Paxton House Furniture Study Days
Paxton House have organised a series of furniture study days and these are open to members of The Chippendale Society. Please click the link below for further information. Paxton House Furniture Study Days 2016 (1)
Melissa Gallimore
Society Visit to Lyme Park
Visit to Lyme Park 10th May 2016 Our arrival at this palace on the edge of the Pennines took place in driving rain but this did not dampen our enthusiasm for enjoying its treasures. Having been given to the National Trust by the 3rd Lord Newton in 1946 the house …
Chippendale Marquetry Research
This pier table was originally made for the Circular Dressing Room at Harewood House, north of Leeds. It was purchased by the Chippendale Society in 1976 following a sale of a number of items from Harewood. The room that it was made for is no longer in existence. The table …
Chippendale Society AGM and Lecture
The AGM will be held at Temple Newsam (in the Still Room) on 30th April at 11.30. Coffee will be served from 11.00. It will be followed by an optional lunch in the Dining Room, and a lecture at 2.00 from Dr Lucy Wood: Thomas Chippendale’s Rivals in the London …
Chippendale Society Visit to Rokeby Park
In the afternoon we proceeded to Rokeby, a quintessential neo-Palladian house built by an amateur architect for himself. In order to understand the arrangement of the house we gathered in front of the south façade where Sally Davies, the current administrator of the house, introduced the physical architecture and the …