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Swarthmoor Hall Visit by Accredited BAFRA Member César Cerejo

I had the privilege of attending a BAFRA event at Swarthmoor Hall in the Lake District. The three-day programme, led by Tim Phelps ACR, provided an outstanding opportunity to engage hands-on with pieces from the Hall’s remarkable early-English furnit...

Humphrey Sladden BEM 6/10/1931 - 4/4/2025

Humphrey died in early April this year at the celebrated age of 93. He was a staunch supporter of BAFRA since its inception and was awarded life membership for his valuable work in training restorers in the BAFRA principles of good practice and being...

Sheila Landi FIIC 1929-2024

It is with great sadness that we announce that BAFRA Accredited Specialist member, Sheila Landi passed away on Sunday 1st December. Brilliant, kind, charming, occasionally ferocious and possessing of a wicked sense of humour, Sheila was inimitable. A...

AGM held on Monday 7th October 2024 at Polesden Lacey

The BAFRA AGM this year was held at Polesden Lacey, near Dorking, in Surrey. Polesden Lacey is a National Trust property dating back to 14th century, with a new house built on the site in the early 19th century by Thomas Cubitt. The building ...

BAFRA AGM- Monday 7th October 2024

This year's AGM will be held at Polesden Lacey in Surrey. Polesden Lacey is an Edwardian house and estate, located on the North Downs at Great Bookham, near Dorking, Surrey. It was a stunningly renovated weekend retreat famous for the many lavis...

BIFMO-FHS Summer 2024 Online Course

BIFMO-FHS Summer 2024 Online Course Innovation and Creativity: Furnishing the Country House 1780-1950 Tuesday 4, 11, 18 and 25 June 2024 on Zoom 5pm-7.30pm (BST) ...

Frederick Parker Collection Half-day Study - Friday 2nd February 2024

Christopher Claxton Stevens and Wendy Shorter-Blake will be our hosts for the BAFRA half day study session at the Frederick Parker Chair Collection, housed at the London Metropolitan University’s Archives and Special Collections building, 16 Goulston...

The Decorative Antiques and Textiles Fair Winter Edition 23rd - 28th January 2024

The Decorative Fair has rightfully earned its strong reputation as the UK’s must-visit event for interior designers, with over 150 specialist dealers showcasing every discipline of antiques, fine and decorative art and 20th century design, dating fro...

Gerrit Jensen - Royal Cabinet Maker by Adam Bowett

GERRIT JENSEN Royal Cabinet Maker 1635–1715 This is the first book to study the life and work of Gerrit Jensen, the most significant London cabinet maker of...

The BAFRA AGM - Monday 9th October 2023

This years BAFRA AGM is being held at Knole House on Monday 9th October 2023. Knole is a country house and former archbishop's palace owned by the National Trust. It is situated within Knole Park, a 1,000-acre deer park located immediately to the ...

The Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fair - 3 - 8 October 2023

BOOK YOUR TICKETS NOW! Around 135 of the UK’s best decorative dealers will show a deliciously tempting selection of stock, from the exceptional and extraordinary to the beautiful and useful. Discover every style of antique, chic 20th century v...

Woods in British Furniture 1400-1900 - Saturday 14th October 2023

STUDY DAY ON WOODS IN BRITISH FURNITURE, 1400-1900 BAFRA is pleased to announce a lecture/workshop with renowned furniture historian, Dr Adam Bowett to be held at the workshops of Accredited member Clive Payne. A brief outline of the da...

Book Review

Hugh Roberts and Charles Cator, Industry and Ingenuity: The Partnership of William Ince and John Mayhew (London: Philip Wilson Publishers, 2022). 448 pages, 533 col. illus. ISBN 978 1 78130 109 8. £75. This book, so long awaited, is no disappoint...

Regional Furniture Society Press Release

PRESS RELEASE Issue date 14 December 2021 English Regional Chair Maker Database now online An index of almost 7,500 English regional chairmakers created by Bernard and Geraldine Cotton has been added to BIFMO, the British and Irish Furniture M...

Recently Published - Thomas Chippendale

Bowett and Lomax, the latter a past curator of member house Temple Newsam, Leeds, survey the life, works and legacy of perhaps Britain's - maybe the world's - most furniture maker. There are plenty of full-colour examples pictured, and at the back a ...
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