Forthcoming Events

Visit to Nostell Priory

It is proposed to arrange a visit to Nostell Priory in December. Details will be announced later.

Recent Events

Visit to Dumfries House and South East Scotland  16 – 18 June 2008

By kind permission of the new management a privileged visit was arranged to Dumfries House for members of the Chippendale Society and the Leeds Art Collections Fund. The house, with its incomparable collection of early Chippendale furniture, was saved for the nation last year by the last minute intervention of Prince Charles. It has never been open to the general public before

We also visited Drumlanrig Castle, the magnificent seat of the Duke of Buccleuch, Blairquan and Robert Adam’s dramatically situated Culzean Castle.

Annual Dinner 2008

The Annual Dinner was held at Otley Golf Club on 3rd June 2008
Our guest this year was Mr Roger Tempest of Broughton Hall, who spoke about the development of the business centre there and the work done in helping others to start similar ventures

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The Annual General Meeting was held in the Christopher Gilbert Room, Civic Centre, Otley at 8.15 pm on Tuesday 13th May 2008

Chippendale the Younger at Harewood with Judith Goodison
at Harewood House
Wednesday 17th October 2007 6 pm – 8 pm

Judith Goodison has written about and continues to research the work of Thomas Chippendale the Younger. She guided us through some of his furniture at Harewood, then gave a talk placing Harewood’s furniture in the context of his other work, including his large and important commission for Stourhead, Wiltshire.

A Walk around Otley with historian Ian Andrews took place from 7.30 pm on 27th June and was followed by supper at the Methodist Church Hall.