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!

 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 17^th 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 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/

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………………………………..

Day time tel/mobile no…………………………………………….      

Email/Address (please include an email address)……………………………………………………………………………

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.