PAST EVENTS

Past Events from the Decorative Arts Society

A VISIT TO STRAWBERRY HILL HOUSE

UK EVENT

Fri 28 Mar 2025

Following the interesting presentation at the AMM on the discoveries of the project supported by DAS to research the late 19th century history of the house and its owners, a private guided visit...

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MUNSTEAD WOOD HOUSE & GARDENS, GODALMING

UK EVENT

Mon 17 Mar 2025

Owned by the National Trust since April 2023, a £10m project is restoring Gertrude Jekyll’s house and garden, arguably the birthplace of modern gardening. We will tour the main rooms of the house...

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ALFRED MORRISON: PATRON AND COLLECTOR

ZOOM LECTURE

Sun 09 Mar 2025

Zoom lecture by Caroline Dakers at 6.00 pm (London). She will speak about her forthcoming book The Collections of Alfred Morrison (1821–1897): Millionaire Shopping (UCL Press). The Decorative...

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A VISIT TO EXPRESSIONS IN BLUE, KEW GARDENS

UK EVENT

Thu 06 Mar 2025

This exhibition of monumental ceramics by acclaimed ceramic artist Felicity Aylieff is the second of our informal visits. Just turn up at Kew and we will go around the exhibition following an...

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A VISIT TO HANS COPER: RESURFACE, THE ARC, WINCHESTER

UK EVENT

Fri 28 Feb 2025

Join Neil Hyman in an informal visit to The ARC (10 mins walk from Winchester station) to view this important exhibition of the work of Hans Coper (1920–1981), an artist at the forefront of...

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A VISIT TO THE WILLIAM MORRIS SOCIETY

UK EVENT

Fri 14 Feb 2025

We visit the newly refurbished premises of the William Morris Society situated in the basement and Coach House of Kelmscott House in Hammersmith. This will include a talk by one of the Society’s...

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VISIT TO PRIVATE COLLECTION OF STUDIO CERAMICS, CHISWICK

UK EVENT

Wed 04 Dec 2024

A visit has been arranged to an important private collection of studio ceramics built up over the last 40 years. The collection includes work by Hans Coper, Lucie Rie, Bernard Leach, William...

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THE MACK: CHARLES RENNIE MACKINTOSH AND THE GLASGOW SCHOOL OF ART

ZOOM LECTURE

Sun 01 Dec 2024

Zoom lecture by Dr Robyne Calvert at 6.00 pm (London). The author of The Mack: Charles Rennie Mackintosh and the Glasgow School of Art (Yale University Press, 2024) will be presenting the most...

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PRIVATE VIEW AT WOOLLEY & WALLIS AUCTIONEERS

UK EVENT

Sat 30 Nov 2024

Woolley & Wallis Auctioneers are kindly hosting a preview of their British Art Pottery Sale for DAS members at their spectacular new showroom just outside Salisbury. There will be a welcome from...

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DAS AMM AT THE MUSEUM OF THE HOME, LONDON

UK EVENT

Sat 16 Nov 2024

This year the AMM will be held at The Museum of the Home in London. In July of this year the museum, whose purpose is to reveal the ways we live and think about home, opened seven new...

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