Furniture, friendship and fun: the Furniture History Society’s first fifty years
Last night, at the Mansion House, the Furniture History Society celebrated its fiftieth anniversary. By extraordinary and happy chance Fiona Woolf, the current Lord Mayor, is a member of the FHS and a great enthusiast for the subject of furniture history. In her words during the evening, the Lord Mayor, herself the daughter of the eminent textile historian Margaret Swain (1909-2002), summed up what makes the Society so special, and why it should be proud of its achievements.
Read More...
A missing cabinet by Louis Le Gaigneur
The cabinet illustrated above, now in an American private collection, was sold at Christie’s (London), 12 July 2012, lot 6. It can be attributed with confidence to Louis Le Gaigneur , about whom little is known and whose documented oeuvre…
Read More...
Close encounters: two sécretaires on view at the Wallace Collection, London
At a time when many fear that connoisseurship has become a diminished aspect of art historical study, a small display at the Wallace Collection, London is hugely to be welcomed (on view until 29 August). Standing side by side are…
Read More...
2014 Catalogue
On Friday 30 May we shall be mailing the 2014 edition of Furniture and Works of Art, our twenty-first consecutive annual catalogue. This year, the publication includes objects ranging in date from the late seventeenth century to the beginning of the…
Read More...