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February 22, 2016
Full Programme for Project Conference
Antique Dealer Project Conference
Temple Newsam House, Leeds
Thursday 14th & Friday 15th April 2016
Programme
THURSDAY 14th April – Temple Newsam House
9.30am – Registration (Great Hall)
10.00am – Welcome (Project Team) (Picture Gallery)
10.10am – Welcome (John Roles, Head of Museums & Galleries, Leeds)
10.20am – Address (Mark Bridge, Antiques Trade Gazette) 35 Years at the ATG
10.50am – KEYNOTE – Dr Mark Westgarth (University of Leeds) Principal Investigator, The British Antiques Trade in the 20th Century – a cultural geography
11.40am – Dr Eleanor Quince (University of Southampton) Co-Investigator Voices from the Trade: Oral History Interviews
12.15pm – tea/ coffee & biscuits
12.45pm – Elizabeth Jamieson (University of Leeds) Research Fellow Crowther & Sons: investigating an archive
1.15pm – Discussion
1.30pm – LUNCH (Great Hall)
2.30pm – Antique Dealers and Temple Newsam HIDDEN HISTORIES Tours led by Curators, Members of the Project Team, and Dealer Specialists
4.00pm – Tea/Coffee break
4.30pm – Behind the Scenes Sessions – (1) Antique Dealer ARCHIVES (2) Antique Dealer OBJECTS
Archives & Objects sessions led by Curators, Members of the Project Team and Dealer Specialists
6.00pm – RECEPTION – champagne/wine/canapés (Great Hall and Terrace)
6.15pm – Speeches (Great Hall) – Marco Forgione (Chief Executive, British Antique Dealers’ Association)
6.30pm – Open House (free flow) with background music (Historic Broadwood Piano) in the Great Hall
7.00pm & 7.30pm – Playing of the 18th century George Pyke Musical Organ Clock in the Staircase Hall.
8.00pm – ‘Carriages’ – end of first day.
FRIDAY 15th April – Temple Newsam House
9.30am – Registration (Great Hall)
10.00am – Welcome (Project Team) (Picture Gallery)
10.10am – Martin Levy (H. Blairman & Sons) H. Blairman & Sons
10.30am – Dominic Jellinek (formerly Bluett & Sons) Bluett & Sons
10.50am – Christian Jussel (formerly Verney & Jussel) The Transatlantic Migration of British Antique
Dealers to America 1890-1920
11.10am – tea/coffee biscuits
11.30am – In Conversation – A selection of our Antique Dealer Oral History Interviewees in conversation.
12.30pm – LUNCH (Great Hall)
1.30pm – Facilitated Discussion Group Session (1) ‘So what, exactly, is an ‘antique?’’ (Dining Room)
Facilitated Discussion Group Session (2) ‘The end of antique furniture?’ (Georgian Library)
2.30pm – Tea/Coffee (Great Hall)
2.45pm – Facilitated Discussion Group Session (3) ‘For the love of art, or money?…the Antique Trade and Museums’ (Dining Room)
Facilitated Discussion Group Session (4) ‘A profession or a pastime?…the social geography of antique dealing’ (Georgian Library)
3.45pm – Discussion Groups Feedback & Closing Remarks (Picture Gallery)
4.30pm – CLOSE
Costs:
Full Two Days (inc all lunches/canapé reception/refreshments/tours/etc) – £95 per person
Thursday Day Rate (inc lunch/canapé reception/tours/etc) – £65 per person
Friday Day Rate (inc lunch/etc) – £55 per person
Student Rates – (two days, inc.) £55 per student; (one day, inc.) £30 per student
Conference Bookings via Leeds University Booking System;
or send Cheques made payable to ‘University of Leeds’ to:
Antique Dealer Project Conference
School of Fine Art, History of Art & Cultural Studies
University of Leeds
LEEDS
LS2 9JT
email antiquedealers@leeds.ac.uk
February 15, 2016
Project Conference Programme Announced
The project conference, to be held on Thursday 14th & Friday 15th April at Temple Newsam House, Leeds, has now been finalised. The two day conference is an opportunity to hear about this AHRC funded 32 month research project focused on the history of the British Antique Trade in the 20th century.
The conference programme includes a selection of academic papers from the project team, together talks from well-known figures from the world of antiques, and high-profile antique dealers. There is also an ‘In Conversation’ session, with a selection of the oral history interviewees involved in the research project, as well as some facilitated discussion group sessions based around issues in the history of the antique trade.
Alongside these academic papers, talks and discussion groups there are also expert-led guided tours around our venue, Temple Newsam House, together with specialist sessions on antique dealer archives and museum object sessions as part of behind-the-scenes tours.
The conference fees include all sessions, tours etc and lunch on both days, together with an evening wine reception with music accompaniment from the historical musical instruments at Temple Newsam House.
The conference is both an opportunity for dissemination of the preliminary results of the research project, and celebrate and thank the many participants in the project.
We do hope you can join us for what we hope will prove to be a fascinating and lively two-day event.
Here is a Poster, with details of the programme and booking form. We very much look forward to welcoming you to Leeds.
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