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2019
Book
Knole Revealed
Over the past decade, Knole has undertaken the biggest conservation project in the National Trust, supported by a generous grant from the National Lottery Heritage Fund. In order to conserve the internationally significant collections housed at the property, major work has been carried out on the fabric and environment of...Cohen, Nathalie ; Parton, Frances
conservation, landscape, London & South East, archaeology, country house, Curation & Experience, collections, palace, Knole, history, and building
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2024
Research report
National Trust Annual Research Report 2023-24
This is the second edition of the National Trust Annual Research Report. The report offers an overview of our exciting and evolving portfolio of activities from March 2023 to February 2024, and showcases our national and regional research partnerships, funded and partnered projects, doctoral work, and how we’re building our... -
2024
Journal article
A Recently Identified Barniz Brillante Casket at Bateman’s, the Home of Rudyard Kipling
A casket held at Bateman’s, Rudyard and Caroline Kipling’s home in Sussex—now a National Trust property—was recently recognised as a barniz brillante work. Objects made of barniz brillante, a technique featuring the Indigenous American material called mopa mopa, are relatively rare and have only sparingly been studied using scientific analysis... -
2020
Journal article
Did They Really Wear That? Authenticity and the Construction of Historical Dress-ups
An experimental archeology framework was used to examine the construction of historical dress-ups at a selection of historic house museums in the southwest of England. Of the twenty properties within the study area, thirteen were found to have dress-up installations with volunteers most commonly constructing the garments. Forty-eight dress-ups from... -
2022
Doctoral thesis
Architectures of identity: English modernism, domesticity, and imperial decline
This thesis presents a cultural history of domestic space in England between 1910 and 1948. Against the backdrop of several social and economic shifts – imperial overextension, the end of the Pax Britannica with World War I, women’s suffrage, and Britain’s abandonment of the Gold Standard amid the Great Depression... -
2022
Journal article
Going Deeper than ‘Emotional Impact’: Heritage, Academic Collaboration and Affective Engagements
Organisations such as the National Trust have recently looked to academia to assist them in the telling of their properties’ stories and contexts. Academia has similarly turned to heritage organisations and sites for audiences they can engage in their variously funded projects, and to fulfil the requirements of the REF... -
2011
Doctoral thesis
A house 're-edified' : Thomas Sackville and the transformation of Knole 1605-1608
Thomas Sackville was a courtier and a politician during the reigns of Queen Elizabeth I and King James I. Shortly prior to his death in April 1608, Sackville began work on his largest architectural project, the transformation of the archbishops’ greathouse at Knole, near Sevenoaks in Kent. The house holds...Town, Edward
PhD, Curation & Experience, postdoctoral research, LSE, thesis, Knole, and London and South East
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2023
Journal article
The furnishing of Standen: A taxonomy of middle-class taste
Towards the end of the nineteenth century, the middle classes were offered new choices in furniture and decoration for their country homes. Firms such as Morris & Co and Heals were producing furniture with simple lines and solid construction to combine with textiles and wallpaper inspired by nature. William Morris...Caroline, Ikin
Curation & Experience, Margaret Beale, Morris & Co, Standen, A & R Garrett, furniture, London & South East, and Arts and Crafts
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Journal article
'A love of ‘old china, especially earthenware’: ceramics at Beatrix Potter’s Hill Top and in her ‘little books’
This paper touches upon a few different aspects of Beatrix Potter's relationship to ceramics. It considers their use in her artworks, including her own experimentation with clay. It then describes the collection of ceramics that Beatrix amassed at Hill Top, including what we know (and don't know) about how this...Conroy, Rachel
Beatrix Potter, illustration, Hill Top, children's books, decorative art, ceramics, interiors, and Curation & Experience