THE ATTINGHAM TRUST for the study of HISTORIC houses and collections NEWSLETTER 2012 • NUMBER 10 CHAIRMAN’S Foreword

lthough it only seems like yesterday when Annabel furniture, textiles, silver and Drawings, I was AWestman, Giles Waterfield and myself were talking to sure that Attingham would live up to its reputation. Helen Lowenthal, Helena Hayward and Geoffrey Beard about the Summer School, this year we celebrate sixty And of course, in reality, it far exceeded expectations. The completed years of that course and I have little doubt that interdisciplinary study throughout the course is its greatest our founders would be proud of where The Attingham asset. Looking at silver alongside textiles or paintings Trust stands today. alongside , really hits home the relationship between objects and their surroundings; how they were This summer was full of activity. A highly successful Study purchased and arranged, how they were valued by their Programme was run in the US organised by our American owners and used, how they were regarded. I can now Friends. The Summer School was run to considerable look at objects as part of a wider whole and I am much acclaim by Helen Jacobsen, to whom we regretfully bid better equipped to consider numerous different adieu as she takes up her new position at the Wallace approaches and what signs to look for – what the original Collection, and Andrew Moore. As ever, the highly purpose of the room could have been, where the furniture successful Studies was led by Giles might have stood 100, 200 and 300 years ago, how the Waterfield. In addition, we have built up our core funds room would have been lit, how the table wares would over the years to provide income to support our relatively have been arranged. There truly is no substitute for new office and sought endowments and annual funding for physically visiting properties and I think this has hugely scholarships - an area in which we need constant help - increased my frame of reference for collections in context. from our supporters, among whom are many alumni. I have already started looking and thinking differently about some of the collections in the Museum and it has The importance of The Attingham Trust and the various certainly deepened my understanding of objects and how courses that it runs is becoming increasingly relevant as to interpret them…” university teaching moves away from historic house studies and teaching towards what are We are all much looking forward to our sixtieth anniversary seen as more commercial areas, such as engineering and conference in October on country houses and house the sciences, in this time of financial austerity and museums in Britain, Ireland, the US and Australia. We look international competition. I am the fortunate recipient of forward to welcoming old friends and new from all over the numerous letters from students who find our courses life world. The international composition of Attingham’s changing and this is typically illustrated by the following members is reflected in the three continents from which we extract from a letter I received this year:- have drawn speakers to discuss the ‘Future of the Country House’. We also want to congratulate the American “Working in a Museum environment, objects more often Friends of Attingham, to whom we owe so much, on their than not stand in isolation – on shelves in stores according 50th Anniversary and welcome Lizzy Jamieson as the new to type or in glass display cases with labels; I wanted to co-director of the Summer School. learn more about the environment for which they were originally intended. As a result, from when I first laid eyes John Lewis on the packed and interdisciplinary itinerary of seminars on Chairman

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• Sean Sawyer

012 marks the 36th consecutive year that The Royal recognition of Royal Oak in Attingham publications and 2Oak Foundation has provided scholarship support to websites enhances our stature among your alumni. American Friends of Attingham (AFA) for the Summer School. We are immensely proud of this. As the From Royal Oak’s perspective, Attingham alumni are a American partner of the of England, wonderfully diverse and strategically placed lot. When Wales, and Northern Ireland, we view our support of we hosted Simon Jenkins this April for a lecture tour Attingham as a core activity – just as the country house focused on the National Trust’s country houses two of and its collections are core interests of our members and the five venues were made possible by Attingham alums. supporters - and our relationship with the Attingham As we look at expanding our activities in the US and the Trust and AFA is one of our most important partnerships. UK, we can depend on Attingham alums to be in all the right places and their expertise to be indispensible. It is a partnership that we would like to expand upon. While Attingham scholarships are the pillar of our Certainly, the connective tissue between Attingham and fellowships program and AFA’s promotion of our lecture Royal Oak is extraordinarily strong at the moment. One series here in the States is greatly appreciated, we of our newest Directors, Prof. Sir David Cannadine, is believe that we could collaborate more closely on both also a Patron of the Trust and will give AFA’s Annual Fall sides of the Atlantic and be more effective in raising Lecture in October. He also served as a principal mutually beneficial awareness and support. advisor for my dissertation on Soane and the at Columbia. Having been raised a For instance, this year’s increased scholarship grant was Vermont socialist, I resisted the call of Attingham and made possible through the proceeds of the “paddle” the country house through graduate school. Seven portion of the live auction at our 2011 Timeless Design years as director of a historic house in Brooklyn Gala. Attingham alum Thomas Jayne introduced this expanded my horizons and I was thrilled to be a Royal innovation at the 2010 gala when we honored the Trust Oak Scholar in the Summer School Class of 2002. This with our inaugural Heritage Award. As the auction was is just one of many ways that becoming Royal Oak’s ending he heroically seized the podium and appealed for Executive Director has knit together the strands of my bids of $1,000 or $500 to support Royal Oak’s academic and professional lives. I am honored to be scholarships. We plan to continue this practice, as we speaking at 60th Anniversary Conference, along with did in 2011, but this will be more successful if AFA helps Royal Oak’s 2012 Timeless Design Award recipient, promote the gala so that more of the bodies in seats are Julian Fellowes. Six degrees of separation? More like Attinghamites. For our part, we are developing a long- one and a half! overdue Fellowships webpage that will include a dedicated Attingham section to raise awareness among Sean E. Sawyer is Executive Director of The Royal Oak our digital visitors. On the flip side, more prominent Foundation

THE ATTINGHAM TRUST 2012

Trustees: John Lewis OBE (Chairman), Martin Drury CBE, FSA, Lady Goodison FSA, Rosemary Council: Lomax-Simpson, Caroline Rimell, Rosalind Savill DBE, FBA, FSA David Adshead FSA Diana Berry Patrons: HM Ambassador to Washington, The Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry, KBE,DL, Errol Clark Professor Sir David Cannadine, FSA, Sir Timothy Clifford, The Lord Crathorne, The Lord Dalmeny Duke of Devonshire, KCVO,CBE, The Hon. Desmond Guinness, John Harris, OBE, Sara Heaton (Administrator RCS) FSA, The Marquis of Lansdowne, LVO, DL, Sir Hugh Roberts, GCVO, FSA, The Lord Sir Robert Hildyard Rothschild, OM, GBE, Coral Samuel, CBE James Hughes-Hallett, CMG Tim Knox, FSA Officers: Chairman: John Lewis OBE Jonathan Marsden, LVO Vice-Chairman: Martin Drury CBE, FSA Sarah Medlam Executive Director: Annabel Westman, FSA Andrew Renton (Chairman, Scholarship Treasurer: Kate Morgan Committee) Assistant to Executive Director: Rebecca Parker Dr Christopher Ridgway, FSA Director (Summer School): Dr Helen Jacobsen E. Clothier Tepper (President of the Director (Summer School): Dr Andrew Moore American Friends of Attingham) Director (Royal Collection Studies): Giles Waterfield, FSA Nick Way

2 Attingham Trust Newsletter 2012 • Number 10 The Attingham Study Programme • 7th – 16th June 2012 - Annabel Westman

o celebrate sixty completed of later nineteenth styles at Olana, Tyears of The Attingham belonging to the influential painter, Trust and fifty years of the Frederic Edwin Church. founding of the American Friends of Attingham, New York Against a background of informative and the Hudson River Valley lectures, the country homes of some of was the perfect destination for the major family dynasties and the twenty-sixth Study industrial and political leaders were Programme. It was the first time visited from the comfortable Beekman Attingham had ventured Arms in historic Rhinebeck and the final westwards and judging from the base at Tarrytown. The charming international mix of the group – secluded retreats of the Roosevelts at American, British, Dutch, Val-Kill and Top Cottage formed an Czech, Estonian, Polish, interesting comparison to some of the Canadian, Indian, Australian ‘Gilded Age’ properties, including the and New Zealanders – it was a eclectic Italianate villa of Wilderstein, venue long overdue. Mills Mansion, the Livingston/Ogden Mills home transformed by the Planned by the American View of the Hudson River from Olana architectural firm of McKim, Mead and Friends in close association with White, and the lavish extravagance of The Attingham Trust, the the Rockefellers at Kykuit where excellent co-ordinator and leader of the Study informative tours were given on the rich collections. Programme was Professor Sheila ffolliott, Professor These great mansions provided a perfect contrast to Emerita of Art History at George Mason University, ably the smaller private houses dotted mostly along the assisted by the Administrator of the American Friends, Hudson with stunning landscape views such as the Cheryl Hageman. Further advice was sought from Vyne, Rokeby, Midwood and Edgewater where the others including Morrison Heckscher and Peter Kenny owners generously entertained the group, and both of the Metropolitan Museum, J.Winthrop Aldrich, Montgomery Place, Boscobel and Lyndhurst, now formerly of NY State Historic Preservation and David owned by different institutions providing varied Parsons of Historic Hudson Valley. The result was a approaches to presentation. programme based in three centres to gain the maximum exposure to the area and create a balanced Contrasting visits were also made to the famous four mix of context and contrast. hundred acre Woodlawn Cemetery, and the Storm King Art Center founded in 1960 as an open-air sculpture The first days were spent in New York with an museum which gave further unexpected breadth and informative walking tour of Lower Manhattan stressing scope to an excellent course, perfectly summed up by the importance of the original Dutch settlement, a point the Polish member of the group, Katarzyna Jursz- confirmed by Tom Lewis (author of The Hudson A Salvadori, Curator of Prints and Drawings at the Royal History ), our guide on the Hudson river cruise, and who Castle in Warsaw later gave a vivid talk on the site of one of the defining battles of the American War of Independence. It was an extraordinary personal experience, acting on Privileged access to some NY private collections and the intellect and the senses, that leaves in us, forever, an the newly-presented period rooms in the American indelible impression. I feel very privileged and grateful to Wing of the Metropolitan, together with a stimulating be able to experience it and to share this experience gallery talk on the Hudson River School of painters by with the colleagues from around the world. Elizabeth Kornhouser, further helped to create a solid framework for the rich variety of architectural styles and The Attingham Trust would like to thank the American works of art in store as the group progressed up the Friends and the efforts of everyone involved for putting Hudson. These ranged from the Dutch colonial stone together such a splendid and enriching programme. house of Wynkoop, to the evocative romanticized cottage of Sunnyside, home to the first professional In 2013, The Attingham Study Programme will take American author, Washington Irving, to the colourful mix place in Norfolk, 12th-20th September www.attinghamtrust.org www.attinghamtrust.or3g The 61 st Attingham Summer School • 6th-23rd July 2012 – Helen Jacobsen, Andrew Moore, Co-Directors

he Summer School 2012 will The first two weeks of the Tbe remembered for many Summer School followed in things, but one of them will last year’s tried and trusted certainly be the rain – the first two footsteps – we stayed at weeks coincided with dramatic West Dean and in floods and rainstorms in England Loughborough and re-visited which appeared to follow the bus houses such as Uppark, around the country and Petworth, Kedleston and wellington boots had to be Calke Abbey. The bought locally on emergency programme also included shopping trips and shipped over Goodwood and Boughton, from the USA. Perhaps because where the Earl of March, the of this, the group was soon Duke of Buccleuch and their suffused with levels of friendship respective teams could not and bonhomie that made the have provided warmer whole programme a delight to be welcomes or more involved with from start to finish. interesting study Scholars from around the world opportunities. We are ignored their cold feet and damp particularly grateful to the trousers and concentrated on specialist lecturers who studying some of the best of played such a supportive English domestic architecture and role in leading study groups the treasures contained therein. and handling sessions at Indeed, the scholars should be Athelhampton House, Dorset many of the locations this complimented on their stoicism, year. Not least in that their persistence and above all their sense of humour category is the entire team at Chatsworth, who gave us which found its full expression in the wonderful last their undivided attention for two days and did so much night party. to help us explore the treasures of the house. Special mention must be made of the Duke and Duchess of The group comprised scholars from Australia, Canada, Devonshire who continue to welcome the Attingham the Czech Republic, the Netherlands, Portugal and Summer School so warmly and to share their wonderful New Zealand as well as the US and United Kingdom, house with us. with assorted backgrounds across a broad spectrum of disciplines. This provided a deep pool of knowledge In addition to ourselves, the Attingham team this year into which we were all able to tap during the included the indomitable Rebecca Parker, who has now programme, and which was the foundation for many given five of her summers over to administering the absorbing and stimulating discussions about the Summer School and who deserves a medal for her houses and collections we visited. continued ebullience, patience and general unflappability. We were joined by a cohort of lecturers, This year these included some houses in Wessex which including staff from the National Trust, who expanded the Summer School had not visited for many years. our knowledge further with erudite and informative Based in Sherborne, we explored the beautiful Dorset talks, and also by a number of distinguished visitors manor houses of Athelhampton and Mapperton, and who mixed seamlessly with the scholars and for whose their exquisite gardens, as well as the larger country support we are most grateful. Finally, we must mention houses of the region such as Wardour, Melbury and the generous hospitality of so many of our hosts during Kingston Lacy. The programme took us right up to date the programme, but particularly that of John and Suzy with our visit to Ferne Park, a Palladian house by Lewis who laid on a magnificent reception and dinner Quinlan Terry still under construction. The course for us on the final Saturday in the grounds of their lovely ended with a magnificent visit to Wilton House, where house, Shute. Thank you all. the Earl and Countess of Pembroke were most generous with their hospitality and we were able to In 2013, the Summer School will take place between admire the ambitious refurbishment programme. 5th-22nd July

4 Attingham Trust Newsletter 2012 • Number 10 Royal Collection Studies • 2nd-11th September 2012 – Giles Waterfield, Director

he seventeenth session of Royal Collection TStudies took place in , Windsor and Hampton Court. We stayed in Cumberland Lodge in , which as always we greatly enjoyed.

Once again, the membership was extremely diverse, with participants from Australia (1), Austria (2), Canada (1), France (1), Germany (4), the Netherlands (1), Russia (1), Sweden (1), the United Kingdom (8) and the United States (9). (Membership is categorised by place of work rather than original nationality given the nature of globalised employment in the arts world.) In addition to nineteen curators with various interests, the course included five academics and doctoral candidates and four representatives of the art trade. Privy Garden, , Surrey court which ran through the course. Philip Mansel I said in my last report that we were working closely with spoke eloquently on The French and British Monarchies the American Friends of Attingham to encourage more from Louis XVI to Edward VII , while Rosalind Savill gave American participants, and we were delighted that no a memorable introduction to the royal collection of fewer than nine people from the United States did Sèvres at . indeed attend this year, as compared to two – neither of whom was actually American – last year. For the first As always, a great deal of the teaching was carried out time we had a curator from the Kunsthistorisches by the staff of the Royal Collection. Jemima Rellie, Head Museum in Vienna, and we hope that this will set a of Publications and New Media at the Royal Collection, precedent. Pressure on places remains high but we are and Jonathan Marsden, Director of the Royal anxious to spread the word about the school as widely Collection, outlined plans for the reorganisation of visitor as possible. routes and public facilities at Windsor Castle. At the Queen’s Gallery at we had the Scholarship assistance from a number of generous and opportunity to view the outstanding exhibition Leonardo patient sources enabled us to assist many applicants da Vinci Anatomist . The visits to the Print Room and to financially. As in the past, many members of the course the Royal Library were of outstanding interest. received some degree of scholarship support. We are most grateful to our constant benefactors (listed below). An important part was played by the staff of Historic It is our aim, and one that we are able to fulfil, that no Royal Palaces, whose curators spoke to us on suitable candidate should be prevented from attending numerous occasions. The visit to the redisplayed for financial reasons. , where a suite of rooms has been curated to tell the story of the life of and On account of the Paralympics it was necessary to the State Apartments now include numerous artists’ reorder the programme. A number of new elements interventions, was of particular interest to those were included. We viewed the Crown Jewels at the concerned with the presentation of historic buildings. , reinstalled this year to create a The visit encouraged much discussion. powerful visual impact and to show the jewels to best advantage, as well as the exhibition of Diamonds: a Sara Heaton performed brilliantly as Administrator, ably Jubilee Celebration at Buckingham Palace with its supported by Rebecca Parker, Kate Morgan and curator, Caroline de Guitaut. Lucy Whitaker gave a Annabel Westman of the Attingham Trust. notable lecture on the collecting of Charles I, placing him in the context of European culture at the time. The In 2013, Royal Collection Studies will be based at lecture by Lucy Worsley on the Georgian Court was Cumberland Lodge, Windsor between 1 st -10th especially appreciated, and developed the theme of the September www.attinghamtrust.org www.attinghamtrust.or5g American Friends of Attingham • E.Clothier Tepper, President

he events marking the 60th Anniversary of The January, which brought more than 150 of us together at TAttingham Trust in Britain are echoed this year by Gracie Mansion, the official residence of the Mayor of the American Friends, as we celebrate our own 50th New York. Anniversary and a half-century of work to promote the Trust and its programs and to support American alumni. We are delighted that Professor Sir David Cannadine, We are honored to have hosted the Study Programme FBA has agreed to be the speaker at our Annual Fall for the first time: New York and the Hudson River Valley , Lecture on October 4 at the Union League Club in New held in June and coordinated by Sheila ffolliott (SS ’79), York City. His topic will be The Treasure Houses of which included participants from 10 countries and was Britain Re-Visited , an opportunity to look back at the a tremendous success. The Anniversary was also 1985 show at the in Washington, which marked by a dinner in New York City on June 16, at he fiercely criticized at the time. Further information and which we were delighted to welcome both Annabel tickets are available on our web-site. Westman and Kate Morgan (Trust Treasurer). The celebration is further commemorated by the publication The Fall also brings our annual AFA Study Trip, which is of our Directory of American alumni from 1952 through to Boston and vicinity at the end of September, and the the present, which features class lists and photos, and annual lecture to honor the late Tracey Albainy (SS ’90). contact information and personal remarks from nearly The latter is held this year at the Getty Center in Los 700 American participants. Copies of the Directory can Angeles on October 25. Charissa Bremer-David (SS be ordered through our web-site at ’89), Curator of Sculpture and Decorative Arts at the www.americanfriendsofattingham.org Getty, will speak on The High Art of Dining in 18th Century France . We have continued the work of making Attingham better known in America and seeking the best possible In short, the American Friends are busy as ever, candidates for all of the programs. The raising of funds anchored by our office in New York and the hard work of to provide scholarship assistance also remains a our Administrator, Cheryl Hageman. Many thanks to priority. In addition, our alumni have been treated to a our Board and to all who help us to accomplish so variety of events including our Mid-Winter Reunion in much.

The Attingham Society • Rebecca Parker

he Attingham Society kicked off 2012 in tremen - jovial gathering of alumni from all over the world, and a Tdous, and rather raucous, style at its Annual Re - fitting way to toast 60 years of The Attingham Trust. union, this time held in the wonderful surroundings of the Society of Antiquaries. Particular thanks must go to As 2012 comes to a close the mission of the Attingham Professor Maurice Howard, President of the Antiquar - Society remains the same in encouraging the spirit of ies, and long-time friend of Attingham, for welcoming us friendship on which Attingham thrives. The launch of so warmly in his introductory talk. our new website will make it easier for alumni to post information about what they are up to and it is hoped As this newsletter goes to print we are getting ready for that this will stimulate an already vibrant network. our 60th anniversary conference, ‘Looking Ahead: the Future of the Country House’ on Friday 12th and In tandem with this we continue to try to build on the Saturday 13th October at the Royal Geographical Society’s Scholarship fund, which is entirely supported Society. On the Friday evening we will be holding a by alumni. Our target of a full scholarship for an attendee drinks party for alumni at the House of Lords and are on the Summer School and more is making slow but extremely grateful to one of our patrons, Lord steady progress. If you would like to give more than you Crathorne, for his help with this. We hope that it will be a already do please do not hesitate to contact me.

6 Attingham Trust Newsletter 2012 • Number 10 Scholarship Donors • Annabel Westman, Executive Director

he Attingham Trust is very pleased to have discovered On the US Study Programme, we were delighted that a Tnew sources of scholarship funding this year through Dutch participant received a scholarship from The the efforts of our Trustees and Council members and to Netherland-America Foundation –another first. Our thanks have encouraged others to continue. We particularly and gratitude go to all donors not least the many faithful welcome the generosity of the Michael Bishop Foundation contributors over the years without whom we would not for supporting scholars on Royal Collection Studies for the have been able to maintain the academic standard of our second year, the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation for its new courses. Buoyed by this anniversary year and with the donation, and the J.Paul Getty Trust and the Sir Siegmund conference as our focal point, we hope to build on our Warburgh’s Voluntary Settlement for their financial support. initiatives to improve our core and scholarship funding.

MAJOR DONORS

Errol Clark; Alex Copland Foundation; Elisha-Bolton Foundation (Gilbert Schafer III); Gerry Charitable Trust; Lillian Hirschmann; J. Stewart Johnson; The Samuel H. Kress Foundation; New York Community Trust, Edward Maverick Fund; Peter and Wilhemina Minet; The Monument Trust; Stewart G. Rosenblum; The Royal Oak Foundation; Basil Samuel Charitable Trust; Brunschwig & Fils

STUDY PROGRAMME The Ida and William Rosenthal Foundation, Inc. The Royal Collection Trust American Friends of Attingham The Royal Oak Foundation The Attingham Trust Sansovino Scholarship Esmé Fairbairn Foundation Gilbert P. Schafer III Dr Hendrik Muller Vanderlasch Fond University of Alberta The Monument Trust University College London National Trust (for England, Wales and Northern Ireland) University of Otago The Netherland-America Foundation The Friends of the Victoria and Albert Museum Paleis Het Loo The Wallace Collection The Saint Louis Art Museum The Virginia Commission for Arts Zamek Krowleski Foundation ROYAL COLLECTION STUDIES

The Attingham Trust SUMMER SCHOOL Michael Bishop Foundation Christie’s, New York American Friends of Attingham Copland Foundation American Friends of Attingham Summer School Class of J. Paul Getty Institute 2011 J. Paul Getty Museum Association for Cultural Exchange (ACE) Nicholas and Judith Goodison The Attingham Society Judith Hernstadt The Attingham Trust The Lady Heseltine Biltmore Estate Christie’s, New York Kunsthistorisches Museum The Clark Collection/Creative New Zealand Paula Madden Copland Foundation Metropolitan Museum The John Cornforth Memorial Fund National Trust (for England, Wales and Northern Ireland) Stewart Rosenblum The Holburne Museum Kate de Rothschild Humphries Weaving Co., Ltd The Rothschild Foundation The Metropolitan Museum of Art Royal Collection Trust Peter and Wilhemina Minet Royal Palace of Amsterdam The Monument Trust Basil Samuel Charitable Trust Museum Van Loon Adrian Sassoon The National Trust Sotheby’s, Paris The New York Community Trust, Edward Maverick Fund Vancouver Art Gallery The Prince of Wales Foundation The Victoria and Albert Museum Miller Tritton Yale Center of British Art

www.attinghamtrust.org www.attinghamtrust.or7g THE ATTINGHAM STUDY PROGRAMME MEMBERS 2012

• STANISLAVA BREJCHOVA • DAVID GORDON • SUSAN LLEWELLYN • TANIA SAMMONS Curator and Head of Study Depository, Principal, Gordon Advisory, Former Assistant Professor of History, Northern Curator, Owens-Thomas House and Plasy Monastery, Czech Republic Director Milwaukee Art Museum, Former Virginia Community College, VA, USA Decorative Arts, Telfair Museums, GA, • CARY CARSON Secretary, , NY, • SARAH MALLORY USA Former Vice President of Research USA Adjunct Faculty Member, Parsons The • IAN STEPHENSON Division, Colonial Williamsburg • MARGARET GORDON New School for Design, Art and Design University Curator, University of New Foundation, VA, USA Author, specialising in quilts. Wisconsin History Department, NY, USA England, Armidale, Australia • ERROL CLARK Museum of Quilts and Fiber Arts, NY, USA • MARY MEYER • CLARE TAYLOR Executive Chairman, International Capital • JINISHA JAIN Homewood Museum Board Member, Lecturer and Staff Tutor Art History Corporation, Wellington, New Zealand Freelance Conservation Architect, Delhi, former President Friends of the American Faculty of Arts, the Open University, • JENNIFER CLARK India Wing, Baltimore Museum of Art, MD, USA London, UK Historic Property Manager, The Clark • KATARZYNA JURSZ-SALVADORI • LAUREN NORTHUP • COLETTE VAN DEN THILLART Collection, Wellington, New Zealand Curator of Prints and Drawings, Museum Curator of Collections, Hermitage Creative Director, Nicky Haslam Design, • STEVEN COENE of the Royal Castle, Warsaw, Poland Museum and Gardens, VA, USA London, UK Curator, Gelderland Trust for Historic • ELOY KOLDEWEIJ • LINDA PASLEY • TESSA WILD Houses, Arnhem, The Netherlands Historic Interiors Specialist, Cultural Interior designer, independent lecturer, Curator, the National Trust Southern • ALYCE ENGLUND Heritage Agency, The Netherlands TX, USA Region, UK Associate Curator of American Decorative • COLLES LARKIN • ZOE PERKINS • DAVID WILTON Arts, The Wadsworth Athenaeum, CT, Former Trustee, Minneapolis Institute of Textile conservator, The Saint Louis Art Chief Investments Officer, International USA Arts, MN, USA Museum, MO, USA Finance Corporation, Patron of the Arts • WIES ERKELENS • JOHN LARKIN • KADI POLLI Foundation of New Zealand, Washington Curator of Applied Art and Sculpture, Former orthopaedic surgeon, Former Director, Kadriorg Art Museum, Tallinn, DC, USA Paleis Het Loo, Apeldoorn, The trustee Minnesota Museum of American Estonia • LINDA YOUNG Netherlands Art, MN, USA • LESLIE RIVERA Senior Lecturer, Course Director, Cultural Former Executive Director, Foundation for Heritage & Museum Studies, Deakin Villa Vizcaya, FL, USA University, Melbourne, Australia THE ATTINGHAM SUMMER SCHOOL MEMBERS 2012

• GABOR ALFOLDY • ABBEY CHAMBERLAIN • LOUISE HAMPSHIRE • HANNAH PERKINS • ELIZABETH SMITH Head of Gardens, The National Graduate Student, University of Designer, Humphries Weaving Architect, Richard Griffiths Architect, Purcell Miller Tritton, Trust for Hungary, Budapest, Delaware; Curatorial Graduate Company, Sudbury, UK Architects, London, UK London, UK Hungary Assistant, Winterthur Museum, • KATE HEBERT • ADDIE PEYRONNIN • KATE SMITH • JOANNA BANHAM DE, USA Collections Manager, The Lois McNeil Fellow, American Research Fellow, Department of Head of Adults, Students, Creative • JEFFREY CHUSID American Museum in Bath, UK Material Culture, Winterthur History, University College Industries, Victoria and Albert Associate Professor, Historic • CARMEN HOLDSWORTH- Museum, PA, USA London, UK Museum, London, UK Preservation and Planning DELGADO • DENNIS POGUE • GYSBRECHT SPEYART • JESSICA BAUMERT Program, Cornell University, NY, Curatorial Assistant, The Wallace Vice-President of Mount Vernon Independent Architect, The Executive Director, The USA Collection, London, UK for Preservation, George Hague, The Netherlands Woodlands Trust for Historic • ALISON COOPER • RACHEL HUNT Washington’s Mount Vernon • KATIE STEINER Preservation, PA, USA Curator of Decorative Art, House and Collections Manager, Estate, Museum & Gardens, VA, Curatorial Assistant, The Frick • BENJAMIN BERGENHOLTZ Plymouth City Museum & Art Cotehele House, The National USA Collection, NY, USA Graduate Student, Historic Gallery, UK Trust, Cornwall, UK • RYAN POLK • MARK STOCKER Preservation, Roger Williams • SUSAN DE VRIES • JENNIFER KLOS Staff Curator, Southeast Regional Associate Professor, Dept. of University, RI, USA Director, Dyckman Farmhouse Associate Curator, Oklahoma City Office, National Park Service, GA, History and Art History, University • ANNE BISSONNETTE Museum, NY, USA Museum of Art, OK, USA USA of Otago, New Zealand Assistant Professor, Material • GREG DONSON • MEREDITH LONG • DARREN POUPORE • ELIZABETH SULLIVAN Culture & Curatorship; Curator, Curator and Public Programmes Curator, Meadow Brook Hall, MI, Chief Curator, Biltmore Estate, Research Assistant, Dept. of Clothing and Textiles Collection, Manager, Sarjeant Gallery, New USA NC, USA European Sculpture and University of Alberta, Canada Zealand • DOROTHY MAHON • POLLY PUTNAM Decorative Arts, The Metropolitan • TOM BOGGIS • BARBARA EBERLEIN Conservator, Dept. of Paintings Assistant Curator, Decorative Arts, Museum of Art, NY, USA Curator (Collections), London & President, Eberlein Design Conservation, The Metropolitan Leeds Museums and Galleries, • KEN TURINO East Region, English Heritage, UK Consultants Ltd, PA, USA Museum of Art, NY, USA UK Manager of Community • ADAM BRANDOW • DAVID ELLISON • RAUL MARTINEZ • ELSA RODRIGUES Engagement and Exhibitions, Specialist, Silver Department, Architect and Owner, The D. H. Research Assistant, The Curator and Archivist, Historic Historic New England, MA, USA Christie’s New York, USA Ellison Company, OH, USA Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY, House Museum João de Deus, • STEPAN VACHA • GRETCHEN BULOVA • KATRINA FAULDS USA Lisbon, Portugal Research Assistant, Institute of Art Director, Gadsby’s Tavern Ph.D. Student, Music • KATIE MCCONNEL • CHARLOTTE ROSTEK History, Prague, Czech Republic Museum and the Stabler- Department, University of Historian and Curator, Old Curator, The Great Steward of • DEBORAH WILLIAMS Leadbater Apothecary Museum, Southampton, UK Government House, Brisbane, Scotland’s Dumfries House Trust, Team Leader, Designation VA, USA • JON FREDERICK Australia UK Department, English Heritage, • ALISON CAMPBELL Exhibit Specialist, National Gallery • JULIE PARK • SUSAN SCHOELWER Bristol, UK Learning Manager, Palace of of Art, Washington DC, USA Assistant Professor, 18th Century Curator, George Washington’s • MATTHEW WINTERBOTTOM Holyroodhouse, The Royal • TONKO GREVER Literature, Vassar College, NY, Mount Vernon Estate, Museum & Curator of Decorative Art, The Collection, Edinburgh, UK Director/Curator, Museum van USA Gardens, VA, USA Holburne Museum, Bath, UK Loon, Amsterdam, The Netherlands ROYAL COLLECTION STUDIES MEMBERS 2012

• HELGA KESSLER AURISCH • AMY FROST • PAUL PARVIS • JOHN-PAUL STONARD Curator of European Art, Museum of Fine Curator, Beckford’s Tower and Museum, Development, The Taft School, CT, USA Visiting lecturer, The Courtauld Institure of Arts, Houston, TX, USA Bath, UK • ANNA SOPHIE RATH Art, London, UK • ANDERS BENGTSSON • ULRIKE GOETZ Research Fellow, Bibliotheca Hertziana, • IAN THOM Curator, Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, Sculpture & Objects d’art Department, Rome, Italy Curator, Vancouver Art Gallery, Canada Sweden Sotheby’s, Paris, France • ALEXANDER RUDIGIER • FRANCESCA VANKE • RACHEL BOAK • SIMON GREGG Director, Alexander Rudigier Ltd. London, Keeper of Art and Curator of Decorative Curator, The National Trust, Waddesdon Curator, Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale, UK Art, Norwich Castle Museum, UK Manor, Aylesbury, UK Victoria, Australia • WILLIAM RUDOLPH • LISA VEENSTRA • SOPHIE CHESSUM • CRAIG HANSON Curator of American and Decorative Arts, Keeper of the Art Collection, Royal House Curator, The National Trust, London and Associate Professor of Art History, Calvin Milwaukee Art Museum, WI, USA Archives, The Hague, The Netherlands South East Region, UK College, MI, USA • WILLIAM RUSSELL, Jn • ANGELA VON WALLWITZ • DIANA DAVIS • CLAUDIA KRYZA-GERSCH European Sculpture & Furniture Art Consultant, Munich, Germany Independent Researcher, PhD Student, Curator, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Department, Christie’s, New York, USA • CHRISTOPHER WARLEIGH-LACK London, UK Vienna, Austria • SCOTT SCHAEFER Curator of Architectural Drawings, • ANN EATWELL • LOUIS MARCHESANO Curator of Paintings, The J Paul Getty Historic Royal Palaces, London, UK Curator, Metalwork Department, Victoria Curator, Prints and Drawings, Getty Museum, CA, USA • IRINA ZAVEDEEVA & Albert Museum, London, UK Research Institute, CA, USA • MICHAEL SCHMIDT European Metalwork, Kremlin Museums, • GILLIAN FORRESTER • REGINE MARTH Historian & Author, Vienna, Austria Moscow, Russia Curator, Prints and Drawings, Yale Center Curator, Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum, • MARJORIE SHELLEY of British Art, New Haven, CT, USA Braunschweig, Germany Conservator; Sherman Fairchild Center for Works on Paper and Photograph Collection, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY, USA

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