Wallpaper History Society

Events

  • Weekend Trip to Ireland (21-24 May 2010)

    THE IRELAND WEEKEND VISIT  WAS FABULOUS!! 

    The sun shone and our party of 15 enjoyed a superb four days.   Look out for an account in our next WHS Newsletter.

    THANKS! Tony Roche – you organised an excellent itinerary!

     

  • The Textile Society’s London Antique Fair

    The Textile Society’s London Antique Textile Fair

     Sunday 26 September 2010 at Kensington Town Hall  10.30 – 4.30

     (trade 9.30)  Admission: £7.50 Concession £5

     The Textile Society is launching its’ first London Antique Textile Fair to complement the highly successful and long running Manchester Fair, now in its eighteenth year. Over 100 dealers from the UK and Europe will assemble during London Design Week selling good quality worldwide antique costumes and textiles from the 17th century to the 1970’s.  Rugs pre 1950’s  and good vintage dress and accessories will also be sold. There will be conservators and dealers in secondhand and new books.

     The Textile Society is a charity, which awards textile student bursaries and a museum bursary, with money raised from the fairs.

     For further information please look at our website www.textilesociety.org.uk or e mail Kay Bryant, Fair organiser at atf@textilesociety.org.uk or phone her on 01491 572126

  • The Walls Are Talking: Wallpaper, Art and Culture

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    The Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester

    February 6th – Extended through August 2010

    This exhibit of wallpapers designed by modern artists should beat watching paint dry.  Featuring artists: David Shirley, Niki de Saint Phalle, Damien Hirst & more…..  It shows how they have used historic wallpaper motifs, styles and methods and how familiar patterns have been subverted.

    Note the following dates when there will be TOURS & TALKS 

    April 17th at 2pm- Curator & Catherine Bertola, Artist – Tour & Talk

    April 24th at 2pm- Gill Saunders, Author & Co-Curator – Tour

    Tours of the exhibition with Christine Woods. Curator (Wallpapers)
    Tuesday 18 May  1.15 pm
    Saturday 22 May 2.00 pm
    Tuesday 22 June 1.15 pm

    Last Chance Tour
    Saturday 14 August 2 pm

    All tours are free

    Note: A profusely illustrated book accompanies the exhibition - available from the Gallery Shop at £30.00 plus p&p.

    http://www.whitworth.manchester.ac.uk/

  • ENGLISH HERITAGE WALLPAPER COLLECTION

    STUDY VISIT – Wednesday July 14th July, 2010

    Kenwood Reference Library, Kenwood House

    Hampstead Lane, London NW3 7JR

    Our visit will be taking a look at a selection of this historic walpapers held by English  Heritage that have been removed from London houses, which has been organised by Treve Rosoman – Curator, Architectural Study Collection, English Heritage.

    The papers, part of the Architectural Study Collection, have been assembled over the last 100 years but most actively over the past 20. The oldest paper is one recently identified as having been made by Abraham Price’s Blue Paper Warehouse in about 1700.  The collection is particularly strong in hand blocked papers of the 18th & early 19th centuries but there are many examples of much later produced wallpapers.

    PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME

    11am                       Optional self-guided tour of Kenwood House/Grounds

    12.30/45pm            (Bring own lunch – meet outside  Kenwood House cafe)

    2pm – 4pm            Registration and Study Visit

    4 – 4.30pm              Afternoon refreshments before departure

    Any booking queries – please email Caroline McNamara at cmcna12@aol.com  or call 020 8508 9192

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    WHS KENWOOD HOUSE VISIT – Wednesday 14th July 2010-

    Send completed booking form and cheque to: Caroline McNamara, WHS, 12 Roding Road, Loughton, Essex IG10 3ED

    Please Reserve the following places:

    ……..(number of places) @ £15.00 WHS members       sub total £________

    ……..(number of places) @ £20.00 Non-members         sub  total £________

    ……..(number of places) @ £12.50  Students                sub total £ ________

                                                                     TOTAL £_______________

    All Bookings Must be made by 14th JUNE 2010  

    I wish to meet for the picnic networking lunch prior to the study visit:  YES/NO ………………………………………..

    I enclose a cheque for  £…………. payable to the Wallpaper History Society

    Name………………………………..

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    Address:
    Hampstead – NW3 7JR
    Road Access: Hampstead Lane, NW3
    Train Access: Gospel Oak or Hampstead Heath
    Bus Access: Tfl 210 railway Finsbury Park – Golders Green
    Tube Access: Archway and Golders Green, then 210 bus.

  • NEW DESIGNERS 2010

    New Designers 2010 Showcasing the best of graduate design from architecture to animation, furniture to fashion, graphics to glass

    PART 1: 1-4 July 2010 – Textiles; Fashion & Accessories; contemporary Applied Arts; Ceramics & Glass; Jewellery & Precious Metalwork.

    PART 2: 8-11 July 2010 – Product Design; Furniture; Visual Communications (including Graphic Design & Illustration; Spatial Design.