British Furniture Abroad in the Eighteenth Century: its impact and influence

5.30pm - 8pm (GMT)  |  12.30pm - 3pm (EST) 

12, 19 and 26 November 2024

Join us online on three consecutive Tuesdays this November, when curators and historians will explore the influence of British furniture abroad and the ways furniture makers in other countries both copied and transformed these models to suit local traditions and tastes. This series of specialist lectures will look at the diaspora of British furniture in the eighteenth century, providing insights into the traditions of design and furniture making in other countries.

Each session will deal with a slightly different stylistic phase in the eighteenth century with three expert speakers dealing with the impact of British furniture design on different countries.

Card table by Giles Grendey for the Palace of the Dukes of Lozcano (c. 1735-40), © The Met., New York. Public domain.   

Course programme:

Week 1: 12 November

British Furniture abroad in the early eighteenth century

Speakers: Dr. Amy Lim, Dr. Henriette Graf, Alyce Englund

Week 2: 19^th November

British furniture in Germany, Portugal and Spain

Speakers: Wolfram Koeppe, Joao Magalhães, Mario Mateos Martín

Week 3: 26^th November

The influence of British Furniture in Germany and Italy

Speakers: Enrico Colle, Ulrich Leben, Daniel Ackermann

Tickets may be bought for individual sessions or for the entire course, but you will benefit from a discount if all 3 sessions are bought together. Don’t worry if you cannot attend the sessions live because they will be recorded and links to the recording will be sent to ticketholders. These recordings will not be available to purchase after the course has ended. FHS members and ECD members will receive a discount on all tickets.

For further information and to purchase tickets, please go to the Eventbrite listing at: British Furniture Abroad in the Eighteenth Century: its impact & influence Tickets, Tue, Nov 12, 2024 at 5:30 PM | Eventbrite.  If you have any questions, please email bifmo@furniturehistorysociety.org.