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 | |
| 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 | ||
| 2017 | 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 | ||
| 2016 | 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 |
| 2015 | 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 | ||
| 2014 | 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? |
| 2013 | 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 | |
| 2012 | 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 |
| 2011 | 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 |
| Shutler, | Paul A. | |||
| 2011 | 54 | Unrecorded | 19th Century Curiosity Dealers | |
| 2010 | 53 | Claxton Stevens, | Christopher | An Abingdon Writing Table |
| 2010 | 53 | Millar, | Luke | More on the Harrisons |
| Fraser, | Ian | |||
| 2010 | 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 |
| 2009 | 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 | |
| 2008 | 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 |
| Parrott, | Bob | |||
| 2008 | 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 |
| 2007 | 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 |
| 2006 | 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 |
| 2005 | 43 | Millar, | Luke | David Morley, Carmarthen, Flush Door Construction |
| 2005 | 42 | Cotton, | Bernard D. | Inlaid 18th Century Low Dresser from Cheshire |
| 2004 | 41 | Claxton Stevens, | Christopher | Provenanced West Country Furniture (John Hollister, William Hutton) |
| 2003 | 38 | Chinnery, | Victor | The Shakespeare Chair |
| 2002 | 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 | |
| 2001 | 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 |
| 2000 | 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’ |
| 1999 | 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 |
| 1998 | 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 |
| 1997 | 27 | Ireik, | Willem | Chairmaking in the Low Countries: Part Two |
| 1997 | 26 | Bebb, | Richard | A Carmarthen Bookcase |
| 1996 | 25 | Olive, | Gabriel | Glastonbury Chair Update of article in Regional Furniture 1994 |
| 1995 | 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 |
| 1994 | 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 |
| 1993 | 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 |
| 1992 | 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 |
| 1991 | 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 |
| 1990 | 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 |
| 1989 | 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 |
| 1988 | 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 |
| 1987 | 7 | Webster, | Edward | ‘Ormskirk’ Ladderbacks |
| 1987 | 6 | Rosoman, | Treve | Rural Recollections on Scottish Furniture |
| 1987 | 5 | ‘Castaway’ | Dressers Redressed | |
| 1986 | 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 |
| 1985 | 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 |
