The Friends Exclusive Preview Night | HOME COMFORTS

Members of The Friends of The Johnston Collection are warmly invited to attend an Exclusive VIP Preview Night for the new exhibition, Home Comforts . The exhibition invites us to consider “What makes a home, a home?” Each room of Fairhall has been re-imagined, to reveal new stories about the meaning of ‘home’ in the 1700s and 1800s.

Continuing the tradition of showcasing special craft pieces during the festive season, Home Comforts features over fifty historical quilts, which are integrated into the Collection objects on display. Beautifully preserved quilts have been generously loaned from the private collection of textile researcher and historian, Janet O’Dell.

Each room of Fairhall reveals how families lived in the long eighteenth century: an elegant dining room for entertaining; a nursery with dolls house and cradle; a breakfast room to enjoy luxuries such as tea, coffee, chocolate and spices; the commercial world of a gentlemen’s study; a welcoming drawing room for a musical soiree; and the work of staff in the kitchen.

Discover technological innovations, and objects and ideas from other lands that brought a new sense of comfort to homes, then and now.

Enjoy an evening previewing Georgian and Regency family life “at home” in the intimate, domestic setting of The Johnston Collection.

Please note: Tickets to this special event are limited, and available only to current members of The Friends.