The Wallpaper History Society AGM & Christmas Celebration
The Wallpaper History Society AGM & Christmas Celebration Magnificence and Convenience: A History of Design and Decoration at Castle Howard
Friday 13th December 2019 The Art Workers Guild, 6 Queen Square, London WC1N 3AT With catering by Hoxton Beach & Christmas drinks courtesy Stephen Levrant Heritage Architecture
The Wallpaper History Society warmly invites… Continue reading
Croxford and Saunders event
Visit to studios and demonstrations of specialist paint techniques:
Croxford & Saunders, Hythe Road, London
Friday 10 May 2019
The Society has a arranged an afternoon visit to the the studios of the Fine Decorative Arts specialists Croxford and Saunders. With commissions varying from royal palaces in the Middle East and South East Asia, to Scottish castles and significant homes… Continue reading
Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery 23rd May, 2019: talk by Emile de Bruijn on restored Chinese wallpaper.
Wednesday, 23 May, 2019
Welcome drink from 6.45pm; talk 7.30-8.15pm. £10/ £6.50 concessions. Members go free.
Chinese Wallpaper expert and National Trust curator Emile de Bruijn discusses the restored hand-painted wallpaper in The Upper Drawing Room and the role of Chinese art and design in Britain during Soane’s time.
Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery Mattock Lane, London W5 5EQ
Visit and workshop, Allyson McDermott Showroom, Bath, Wed 27 February 2019
The Society is delighted to announce a visit to Allyson McDermott’s Bath showroom, housed in the historic Margaret’s Buildings, built around 1769 by John Wood the younger. The day will comprise an illustrated talk about wallpaper conservation, investigation and recreation using traditional techniques, followed by a demonstration and workshop.
The day will begin at 11am, and include a light… Continue reading
New Book Release: The Design, Production and Reception of eighteenth-century wallpaper in Britain
Dr Clare Taylor‘s new book The Design, Production and Reception of eighteenth-century wallpaper in Britain is the first academic study of eighteenth-century wallpaper. Much has been written on ceramics, textiles, furniture and even lacquer but wallpaper has been hitherto ignored as a component of the eighteenth-century interior. However this book shows it was a key new… Continue reading
DTP funded PhD Research Studentship
Open-Oxford-Cambridge DTP funded PhD Research Studentship
The Open University is collaborating with Sanderson/ Morris & Co. in hosting a collaborative doctoral project examining the cultural context of William Morris’s wallpaper production: Utopian collaboration? William Morris, Jeffrey & Co and the Morris & Co wallpapers 1864-c.1928
The Old House Show 7th and 8th September 2018
REGISTER FOR YOUR FREE TICKETS – LAST CHANCE!
The Old House Show, run by SPAB in partnership with Period Living invites anyone interested in attending to register free online to save time on arrival
The… Continue reading
Ightham Mote Event Announced
A privileged behind the scenes opportunity to see the wallpapers at National Trust property Ightham Mote, including Chinese export, Gothic, leatherpaper and more, tour of wallpapers on the walls and in store.
Tuesday 30th October 2018. Booking information here.
‘The Design, Production and Reception of 18th Century Wallpaper in Britain’
Rowena (left) with Clare
The wallpapers produced by leading London firms of the eighteenth-century are explored in this new book which shows how they found their way not only onto the walls of houses in London and in the country but across the globe- to the Eastern seaboard of America, to Quebec City and to Oslo where an a Anglophile… Continue reading
The Museum of Wallpaper announces new exhibition: they’re animals!…..
The Wall As Bestiary: Whether tame or wild, domesticated or dangerous, animals have fascinated humankind since prehistoric times. Animals’ status has evolved but they have always been reproduced in the decorative arts, and often in wallpaper. People of the 18th century were fascinated by birds; people of the 19th century made abundant use of the fabulous creatures of the ancient… Continue reading
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