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2020 ANNUAL FALL BENEFIT LECTURE Sunday, October 25 Via Zoom 2020 ANNUAL FALL BENEFIT LECTURE Sunday, October 25 via Zoom Welcome and Introduction by Beth Carver Wees President, American Friends of Attingham ‘Such matchless beauty as renders words inadequate’: The Restoration of the Saloon at the Royal Pavilion, Brighton and a Royal Loan of Unparalleled Magnificence David Beevers, Keeper of the Royal Pavilion, Brighton Annabel Westman, Executive Director of the Attingham Trust and textile historian Special thanks to The Royal Pavilion, Brighton; Louis Grant, videographer and to Her Majesty the Queen for permission to film the Royal Loans We gratefully acknowledge the 2020 Annual Fall Benefit Lecture Sponsors Thomas Appelquist & Charles Newman Edward Lee Cave Sheila ffolliott & Shepard Krech III Steven W. Spandle Beth Carver Wees & Dustin Wees Anonymous William T. Hobbs II Cynthia Bronson Altman E. Randolph Hooks Betsy Shack Barbanell Thomas Jayne Margaret Civetta Anne Kenny-Urban Karina Corrigan David Maxfield Nancy deWaart George McNeely Heather Ewing Mary M. Meyer Barbara File David Parsons Amy Freitag Stewart G. Rosenblum Kathryn Calley Galitz Sean Sawyer Michele Beiny Harkins E. Clothier Tepper Fenella and Morrie Heckscher Thanks to the following for contributing to this event: Felicia Fund Merrily Glosband Linda Pasley Mary Riley Smith Presenters David Beevers FSA has been Keeper of the Royal Pavilion, Brighton, since 2007. Before that he was Keeper of Fine Art and Keeper of Preston Manor, also at Brighton. Whilst curator at Tredegar House, Newport, South Wales, he was awarded a Leverhulme scholarship to attend the 1978 Attingham Summer School, a memorable year whose alumni included the late and much missed Giles Waterfield. In 1998 he attended Royal Collection Studies and in 2002, 2009, 2015 and 2017 participated in the Attingham Study Programme. David has curated many exhibitions, including Chinese Whispers, Chinoiserie in Britain, in 2008 and has hosted many visits by the Summer School to the Royal Pavilion. He looks forward to welcoming the 2021 class, whose fortunate members will be able to see the magnificent Royal Loans returned in 2019 which, thanks to the generosity of Her Majesty The Queen, results in the Pavilion's looking more magnificent than it has ever looked since it ceased to be a Royal Palace after Queen Victoria's last visit in 1845. Annabel Westman FSA is Executive Director of the Attingham Trust, a position she has held since 2005. Before that, she was Director of the Summer School for 13 years, first with Dr Geoffrey Beard and then with Giles Waterfield. She has also led several Study Programmes in Europe. She attended the Summer School herself in 1977. Annabel is a textile historian and consultant, an independent position which she has steadily built up over the last 40 years. Working with heritage organizations, she advises on the furnishing textiles in interiors, researching the period to be replicated and managing the project through to completion. Projects have involved royal palaces such as Hampton Court Palace, Kew Palace and Osborne House, many country house properties including Chatsworth, Dumfries House and Kedleston Hall, as well as museums. Without doubt one of the highlights of her distinguished career has been the restoration of the saloon in the Royal Pavilion at Brighton. She is also author of Fringe, Frog and Tassel: the Art of the Trimmings-Maker in Interior Decoration, which was published last year. American Friends of Attingham Board of Directors Officers Karina H. Corrigan ’02, RCS ’06, SP ’10 President: Beth Carver Wees ’81, RCS ’04, David W. Dangremond ’76 VP, Programs & Special Events: Heather Ewing ’99 Kathryn C. Galitz ’07, RCS ’17 E. Randolph Hooks, SP ’18 VP Finance & Treasurer: Anne Kenny-Urban ’16 Michelle Hargrave ’07, Michael Kerrigan ’19 VP, Selections: Laura Keim ’07, Kristin Kligerman SP '18 Secretary: Jessa J. Krick ’13 Jennifer Klos ’12, LHC ’14, SP ’13, ’16 George McNeely ’16 Directors Sean Sawyer ’02 Betsy Shack Barbanell ’99 Steven Spandle ’11, LHC ’14 Jennifer Carlquist ’03, LHC ’16 Jennifer Trotoux SS '16 UPCOMING EVENTS The Attingham Trust Online Lecture Thursday, November 19 at 6PM BST Adapting to Survive: the Country House and the Pandemic with Ben Cowell, Director General of Historic Houses www.attinghamtrust.org Royal Oak Foundation Fall 2020 Lectures The American Friends of Attingham is pleased to co-sponsor the following lectures: Thursday, November 12 at 6:00PM Eastern Dining in the Gilded Age: Edith Wharton and America’s Passion for European Taste Carl Raymond, Food Historian, Writer and Lecturer Tuesday, November 24 at 2:00PM Eastern In Pursuit of the Dream Home: Standen & Wightwick Manor Ian Cox, Historian Tuesday, December 8 at 6:00PM Eastern High Style at Sea: Interiors, Fashion, and the Transatlantic Crossing Leslie Klingner, Design Historian Tuesday, December 15 at 6:00PM Eastern Beyond the Figgy Pudding: Victorian Food and Dining in the World of Charles Dickens Carl Raymond, Food Historian, Writer and Lecturer For full details and to register, visit www.royal-oak.org/events Please enter the American Friends of Attingham code AFA20 at check out to receive the discounted co-sponsor price. If you have any questions, please contact Royal Oak at [email protected]. THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING THE AMERICAN FRIENDS OF ATTINGHAM Your attendance at the 2020 Annual Benefit Lecture, our only annual fundraising event, helps to support the ongoing operations of the AFA .
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