physicians building next to Regent’s Park to be Denys Lasdun’s masterpiece, its importance as a modernist building recognised by its Grade I...

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Visit to Central St Martins Museum and Study Collection

UK EVENT

Wed 28 Feb 2018

The Museum tells the story of Central St Martins’ rich history and has been collecting work by staff and students since the late 19th century in areas from fashion and textiles to ceramics,...

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Visit to Kingston Museum & History Centre

UK EVENT

Wed 21 Feb 2018

Arts and Crafts designer Archibald Knox’s work for Liberty is well known; less so are his years teaching at Kingston upon Thames. Following his sudden departure in 1912, student Denise Tuckfield...

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Visit to the Library and Museum of Freemasonry

UK EVENT

Wed 31 Jan 2018

The museum at Freemasons’ Hall in Covent Garden holds a huge stock of metalwork, textiles, ceramics and furniture connected with the development of freemasonry in Britain and its Empire,...

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A Private Arts & Crafts Collection in Clapham

UK EVENT

Tue 23 Jan 2018

Although tens of thousands of middle-class terraced houses were built in London at the end of the 19th century, very few have retained their character and fittings through changes in fashion and...

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Visit to the Fashion and Textile Museum and London Glassblowing Workshop

UK EVENT

Tue 14 Nov 2017

In two groups we will visit the Fashion and Textile Museum for a tour of the exhibition on Louise Dahl-Wolfe (1895–1989), considered a pioneer of modern fashion photography; and London...

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AGM at Sotheby’s Institute of Art

UK EVENT

Sat 04 Nov 2017

The AGM will be held again at Sotheby’s Institute of Art by kind permission of the Director. The formal proceedings will be followed by brief talks on current museum developments or decorative...

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Tour of the V&A’s Plywood Exhibition

UK EVENT

Tue 31 Oct 2017

From cars to aeroplanes, furniture to architecture, and handmaking to digital manufacture, Plywood: Material of the Modern World is the first major exhibition on a material that has shaped global...

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