Outline

Event Timetable

Wednesday 24^th July

7.30 Pre-conference dinner at Ask, Assembly Rooms, York. Website and directions: http://www.askitalian.co.uk/#!/restaurants/york

Thursday 25^th July

9.15 Minibus to pick-up outside Hotel 53 for travel to Bowes Museum.

10.30 Approx. time of arrival.

Section 1: Jubilee Room, The Bowes Museum

10.30 Cordula van Wyhe, Welcome

10.45 – 11.45 Aileen Ribeiro,'What do artists see in dress?'

Maria Hayward, Charles II's clothing accounts and the absence of portraits

Section 2: Costume Gallery, The Bowes Museum

12.00 Annabel Talbot, Introduction to the Blackborne Collection of Lace

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1.00 Sandwich Lunch, tea and coffee followed by informal viewing of the Bowes Museum

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Section 3: Picture Gallery, The Bowes Museum

2.00 Emma House, Introduction to the Fine Arts Collection

2.15 Susan Vincent and Sophie Littlewood, Armour and its visual and textual source material

Section 3: Jubilee Room, The Bowes Museum

2.45-4.00 Lisa Monnas, 'Velvet connections: Sixtus IV, Barthélemy d'Eyck and Morris & Co'

Claire Canavan, 'Reading early modern dress'

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4.00 Tea and Coffee

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4.15-5.00 Jenny Tiramani, 'Full Circle: From Thread to Pigment and Back Again'

Ulinka Rublack, 'Depicting Leather Shoes and Hose'

5.15 Minibus pick-up for return to York.

6.30 Approx time of arrival at York.

7.30 Dinner, Gray’s Court. Website and directions: http://www.grayscourtyork.com/