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Forthcoming events at Fairfax House:
Lecture: The secret history of Kensington Palace
11 April 2013 at 7.00pm, Fairfax House
Georgian Townhouse Party
19 April 2013 at 7.30pm, Fairfax House
York Residents Free Weekend
27-28 April 2013, Fairfax House
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Monthly Archives: December 2011
The Friday Face, no. 6: a lion in mahogany
In the last Friday Face article we looked at a lion carved in walnut on the leg of an English armchair, from c.1725, presently in the Library at Fairfax House. The lion masks, which are carved on all four legs … Continue reading
Posted in Anne's bedroom, Friday Face, furniture
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A musical interlude
This brief but, we trust, pleasant little post, intended to fill in while Fairfax House’s resident blogger and tweeter is laid low with a putrid seasonal fever, takes the form of a musical interlude. The Georgians loved their music, and … Continue reading
Posted in Dining Room, musical instruments, Saloon, stucco decoration
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The Friday Face, no. 5: a lion in walnut
One of the most important changes that occurred in furniture making during the eighteenth century was material rather than stylistic, but it was a change that had profound stylistic consequences: the rise of mahogany as the main timber used in … Continue reading
Posted in Friday Face, furniture, Library, Noel Terry Collection
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Christmas at Fairfax House featured in Yorkshire Life
The magazine Yorkshire Life has a great feature in its December 2011 issue describing and illustrating the way we celebrate The Keeping of Christmas at Fairfax House. Our beautiful Christmas decorations and displays are pictured in lovely full colour with … Continue reading
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The Friday Face, no. 4: an admirable admiral
The Steeton branch of the Fairfax family had their home at Steeton Hall near Tadcaster. Unlike the staunchly Catholic Fairfaxes of Gilling they converted to Protestantism soon after the Reformation, so members of the Steeton Fairfax family were able to … Continue reading
Posted in Dining Room, Fairfax family, Friday Face, paintings
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Georgian all the rage, says the Yorkshire Post
An article in today’s Yorkshire Post reflects on the upsurge in interest in the eighteenth century these days, with lavish costume dramas, high-profile history programmes and, apparently, a desire to ‘escape the economic doom and gloom enveloping modern Britain’ all … Continue reading
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Fairfax House on Twitter
‘What a twitter has this put me into, and all to no purpose!’ — Richard Cumberland, The Summer’s Tale, A Musical Comedy in Three Acts (1765), act I, scene IV. This is a quick reminder that, whether to no purpose … Continue reading
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