Chinese Imperial Court's costumes and Dress accessories

Every month, the society hosts top rated experts in their fields, to give illustrated lectures on a wide variety of subjects connected to fine art, including painting, sculpture, music, history etc.

Lecturer, David Rosier, has spent in excess of 25 years focusing on business in Asia, and China in particular, and for 14 years he and his family lived in Hong Kong.

During the years in Hong Kong, David, and his wife Wendy, created a ‘World Class’ collection of in excess of 500 Imperial Qing Dynasty, and related items, of costume and dress accessories. This collection was acquired, in its entirety, in late 2019 by The Shanghai Museum, Peoples Republic of China. David is a past committee member of the Hong Kong Textile Society.

Since returning to the UK David has lectured extensively on Chinese Court Costume of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) plus the history, culture, and arts of Imperial China.

Groups visited have been as diverse as The National Trust, Textile Guilds, Confucius Institutes, Art Fund and Oriental focused societies, plus university departments and museums.

David is an Accredited Lecturer for The Arts Society and lectures regularly around the UK and Europe plus tours of societies in Australia, New Zealand, and SE Asia. Additionally, he has organised and led tours to China that focus on Imperial History, Art, and Culture.

David will be bringing a selection of costumes for display at the lecture.

Membership Application forms are available from the website. www.theartssocietyisleofwight.org.uk

There are a limited number of places for visitors at all lectures for £10 per person but booking must be made in advance to [email protected]
Special offer during February allows New members to join for the last 4 lectures of the season (March – June) for just £25. Subjects of these lectures can be found on the website. Most Lectures are now also broadcast on Zoom for members who for some reason cannot attend in person