Furniture History Society

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Furniture History Society
Formation1964
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]

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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. [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 created the British and Irish Furniture Makers Online (BIFMO) with the University of London's Institute of Historical Research (IHR). The initial phase of this database went online at the end of September 2017. [8] [9]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "About us". furniturehistorysociety.org. Furniture History Society. Retrieved 2023-01-15.
  2. ↑ "Registration at the Charity Commission UK". register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk. Retrieved 13 October 2025.
  3. ↑ "Journals". Furniture History Society. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
  4. ↑ "Furniture History on JSTOR". www.jstor.org. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  5. ↑ Cotton, Bernard D. (23 October 2011). "Obituary: Christopher Gilbert". The Independent. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  6. ↑ 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.
  7. ↑ "Sir Nicholas Goodison, magisterial Stock Exchange chairman who oversaw the 'Big Bang' – obituary". The Telegraph. 13 July 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  8. ↑ "Furniture history: the digital future". The Burlington Magazine. July 2017. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  9. ↑ 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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