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THE ATTINGHAM TRUST
for the study of HISTORIC houses and collections
ANNUAL REVIEW 2018
ISSUE
16
Chairman’s Foreword
John Lewis
T he four Attingham courses run this year were
in great demand, judging from the strength
and number of applications received, which is all
or even had the time to pay attention to the many
problems of our country house owners, whether they
be individuals or the National Trust. Furthermore, it
thanks to the dedication of the course directors and makes it very difficult to engage with Government on
administrators. Their reports form the major part of matters that are of importance to these buildings and
this Review together with the list of donors without their collections. I refer, of course, not only to the lack
whom we would be unable to function so effectively. of support from the National Museums but also to the
Huge thanks go to them and to all the Attingham team, unfair competition from them which public subsidy
particularly to Kate Morgan who stepped down this allows by way of free entry. Again, the imposition of VAT
August after 22 years of loyal service as the Trust’s on repair work to historic buildings adds an additional
Treasurer. Her dedication has been exemplary. I wish burden to their strained budgets.
I could commend the department for Digital, Culture,
Media & Sport, the organ of government that oversees Although the above does not directly impact on
our heritage, with the same degree of approbation. Attingham and its studies, it is of concern to us
It is with some exasperation that one views the because these houses and their collections make
appointment of yet another Secretary of State – such a unique contribution to our history, culture and
the fourth since 2016 – to head up this important tourism. The failure of central Government makes the
department. However able the appointee, he or she work of The Attingham Trust, and the partnerships it
has moved on before they have remotely understood forms, evermore vital to the survival of our heritage.
American Friends of Attingham
Sheila ffolliott • AFA President
T he American Friends of Attingham, in addition
to supporting the Attingham courses and raising
funds, presents its own range of activities in the U.S.
group visited Staten Island, which included tours
of 19th- and 20th-century Snug Harbor, and the
c.1680 Conference House on the site for the 1776
2018 started with our traditional Midwinter Reunion, failed peace conference to end the American War of
held at the time of the January Winter Antiques Show Independence, ahem. Also in June, Barbara Boehm,
in New York. We were fortunate to hold it in one of the (SS’17) led an excellent tour of the exhibition, Heavenly
splendid late 19th-century rooms of the show’s venue, Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination, at the
the 7th Regiment Armory, on “Museum Night.” As a Cloisters that she helped to curate.
result, we had a large attendance, some of whom joined
in singing spoof songs whose lyrics were meaningful Terence Dooley from Maynooth University delivered
for those attending the Summer School when based at an engaging talk: Alien or Native: The Irish Country
Attingham Park. House for our Annual Fall Lecture this year and our
Annual Meeting in October included a tour of the art in
Our annual Study Trip featured a May visit to the the stations of the 2nd Avenue subway led by Cheryl
Wilmington, Delaware area, arranged by Tom Hageman. Another Midwinter Reunion follows in January,
Savage (SS‘80 ). Annabel Westman was able to join with more events to come in spring including the Study
us, as she was engaged to speak at a Winterthur Trip to Thomasville, Georgia, organized by Whitney
conference, and we all had a good time seeing White (SS’16). Please refer to the AFA website for more
some special buildings and collections. In June a information. As always, we would love you to join us!
1
COMMENTARY
Judith Goodison
spread its wings on the Continent. and Italian, but realising the horror
T he Attingham Study
Programme, (formerly Special
Week and Study Week), was set up
She felt it was particularly
appropriate to visit countries in
of the situation we both appeared
as two naïve, slightly clueless
in the early 1980s by Attingham’s which the art and architecture had English-speaking women wringing
founder, Helen Lowenthal, who had a distinct influence on the our hands. Whereupon the French
never missed a trick. Attingham development of the country house gendarmes kindly decided to
alumni used to be able to attend in Britain, an approach still followed release the vehicle, and we happily
the last week of the Summer today. For the first course abroad drove off to fulfil our complicated
School, but with numbers becoming (1991), Helena and I set off for Paris itinerary. In those days, of course,
unwieldy, she devised another to plan visits in the city and its we had no mobile telephones so
residential course – one that unlike surroundings. In preparation for any there was no way to alert our hosts
the Summer School could be programme, the reconnaissance to problems or delays.
attended more than once. is always crucial not least for the
It became a firm fixture, held unexpected problems it may throw Over the years, first with Helena
every June or September, and up. One morning in Paris, we left and then with Caroline Rimell,
has proved invaluable in allowing our hotel early, full of energy and I planned Study Programmes abroad
members – several of whom expectation for the day ahead that every other year that included
have since became generous was packed with carefully planned The Netherlands, the Veneto and
benefactors – to keep in touch with appointments to meet those we Sweden. Since then The Study
their first Attingham experience. hoped would be our future hosts Programme has visited many other
Not that the Study Programme is in their houses outside the city. European countries, including a
now seen as follow-up course to We found our little hired car in visit to the States (2012) during
either the Summer School or Royal the claws of a pick-up truck in the the 50th anniversary year of the
Collection Studies. When Helena process of being removed. Helena founding of the American Friends
Hayward took over as director in had spent some time in Europe of Attingham. The Americans have
1986, she created an independent and was fluent in French, German always been very supportive of
programme that this course which
reflected the high attracts applications
standards of the from all over the
Summer School. world. It was a
Being shorter privilege to have
in length (8-9 been involved and
days) with fewer I have been left
participants (30), with many fond
its original aim was memories of the
to study in-depth strong camaraderie,
the historic house exchange of ideas
and its collections and the stimulation
in a specific area of professionals that
of Britain. Over is so characteristic
the years, with a of all Attingham
different itinerary programmes.
planned each
year, the courses Judith Goodison
have been held all was the Director of
over the country, the Attingham Study
including Scotland, Programme from
Wales, Cornwall and 1989-2003, first with
Devon, East Anglia, Helena Hayward
the Midlands, and and then with
Northumberland. Caroline Rimell. She
was an Attingham
Helena was also trustee from 2004-
determined that The Study Programme In Wales, 1995. (Left to right) Judith Goodison, Helena 2014, and is now a
Attingham should Hayward, Caroline Rimell patron.
2 Attingham Trust Annual Review 2018 • Number 16
FRENCH EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY STUDIES
25 – 29 June 2018 • Dr Helen Jacobsen, Director
A t a time when it is sometimes
felt that interest in and
knowledge of French eighteenth-
The course involved
four Wallace Collection
curators and four
generous with their
time and knowledge.
Unusually, this year the
century art and decorative art is external guest course was held in June
diminishing, it is encouraging to lecturers: Annabel during the Masterpiece
realize that with the completion of Westman, Carolyn Fair and we are grateful
the Attingham/Wallace fifth French Sargentson, Dame to the organisers for
Eighteenth-Century Studies course Rosalind Savill and, inviting the Attingham
we have now had 75 curators, for the first time, group to the preview
dealers, conservators, academics Robert Wenley. We evening.
and auction-house specialists are fortunate that
through the Wallace Collection each year we are able The course was
to study the furniture, porcelain, to take the group to The Avignon Clock, 1771. administered by
bronzes, paintings, gold boxes, Waddesdon Manor, Wallace Collection (F258) Rita Grudzień, who
sculpture and clocks. This year the where once again we provided impeccable
group came from the US, Sweden, were given privileged access to and welcome support for all of us,
Canada, Hong Kong and Britain. many great works of art – including for which we were very grateful.
It was a vibrant and enthusiastic drawings and textiles which cannot
group and the discussions were be studied at the Wallace Collection French Eighteenth-Century Studies
stimulating and lively. - by curators who were extremely will run again in 2020.
COURSE Members
• KELSEY BROSNAN • KIRSTY HASSARD • KARINE TSOUMIS
Doris Zemurray Stone Curatorial Fellow for Assistant Curator, Victoria and Albert Curator, Gardiner Museum, Toronto,
European Art, New Orleans Museum of Art, Museum, London, UK Canada
LA, USA • LARS ROBERT LJUNGSTRÖM • RORY TYLER
• NICOLA COURTRIGHT Head Curator, The Royal Collections, Educator, The Frick Collection, NY, USA
Professor of the History of Art Department, Stockholm, Sweden • MIN-ZHENG VENEAU
Amherst College, MA, USA • CLAIRE MAGILL Director, MV Art Advisory, Hong Kong
• JANE EADE Regional Conservator, National Trust, • JEFFREY WEAVER
Curator, The National Trust, London, UK Saintfield, Ireland Associate Curator, Sculpture and
• DIANE EHRENPREIS • CALEB MIKENAS Decorative Arts, J. Paul Getty Museum, CA,
Associate Curator of Decorative Arts, PhD Candidate, University of Buckingham, USA
Monticello, Thomas Jefferson Foundation, Buckinghamshire, UK
VA, USA • MARCENE MOLINARO
• DAVID GALLAGER Principal, Molinaro Appra USA
Senior Vice President, Executive Director • SARAH MOULDEN
of Furniture and Decorative Arts, Doyle, Curator of Collections and Interiors, English
Auctioneers and Appraisers, NY, USA Heritage, Essex, UK
THE ATTINGHAM SOCIETY
Annabel Westman • Executive Director
T he year began with Attingham’s
tribute to Giles Waterfield, our
erstwhile dear friend and colleague.
and the USA. It was a reminder
just how important these alumni
occasions are in keeping in touch
at the Norwich Castle Museum in
August, where an inspiring exhibition
on the ‘Paston Treasure’ was
At the Annual Reunion in February, and making new contacts. Such introduced by Andrew Moore and
John Sheeran gave a memorable talk a spirit was engendered in two its curator, Francesca Vanke. The
about Giles’s early years as Director excellent exhibition trips led by year will conclude with a private visit
of the Dulwich Picture Gallery, where alumni. The first, held in April, was an to The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee
the evening took place, regaling the early morning visit to ‘Charles II: Art Galleries at Westminster Abbey in
large gathering of alumni with stories and Power’ at the Queen’s Gallery December, with Susan Jenkins. The
of those entrepreneurial museum in London. Led by Rufus Bird, with tickets were sold out in a day! My
years in a lively but moving style. his curatorial team, it was a huge thanks go to Rebecca Parker and Rita
Many alumni came, including from privilege to have the Gallery to Grudzień for organising these very
Poland, Germany, The Netherlands ourselves. The second took place successful events.
www.attinghamtrust.org 3
THE 67TH ATTINGHAM SUMMER SCHOOL
12 – 29 July • David Adshead, Director and Tessa Wild, Assistant Director
T he 2018 Summer School
participants were a highly
motivated group from 10 different
made an invaluable contribu-tion,
speaking on topics as diverse
as the Cucci Cabinets at Alnwick
prior to re-opening in 2019.
Clare Baxter introduced us to
coun-tries who forged close bonds Castle and the carpet weaving highlights from the Alnwick Castle
and readily shared their professional industry in Barnard Castle. Hugh archive, including such treas-ures as
expertise. We visited 30 properties Dixon gave a vivid account of the the witty diaries of the 1st Duchess
overall and spent the third week in history of the two counties and of Northumberland. At Belsay
Co. Durham and Northumberland. shared his deep knowledge at a Castle, Andrew Hann detailed
number of houses. We received recent project work and members
We were joined by more than 80 a warm re-ception from Lord explored the unfurnished interior of
lecturers, tutors and property staff Barnard at Raby Castle, where he Belsay Hall whilst listening to Susan
over the 18 days, all of whom made generously brought furniture out Philipsz’s haunting sound installation
individual and often memorable of store and gave access to the The Yellow Wallpaper. The Bowes
contributions. Participants little-used first floor state rooms. Museum offered close study of its
especially enjoyed presentations by We spent a rich morning in Durham superb collections and prompted
Maurice Howard (the 16th century touring the cathedral and award- spirited discussion of differ-ing
house), Richard Ireland (plasterwork) winning Open Treasures exhibition approaches to the presentation of
and Professor James Walvin with Christopher Cotton from Purcell objects. Our final visit to Gibside
(slavery and the country house). and the castle with architectural was led with gusto by Hugh Dixon
Various National Trust staff deserve historian Martin Roberts. This and Harry Beamish. After 17 days of
our special thanks including James firmly established in our minds, the soaring temperatures and unalloyed
Rothwell at Uppark and Petworth, power and discerning patronage sun-shine, it rained incessantly
Jane Gallagher and John Chu at of the Prince Bishops. At Auckland as we traversed the glorious
Kedleston, and David Taylor and Castle, their country seat, we 18th century landscape, but their
Meghan Wheeler at Hardwick. We explored the major conservation passionate enthusiasm for the place
enjoyed full days and munificent and interpretation project underway captured the imagination and we
hospitality at Chatsworth and ended the Summer School on
Boughton, with particularly a high note in James Paine’s
strong sessions on silver with glorious chapel.
James Rothwell and Sèvres
Porcelain with Dame Rosalind Our grateful thanks go to all
Savill at the latter. The Royal the experts who contributed
Pavilion was re-introduced to the course, as well as to
into the programme this year, Lorna Gartside, administrator,
with a lively presentation on whose adept organisation
the complex restoration of and friendliness was greatly
the Saloon by David Beevers appreciated by all
and Annabel Westman.
I have been attending
Among many highlights, were courses throughout my
the private visits to houses, working life, but I have
notably Winkburn where we never received such inter-
had a wonderful dinner with disciplinary and complex
Mr and Mrs Craven-Smith- treatment. The Attingham
Milnes and Flintham Hall Summer School was the most
where we were entertained powerful experience of my
by Sir Robert Hildyard and his professional life.
family. We also returned to
Broughton Castle where we Mirjana Koren, Senior Curator,
are always made so welcome Regional Museum Maribor,
by the Fiennes family. Slovenia
Sarah Medlam joined In 2019, the Summer School
us in Co. Durham and The High Great Chamber, Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire. will take place between 4 –
Northumberland and Credit: Bruce M. White 21 July.
4 Attingham Trust Annual Review 2018 • Number 16ROYAL COLLECTION STUDIES
2 – 11 September • Rebecca Lyons, Director
Room; the exquisite Fabergé objects
or beautiful portrait miniatures in
the collection. There were other
lovely moments too - a chance to
wander in the Moat Garden around
the Round Tower at Windsor at the
kind invitation of the Constable and
Governor of the Castle, or to discuss
paintings in the State Apartments of
Windsor Castle long after the public
had departed.
The group of scholars this year
maintained the course’s rigorous,
high level, and encompassed an
excellent mixture of disciplines
and professional backgrounds,
including curatorship, academia
Grand Reception Room, Windsor Castle. Royal Collection Trust/© Her Majesty and the auction house.
Queen Elizabeth II 2018 Scholarship, conviviality and
criticality led the way with a high
T he twenty-third session of
Royal Collection Studies took
place in early September. Based
was Windsor Castle itself with
a visit led by Dr Steven Brindle,
whose book Windsor Castle:
degree of discussion and debate,
in the sessions, where possible,
and over and after dinner. The
as in recent years at Cumberland A Thousand Years of a Royal group included representatives of
Lodge, the setting was perfect in Palace, was published this year. A the following countries: Australia,
terms of location and comfort, and reflective moment in Evensong at Egypt, France, Germany, Ireland,
splendid in the warm sunshine of St George’s Chapel, followed by Italy, the Netherlands, Poland,
early autumn in Windsor Great Park. drinks at the Deanery, formed the Portugal, Sweden, the United
perfect beginning to this broadly- Kingdom and the USA.
Privileged access to private chronological course of study.
and public royal spaces and Although the programme has many The course is made possible
collections, as well as to the set elements, there are always new by the very generous sharing
expertise of their curatorial staff, additions and experiences. This of time and knowledge by the
remains the key strength of year, in addition to the Muniment Royal Collection Trust and Historic
the course, and the balance of Room at Westminster Abbey, Royal Palace curators. Generous
lectures with object-based study participants were able to visit the scholarship assistance was
and site visits was intense and beautiful new Queen Elizabeth II provided by the Basil Samuel Trust,
rewarding. Group discussions Diamond Jubilee Galleries and we the Michael Bishop Foundation,
reflected art-historical, architectural were also privileged to see new Peter and Sally Cadbury, Nicholas
and historical interests, as well as contemporary interventions at The and Judith Goodison, Paula
exchanges of experience in the Queen’s House, Greenwich. Madden, Stewart Rosenblum, Kate
heritage or wider art world. de Rothschild, Adrian Sassoon
Otherwise the programme included and Stephen Weber. Scholarships
On the first day, we were Hampton Court, Kensington Palace, enable us to provide places for all
welcomed by the new Director Buckingham Palace, St James’s, suitable applicants, regardless of
of the Royal Collection Trust, Frogmore and Clarence House, as their financial circumstances, and
Tim Knox. We were delighted well as conservation workshops. without it the richness of the group
to have Tim join us then and Highlights for participants were many would be much diminished.
on several other occasions and varied - the splendid Sèvres
throughout the course, and look session with Dame Rosalind Savill; The course was impeccably
forward to working together in close looking at George IV’s ‘Grand administered by Sara Heaton.
the future. That same first day, Service’ or his French furniture; the
as participants settled in and got powerful presence of the Holbein In 2019, Royal Collection Studies
to know one another, the focus and Leonardo drawings in the Print will take place 1 – 10 September.
www.attinghamtrust.org 5The Attingham Study ProgrammE
The Horse and the Country House
19 – 28 September 2018 • Elizabeth Jamieson, Director
their guests, while Lord Middleton
took a group of enthusiasts to see
his private collection of carriages.
Questions arising from both
presentations and visits opened
up a wide debate on equine
history amongst the participants.
The introduction of “coach talks”
was an excellent idea, which gave
members a chance to speak to
the group as a whole about their
research or interests. Members also
Stable block, Burton Constable Hall, Yorkshire. Credit: Alexandra Lotz made frequent ad-hoc contributions
to the on-site discussions and
T he idea behind this year’s study
programme was to examine
the impact of the horse on life in the
Sandringham and the Munnings
Museum were organized in order
to examine their collections
bonded exceptionally well with
each other and with all our lecturers
and guests.
British country house. Horses, once (silver, carriages and paintings
so vital to the smooth functioning respectively), while at Wimpole Hall We are extremely grateful to all
of the landed elite, have been and Audley End we learnt about our sponsors, whose generous
marginalised, more recently, and how the National Trust and English assistance enabled us to attract a
even omitted from the story. Existing Heritage were engaging visitors with highly qualified and academic group
stable blocks are rarely used for their horses and heritage by using live of participants. Warm thanks are due
original purposes and the signs of demonstrations, while discussing to Christopher Garibaldi, director of
the working horse and horse-drawn the issues raised in terms of cost, the National Horseracing Museum
transport are increasingly hard to safety and visitor expectations. and ex Attingham Summer School
find. Inside houses the legacy of the director, who facilitated unrivalled
horse in the form of sporting art and The second part of the course access to both the Museum and to
racing trophies is more evident, but was based in Yorkshire. At Burton the Jockey Club.
often not so well understood. Constable, members saw the
nineteenth-century stable block Finally I am indebted to Rita
The theme attracted a strong with visible riding house and Grudzień, administrative director,
group of international participants, restored servants’ rooms. Bolsover for her careful planning, and for her
including representatives from Castle features regularly on the untiring support and good humour
nine countries spread over four Summer School itinerary, but this throughout.
continents. Amongst our members, time we looked almost exclusively
we were fortunate to have curators at the riding school in terms of its This Attingham study programme
from five historic royal stables architecture and equine history. At went far beyond interesting - it
and a carriage museum. Indeed Sledmere, members studied the grew our equine, architectural, and
most members had a strong different building phases of the artistic knowledge; it connected
professional engagement in the stable block and home farm. personalities from all over the world
subject and made an exceptionally with each other, and it created
lively and enthusiastic cohort We had an exceptionally warm a unique study and exchange
who had a shared interest in the welcome at all the private houses atmosphere in wonderful and
horse, whether it was via sporting we visited. At Euston Hall, we were different surroundings and places.
art, architecture, carriages or greeted by the Duke and Duchess
decorative arts. of Grafton and at Hovingham Dr Magdalena Bayreuther,
Hall, Sir William and Lady Worsley Researcher, Museum für Franken,
The course began in Newmarket were our hosts for the day. On Würzburg Germany
where we focused on the our last night we were generously
racehorse. It was also the perfect entertained at Birdsall by The Hon. In 2019, the Study Programme on
base from which to explore some James and Lady Cara Willoughby ‘Palaces and Villas of Rome and
of East Anglia’s great houses and who gave us a wonderful dinner and Naples’ will take place between
stables. Visits to Anglesey Abbey, drinks and let us wander freely as 16–24 September.
6 Attingham Trust Annual Review 2018 • Number 16donors and GRANTS
Annabel Westman • Executive Director
T he Attingham Trust is deeply
indebted to and wishes to thank
all those who sustain the work of
that support their employees as a
part of their continued professional
development. For over sixty-five
employees, we were very pleased
to welcome two members on
the Summer School and Study
the Trust. Financial assistance is years, such funding has been Programme, supported by Historic
provided from a variety of sources, invaluable in maintaining the Houses. Their contribution made
from individual private donations academic and global reach of a great addition and we hope will
and charitable trust funds, which the courses that now cover five continue. We also hope to encourage
are appropriated to deserving continents. Alongside the National more regular giving from our alumni
candidates, through to organisations Trust and English Heritage funded to support the scholarship fund.
Copland Foundation (Australia)
SUMMER SCHOOL Nicholas and Judith Goodison
American Friends of Attingham (USA)
Historic Royal Palaces
American Friends of Attingham Summer School Class of 2017 (USA)
Het Loo Palace (The Netherlands)
Amerongen House Trust (The Netherlands)
Museum Huis Doorn (The Netherlands)
Arundel Castle
Paula Madden (USA)
The Attingham Trust
Nationalmuseum (Sweden)
Buccleuch Living Heritage Trust
National Trust for England, Wales and Northern Ireland
Robert Morris Bush Scholarship (USA)
Office of Public Works (Ireland)
City of Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
Rijksuniversiteit Groningen (The Netherlands)
Copland Foundation (Australia)
Stewart G. Rosenblum (USA)
John Cornforth Fund
Royal Castle in Warsaw Museum (Poland)
The Decorative Arts Trust (USA)
Royal Collection Trust
Duxbury Advisory Ltd
Royal Collections (Sweden)
English Heritage
Basil Samuel Trust
Fairfax & Sammons (USA)
Adrian Sassoon
Historic Houses
Sotheby’s (France)
Historic Royal Palaces
Victoria and Albert Museum
Irish Georgian Society (Ireland)
Stephen Weber
David M. Maxfield (USA)
Weston Park Foundation
Metropolitan Museum of Art David Wilton Scholarship (USA)
Dr Hendrik Muller’s Vaderlandsch Fonds (The Netherlands)
The Monument Trust STUDY PROGRAMME
National Trust for England, Wales and Northern Ireland American Friends of Attingham (USA)
The National Society of Colonial Dames of America (USA) Caroline Rimell
New York Community Trust, Edward Maverick Fund (USA) Central St Martins (UAL)
Purcell David Wilton (USA)
The Rothschild Foundation Domaine de Chantilly (France)
The Ida and William Rosenthal Foundation, Inc. (USA) Historic Houses
Royal Oak Foundation (USA) The Monument Trust
Sansovino Scholarship Moscow Kremlin Museums (Russia)
Sir John Soane Museum National Trust for England, Wales and Northern Ireland
Gilbert P. Schafer III (USA) Palais de Compiègne (France)
Simon Sainsbury Scholarship University of Oxford
Giles Waterfield Memorial Scholarship
Friends of the Victoria and Albert Museum
LONDON HOUSE COURSE
The Attingham Trust
ROYAL COLLECTION STUDIES American Friends of Attingham (USA)
Amsterdam Museum (The Netherlands) English Heritage
Michael Bishop Foundation The Gardiner Museum (Canada)
Bowes Museum Sir Geoffrey de Bellaigue
Peter and Sally Cadbury Gerry Charitable Trust (USA)
Christie’s (France) National Trust for England, Wales and Northern Ireland
THE ATTINGHAM TRUST 2018 Officers:
Chairman: John Lewis OBE
Vice-Chairman: James Hughes-Hallett CMG
Executive Director: Annabel Westman FSA
Treasurer: Kate Morgan (retired in Aug),
Trustees: Ewa Manias
John Lewis OBE (Chairman), Diana Berry, Martin Drury CBE, FSA, Assistant to Executive Director: Rebecca Parker/Rita Grudzień
James Hughes-Hallett CMG, Sarah Medlam, Rosalind Savill DBE, FBA, Director (Summer School): David Adshead FSA
FSA Assistant Director (Summer School): Tessa Wild
Director (Study Programme): Elizabeth Jamieson
Patrons: Director (Royal Collection Studies): Rebecca Lyons
HM Ambassador to Washington, The Duke of Buccleuch and
Queensberry KT, KBE, FSA, FRSE, Dr. Thomas P. Campbell, Professor Council:
Sir David Cannadine FBA, FSA, Sir Timothy Clifford, The Lord Errol Clark, Dr Ben Cowell FSA, Helen Dorey MBE, FSA (Chairman
Crathorne KCVO, KSTJ, FSA, The Duke of Devonshire KCVO, CBE, Scholarship Committee), Prof. Sheila ffolliott FSA (AFA President), Lorna
Judith Goodison FSA, The Hon. Desmond Guinness, John Harris Gartside (Administrator Summer School), Rita Grudzień (Administrative
OBE, FSA, The Marquis of Lansdowne LVO, DL, Rosemary Lomax- Director Study Programme), Sara Heaton (Administrator Royal Collection
Simpson, Sir Jonathan Marsden KCVO, FSA, Sir Hugh Roberts GCVO, Studies), Sir Robert Hildyard (retired in May), Dr Helen Jacobsen
CBE, FSA, The Lord Rothschild OM, GBE, FBA, Coral Samuel CBE, (Director, French Eighteenth–Century Studies), Tim Knox FSA, Dr Martin
The Rt Hon Sir Hugo Swire KCMG, MP Postle FSA, James Rothwell FSA
www.attinghamtrust.org 7THE ATTINGHAM SUMMER SCHOOL MEMBERS 2018
• CRISTINA ALFONSIN • LAUREN HALL • KATHLEEN MORRIS • DR EMILY TAYLOR
Collections Manager, Waddesdon Conservator, Vizcaya Museum and Director of Collections and Exhibitions, Assistant Curator, European Decorative
(Rothschild Foundation), Aylesbury, UK Gardens, FL, USA and Curator of Decorative Arts, Clark Art Arts National Museums of Scotland,
• VALERIE A. BALINT • WILLIAM HOBBS Institute, MA, USA Edinburgh, UK
Program Manager, Historic Artists’ Homes Retired Managing Partner, Carousel • SARAH MOSELEY • DR PIETER VLAARDINGERBROEK
& Studios Program, National Trust for Capital (Private Equity), NC, USA Collections Manager, Duxbury Advisory Architectural Historian, City of Amsterdam,
Historic Preservation, MA, USA • SASKIA HUNING Ltd, London, UK The Netherlands
• BALÁZS BÁNYAI Owner, Huning Decorations, London, UK • CATHERINE NUZUM • HENRIKE VON WERDER-ZYPRIAN
Leader of the Modern History and • BARBARA HYDE Curator of Special Projects, Dumbarton Academical Trainee, Staatliche
Ethnography Department, King Saint Keeper, May Patterson Goodrum House, House, DC, USA Schloesser und Gaerten Baden-
Stephen Museum, Székesfehérvár, GA, USA • CAROLINE O’CONNELL Wuerttemberg, Germany
Hungary • CRAIG IRVING Collections Assistant, Drawings, Prints • HARRIET WHEELOCK
• ZOE COLEMAN Archive Manager, The Duke of Norfolk’s & Graphic Design, Cooper Hewitt, Keeper of Collections, Royal College of
Development Administrator, Irish Archives, Arundel Castle, Arundel, UK Smithsonian Design Museum, NY, USA Physicians of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
Georgian Society, Dublin, Ireland • DR MIRJANA KOREN • CHRIS PAYNE • BRUCE WHITE
• ANDREW COX-WHITTAKER Director & Curator, Regional Museum Senior Paintings Conservator, Artlab Art and Architectural Photographer,
Furniture and woodwork restorer/ Maribor, Maribor, Slovenia Australia, Nuriootpa, Australia NJ, USA
conservator, T J Phelps, Knaresborough, • SARAH LAMBARTH • HARRIET PILLMAN • MARY ELLEN WHITFORD
UK Senior Collections Conservator (South), Architect, Purcell, London, UK Administrator, American Friends of
• ANGELA A. CURMI English Heritage, Silsoe, UK • THOMAS REINHART Attingham, NY, USA
Architectural Conservator, Jan Hird • LINDA LANDRY Director of Architecture, George • PROF CLAIRE WILCOX
Pokorny Associates, Inc., NY, USA Collections Conservator, George Washington’s Mount Vernon, MD, USA Senior Curator, Victoria and Albert
• JULIANA FALK Washington’s Mount Vernon, DC, UK • SHOSHANA RESNIKOFF Museum, London, UK
Owner, Simon Jude Chancognie House, • BRITTANY LUBERDA Curator, The Wolfsonian-FIU, FL, USA • DR EMILY WILLIAMS
SC, USA Research Assistant, Decorative Arts and • KIMBERLY ROBINSON Senior Conservator, Archaeological
• LODEWIJK GERRETSEN Design, Saint Louis Art Museum, MO, USA Museum Curator, National Park Service, Materials, The Colonial Williamsburg
Curator, Amerongen House Trust, • SCOTT MACDONALD VA, USA Foundation, VA, USA
Amerongen, The Netherlands Head of Collections & Conservation, • DR FRANCES SANDS • LAWRENCE YERDON
• ANNE GRADY Buccleuch Living Heritage Trust, Selkirk, Curator of Drawings and Books, Sir John President and Chief Executive Officer ,
Associate Conservator, Metropolitan UK Soane’s Museum, London, UK Strawbery Banke Museum, NH, USA
Museum of Art, NY, USA • CAROLINE MCCAFFREY-HOWARTH • PAUL SAYLORS • ANNA ZASADZINSKA
• CECILIA GUNZBURGER History of Art Tutor, University of Leeds, Owner, Paul Saylors, Gentleman Head of Heritage Interpretation Centre
Adjunct Faculty, George Washington UK Gardener, SC, USA and Commissioner for UNESCO World
University and Smithsonian Institution, • DR ROSIE MILLS • DR JANE SPOONER Heritage Museum of Warsaw, Warsaw,
VA, USA Curator of Decorative Arts and Design, Head of Historic Buildings, Historic Royal Poland
• MYRTLE-JANE HAGAN Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Palaces, London, UK • EVA ZUZAKOVA
Head of Collections Management and CA, USA • BROOKE STEINHAUSER Preservationist, Narodni pamatkovy
Registrar, Hillwood Estate, Museum & • JOANNE MOODY Program Director, Emily Dickinson ustav (National Heritage Institute), Ceske
Gardens, DC, USA Curator, National Trust (North East), Museum, MA, USA Budejovice, Czech Republic
Newcastle, UK
ROYAL COLLECTION STUDIES MEMBERS 2018
• ISABELLE D’AMÉCOURT • ZIRWAT CHOWDHURY • KATE HEARD • THIERRY DE LACHAISE • JOSÉ ALBERTO RIBEIRO
Head of early European Community Development Senior Curator, Prints and Head of Silver, Sotheby’s, Paris, Director, Palácio Nacional da
Sculpture, Christie’s, Paris, Officer, Bennington, VT, USA Drawings, Royal Collection France Ajuda-Ala Sul, Lisbon, Portugal
France • ELIZABETH CLELAND Trust, Windsor, UK • DWIGHT LANMON • XAVIER SALOMON
• SARA AYRES Associate Curator, Department • ALEXANDER HOLM Director Emeritus, Winterthur Chief Curator, The Frick
Post doctoral scholar, London, UK of Sculpture & Decorative Arts, Curator, The Royal Collections, Museum, Phoenix, AZ, USA Collection, NY, USA
• WALAA ELDIN BADAWY The Metropolitan Museum, Stockholm, Sweden • ANTHONY MUSSON • JENNIFER SAUNDERS
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Museum, Cairo, Egypt • MATTHEW DELDICQUE Curatorial Fellow, European Royal Palaces, Surrey, UK Sydney, Australia
• CORNELIS VAN DER BAS Curator, Musée Condé, Decorative Arts and Sculpture, • EELCO NAGELSMIT • HINRICH SIEVEKING
Curator, Museum Huis Doorn, Chantilly, France Philadelphia Museum of Art, Postdoctoral Research, Freelance Art Historian,
Utrecht, The Netherlands • WILLIAM DERHAM PA, USA Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, The Munich, Germany
• MARGARET BETTERIDGE Curator, Collections and • KIRSTIN KENNEDY Netherlands • GARETH WILLIAMS
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• THIJS BOERS • ROBERT DOMERGUE Museum, London, UK of Honor Museum, CA, USA Shropshire, UK
Curator, Amsterdam Museum, President, Robert Domergue & • HANNA KLARENBECK • BERNADETTE PETTI • MARTA ZDAŃKOWSKA
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• CHRISTIAN CARR • STEPHEN HARRISON Drawings, Het Loo Palace, Museum, Barnard Castle, UK Castle in Warsaw Museum,
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Savannah College of Art and Design, Cleveland Museum of Curator, National Trust for
Design, GA, USA Art, OH, USA England, Wales and Northern
Ireland, London, UK
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• AURORE BAYLE-LOUDET • JESSICA DALLOW • RANDOLPH HOOKS • PAULA MARTIN • DAVID PARSONS
Head of Collections, Museum Interim Chair and Associate Former Managing Director and House and Collections Former Director of Finance
of the Horse, Domaine de Professor, Department of Art Associate General Counsel, J P Manager, Arlington Court and & Administration, Historic
Chantilly, Chantilly, France and Art History, University Morgan Chase & Co., VA, USA the National Trust, Carriage Hudson Valley, NY, USA
• MAGDALENA BAYREUTHER of Alabama at Birmingham, • KRISTIN M. KLIGERMAN Museum, Devon, UK • CLAUDIA PFEIFFER
Historian, Museum of AL, USA Architect and Consultant, Ike • CAROL MATTUSCH George L. Ohrstrom, Jr.
Franconia, Würzburg, Germany • SARAH DUNCAN Kligerman Barkley, Maplewood, Mathy Professor Emerita, Curator of Art, National
• OLENE BERGMAN Independent Scholar, London, UK NJ, USA Department of History and Sporting Library & Museum,
Curator of the Carriage • JEREMY GARFIELD-DAVIES • EKATERINA KOGUT Art History, George Mason Middleburg, VA, USA
Museum and Public Managing Director, Duxbury Researcher and Curator, University, Clifton, VA, USA • MARIA ANNE PRIVAT
Programmes Coordinator, Advisory Ltd, London, UK Department of Arms and Armour, • ERICA MUNKWITZ Chief Curator, National
Christiansborg Palace, • MICHAELA GIEBELHAUSEN The Moscow Kremlin Museums, Adjunct Professorial Lecturer Museum of Carriages
Copenhagen, Denmark Senior Lecturer and Course Moscow, Russia in history, American University, and Transport, Palais de
• ROBIN BLEDSOE Leader, Culture, Criticism • KATHERINE KOVACIC Washington DC, USA Compiègne, Compiègne,
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Robin Bledsoe Bookseller, Martins, University of the Arts, and Secretary, The Copland Former Curator and Deputy • EMMA ROBINSON
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Senior Curator, Clandon Park, Curator of the Carriage Principal of “Horses and Heritage” York, UK London, UK
National Trust, UK Museum, Pitti Palace and of 18th and Scholar at the Cultural • MARGARET NOWACK • JAMES SWANSON
• OLIVER COX century Paintings and Furniture Heritage Centre, Brandenburg Museum Consultant / Author and Historian,
Heritage Engagement Fellow, Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Italy University of Technology, Preservationist, Catskill, NY, USA Washington DC, USA
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