by Bridget Garza Griffin | Jan 30, 2024 | Past Online Events, Uncategorized
The first annual conference of the PGECR Country House Group sponsored by Birkbeck University of London and The University for the Creative Arts (UCA) took place in the Keynes Library at Birckbeck Univerity on Friday, 1st March 2024. Speakers presented on a myriad of...
by Bridget Garza Griffin | Jan 15, 2024 | Past Online Events
The British country house: family home or public cultural asset? Glorious exemplar of historic taste or contested site of public history? A visually enthralling historic stage set, or a site to inform understanding of our national histories? There are millions of...
by Bridget Garza Griffin | Jan 15, 2024 | Past Online Events
The John Cornforth Memorial Lectures tell the story of the country house and its estate, as seen through the eyes of the private owner. Proudly presented in association with Christie’s, the lecture series celebrates John Cornforth’s invaluable contribution to...
by Bridget Garza Griffin | Jan 15, 2024 | Past Online Events
Art Workers’ Guild, 6 Queen Square, London WC1N 3AT, 10.30am – 5.00pm The 2024 Furniture History Society symposium, ‘New Light on Arts and Crafts Furniture and Interiors’, will be held on Saturday 23 March at the Art Workers’ Guild, Queen Square,...
by Bridget Garza Griffin | Jan 15, 2024 | Past Online Events, Uncategorized
A private visit to Rochester House and Vine House took place on Thursday 8th February with Dr Tessa Murdoch. Remarkable survivals of city mansions, both have been restored by Robert Tucker and his partner Jonathan Wilmot and furnished with 17th and 18th century...
by Rebecca Parker | Dec 20, 2023 | Past Online Events, Uncategorized
One Tuesday 16th January the Attingham Society conducted a private visit to the exhibition ‘Holbein at The Tudor Court’ Park at The Queen’s Gallery. This tour with Kate Heard, Senior Curator of Prints and Drawings and curator of the exhibition,...
