Past Events

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PAST EVENTS

Past Events from the Decorative Arts Society

PRIVATE VIEW: HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE COLLECTION OF CLIVE AND JANE WAINWRIGHT

UK EVENT

Wed 28 Jun 2023

DAS members will have a private view with our Chairman, Martin Levy, of this outstanding collection of furniture, sculpture, pictures and other works of art reflecting the Wainwrights’ collecting...

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VISIT TO A PRIVATE COLLECTION IN SOUTHEAST LONDON

UK EVENT

Sat 03 Jun 2023

A visit to a private collection in a late-Victorian house with a substantial collection of Moyr Smith ceramics, watercolours, posters and rare books. There is a specialism in Oscar Wilde and his...

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VISIT TO WESTMINSTER CATHEDRAL

UK EVENT

Wed 24 May 2023

Dr Rory O’Donnell FSA, a published expert on Catholic church architecture, will lead this visit to Westminster Cathedral (1895–1910), the masterwork of the architect J.F. Bentley, in his...

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SECESSION-ERA VIENNA

FOREIGN STUDY TOUR

Thu 11 May 2023

Focused on the Secession movement and covering virtually all the sites worth visiting in this period, this exclusive 6-day tour of `post-1850’ Vienna and immediate surroundings will also cover a...

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STYLED BY DESIGN VISIT, LONDON

UK EVENT

Wed 26 Apr 2023

An opportunity has arisen to visit ‘Styled by Design’, an exhibition of 20th Century modernist textiles including those by Henry Moore (‘Two Standing Figures’), Barbara Hepworth, Pablo Picasso,...

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VISIT TO AN ARTS & CRAFTS HOUSE IN SOUTHWEST LONDON

UK EVENT

Sat 22 Apr 2023

A visit to see one of the finest examples of a Grade II-listed 1920s house, built as an Arts & Crafts Norfolk vernacular flint and pantile cottage, and designed by the prolific local architect...

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‘Cottswold banditti’: Gimson and the Barnsleys in Gloucestershire

ZOOM LECTURE

Sun 16 Apr 2023

Zoom lecture by Annette Carruthers, at 6.00 pm (London). In advance of the DAS visit to the Gloucestershire Guild’s `Crafts Alive’ event at Rodmarton Manor on 14 September 2023, this talk will...

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VISIT TO THE PRIVATE ROOMS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY, LONDON

UK EVENT

Fri 31 Mar 2023

This visit has been arranged to see the work of Collinson & Lock at the Royal Society and will be accompanied by Professor Clive Edwards. The firm undertook decoration of 6 Carlton House Terrace...

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JOHN LEWIS PARTNERSHIP HERITAGE CENTRE VISIT, SURREY

UK EVENT

Thu 16 Mar 2023

A visit to see the archives of the John Lewis Partnership which are now housed in a new centre. The archives include photographs, documents, merchandise, examples of the pottery previously made...

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Ceramics and Canvas: the Lessores

ZOOM LECTURE

Sun 19 Feb 2023

Zoom lecture by Rebecca Klarner, at 6.00 pm (London). The intersection between art and ceramics that spanned the 19th and 20th centuries will be explored in this lecture about the artistic legacy...

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