Formation | 1964 |
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Headquarters | Victoria & Albert Museum, London, England |
President | Simon Swynfen Jervis [1] |
Website | www.furniturehistorysociety.org |
The Furniture History Society (FHS), which was founded in 1964, is a registered charity in the United Kingdom [2]
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. [3] [4] The Furniture History Society is governed by a council elected by its members, which is supported by specialist officers. Among its longtime leaders were Nicholas Goodison, in whose honour it published a Festschrift, and Christopher Gilbert. [5] [6] [7]
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. [8] [9]
Formation | 1964 |
---|---|
Headquarters | Victoria & Albert Museum, London, England |
President | Simon Swynfen Jervis [1] |
Website | www.furniturehistorysociety.org |
The Furniture History Society (FHS), which was founded in 1964, is a registered charity in the United Kingdom [2]
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. [3] [4] The Furniture History Society is governed by a council elected by its members, which is supported by specialist officers. Among its longtime leaders were Nicholas Goodison, in whose honour it published a Festschrift, and Christopher Gilbert. [5] [6] [7]
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. [8] [9]