Making a Case for Cases: The Furniture of Display

AHRC funded workshop at The Bowes Museum, County Durham
Friday 10 & Saturday 11 January 2020
Organised by @LHMacnaughton, @smnspier and @Charlottejoyjohnson

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Registration for the conference is now open!

Check out our wonderful list of speakers. A full programme will be published in due course

https://t.co/SCfrJsqDPg

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The @V_and_A acquired a number of objects from Minard's collection at its dispersal at auction in 1883. Wonder if anyone can spot anything here?

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Hard to top this case in the house-museum of architect and collector Louis-François-Martial Minard (1801-1875) in Ghent. Minard collected objects associated with the guilds in Ghent, as well as dec arts from the Medieval period onwards.

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@charlielavin @CJoyJohnson @lucyjwest is a CDP student at Leeds, The Bowes Museum and the National Gallery. We'll let her know you are interested!

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We're so thrilled with the positive feedback and so much enthusiasm about cases! Thank you!

[Dr Caroline McCaffrey-Howarth @CarolineMcCaff]

Final remarks on @CasesConference before our museum tour and archive session @TheBowesMuseum - thanks for organising a fantastic conference @LHMacnaughton @CJoyJohnson @Smnspier

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@LHMacnaughton does a brilliant job tying together the themes and issues over the last two days and the potential scope for further study that our very niche conference has opened up! #casesconference #casesaregreat

[jessica eddie @jesseddie]

Brilliant to present at the @CasesConference today held at the beautiful @TheBowesMuseum Great day had by all! #casesconference #domesticspace #institutionalcase

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We're very grateful for the funding we've received from @CDPConnect @ahrcpress @TheBowesMuseum @DurhamCNCS and the Furniture History Society in support of #casesconference Thank you!

[Dr Caroline McCaffrey-Howarth @CarolineMcCaff]

Kicking off our final panel this morning @CasesConference is the wonderful @drboullelady from @WMCurators chatting all things Boulle and the case furniture, pedestals and commodes which he made for the display of objets d’art

[Dr Caroline McCaffrey-Howarth @CarolineMcCaff]

The final paper in the museums session @TheBowesMuseum @CasesConference comes from Sonja Taylor @burrellcollect @GlasgowMuseums who is the Special Projects Officer on the design of the huge Burrell Refurbishment Project

[Dr Caroline McCaffrey-Howarth @CarolineMcCaff]

Next up Penny Hines the Curator of Carlyle House @nationaltrust @NTCarlylesHouse discusses the changing displays and furniture cases of the house over time @CasesConference

[Dr Caroline McCaffrey-Howarth @CarolineMcCaff]

Back at the fabulous @TheBowesMuseum for Day 2 of the @CasesConference - starting off with Senior Conservation Scientist @EnglishHeritage David Thickett discussing the re-fitting of historic showcases

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It's day 2 #casesconference thank you to those live-tweeting!

[Dr Caroline McCaffrey-Howarth @CarolineMcCaff]

A fantastic paper from conference organiser ⁦@Smnspier⁩ from ⁦@FAHACS & ⁦@artmarketleeds⁩ on the early formation of the @bowesmuseum and the practical need for furniture cases for the museum in its earliest days ⁦@CasesConference⁩

[Dr Caroline McCaffrey-Howarth @CarolineMcCaff]

Arrived at the lovely Bowes Musuem for @CasesConference - thanks to @LHMacnaughton for some fantastic opening remarks making a case for the importance of cases!! #casestudiesconference

[Dr Caroline McCaffrey-Howarth @CarolineMcCaff]

What is the function of a museum case if the object no longer exists, has been lost, stolen or purposefully removed? asks @tinyhistorian @CasesConference

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The starting point for @tinyhistorian was the empty box for a pistol in @SoaneMuseum The box remains, but where is the pistol? #casesconference

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Case aficionados take a lunchtime walk to hear from Joanna Hashagen @TheBowesMuseum about the refurbished fashion and textiles gallery #casesconference

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Can’t wait to hear it!

[History at University of Lincoln @ULHistory]

Kate Hill will be speaking at @CasesConference today at the Bowes Museum. She will be talking about the rejection of cases by museums in the twentieth century, as in this display from inter-war Liverpool Museum.

[Dr Caroline McCaffrey-Howarth @CarolineMcCaff]

Bright and early start up to the Bowes Museum @TheBowesMuseum on the train up from London for @CasesConference - Speeding along the east coast doing a peer-review of a journal article on the sculptural aesthetics of porcelain and hopefully finishing off a book review!

[Dr Caroline McCaffrey-Howarth @CarolineMcCaff]

My first conference of 2020 is this weekend up in the gorgeous @TheBowesMuseum @CasesConference - Really looking forward to talking about 'Sèvres-mania' & display methods, including this stunning vase @RCT displayed by Queen Victoria in Marlborough House in 1852 #rethinkceramics