The Furniture History Society (FHS), which was founded in 1964, is a registered

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in the

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Background

The Furniture History Society is based in London, with close connections at the

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. It was founded by a number of art and antique dealers. Since 1965, the society's annual journal ″Furniture History" has published recent findings on British and continental European, Asian and American furniture. The Furniture History Society is governed by a council elected by its members, which is supported by specialist officers. Among their longtime leaders was

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, in whose honor they published a

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and Christopher Gilbert. In September 2016, the Furniture History Society started a collaboration with the University of London's

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(IHR) to produce a freely accessible online resource, the "British and Irish Furniture Makers Online" (BIFMO). The initial phase of this database went online at the end of September 2017.

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External links

Official website of the Furniture History Society
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