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Furniture History Society
Formation1964
HeadquartersVictoria & Albert Museum, London, England
LeaderSir Nicholas Goodison
(president)
Christopher Rowell
(Chairman)
Dr Megan Wheeler
(Acting Secretary)
Websitewww.furniturehistorysociety.org

The Furniture History Society (FHS), which was founded in 1964, is a registered charity in the United Kingdom[1]


Background

The Furniture History Society is based in London, with close connections at the Victoria & Albert Museum. It was founded by a number of art and antique dealers. Since 1965, the society's annual journal ″Furniture History" has published recent findings on British and continental European, Asian and American furniture.[2][3] The Furniture History Society is governed by a council elected by its members, which is supported by specialist officers. Among their longtime leaders was Nicholas Goodison, in whose honor they published a Festschrift and Christopher Gilbert.[4][5][6]

In September 2016, the Furniture History Society started a collaboration with the University of London's Institute of Historical Research (IHR) to produce a freely accessible online resource, the "British and Irish Furniture Makers Online" (BIFMO). The initial phase of this database went online at the end of September 2017.[7][8]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Registration at the Charity Commission UK". www.apps.charitycommission.gov.uk. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
  2. ^ "Journals". Furniture History Society. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
  3. ^ "Furniture History on JSTOR". www.jstor.org. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  4. ^ Cotton, Bernard D. (23 October 2011). "Obituary: Christopher Gilbert". The Independent. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  5. ^ Levy, Martin (20 July 2021). "A tribute to Sir Nicholas Goodison (1934–2021)". Apollo Magazine. Archived from the original on 25 July 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  6. ^ "Sir Nicholas Goodison, magisterial Stock Exchange chairman who oversaw the 'Big Bang' – obituary". The Telegraph. 13 July 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  7. ^ "Furniture history: the digital future". The Burlington Magazine. July 2017. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  8. ^ Rowell, Christopher (20 December 2017). "How a digital dictionary will advance furniture history". Apollo Magazine. Archived from the original on 5 March 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
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