ZOOM LECTURE
Sun 10 Dec 2023
Zoom lecture by Jessica Insley at 6.00 pm (London). John, 3rd Marquess of Bute, was a scholarly man with a fortune and a passion for working collaboratively with craftsmen. Between 1870 and 1900,...
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UK EVENT
Sat 18 Nov 2023
The Annual Meeting of Members is being held at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. This will give members an opportunity to see the exhibition Colour Revolution: Victorian Art, Fashion & Design,...
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Sun 29 Oct 2023
Zoom lecture by Clive Stewart-Lockhart at 6.00 pm (London). Betty Joel was born in Hong Kong in 1894; nothing in her early life prepared her for the extraordinary success of her eponymous...
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Thu 19 Oct 2023
A visit to a private collection on the Holly Village estate built by Cubitt in High Victorian Gothic style. The collection includes pieces by Pugin, Violet-le-Duc and Sir Hubert von Herkomer as...
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Fri 13 Oct 2023
Pevsner described Hampstead Garden Suburb as ‘that most nearly perfect example of the English invention and speciality, the Garden Suburb’. Kate and Martin Webster, long-standing Suburb...
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Fri 29 Sep 2023
The visit will begin with a talk on the furniture in Speaker’s House from Pugin’s house, The Grange in Ramsgate, and on the Minton ceramics. There will follow a tour of Speaker’s House with...
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FOREIGN STUDY TOUR
Mon 18 Sep 2023
This 5-day tour will give members the opportunity to explore the treasures of Krakow, which was the heart of the Young Poland movement, and to see the context of the objects which were loaned to...
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Thu 14 Sep 2023
A day visit to see the third Gloucestershire Guild Crafts Alive Festival at Rodmarton Manor and for a tour of the iconic early 20th-century Arts & Crafts country house, designed by Ernest...
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Thu 20 Jul 2023
First, we will see an important Voysey house of 1903, with its original oak panelling, fireplaces and staircase. We will then visit a private collection of Secession ware (produced by Minton),...
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Fri 14 Jul 2023
The DAS has been invited for a special tour of Ascott House, and in particular over 100 objects from Victoria, Lady de Rothschild’s contemporary craft collection which will be on view prior to...
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