Dear Friends,
You might be interested in this talk by Ada de Wit;
– THE ATTINGHAM ANNUAL LECTURE in celebration of 300 years of Grinling Gibbons –
Grinling Gibbons in the Country House and Royal Palace
Wednesday 16th June 2021 at 6pm BST.
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I would like to share with our followers - The Ecclesiological Society's AGM at 6.30pm followed at 7pm by a lecture on ‘The Remarkable Pinwill Sisters' by Helen Wilson
Yesterday, Sun 21st March, was #InternationalColourDay so an opportunity to show how beautiful painted #handcarving is. I also added spring into the mix as I'm sure we all need it! #artnouveau design by Verneuil of a hand carved and painted wood dragonfly headboard
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Has anyone in the industry that you know been made redundant? PLEASE send them a message and make sure they know that we're here and can help!
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Acanthus: A Mediterranean plant (Acanthus mollis and Acanthus spinous) whose deeply serrated leaf was stylized by the Greeks and the Romans to become one of the principal ornaments of classical architecture. Visit ornapedia for acanthus design inspiration
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🌍 The restoration of the Dauphin’s apartment started for a period of twelve months. The goal is to get closer to the original inventory known from the 1750s.
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🇫🇷 La galerie des Sculptures et des Moulages de la Petite Écurie vous ouvre ses portes tous les weekends du 19 septembre au 31 décembre ! Entrée gratuite. chateauversailles.fr/decouvr…
Despite everything, we are still running our annual student prize and measured drawing competition. DEADLINE FOR ENTRANTS IS 30TH SEPTEMBER Good luck! Follow link for details traditionalarchitecturegroup…
We enjoyed listening to the pod cast with legendary British fashion designer Sir #paulsmith "What Makes Us human" on #BBCradiotwo with #JeremyVine. The importance of how to have a conversation with people "Having a human touch" bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p08rnb… We couldn't agree more!
We all know and love the Cathedral's iconic dome...but #didyouknow that it is actually made up of 3 domes?
There's the lead-clad outer dome, the beautiful painted inner dome, and a cone-shaped dome in between that is reinforced with an iron chain!
ALT Architectural drawing of the three domes inside the Cathedral.