
Hugh Scully and Arthur Negus look back over six centuries of furniture-making.
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Air Date: 1978-11-01
Hugh Scully and Arthur Negus go back in time to the medieval and Elizabethan period to explore the emergence of a dis...
Air Date: 1978-11-08
Hugh Scully and Arthur Negus take a closer look at furniture made in the Jacobean and Restoration period. Designs of ...
Air Date: 1978-11-15
When William and Mary ascended the throne, an influx of Dutch and German craftsmen meant the baroque style was in vog...
Air Date: 1978-11-22
In the days of Queen Anne and the early Georgian period, over-ornamentation was out, while walnut and mahogany were t...
Air Date: 1978-11-29
The most famous name in English furniture, the 'high priest of mahogany', who saw the potential of the middle-class m...
Air Date: 1978-12-06
This edition focuses on the work and classical styles of 18th-century Scottish architect and furniture-maker Robert A...
Air Date: 1978-12-13
Hugh Scully and Arthur Negus look at the work of Gillows, Hepplewhite and Sheraton and see how new and exotic woods, ...
Air Date: 1979-01-10
Hugh Scully and Arthur Negus explore the splendour of the Regency period, as reflected in the flamboyant Royal Pavili...
Air Date: 1979-01-17
The Great Exhibition, William Morris, art nouveau and a stylistic free-for-all. Hugh Scully and Arthur Negus explore ...
Air Date: 1979-01-24
The last programme in the series examines the contribution of the 20th century and ranges from Edwardian furniture th...