Historic Interiors Research & Conservation (HIRC) helps owners of historic interiors listen to the stories layers and layers of old paint have to tell.
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Read Keir Starmer’s first speech as Prime Minister outside Downing Street in full – via @LabourList labourlist.org/2024/07/labou…
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Any thrusting young art history students out there - preferably based in London - who want to do some research for a couple of my films? You’ll learn a lot and it will be a brilliant entry into TV. Paid position, of course.
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We welcome the news of robust enforcement action taken regarding the demolition of the Crooked House. 👏
We have supported @StaffsPolice and @south_staffs Council in their investigations and will continue to do so. ⬇️
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linkedin.com/feed/update/urn… just over a month to go until our annual conference. Have you booked your tickets yet? (Sales close on 17th March). @Conservators_UK @H_IntGroup @thevicsoc @GeorgianGroup @SPAB1877 @IHBCtweet
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Thank you to everyone who stopped by our stand (B5) at #listedpropertyshow #londonolympia today. come & say hello 👋 if you’re visiting 2morro. #conservation #analysis #surveys #restoration #paintresearch #stone #plaster #applieddecoration #gilding #listedproperty #architecture
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Wonderful day watching Philip Gaches and his team at work on a celling in Sandwich. On a journey of discovery this week interacting with skilled artisans working in the historic environment.
The 8th Architectural Finishes Research conference will held in Amsterdam. The 1st was held in London in 2000 - Layers of Understanding. Last legacy. english.cultureelerfgoed.nl/…
Gave a lecture on Saturday championing Sir Charles Cavendish and his work at Bolsover and his reputation as a 'good architect'. At last!
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As today marks the 134th anniversary of his birth, this week's posts have all focused on the work of British painter and lithographer Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson.
Take a look at the timeline over the last week for these and the rest of his featured pieces...
Natural History Museum? Where would I possibly find a description of the original colours of the exterior and interior windows?
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Another piece of George Shaw furniture resurfaces, this time in leafy Cheshire and relatively close to his base of operations in Uppermill. It was photographed in situ at St Chad's Uppermill for the contents sale in 1920.
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After Warkworth, we proceeded to sample some genuine Tudor material. The Henry VII and Elizabeth of York marriage bed ;the inspiration for the majority of Shaw's fakery. He attempted to dupe several wealthy northern aristocrats with his creations.
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An interesting day yesterday at Warkworth Castle with @HistoricInt sampling the finish on the George Shaw furniture that was sold to the Duke of Northumberland as 'genuine Tudor' in the late 1840's. The Duke was not fooled but still acquired the furniture for Warkworth
Paint scrapes never as accurate as cross-section analysis . Layers get missed, glazes detached and surfaces of undercoats often revealed as finish coats. Back to the 1970s? lnkd.in/ekgS5GqB
ICON Pub Quiz - Booking Now!! lnkd.in/ebht64Uv
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It’s all coming out now; all the pent up frustration toward Borit Jobilson.
Every bit of it deserved.
#PrivilegesCommittee
#PartyGateReport
Would love to know where this is. And what the whole design looks like. lnkd.in/eq2ntdkU
