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Making the Old New: the Twentieth Century Interior Designer's Promotion of Furniture and its History
The Furniture History Society’s 46th Annual Symposium aims to assess the overall contribution made to furniture use, appreciation and design by Twentieth Century interior designers; how they assisted in the formation of major collections of furniture during the last century, led the way in its presentation, and assisted in re-interpreting and promoting older styles, particularly those of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Further themes will be the interactions between interior designers and antique dealers, how this stimulated the market for antiques, and how interior designers contributed to growth of academic interest in furniture throughout the century. The day will feature papers from an engaging and international mix of experts, academics and practitioners.
Tickets to the Symposium are available through Eventbrite here
Online ticket holders will be automatically sent the recording after the event.
William Bruce Ellis Rankin, La Chambre de Lady Mendl, Elsie De Wolfe, c. 1920
PROGRAMME
10.00-10.25 | Registration and coffee/tea |
10.25-10.30 | Welcome by Christopher Rowell, FHS Chairman |
10.30-10.45 | Introduction by Professor Ed Hollis, Professor of Interior Design, Edinburgh University
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10.45-11.15 | ‘Those in search of the amusing do not generally pursue wardrobes’; furniture collectors, decorators and changing tastes in the creation of twentieth‐century rooms. Stephen Calloway, Former V&A Curator and expert on interior design, fashion and related subjects
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11.15-11.45 | Elsie de Wolfe and Eighteenth‐Century French Furniture: Real or Reproduction? Professor Penny Sparke, Professor of Design History at Kingston University
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11.45-12.15 | Emilio Terry and Georges Geffroy: Two Twentieth Century Interior Decorators and their Use of Eighteenth Century French Furniture Pierre Arizzoli-Clémentel, Honorary Director of the Palace of Versaille
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12.15-12.45 | Moving Marble Mantelpieces: Thomas Crowther’s Influence on Twentieth Century Interiors in Britain and America 1935-1955 Elizabeth Jamieson, Course Director, The Attingham Trust
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12.45-13.00 | Q&A and summing up
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13.00-14.15 | LUNCH – tickets will be available for FHS Members to book held in the Meeting Room at the Wallace Collection.
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14.15-14.45 | The Disney Interior Dr Wolf Burchard, Associate Curator of Decorative Arts, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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14.45-15.15 | ‘Hybridisers of genius’: Reinventing the Georgian country house style in Britain, c.1900‐1940 Dr Clare Taylor, Senior Lecturer in Art History, Open University
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15.15-15.30 | SHORT BREAK
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15.30– 16.00 | ‘The Sorcerer’s Apprentice’: Decorating with Geoffrey Bennison in the Golden Age Christopher Hodsoll, London‐based Interior Designer
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16.00-16.30 | A Practitioner’s Perspective: Decorating with Antiques, Past, Present and Future Thomas Jayne, New York Interior Designer
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16.30 – 16.45 | Q&A and summing up
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17.00 | End |
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