This one day seminar entitled Elizabethan Interiors: Preparing, planning and presentation,
will be held in the Great Hall at Montacute House, in Somerset on Tuesday 25 November 2014.
Montacute House is about to begin a programme of work which will involve the repair and
consolidation of the buildings fabric, re presentation of interiors and new interpretation. The
seminar day will include presentations and discussions related to research, care and presentation
of historic interiors 16th-17th centuries, and will provide a forum to share and discuss. The key
note presentation will be given by Lisa White FSA, Chairman of the Arts Advisory Panel for the
National Trust and the host for the day will be David Adshead, Head Curator and Architectural
Historian, National Trust.
The seminar fee, including all refreshments, is £45 per person. If you would like to join us for a
dinner to continue discussions, there will be an extra cost of £25.00.
Please book early as places are limited. Cheques should be made payable to National Trust, please
include your address details on the reverse of the cheque. If you attending on behalf of an
organisation, please provide invoice detail for payment.
Additional papers considered.
For further information please contact:
Nina Rogers
Business Support Manager, South Somerset
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01935 826295
Elizabethan Interiors:
Planning, preparing & presenting Seminar Day – Draft Programme Tuesday 25 November 2014
Great Hall, Montacute House
9.30-10.00 Registration & Coffee Welcome & Introduction
David Adshead, Head Curator, National Trust
Montacute House : Planning for the future
Barbara Wood NT Curator (SW Region) , Sonja Power, House & Collections Manager, Montacute House
Montacute: A work of astonishing splendour & pride
Lisa White FSA, Chairman of the NT Arts Advisory Panel
What can the decorative plasterwork at Montacute tell us about the house?
Dr Claire Gapper
Moveable furniture in England c1600
Nick Humphrey
Curator, Furniture & Woodwork 1400-1700, V&A Museum
Tapestry in Elizabethan Interiors
Helen Wyld
Wrapped in perplexed allegories: Research in progress on the iconography of the applied paintings
at Bolsover Castle.
Dr Crosby Stevens
Ceiling restoration & design
Trevor Proudfoot, NT Adviser for Stone & Plaster Conservation
Creating & curating rooms at the Geffrye
Eleanor John
Head of Collections and Exhibitions, Geffrye Museum
Case Study: Trerice Unpicked
Paul Holden, MA FSA
House & Collections Manager, NT, Lanhydrock
Case Study: St Nicholas Priory
Kate Osbourne
Learning & Skills Officer, Royal Albert Memorial Museum
Case Study: Bayleaf at the Weald & Downland Open Air Museum – 42 years as a museum exhibit
Dr Danae Tankard
Museum Historian, Weald & Downland Open Museum
Discussion
Closing remarks Seminar Finish
16.30 Tea
18.00 Optional Dinner – Kings Arms, Montacute (see booking information)
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