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March 2025
THE 49TH ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM OF THE FURNITURE HISTORY SOCIETY
The Lydia and Manfred Gorvy Lecture Theatre, Victoria & Albert Museum,
London SW7 2RL
Saturday 22 March 2025, in person or live-streamed. 10.30 am – 5.00 pm
In person registration from 10.00 am
‘The Art of the Dolls’ House’
I am very pleased to let you know that I will be speaking at the 2025 annual symposium of the Furniture History Society, led by Dr Tessa Murdoch. ‘The Art of the Dolls House’ will feature an international roster of speakers who will celebrate these miniature homes and explore their legacy and creative inspiration as educational tools opening the eyes of successive generations through fascination with miniature worlds.
My fellow speakers will include-
Heike Zech: Deputy Director, Germanisches Museum, Nuremberg.
Sara van Dijk: Curator of Textiles, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
Natalie Dubois: Curator of Applied Art and Design, Centraal Museum, Utrecht.
Simon McCormack: Property Curator, Nostell Priory, National Trust.
Tessa Murdoch: Chair of the Trustees of the Huguenot Museum, curating their current exhibition ‘Sarah Lethieullier’s Doll’s House’.
Kathryn Jones: Senior Curator of Decorative Arts, Royal Collection Trust.
William Newton: Curator, Young V&A.
My talk will discuss the seen and unseen processes and purposes of model making, explaining why people find scale models so appealing in general – including my experiences working on Queen Mary’s Dolls’ house at Windsor, and how a drainage plan and the kindness of Sir John Soane helped to re-create Kinnaird Castle in minute detail.
This day long Symposium should be quite an event! More details available here.
Any Building Anywhere
It is possible to create a model house portrait of any type of building, from town house to country estate, from shop or pub to Listed building. Without a site visit this makes the ultimate in surprise gifts! The service is not limited to the UK, and commissions are welcome from anywhere in the world! Please email me a single photo of your house, and let me know the rough location, and I will provide you with an estimate, or give me a call for more information. There are more details about ‘small projects’ here.
An indication of the range of services offered and prices can be found here.
