Katherine Hardwick-Kulpa
Curator at Chatsworth Mad for the 18th century and William Kent
BIFMO
BIFMO
A new digital project, developed in partnership with the British and Irish Furniture Makers Online (BIFMO), offers an insight into the evolution of two celebrated spaces at Chatsworth, and the objects within them.
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Watch: A Monument to Friendship and Art
Watch: A Monument to Friendship and Art
Fanciful Figures: Dummy Boards
Fanciful Figures: Dummy Boards
An online exhibition to accompany Fanciful Figures at Sir John Soane’s Museum, London, 22 March – 9 June 2024 Written by Katherine Hardwick-Kulpa ‘Staffage’ is a late-eighteenth century term used to describe small human and animal figures of no specific identity which appear in a painting or drawing. These figures are not essential to the subject of the work, but instead lend a sense of scale, depth, and animation to the composition. They are visual decoration, and are often depicted holding an object, or accompanied by an animal. Yet these 18th century figures in fact had a real-life precedent. Dummy boards, as they became known, were popular from the 17th century onwards, and formed a now forgotten part of the historic interior. Relatively few survive today either in museums or historic houses. Viewed out of context – particularly under the harsh glare of electric light – it is difficult for us to understand their original purpose.
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