George BULLOCK (designer and manufacturer)<br/>
<em>Pier commode</em> (c. 1818) <!-- (front view) --><br />

Goncalo Alves wood, ebony, gilt-wood, gilt-metal, gilt-brass, brass, Mona marble, silk velvet (replaced)<br />
89.5 x 156.0 x 57.0 cm<br />
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne<br />
Purchased NGV Foundation with the assistance of the Estate of Ruth Margaret Frances Houghton, the Nigel Peck AM & Patricia Peck Fund, Peter and Ivanka Canet and the Estate of Ouida Marston, 2013<br />
2013.25<br />

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Art Tour – The Great Nineteenth Century

Tue 17 Aug 21, 12pm–12.45pm

George BULLOCK (designer and manufacturer)<br/> <em>Pier commode</em> (c. 1818) <!-- (front view) --><br /> Goncalo Alves wood, ebony, gilt-wood, gilt-metal, gilt-brass, brass, Mona marble, silk velvet (replaced)<br /> 89.5 x 156.0 x 57.0 cm<br /> National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne<br /> Purchased NGV Foundation with the assistance of the Estate of Ruth Margaret Frances Houghton, the Nigel Peck AM & Patricia Peck Fund, Peter and Ivanka Canet and the Estate of Ouida Marston, 2013<br /> 2013.25<br /> <!--103956-->
Past program

Free

This program takes place virtually

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Explore the enormous social changes that took place in the nineteenth-century and how these are reflected in the art and design of the period, from the industrial revolution to William Morris and the rise of the Arts and Crafts movement, to the influence of Japan and the overthrowing of historicism at the beginning of the twentieth century.

This program will be delivered online.

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Speaker
Amanda Dunsmore, Senior Curator, International Decorative Art and Antiquities, NGV
Tours Decorative Arts International NGV Collection