Vanished Comforts - setting the context for the furniture and furnishings of Scotland 1500 - 1700.

这项开创性的研究试图填补我们对文艺复兴时期和近代早期(约1500-1700年)苏格兰物质文化理解的一个重大空白。它将主要侧重于确定大房子中使用的家居和家具的类型、数量和质量。这是一个全新的领域，因为在音乐和文学之外，文艺复兴对苏格兰的影响被低估或忽视了。这项研究主要使用丰富的当代家庭库存，将在其他组织--如当地博物馆和苏格兰国家信托基金--持有的类似材料的背景下，为NMS的国家收藏品提供一个历史框架和年表。在最近建筑学术的基础上，它应该加深我们对文艺复兴时期苏格兰文化的看法和理解，如果不是彻底改变的话。它还应该增加我们对家具来自哪里以及导致它们出现在苏格兰的赞助模式的了解。特别是，这项研究将解决软家具和纹理所起的迄今未被承认的作用。博士任务将是将手稿证据--主要是清单和遗嘱，但如果有的话，也包括委托或进口记录--与文物联系起来；然后将其联系起来，以阐明关于建筑物使用的当代研究。结果将影响我们理解这一时期的方式，特别是影响NMS描述和呈现人工制品的方法。

This pioneering research seeks to fill a major void in our understanding of Scottish material culture during the Renaissance and Early Modern Periods - c. 1500 - 1700. It will focus principally upon identifying the type, quantity and quality of household furnishings and furniture in use in the greater houses. This is completely new territory since, outside music and literature, the effect of the Renaissance on Scotland has been underestimated or ignored. Using, primarily, the rich contemporary household inventories, this research will provide a historical frame and chronology for the NMS' national collections, within the context of similar material held by other organisations - such as local museums and the National Trust for Scotland. Building upon recent architectural scholarship, it should deepen if not revolutionise our perception and our understanding of Scottish culture during the Renaissance. It should also add to our knowledge of where the furniture came from and the patterns of patronage that caused them to be in Scotland. In particular, the research will address the hitherto unacknowledged role played by soft furnishings and textiles.The doctoral task will be to relate manuscript evidence - primarily inventories and testaments, but also, where available, records of commissioning or of import - to artefacts; and then to relate that to illuminate contemporary research about the use of the buildings. The outcome will influence both the way we understand the period and - in particular - the NMS' approach to describing and presenting the artefacts.