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

这项开创性的研究旨在填补我们对文艺复兴时期和早期现代时期（约1500 - 1700年）苏格兰物质文化理解的主要空白。它将主要集中于查明较大住宅中使用的家庭陈设和家具的种类、数量和质量。这是一个全新的领域，因为除了音乐和文学之外，文艺复兴对苏格兰的影响一直被低估或忽视。主要使用丰富的当代家庭库存，本研究将在其他组织（如当地博物馆和苏格兰国民信托基金会）持有的类似材料的背景下，为NMS的国家收藏品提供历史框架和年表。以最近的建筑学术为基础，它应该加深我们对文艺复兴时期苏格兰文化的认识和理解。它还应该增加我们对家具来源的了解，以及导致它们在苏格兰的赞助模式。特别是，研究将解决迄今为止未被承认的软家具和纺织品的作用。博士的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-与人工制品联系起来；然后将其联系起来，以照亮有关建筑物使用的当代研究。其结果将影响我们理解这一时期的方式，特别是影响NMS描述和呈现工件的方法。

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.