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Spring 2014 Newsletter – out now!

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Newsletter Spring 2014

The latest beautiful edition of the Regional Furniture Society Newsletter (Spring 2014) has been published and is being sent to existing members this week. As well as a full listing of this year’s forthcoming activities, it contains  a number of  fascinating illustrated articles looking at Emily Gimson’s Rocking Chair, A Deal Furniture Tradition in Kent and Sir Robert Walpole’s Electioneering Chair. There are also reports on recent RFS events and visits.

Two editions of the newsletter and a copy of the Journal are free to members each year. A list of past articles and contributors is available here.

Join the Regional Furniture Society here and receive your copy of the latest newsletter and Journal.

 

 

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Did you know about the RFS Bursaries?

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Each year the RFS awards a  small number of research bursaries to current members. These  are designed to encourage and support research projects related to regional furniture, with a view to publication.

Recent projects that have been funded are:

  • Dendrochronological dating of the ‘domed’ chest at Fordwich Town Hall, Kent. Awarded to Chris Pickvance.

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  • Research and recording of spinning wheels in the Victoria & Albert Museum and the London Science Museum. The grant was for travel, accommodation, photographic materials and photocopying. Awarded to Valerie Bryant.

There are also a number of small conference and study day bursaries. These are intended to encourage interest in the subject and support early-career professional members and students, particularly those who are new to the subject, to attend the annual RFS conference or an RFS meeting. For further details see the Bursaries information page and application form here.

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Autumn Newsletter and Regional Furniture Journal 2013

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Cover 2013 RFS NL 59 page 1
The latest editions of the RFS Newsletter and Journal have been published and are being sent to existing members this week. The newsletter has a full report on this summer’s conference and AGM in Edinburgh, as well as reports on recent RFS visits. The Journal this year contains six essays exploring inventories as source and evidence for furniture types, placement and use in specific homes and among different social classes.

There are two editions each year of the newsletter and an annual edition of the Journal  – free to members. A list of past articles and contributors is available here.  Join the Regional Furniture Society here and receive your copy of the latest newsletter and Journal.

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Making a Sussex Chair – video

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We were contacted recently by Harry Rogers, Secretary of The Association of Polelathe Turners and Greenwood Workers (or bodgers.org.uk) who brought to our attention his fascinating films on green woodworking and making traditional chairs on a pole lathe (www.youtube.com/user/mrwindsorchair).

Making a Chair – Research: Sussex Chair Part 1  and Riving Wood for Chairs – Sussex Chair Part 2 begin a  nine-part series on the making of a Sussex chair, based on an example held at the Geffrye Museum.

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Spring 2013 Newsletter

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RFS Newsletter Spring 2013 1The latest issue of the Regional Furniture Society Newsletter has been published and sent out to current members. It contains an extensive report on last Autumn’s trip to Romania as well as accounts of several recent visits, listings of future events and reviews.

There are two editions each year of the newsletter and it is free to members. A list of past articles and contributors is available here. Join the Regional Furniture Society here and receive your copy of the newsletter.