News & Reviews
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Reviews of Kinmonth's book
Review of Kinmonth's chapter in House and Home in Georgian Ireland:
Architecture Ireland, June 2023, by Graham Hickey. Read below.
Architecture Ireland, June 2023, by Graham Hickey. Read below.
Review of Kinmonth's chapter in House and Home in Georgian Ireland:
Journal of Design History, 22 May 2023, by Helen McCormack. Click here to read.
Journal of Design History, 22 May 2023, by Helen McCormack. Click here to read.
Review of Kinmonth's chapter in House and Home in Georgian Ireland:
The Art Newspaper, 20 Jan 2023, by Maev Kennedy. Click here to read.
The Art Newspaper, 20 Jan 2023, by Maev Kennedy. Click here to read.
Review of Kinmonth's chapter in House and Home in Georgian Ireland
Irish Arts Review (Spring 2023) by Peter Murray. Read below.
Irish Arts Review (Spring 2023) by Peter Murray. Read below.
Paintings featured in several exhibitions curated by Kinmonth: 25 Nov Irish Independent
See Kinmonth's introduction for this volume:
Taylor & Francis Online, May 2022 by Angela Mehegan. Click to read.
The Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland journal, 2022 by Conor Lucey. Read review below.
Estudios Irlandeses, Issue 17, 2022 by E. Moore Quinn. Click to read.
Folklore journal, Vol. 133, 2022,by Megan Brien. Read review below.
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Dec 2020 West Cork People : Fascinating insight into Ireland's past captured in Kinmonth's new book
Claudia Kinmonth’s new book ‘Irish Country Furniture and Furnishings 1700-2000’ illuminates a way of life in Ireland that has almost vanished. From investigating farmhouse and cabin furniture from all over Ireland to discussing the origins and evolution of useful objects, this book contributes as much to our knowledge of Ireland’s cultural history as to its history of furniture. Read more here...
Claudia Kinmonth’s new book ‘Irish Country Furniture and Furnishings 1700-2000’ illuminates a way of life in Ireland that has almost vanished. From investigating farmhouse and cabin furniture from all over Ireland to discussing the origins and evolution of useful objects, this book contributes as much to our knowledge of Ireland’s cultural history as to its history of furniture. Read more here...
Dec 6, 2020 Agriland.ie : New book on Irish country furniture published
"From settle beds to súgán chairs and clothes chests to cranes, the Irish country furniture of the past and its associated way of life, has largely disappeared.
However, a comprehensive new book ‘Irish Country Furniture and Furnishings, 1700-2000’ by Claudia Kinmonth showcases farmhouse and cabin furniture from throughout the island.
The major illustrated study discusses the origins and evolution of useful objects; the materials used and why and how furniture made for small spaces, often with renewable elements, was innate and expected." Read more here...
"From settle beds to súgán chairs and clothes chests to cranes, the Irish country furniture of the past and its associated way of life, has largely disappeared.
However, a comprehensive new book ‘Irish Country Furniture and Furnishings, 1700-2000’ by Claudia Kinmonth showcases farmhouse and cabin furniture from throughout the island.
The major illustrated study discusses the origins and evolution of useful objects; the materials used and why and how furniture made for small spaces, often with renewable elements, was innate and expected." Read more here...
Irish Times : Best Books for Christmas 2020
In Irish Country Furniture and Furnishings 1700-2000 (Cork University Press, €39), Claudia Kinmonth illuminates a way of life in Ireland that has almost vanished by examining three centuries of farmhouse and cabin furniture from all over the island of Ireland.
In Irish Country Furniture and Furnishings 1700-2000 (Cork University Press, €39), Claudia Kinmonth illuminates a way of life in Ireland that has almost vanished by examining three centuries of farmhouse and cabin furniture from all over the island of Ireland.
Irish Times, 3rd Oct, 2020 - Cottage chic: Space-saving tips and tricks from our rural Irish past by Claudia Kinmonth
"We can gather a lot from our rural Irish ancestors, such as how to furnish our homes economically and sustainably while saving space in bright, colourful ways.
When I began researching Irish country furniture in the late 1980s, it was still possible to track down unmodernised, “authentic” arrangements. My photographs from the households who welcomed me indoors have grown more interesting and important 30 years later. These “fieldwork” photos are some of the most vividly colourful ones augmenting my forthcoming book, Irish Country Furniture and Furnishings 1700-2000, which focuses on less affluent times."
Click link for full article:
www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/homes-and-property/interiors/cottage-chic-space-saving-tips-and-tricks-from-our-rural-irish-past-1.4367577
"We can gather a lot from our rural Irish ancestors, such as how to furnish our homes economically and sustainably while saving space in bright, colourful ways.
When I began researching Irish country furniture in the late 1980s, it was still possible to track down unmodernised, “authentic” arrangements. My photographs from the households who welcomed me indoors have grown more interesting and important 30 years later. These “fieldwork” photos are some of the most vividly colourful ones augmenting my forthcoming book, Irish Country Furniture and Furnishings 1700-2000, which focuses on less affluent times."
Click link for full article:
www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/homes-and-property/interiors/cottage-chic-space-saving-tips-and-tricks-from-our-rural-irish-past-1.4367577
C. Kinmonth
Available Now:
Irish Country Furniture and Furnishings 1700-2000
(Cork University Press, 2020)
574pp + 450 illus.
Click here for a preview.
The new book now incorporates the findings of a lot of recent research. Nearly all the black and white pictures in the 1993 book are now in colour, or have been changed for the better, and now include different examples (except archive pictures). Many of the author's fieldwork photographs from the late 1980s, have been digitised and will now be published for the first time. The old book ran to 249 pages, this one has about 548 pages. There were 320 illustrations whereas now there are over 448. The main text has been fully updated, revised, and added to, with a new chapter, called Small Furnishings and Utensils, and a new 'Preface' by Louis Cullen, and a new index. Reflecting the considerable addition of new material, the time scale is also broadened to include discussions of objects and interiors up to 2000.
Anyone desiring a signed copy of Irish Country Furniture and Furnishings 1700-1950 may order one (for a limited period until 31 Dec 2020), directly from Cork University Press by quoting code 'ICF' to:
[email protected]
Maureen Fitzgerald will organise postage. This hardback retails at €39.00 (or £35.00) plus postage. A limited numbers of signed copies will also be available for collection from e.g. the bookshop at Nano Nagle Place, Cork and from the Royal Dublin Society Library, Ballsbridge, Dublin (by arrangement). Otherwise please contact the author via the enquiry form on this website.
Available Now:
Irish Country Furniture and Furnishings 1700-2000
(Cork University Press, 2020)
574pp + 450 illus.
Click here for a preview.
The new book now incorporates the findings of a lot of recent research. Nearly all the black and white pictures in the 1993 book are now in colour, or have been changed for the better, and now include different examples (except archive pictures). Many of the author's fieldwork photographs from the late 1980s, have been digitised and will now be published for the first time. The old book ran to 249 pages, this one has about 548 pages. There were 320 illustrations whereas now there are over 448. The main text has been fully updated, revised, and added to, with a new chapter, called Small Furnishings and Utensils, and a new 'Preface' by Louis Cullen, and a new index. Reflecting the considerable addition of new material, the time scale is also broadened to include discussions of objects and interiors up to 2000.
Anyone desiring a signed copy of Irish Country Furniture and Furnishings 1700-1950 may order one (for a limited period until 31 Dec 2020), directly from Cork University Press by quoting code 'ICF' to:
[email protected]
Maureen Fitzgerald will organise postage. This hardback retails at €39.00 (or £35.00) plus postage. A limited numbers of signed copies will also be available for collection from e.g. the bookshop at Nano Nagle Place, Cork and from the Royal Dublin Society Library, Ballsbridge, Dublin (by arrangement). Otherwise please contact the author via the enquiry form on this website.
