Below is a comprehensive list of the short research articles published in the Newsletter since the first issue in 1985.
Past copies of the Newsletter are held at a number of libraries across the UK . For a comprehensive listing try this link http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/64218406. The particular holdings, access, loan and reader arrangements will be specific to each institution.
We hope that this will be a useful reference, especially for those accessing the RFS Newsletter via public library collections, where the content listing may not be fully described. The list can be searched using the ctrl F function or the website’s search box.
Year | Issue | Author | Title | |
2020 | 73 | Ackermann | Daniel Kurt | Letter from America |
2020 | 73 | Pickvance | Chris | Spring locks in medieval chests: an update |
2020 | 73 | Pickvance | Chris | A gothic boarded stool in a Burrell Collection tapestry |
2020 | 73 | Gordon & Hancock | Lindsay & Liz | An oak table, probably made in Exeter, c.1580-1620, in the Burrell Collection, Glasgow Museums |
2020 | 73 | Brears | Peter | A provenanced Halifax chair |
2020 | 73 | Brears | Peter | Proportional dividers/compasses |
2020 | 73 | Parker | Julian | Lincolnshire Windsor and rush-seated chairs: wills and inventories |
2020 | 73 | Boram | John | More on Gillows’ children’s chairs |
2020 | 73 | Boram | John | A walnut rocking chair |
2020 | 73 | White | Crissie | Two comb-back chairs, West Highland type, Auchindrain Township, Argyll, Scotland |
2020 | 73 | Hancock | Liz | Charles Darwin’s chair at Janson & Sons: a provenanced High Wycombe cane chair |
2020 | 73 | Stuart | Susan | A Westmorland child’s chair |
2020 | 73 | Jackson | Stephen | The Graham Gadd Collection of Furniture Ephemera |
2020 | 73 | Stuart | Susan & Ian | Matthew Hutton Corner 1875-1956: A Whitby joiner, ship’s carpenter, and cabinet maker |
2020 | 73 | Robinson | Dan | A chest of drawers inscribed 1810 and a Windsor chair by W. Griffin |
2020 | 73 | Bate | Jeremy | Miniature Chair Surgery |
2020 | 73 | Medlam | Sarah | Hospital furniture |
2020 | 73 | Westgarth | Mark | Antique Dealers’ Research Project, University of Leeds |
2020 | 72 | Ackermann | Daniel Kurt | Letter from America |
2020 | 72 | Pickvance | Chris | Spring locks in medieval chests |
2020 | 72 | Bowett | Adam | New light on the Ordsall Hall bed |
2020 | 72 | Stuart | Susan | Gillow research material |
2020 | 72 | Boram | John | Evolution of the rocking chair |
2020 | 72 | Jackson | Lynda | Judges’ Lodgings Museum, Lancaster |
2020 | 72 | Houston | John | The London Upholders’ Company and its place in furniture history |
2020 | 72 | Keating | Piers | A Weymouth cabinet maker, 1869 |
2020 | 72 | Hall | Linda | The Great Grenadier’s chair |
2020 | 72 | Bate | Jeremy | A Welsh-American stick-back |
2020 | 72 | Lindey | Laurie | British and Irish Furniture Makers Online |
2020 | 72 | Reports on Society events: Oak House, West Bromwich; Ireland study tour | ||
2019 | 71 | Ackermann | Daniel Kurt | Letter from America: recent events and publications |
2019 | 71 | Hancock | Liz | A medieval domed chest in the Burrell Collection, Glasgow Museums |
2019 | 71 | Purdy | David | John Lombe’s Piedmont chest |
2019 | 71 | Stuart | Susan | Oak settle, Thomas Reresby 1621, from Derbyshire |
2019 | 71 | Boram | John | For a neat Doll’s Bed Stead’ and ‘6 neat Mahogany Dolls Chairs’ by Gillows of Lancaster |
2019 | 71 | Gall | John & Rosy | Drawing of a London Stubbs chair, dated 1829 |
2019 | 71 | Hicks | Mike | A Mendlesham child’s chair |
2019 | 71 | White | Crissie | Glasgow Upholsterers’ mahogany muniment box dated 1821 |
2019 | 71 | Morton & Maddison | Eric & Margaret | Burn marks on furniture |
2019 | 71 | Claxton Stevens | Christopher | Kubbestol’: something to get your teeth into |
2019 | 71 | Crossley | Brian | A cane bergere chair: who designed this chair? |
2019 | 71 | Sergeant | William | Missing Link – a spindle-back Windsor chair |
2019 | 71 | White | Betsy K | John Erhart Rose 1767-1860 |
2019 | 71 | Sutcliffe | Jason | Darvel chair: acquisition by East Ayrshire Council |
2019 | 71 | Research in Progress: The Regional Chair, reports on papers | ||
2019 | 71 | Reports on visits: a house in Soho; Pepys Library, Magdalene College, Cambridge; Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge | ||
2019 | 70 | Ackermann | Daniel | Letter from America |
2019 | 70 | Pickvance | Chris | An unrecorded medieval chest at St Mary’s church, Horsham |
2019 | 70 | Pickvance | Chris | Medieval chests in Kent |
2019 | 70 | Mills | Alison | The Landkey Parish Table purchased by the Museum of Barnstaple and North Devon |
2019 | 70 | Parker | Julian | Joseph Newton’s Windsor chair advertisements, 1725 and 1729 |
2019 | 70 | Parker | Julian | Windsor chairs at Newstead Abbey |
2019 | 70 | Sergeant
Parker |
William
Julian |
John Bray of Bourne, Lincolnshire, Windsor chair-maker |
2019 | 70 | Parrott | Bob | The myth of the patinated Windsor chair |
2019 | 70 | Crossley | Brian | A caned library chair by John Syers at Broughton Hall, North Yorkshire |
2019 | 70 | Bate | Jeremy | A little wider please: a barber-surgeon’s chair |
2019 | 70 | Medlam | Sarah | Fashionable furniture in Haverfordwest: a card table by William Owen |
2019 | 70 | Hardy | Emma | Unlocking the Geffrye |
2019 | 70 | Reports: Lawrence Neal, chair-maker: when is a chair more than a chair?; Sitting Firm; The rush-seated chair: a celebration of past, present and future; V&A Dundee: The Scottish Design Galleries. | ||
2018 | 69 | Ackermann | Daniel | Letter from America |
2018 | 69 | Parrott | Bob | A Forest chair in Colonial America: work in progress |
2018 | 69 | White | Crissie | Darvel chairs: J. McKellar, a new maker |
2018 | 69 | Hancock | Liz | 16th-century linenfold panelling and a canopy from the Neptune Inn, 86 Fore Street, Ipswich |
2018 | 69 | Brears | Peter | A black oak bed dated 1626 |
2018 | 69 | Mellors | Leah | The Guardians’ chair |
2018 | 69 | Sklar | Rosalyn | A Warwickshire press cupboard |
2018 | 69 | Reports: New thinking about 16th-century furniture; Thomas Chippendale: a celebration of British craftsmanship and design; Shandy Hall, Coxwold; Gilling Castle. | ||
2018 | 69 | 2018 Conference: Glasgow | ||
2018 | 68 | Gall | John | A table from Goldhill Farm, Co. Durham |
2018 | 68 | Cox-Whittaker | Andrew | An 18th century mahogany barometer |
2018 | 68 | 2017 Conference report: Coastal Suffolk and Norfolk | ||
2018 | 68 | Report: Alien woodwork in two Bedfordshire churches | ||
2018 | 67 | Heal | Oliver | Letter from Edward Gardiner, 4 May 1949 |
2017 | 67 | Sergeant | William | Two Forest chairs |
2017 | 67 | Hancock | Liz | A gothic oak screen, c. 1430-1445, in the Burrell collection, Glasgow Museums |
2017 | 67 | Reports: Lincolnshire Chairs exhibition, London Charterhouse, Whitechapel Bell Foundry, Lake District Study Day, J. and F.J. Baker, Bark Tannery, Colyton, Highland Folk Museum, Newtonmore | ||
2017 | 66 | Pinn | Keith and Gill | Hindringham church chest, Norfolk |
2017 | 66 | Pickvance | Chris | A dendrochronological study of medieval chests in East Kent |
2017 | 66 | 2016 Conference Report: Carlisle | ||
2017 | 65 | Bowett | Adam | New discoveries from the Land of the Princes Bishops |
2016 | 65 | Sergeant | William | Painted Lancashire (?) chairs: who made these? |
2016 | 65 | Rosoman | Treve | More on the early chest in Braunton St Brannock church, Devon |
2016 | 65 | Reports: Sir John Soane’s Museum, Norton Conyers and Ripon Study Days | ||
2016 | 64 | Bowett | Adam | A secretaire bookcase made in Kendal, 1872 |
2016 | 64 | Sergeant | William | A Lincolnshire spinning wheel |
2016 | 64 | Sergeant | William | A Lincolnshire windsor chair |
2016 | 64 | Report: Salisbury viist | ||
2016 | 64 | Report: Treasures of the North West – Stonyhurst and Browsholme | ||
2016 | 64 | Williams | Sioned | A Brynmawr chair, South Wales, c. 1938 |
2016 | 63 | Report: Research in Progress, Cuddesdon | ||
2015 | 63 | 2015 Conference report: North Devon | ||
2015 | 62 | Pickvance | Chris | A 1794 Gower coffor bach |
2015 | 62 | Report: Whitby | ||
2015 | 62 | 2014 Conference report: King’s Lynn | ||
2015 | 62 | Report: Chicago trip | ||
2015 | 62 | Report: chairmaking in Lincolnshire | ||
2015 | 62 | Report: Cirencester study day | ||
2015 | 61 | Bowett, | Adam | A 16th Century Lancashire Tester Bed |
2014 | 61 | Shutler, | Paul A. | A Pair of William Burgess Chairs |
2014 | 61 | Various | Report on trip to Amsterdam, March 2014 | |
2014 | 61 | White, | Chrissie | A Chair used by Robert Burns |
2014 | 60 | Bate, | Jeremy | Sir Robert Walpole’s Electioneering Chair |
2014 | 60 | Bowett, | Adam | Emily Gimson’s Rocking Chair |
2014 | 60 | Parrott, | Bob | Huntington Collection of Maryland State Archives |
2014 | 60 | Parrott, | Bob | The Forest Chair in Colonial America |
2014 | 60 | Pickvance, | Chris | A Deal Furniture Tradition in Kent? |
2014 | 58 | Crossley, | Brian | Maritime Caned Chairs |
2013 | 58 | Stone, | Peter | St Mary, Colton, Staffs Church Chest |
2013 | 58 | Various | Report on trip to Romania, Sept 2012 | |
2013 | 57 | Pinn, | Keith | A Colchester Chest of Drawers |
2012 | 57 | Stabler, | John | A North Yorkshire Windsor Chair |
2012 | 56 | Various | Report on Trip to Paris & Burgundy, Sept 2011 | |
2012 | 56 | Wilson, | David | Dialectal Terms for Items of Furniture |
2012 | 55 | Crossley, | Brian | A Child’s Cane Chair used by John Ruskin |
2011 | 55 | Vost, | John | Guernsey Painted Chest |
2011 | 54 | Bryant, | David & Valerie | Henry & Julius Caesar – Rustic House Builders |
2011 | 54 | Stabler, | John | Mr Hammond’s Seats at Holkham |
2011 | Shutler, | Paul A. | ||
54 | Unrecorded | 19th Century Curiosity Dealers | ||
2011 | 53 | Claxton Stevens, | Christopher | An Abingdon Writing Table |
2010 | 53 | Millar, | Luke | More on the Harrisons |
2010 | Fraser, | Ian | ||
53 | Parrott, | Bob | A ‘Two-faced’ Windsor Chair | |
2010 | 52 | Channer, | Donal | The Cope Chest at Wells Cathedral |
2010 | 52 | Fraser, | Ian | The Harrisons, Joiners of Barrow-upon-Humber |
2010 | 52 | Pickvance, | Chris | Dating Gower Coffers Bach |
2010 | 51 | Currie, | Chris | Further Colchester Furniture by Walford |
2009 | 51 | King, | Stuart | The Sketches of Alice Young |
2009 | 51 | Rosoman, | Treve | The Wrecking of London’s First Mechanical Saw Mill |
2009 | 50 | Various | Care of Historic Church Woodwork | |
2009 | 49 | Fraser, | Ian | The Still Room at Temple Newsam House |
2008 | 49 | Harding-Hill, | Michael | A Fifth Windsor Chair Attributed to John Pitt of Slough |
2008 | Parrott, | Bob | ||
49 | Pickvance, | Chris | Shropshire 17th Century Furniture? Problems of Interpretation | |
2008 | 48 | Parrott, | Bob | New Information about the 18th Century Chair Maker Richard Hewett |
2008 | 48 | Parrott, | Bob | Robert Prior Sold Shoes as well as Making Chairs |
2008 | 47 | Storey, | Edward | Reminiscences of Working with Edward Barnsley |
2007 | 47 | Various | Taking an Ell | |
2007 | 46 | Parrott, | Bob | William Henry Drinkwater, Windsor and Cane Chair Maker, Gloucester |
2007 | 46 | Parrott, | Bob | Some Additional 18th Century Buckinghamshire Chair Makers |
2007 | 46 | Pickvance, | Chris | A Kentish Pine Mule Chest, 1749 |
2007 | 45 | Olive, | Gabriel | Industrial Seating |
2006 | 45 | Parrott, | Bob | A 1753 print showing a cabriole leg Thames Valley Windsor Chair |
2006 | 44 | Green, | Jim & Mary | Rosina: the Antithisis of Regional Furniture |
2006 | 44 | Parrott, | Bob | An Early Windsor Chair Illustration |
2006 | 44 | Various | Report on an RFS Trip to Brittany | |
2006 | 44 | Wilson, | David | Unusual Words from Post-medieval Inventories |
2006 | 43 | Millar, | Luke | David Morley, Carmarthen, Flush Door Construction |
2005 | 42 | Cotton, | Bernard D. | Inlaid 18th Century Low Dresser from Cheshire |
2005 | 41 | Claxton Stevens, | Christopher | Provenanced West Country Furniture (John Hollister, William Hutton) |
2004 | 38 | Chinnery, | Victor | The Shakespeare Chair |
2003 | 37 | Crossley, | Brian | Is the History of Rattan used in Cane Furniture as Simple as it Seems? |
2002 | 37 | de Courcy-Ireland, | Polly | A 19th Century Wooden Basket from Pitcairn Island |
2002 | 37 | Millar, | Luke | Published Designs and Regional Cabinet-Makers |
2002 | 36 | Various | Report on an RFS Trip to The Netherlands | |
2002 | 34 | Bowett, | Adam | The Amos Poulsum Bureau – some words of caution |
2001 | 34 | Claxton Stevens, | Christopher | A Gloucestershire Tea Table (William Edgecombe) |
2001 | 34 | Cotton, | Bernard D. | Another Piece in the Jigsaw, John Robinson, Preston |
2001 | 34 | Olive, | Gabriel | Wit and Wisdom from the Workshop |
2001 | 34 | Parrott, | Bob | The Sparnck Windsor |
2001 | 32 | Cotton, | Bernard D. | The Wallace Chair |
2000 | 32 | Holland, | Phil | A Labelled Side Table or Washstand from Norwich |
2000 | 32 | Ireik, | Willem | The Conjunction of Continental and English Furniture Craftsmen in London – widening the context for evaluation |
2000 | 32 | Olive, | Gabriel | An Extract from Rev C A Johns ‘Forest Trees of Britain’ |
2000 | 30 | Ireik, | Willem | A Commemorative Shrine to Robert Burns |
1999 | 30 | Olive, | Gabriel | The Bucklebury Bowl Turner |
1999 | 30 | Walker, | John | Dorset Chests and Stools |
1999 | 29 | Millar, | Luke | Railway and Steamboat Chairs |
1998 | 28 | Claxton Stevens, | Christopher | Retailer’s Labels |
1998 | 28 | Pearce, | Barbara | The John Warander Chair |
1998 | 28 | Urquhart, | Christopher | The Philip Clissett Legacy |
1998 | 27 | Ireik, | Willem | Chairmaking in the Low Countries: Part Two |
1997 | 26 | Bebb, | Richard | A Carmarthen Bookcase |
1997 | 25 | Olive, | Gabriel | Glastonbury Chair Update of article in Regional Furniture 1994 |
1996 | 25 | Ireik, | Willem | Cairmaking in the Low Countries: Part One |
1995 | 23 | Boram, | John | A Vernacular Progenitor form Sussex? |
1995 | 23 | Claxton Stevens, | Christopher | Further Furniture form Colchester (John Taylor) |
1995 | 23 | Duff, | Robert | Contnents of a Labourer’s Cottage, Buckinghamshire |
1995 | 23 | Pearce, | Barbara | Slate Miniature Chest of Drawers |
1995 | 22 | Sleep, | Janet | Hunting the Cowld in Norfolk and Suffolk 1650-1725 |
1995 | 20 | Cotton | Gerry | Cleansing the Bishop’s Throne, and alternative approach to restoration |
1994 | 20 | Gilbert, | Christopher | Two Jersey Painted Chests |
1994 | 20 | Pearce, | Barbara | The Whytyton Household 1423, 1452, 1525 – a dearth of furniture and an abundance of furnishings |
1994 | 19 | Bowett, | Adam | RFS Timber Trade Research Project |
1993 | 19 | Claxton Stevens, | Christopher | A Chest from Colchester (Timothy Walford & Son) |
1993 | 19 | Jones, | Robin | A 19th Century Inscribed Carmarthenshire Box (Thomas Jones) |
1993 | 19 | Olive, | Gabriel | A Jersey Robe – The First Flatpack Furniture |
1993 | 19 | Parrott, | Bob | A West Country Low Back Windsor Chair |
1993 | 19 | Stuart, | Susan | A Lancaster Chairmaker’s Goods and Chattels (John Nightingale) |
1993 | 18 | Bowett, | Adam | The Price of Deals in the 18th Century |
1993 | 18 | Rumble, | Penny | A Table Made by Arthur Jones and Son, Dublin |
1993 | 17 | Olive, | Gabriel | Thos Connold Fecit |
1992 | 17 | Stabler, | John | An Early Reference to Initial-Stamping |
1992 | 16 | Bowett, | Adam | The Evidence of Growth Rings in Dating and Provenancing Oak Furniture |
1992 | 16 | Medlam, | Sarah | Mr Kirtley, Woodturner |
1992 | 16 | Millar, | Luke | A Group of Chests from the Welsh Borders |
1992 | 16 | Pearce, | Barbara | A Dated Chair (1792) |
1992 | 16 | Schooling, | Guy | Labelled Furniture from Hertfordshire |
1992 | 15 | Boram, | John | An Extract from a Liverpool Timber Merchant’s Price Book |
1991 | 15 | Macbeth, | Lindsay | A Further Note on William Wheeler of Arncroach |
1991 | 14 | Agius, | Pauline | Frontispieces and Other Early Engravings |
1990 | 14 | Cotton, | Bernard D. | Uriah Alsop’s Steam Cabinet Works |
1990 | 14 | Ferguson, | Barbara | J Reilly’s Patent – A Follow-up Study |
1990 | 14 | Pearce, | Barbara | The Amos Poulsum Bureau |
1990 | 14 | Prown, | Jonathan | A Vernacular Cupboard from Virginia |
1990 | 13 | Bowett, | Adam | Circular Saws |
1990 | 13 | Millar, | Luke | J Reilly’s Patent |
1990 | 13 | Sparkes, | Ivan | Articles & Books on Furniture and Decoration 1988-1990 |
1990 | 12 | Rumble, | Penny | Some 19th Century Tavern Tables |
1990 | 11 | Olive, | Gabriel | Regional Lining Papers |
1989 | 11 | Pearce, | Barbara | An Orkney Chair |
1989 | 11 | Stabler, | John | Trade Disputes in Newcastle upon Tyne |
1989 | 10 | Boram, | John | A Wiltshire Elm Storage Box |
1989 | 10 | Gilbert, | Christopher | Gilling of Worksop Windsor Chairs |
1989 | 10 | Millar, | Luke | Pins in Mortice and Tenon Joints |
1989 | 10 | Robinson, | Danny | Miniature Chairs |
1989 | 9 | Boram, | John | A North Country Dresser |
1988 | 9 | Pearce, | Barbara | A Welsh Settle |
1988 | 8 | Boardman. | John | Irish Straw/Hay rope chairs |
1988 | 8 | Gilbert, | Christopher | A Rare Painted Pine Chest on Stand |
1988 | 7 | Webster, | Edward | ‘Ormskirk’ Ladderbacks |
1987 | 6 | Rosoman, | Treve | Rural Recollections on Scottish Furniture |
1987 | 5 | ‘Castaway’ | Dressers Redressed | |
1987 | 4 | Cotton, | Bernard D. | Spinning Wheels |
1986 | 4 | Freund, | Hugo | Slat Back Chairs in New Jersey |
1986 | 3 | Cotton, | Bernard D. | Pub Furniture |
1986 | 3 | Millar, | Luke | Paper-lined Drawers |
1986 | 3 | Pearce, | Barbara | A Child’s Chair from Devon |
1986 | 3 | Reynolds, | Lionel | Uncommon ‘Common Stools’ |
1986 | 3 | Reynolds, | Lionel | Nelson’s Windsor Chair and Coffin |
1986 | 2 | Gilbert, | Christopher | Regional Furniture at Temple Newsam House |
1985 | 2 | Reynolds, | Lionel | For the Convenience of the Parson |
1985 | 1 | Cotton, | Bernard D. | A Child’s Weighing and Exercise Chair |
1985 | 1 | Gilbert, | Christopher | A Remarkable Painted Bed at Temple Newsam |