Events
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Visit to David Mabb’s Studio
Date: 29th September 2012
David Mabb has invited members of the WHS to his Studio. The maximum number of places is 8.
“David Mabb works with the textile and wallpaperdesigns of 19th Century interior designer, writer and activist William Morris. Mabb’s interest in Morris stems from the social and political implications of his work, the continued relevancy of his politics and the continuing market for his designs. Mabb’s interpretations, reconfigurations and uses of Morris’ designs foreground the relationship between Morris’ own utopian thinking and other utopian forms of cultural production.”
Location: Lewisham London SE13 7AP
Cost: £10.00 for WHS members; £12.50 for Friends
Booking Form will be sent to WHS members with the next WHS Newsletter or book using the downloadable Booking Form below.
To secure a place, Please email infor@wallpaperhistorysociety.org.uk to book a place or telephone: 07773336410
You can also book through PayPal (Debit cards only) & send PayPal payment to info@wallpaperhistorysociety.org.uk quoting Ref: 29/10/12
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V&A Course:A Proliferation of Pattern: Twentieth Century Textiles and Wallpapers 1920-2000
When: Thursday 3 May 2012 14:00 – 5 July 2012 (Half term: 7 June 2012), 14.00–16.30
Where: Seminar Room One, Sackler Centre
COURSE: Study the history of 20th century pattern and explore exciting developments and innovations in modern design. From the legacy of the Arts and Crafts Movement and the emergence of Art Nouveau onwards, discuss key factors shaping the design and production of European and American textiles and wallpapers through the century. Study iconic styles from Art Deco, Bauhaus, Utility and Festival of Britain …
Concessionary rate for members of the Wallpaper History Society. Phone Bookings (0207 942 2211)
The course includes free entry to the ‘Ballgown’ and ‘British Design 1948-2012′ exhibitions, two visits to Prints & Drawings to see papers and a visit to the Archive of Art & Design. And tea!
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Bermondsey Day: ‘Designing Women’ & Hatley Print
Wednesday 13th June, 2012
Visit to Hatley Print and The Fashion and Textile Museum
Bermondsey, London
First join us for a visit to Hatley Print, a Silk-Screen Printing Company, who specialises in producing screen printed fabric and wallpaper on a bespoke basis for the Film, TV, Theatre, Opera, Fashion, Interiors and Advertising industries. They are centrally located in a converted railway arch just 5 minutes walk from London Bridge Station and round the corner from the Fashion and Textile Museum which will be our second visit. Here we will be given a guided tour of the current exhibition: DESIGNING WOMEN: POST-WAR BRITISH TEXTILES’
Programme: Meet at 10.50am for 11.00 at Hatley Print, 29 Shand Street, London SE1 2ES
We will walk to the Fashion & Textile Museum for a light lunch in their café (not included in price). Museum Tour follows. The Maximum number of places is 8
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BOOKING FORM for WHS Visit to Hatley Printers and The Fashion and Textile Museum – 13th June, 2012
Send completed booking form and cheque made payable to the Wallpaper History Society to:
WHS, 66 Brixton Water Lane, London SW2 1QB OR
Pay via PayPal (Debit cards only) & send PayPal payment to info@wallpaperhistorysociety.org.uk quoting Ref: 13/06/12
Closing date for bookings: 30/05/12
Please reserve the following places:
………. (number of places) @ £ 16.00 WHS members sub total £
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£ Total £_____________
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The cost for this visit is £16.00 for members and £18.50 for non-members
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Wrest Park: Tour of Wallpapered Rooms
Earl de Grey’s French style Mansion with magnificent Gardens
13th July 2012
Wrest Park was built between 1834 and 1839 is one of the few examples of 18th Century French inspired architecture in England. It was built by Thomas, Earl de Grey, an accomplished amateur architect to replace his former sprawling ancestral home on the site with a new and magnificent building. The new house sits within impressive gardens regarded as one of the best preserved examples of 18th Century formal landscape in Britain, and with later additions through to the 19th Century that reflect every major development in formal landscape design and garden building architecture.
We are delighted to be able to offer our members an introductory talk by Dr Andrew Hann, on Earl de Grey and his vision for Wrest and an the opportunity to visit the first floor wallpapered rooms (normally open by special arrangement only) guided by Treve Rosoman Curator of Wallpapers English Heritage and Phillippa Mapes, Conservator, English Heritage. The wallpapered rooms include a Chinese wallpaper reputed to have come from the old Wrest House and a rare example of a French panoramic wallpaper, in tact and in its original location.
Members are also able to visit the introductory exhibition on the ground floor and the beautiful historic gardens, which are included in the price. Lunch (not included) is also available in the new Visitors Centre café and shop.
Programme
10. 30-11.00am Meet for coffee
11.00-11.30 am Introductory Talk by Dr Andrew Hann
11.30 – 12.30 Guided tour of wallpapered rooms
Please note: there is no lift access to the first floor wallpaper rooms
http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/daysout/properties/wrest-park
BOOKING FORM
WHS Visit to Wrest Park – 13th July, 2012
Send completed booking form and cheque made payable to the Wallpaper History Society to:
WHS, 25 Radcliffe Rd, Stamford, Lincs PE9 1AU. OR
Pay via PayPal & send PayPal payment to info@wallpaperhistorysociety.org.uk quoting Ref: 13/07/12
Closing date for bookings: 29/06/12
Please reserve the following places:
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Birmingham Back to Backs Wallpaper Exhibition
Birmingham Back to Backs Wallpaper Exhibition - to open June 2012
The Birmingham Back to Backs’ extensive collection of indigenous wallpaper has received renewed attention this year with a 12 month project focused on conserving, cataloguing, researching and displaying the many layers for public viewing. The wallpaper exhibition will be launched in June 2012 displaying a range of fragments, information on wallpaper manufacture and will also focus on the conservation process.
The exhibition will provide the foundation for further work to continue on the collection shedding new light on the social history of the Back to Backs and its previous occupants. The wallpaper at the Back to Backs is unique as the collection reflects popular taste and the decorating choices of the average person over the last 100 years. This is wallpaper which was machine manufactured and inexpensive; so it would have been readily available to the masses, though it is rare to glimpse a surviving piece.
An oral history sub project has been launched where decorating anecdotes, stories from decorators and people who have worked in wallpaper manufacture and retail are being collected for display in the exhibition. These stories can be viewed in the wallpaper project blog at http://uncoveringthepast.wordpress.com
The Back to Backs has also partnered with a local higher educational institution Newman University College who will be producing recreations of some of the wallpaper patterns along with new wallpaper designs inspired by the Back to Back’s own collection for display in the exhibition. The staff and students at Newman have set up a website showcasing their work at http://www.splittingthepattern.com
Husnara Bibi, Care of Collections Trainee, The National Trust Birmingham Back to Backs, http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/birmingham-back-to-backs
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Clandon Park on 15th November 2012
15th November 2012 - Tour of wallpapers at Clandon Park
Andrew Bush, National Trust Paper Conservation Adviser, will give an illustrated lecture and short tour of wallpapers at Clandon Park on 15th November. Further details and a booking form will be added nearer the time. For further information about Clandon Park, please see National Trust website: http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/clandon-park
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Visit to Danson House and The Yellow Wallpaper Exhibition
Friday 7th September 2012
Danson Park, Bexleyheath, DA6 8HL
A chance to visit DANSON HOUSE -built c 1766 in Bexleyheath. The house is primarily the creation of John Boyd, owner and his architect, Robert Taylor. It reflects the Golden Age of antiquity and is full of the symbolism of classical mythology. It is a revival of Italian villa design. The leading architect a the time was Andrea Paalladio. I 1995, in a ruinous state, the House underwent ten years of restoration by English Heritage and won the Georgian Group National Award in 2004.
The Yellow Wallpaper Exhibition is a Crafts Council Collection Exhibition, curated by Tom Gallant and inspired by Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s gothic novella, The Yellow Wallpaper.
Programme: Meet at Danson House for coffee at 10.30am
Tour Begins at 11am.
The cost for this visit is £15.00 for members, £18.50 for non-members, 12.00 students
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Send completed booking form and cheque made payable to the Wallpaper History Society to:
WHS, 12 Roding Road, Loughton Essex 1G10 3ED
OR
Pay via PayPal (Debit cards only) & send PayPal payment to info@wallpaperhistorysociety.org.uk quoting Ref: 07/09/12
Closing date for bookings: 10/08/12
Please reserve the following places:
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AGM 4th December 2012
The Wallpaper History Society will hold its AGM on December 4th 2012
Venue: Art Workers Guild
Speaker: to be announced.
Booking Forms: available in the autumn
