I thought I would share this press release with you:

MEET THE CRAFTSMEN WHO RESTORED SPENCER HOUSE

27 St James’s Place, London SW1

Sunday 16^th October 2016, 10.30am-5.30pm

This special Craftsmen Day gives visitors an opportunity to meet conservators, decorators and designers employed during one of the most remarkable restoration projects of the last century.

 On site to explain and demonstrate the techniques and materials will be:

• Ben Bacon who carved copies of the original suites of furniture designed by Vardy and Stuart.
• Alan Dodd the artist who recreated the trompe l’oeil effect on the staircase balustrade.
• Peter Hare & Paul Humphreys of Hare & Humphreys responsible for architectural gilding of the fine rooms and restoration of the decorative plasterwork.
• David Mlinaric who oversaw for the interior decoration of the State Rooms.
• Dick Reid who carried out architectural carving, including the doorcases, and the elaborate marble copies of original chimney pieces.
• Peter Schade who, with Ben Bacon, carved the large frames for the Cipriani and Hamilton paintings in the Great Room, copied from original Stuart frames at Althorp.
• Peter Thuring, who gilded the copies of the original furniture, and conserved and reupholstered Stuart’s original suite of furniture in the Painted Room, on loan from the V&A.
• David Wilkinson of Wilkinson plc who produced five Adam-style glass chandeliers.

Sunday 16th Oct, 10.30am-5.30pm (last entry 4.30pm)
Advance booking recommended, online at www.spencerhouse.co.uk or  020 7067 1958
Adults £14, concessions £12