Wednesday 28 November 2018
The Victoria and Albert Museum seeks volunteers to help maintain the library and research files in the Furniture and Woodwork section. The museum needs help in rationalising its research papers,...
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Thursday 01 November 2018
The Decorative Arts Society’s visit to Hungary in May 2018 demonstrated the diverse aesthetic and theoretical interests of Hungarian artists and makers from the 19th to early 20th centuries. One...
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Monday 22 October 2018
One grant has been awarded to Lotherton Hall, part of Leeds Museums and Galleries, for the conservation of the table designed c. 1867 by William Burges (1827-1881) for his own house in Buckingham...
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Friday 05 October 2018
A photographic exhibition in Hammersmith from 30th August 2018 to 1st April 2019 features the work of local eminent Victorians William Morris and Emery Walker, who both lived and worked in the...
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Monday 24 September 2018
Gerhard Munthe was one of a group of artists and designers seeking to create a new national body of art in late 19th-century Norway. This is the first significant account of his work to be...
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Monday 03 September 2018
The DAS is pleased to announce that the bursary for the study visit to Glasgow and Edinburgh in October has been awarded to Barbara Vujanović, the senior curator at the Meštrović Atelier in...
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Sunday 19 August 2018
Showcasing little-known treasures from the Fitzwilliam Museum’s outstanding collection, this exhibition in the Octagon Gallery is from 31 July to 11 November 2018. It celebrates exquisitely...
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Sunday 29 July 2018
Publication of this book precedes the opening of the British Museum’s new Albukhary Foundation Gallery of the Islamic World, at the end of October 2018. A selection of the garments and textiles...
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Friday 20 July 2018
The American and British Arts and Crafts collections at Crab Tree Farm, visited by the Decorative Arts Society in 2007, are housed in several beautifully restored or specially created buildings...
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Wednesday 04 July 2018
The William Morris Gallery presents an exhibition of contemporary tapestries, ‘Weaving New Worlds’, in Walthamstow, East London, from 16 June to 23 September 2018. The works by 16 artists from...
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