Ballot Archive

25 Mar 2021

Candidate Details

Candidate Name

Christopher Claxton Stevens

Academic degrees, honours etc.

Academic degrees, honours, etc. Christ Church, Oxford (M. A. Hons 1973).

Profession or occupation

Consultant in antique and contemporary furniture. Art Worker

Grounds for election

Director Norman Adams Ltd, Knightsbridge, 1986-2009. Art Workers Guild (2004- ), Trustee (2008- ).Worshipful Company of Furniture Makers, (Liveryman 1977- Master, 2002);Chairman, Guild Mark Committee; founder Claxton Stevens Prize, (1989). Worshipful Company of Arts Scholars, (Master 2012- );Patron. British Antique Furniture Restorers' Association. Council memberships: Furniture History Society;Regional Furniture History Society( Lifetime Vice-President).. Trustee:Art Workers Guild;Chiltern Open air Museum;Frederick Parker Foundation. Lecturer: West Dean College, Sussex; visiting lecturer, Lublin University, Poland. Publications:18th Century English Furniture – The Norman Adams Collection (1983);British Furniture 1600-2000 (2005)(co-author); The Frederick Parker Collection: a Selection of Chairs (2006) (editor);numerous articles

Signatories

The following Fellows have signed this Blue Paper