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MembershipGeorge IV 1820-2020: Fresh Perspectives on the King's Furniture Two-day webinar, 3 & 4 October 2020.
In the bicentenary year of George IV’s accession, the Furniture History Society symposium will present new lines of research on the king’s long career as a patron and collector of furniture and furnishings. It aims to re-examine the driving forces behind his activities in this field, relationship with makers, activities as a collector, as well as his contemporary impact and longer-term legacy.
SATURDAY 3 OCTOBER – SESSION ONE
16.30 Welcome by Christopher Rowell, Chairman of the FHS
16.35 Introduction by Sir Jonathan Marsden (Chair)
16.40 David Oakey - 'Painting it and Putting Handsome Furniture Where Necessary' – George Prince of Wales’s Early Furnishing of Carlton House
17.10 Rufus Bird, Surveyor of The Queen’s Works of Art - Tatham & Co. at Carlton House
17.40 Kate Heard, Senior Curator of Prints and Drawings, Royal Collection Trust ‘Finery and Five-Clawed Dragons’: interpreting George IV’s interiors
18.10 Dr Diana Davis - 'Quite éblouissant': George IV and the Anglo-Gallic Interior
18.40 Q&A
19.00 Summing Up by Sir Jonathan Marsden
19.05 End
SUNDAY 4 OCTOBER – SESSION TWO
16.30 Welcome by Christopher Rowell, Chairman of the FHS
16.35 Introduction by Sir Jonathan Marsden (Chair)
16.40 Kathryn Jones, Senior Curator at Royal Collection Trust - 'Of the Utmost Beauty and Newest Fashion’, George IV and Modern Manufacturing
17.10 Dr Alexandra Loske, Art Historian, Curator & Editor - The Interior Decoration and Colouring of Brighton Pavilion
17.40 Dr Helen Jacobsen, Senior Curator and Curator of 18th century French Decorative Arts, The Wallace Collection - Shared Tastes: George IV and the 3rd Marquess of Hertford
18.10 Michael Hall, Curator at Exbury House - George IV’s legacy and the English Rothschilds
18.40 Q&A
19.00 Summing Up by Sir Jonathan Marsden
19.05 End
Please click here for the link to register and pay through Eventbrite.
Associated events:
We are currently planning a virtual visit to The Royal Collection's George IV exhibition to replace the previously advertised visit.
George IV: Art & Spectacle at The Queen’s Gallery (until 11 October 2020) presents George IV's life through the art that enriched his world, and brings together Dutch and Flemish masterpieces, magnificent portraits by Sir Thomas Lawrence and Sir Joshua Reynolds, delicate French porcelain, intricate goldsmiths' work and elegant books and drawings.
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George IV by Thomas Lawrence, 1822 © Wallace Collection, London
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