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Architects and Upholsterers: Decorating the 18th Century Home

Autumn AN137
Conor Lucey

We all take an interest in how we create our living spaces and decorate our homes: choosing wallpaper or paint colours, the position of furniture within rooms, and creating the 'right impression' by the careful selection and display of particular items. Those involved in designing the eighteenth-century domestic interior shared similar concerns. This course will offer an introduction to the history of the decorative interior in Europe, with special emphasis on the houses of Ireland's nobility and gentry.



Belfield View Map Saturday 10.30am – 12.30pm
8 weeks Autumn

3 Oct - 28 Nov (No Class 24 Oct)

Plus fieldtrip Saturday 31 Oct
Fee: €175 Print booking form or ring (01) 716-7123 for Laser/credit card payment

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Conor Lucey is a graduate of NCAD and, more recently, UCD where he has recently completed his PhD at the School of Art History and Cultural Policy. In 2007 he curated the exhibition Decorating the Georgian Interior held at the Irish Architectural Archive, and is the author of The Stapleton Collection: Designs for the Irish neoclassical interior, published by Churchill House Press in association with the National Library of Ireland.

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