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Richard Bebb is the acknowledged expert on Welsh furniture and an Honorary Research Fellow at the National Museum Wales.

Following the successful launches at both St Fagans and the National Library of Wales of his highly-acclaimed two-volume Welsh Furniture 1250 – 1950, which traces the development of furniture in Wales from the medieval period into the 20th century. The accepted view amongst English scholars is that pieces found in Wales are derivative and degenerate copies of London-made examples and they have even been referred to as ‘retarded peasant furniture’. It won the Katherine Briggs Award in 2008 and was Highly Recommended at the British Design and Production Awards in 2008 under the category of SCHOLARLY, ACADEMIC & REFERENCE BOOK. His latest publication "The Bardic Chair : Y Gadair Farddol" has just been released.


 * http://richardbebb.blogspot.com/