Twentieth-Century Furniture Research Group
Fourth Conference
‘Furniture based archives and collections’
Friday 17th November 2006, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, Seminar Room 1
This programme of lectures is aimed at users and providers of archival
collections, ongoing and established digitisation projects, furniture
historians, furniture conservators, design historians, curators, students,
researchers and others with an interest in primary research into twentieth
century furniture, related materials and design.
Topics include:
‘High Wycombe Furniture Electronic Archive’ Jake Kaner, Sharon Grover,
Emma Crocker, Lisa Hodgkins, Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College
‘Working with different types of archival material and the impact they
have upon the research in hand: three case studies’ Stuart Evans, Central
Saint Martins College of Art and Design
Cataloguing The Frederick Parker Collection: John Cross/Sue Newton-Short,
London Metropolitan University
Turning on the Style: Making the most out of Mackintosh - Peter Trowles,
The Glasgow School of Art
Using and providing resources for vernacular furniture studies– Catherine
Grigg, Zara Luxford, Wycombe Museum
The collection of twentieth century furniture at the Victoria and Albert
Museum – Gareth Williams, V & A Museum
National Archive of Art and Design – The Heal Collection - Oliver Heal
Viewing of the Twentieth Century Study Gallery, V & A collection
For further details email [log in to unmask] or
[log in to unmask] or call the Booking Hotline 01494 522 141 ext
3048. (Full rate: £45 ; Concessions: £20)
For up to date information on forthcoming workshops and free visits
please see the online ARLIS/UK & Ireland Events Calendar 2006 at
http://www.arlis.org.uk/even/
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