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The David Roche Collection at TDRF Adelaide

Locality: North Adelaide, South Australia

Phone: +61 8 8267 3677

Address: 241 Melbourne St 5006 North Adelaide, SA, Australia

Website: http://rochefoundation.com.au

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23.01.2022 We will remember them. In memory of all the fallen Australian soldiers who died in the service of our country. Image: (detail) Lucy Carroll (Australia active 2012-current), Soldier On quilt, 2013.... Currently on display in War and Pieced.

21.01.2022 Our Museum and Exhibition Gallery are currently closed in line with the South Australian lockdown to combat the spread of Covid-19. We hope to reopen our 'War and Pieced' quilts exhibition following the six-day closure for all non-essential businesses, but we will follow the directions of state government and health officials. Please continue to follow our socials and website for any updates.

20.01.2022 *** A big thank you to everyone who has voted for us in the 2020 City Awards over the last few weeks, we really appreciate your support! *** Wow, look at that beautiful gilded mirror and what a gorgeous painting and all that Staffordshire! Doesn’t David’s Fermoy House look amazing? So many lovely items to see! If you feel the same way about The David Roche Foundation House Museum, then there’s something you can do to help us spread the word about this ‘hidden gem’ of ours... to more people VOTE for us in the 2020 City Awards! Just pop over to: https://city-awards.four.io//the_david_roche_foundation_ho And click VOTE. That’s all you have to do, and by that small, quick gesture you’d be doing us a huge favour! There’s just one week left, voting closes 4pm on Wednesday the 30th of September. #TDRF #davidrochefoundation #myadelaide #cityawards2020

18.01.2022 Parting is such sweet sorrow We’re sad to say that our Flowers exhibition is coming to an end next Saturday 22 August, this time for good, no more last minute extensions! But on the bright side that means you’ve still got a whole week to come in and see it 80 of the most beautiful works of floral art in South Australia, from Passerotti’s Renaissance masterpiece, Coronation of the Virgin, through Redoute’s gorgeous Weeping Rose (image), Hans Heysen’s Silver Anniversary (a g...ift for his beloved wife, Selma), all the way to contemporary Australian artists Del Kathryn Barton, Michael Zavros and Christian Thompson don’t wait and miss out, see it now! Tuesday to Saturday 10am 4pm. No booking required. Image: (detail) Pierre-Joseph Redouté (France 17591840), Weeping rose, c.1830, France, pencil and watercolour vellum. Collection Carrick Hill Trust, Hayward Bequest, 1983. #TDRF #davidrochefoundation #artgallery #flowersexhibition #artexhibition #lastweek #northadelaide #southaustralia #hiddengem

15.01.2022 Been planning to come in and see our lovely Flowers exhibition, but thinking it's too late and you've missed out? Well, think again because we have some very exciting news for you! We have extended the season of Flowers: Passion. Pain. Nation. for a further two weeks, now until 22 August. So call, email or text your family and friends, and come down and see it now - a history of floral art from the Renaissance to the current day, with 80 of the most gorgeous floral artworks i...n South Australia! But don't miss out this time, as we won't be able to extend it again! #TDRF #davidrochefoundation #flowers #flowersexhibition #exhibition #artgallery #northadelaide #southaustralia #hiddengem

15.01.2022 This is it - the final week to see 'War and Pieced', at The David Roche Collection at TDRF Adelaide. The exhibition of quilts made from military fabrics ends on Saturday, 19 December. This exhibition is testament to the beauty that can emerge from some of the most terrible times. We welcome walk-ins to our gallery from 10am Tuesday to Saturday.

14.01.2022 War and Pieced is now open! Do you love quilting? Are you fascinated by patterns, stitching and fabrics? Then it’s time to come to The David Roche Foundation to see our amazing new exhibition War and Pieced: The Annette Gero Collection of Quilts from Military Fabrics, a display of 25 stunning ‘military intarsia’ quilts from across the world, all made from scraps of discarded military and dress uniforms that have been repurposed into the most spellbinding and intricate quilts.... Go on a historical journey through the past 250 years of quilting starting with a Prussian Army quilt dating to the reign of Frederick the Great (c.1760), through the Napoleonic Wars, the 19th century British Colonial Wars in Africa and India, World Wars One and Two, and into the 21st century with Lucy Carroll’s Soldier On. See not just the incredible skill of the makers, but also reflect on their thoughts and preoccupations home and family, King and country. These quilts stand as a testament that beauty can be derived from the most terrible of circumstances. Open 10 September 19 December. Tuesday Saturday. 10am 4pm. Tickets at the door. No bookings necessary. $10 adult. $8 concession. Children under 12 free. Parking available onsite. Tours each Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday @ 11:15am. #TDRF #davidrochefoundation #artgallery #newexhibition #warandpieced #exhibition #quiltexhibition #quilts #quilting #annettegero #northadelaide #adelaide #southaustralia #hiddengem

14.01.2022 The University of South Australia, along with The SIDA Foundation and The David Roche Foundation, are delighted to announce Dr Rochus Hinkel from the University of Melbourne as the recipient of the Curatorial Research Fellowship 2020/2022. The University of South Australia and the SIDA Foundation and The David Roche Foundation Curatorial Research Fellowship in Interior Design and Decoration, valued at $15,000, offers a unique opportunity for a practitioner or academic to exp...lore new fields of knowledge across the allied professions of interior design, architecture and furniture and product design. Applications for the Fellowship were extremely competitive, with a diverse range of imaginative and original projects presented for consideration by a panel of judges comprising Professor Joanne Cys and Peter Walker from UniSA, Robert Reason, Museum Director, The David Roche Foundation and David Burton, Director, Williams Burton Leopardi. Dr Hinkel’s project, The Doppelgänger Explorations on the Original and the Copy in the Post-Digital Age, will explore opportunities digital technologies offer today in augmenting our relationship to art and design in general and how digital technologies trouble distinctions between the original and the copy in particular. Dr Hinkel is Associate Professor for Architecture and Design at the University of Melbourne and has taught across the fields of architecture, interior design and industrial design at institutions in Australia, Germany and Sweden. His research focuses on experimental explorations of interactive human environments. For more information about Dr Hinkel, read his University of Melbourne research profile here: https://findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au/pr/858210-rochus-hinkel

13.01.2022 Enjoying seeing all the amazing quilts in the War and Pieced exhibition, but feeling like you need that little bit more? Then we’ve got you covered with this fascinating video of Annette Gero talking about the first historical military quilt she acquired, the Crimean War-era 'Soldier’s patchwork with incredible border'. Produced by Meg Cox of The Quilt Show during the 2017/8 leg of the exhibition at The American Folk Art Museum in New York, hear Annette share her insights abo...ut this astounding quilt, with a particular focus on how the 14 layers of the ‘incredible border’ were constructed. This personal analysis by Annette is a special treat for all the quilters out there! War and Pieced is open Tuesday to Saturday 10am-4pm. Tickets on the door. No bookings required. #TDRF #warandpieced #quilting #annettegero #militaria #whatsonadelaide #adelaide #northadelaide (Video reproduced with permission from Meg Cox)

13.01.2022 Please be aware that we have closed tours of Fermoy House in North Adelaide until Tuesday, 1 December 2020, based on new advice from the SA Government requiring 4 square metres between each visitor. Our exhibition War and Pieced: The Annette Gero Collection of Quilts from Military Fabrics remains open and we welcome you to visit, following Covid-safe protocols. For people with pre-purchased tickets for house tours, we will be in touch shortly regarding refunds. Please do continue to monitor our social channels and website for updates.

12.01.2022 To all our followers and supporters, we need your vote! For the third year running, The David Roche Foundation House Museum has been nominated as a finalist in the City Awards for the Best Attraction or Experience category (which we won in 2018), and we really need your vote to win! If you wish to support the Foundation, all you have to do is click on this link: https://city-awards.four.io//the_david_roche_foundation_ho... Then click Vote. It’s that easy! And you’d be doing us a huge favour. (The vote closes on 4pm on 30 September). A big thank you in advance from everyone here at TDRF! #TDRF #davidrochefoundation #myadelaide #cityawards2020

10.01.2022 Made by French prisoners of war during the Napoleonic Wars, one can only imagine the fascinating stories these pieces of ‘trench art’ could tell! For soldiers being held as prisoners during wartime, it is said that one of the most difficult aspects of their incarceration is the boredom with long days and few amenities; consequently in centuries past, many soldiers took up a craft in order to pass the time and supplement their incomes, and thereby make their period of incarc...eration more endurable. David Roche put together a small, but important collection of works made by French prisoners of war from the Napoleonic Wars. This collection demonstrates the variety of materials that the prisoners used for their objects, with pieces made of straw, bovine bone, even human hair! All of these can currently be seen in our War and Pieced exhibition alongside Annette Gero’s 25 exquisite military quilts. As part of the season of War and Pieced, this Thursday 22 October at 6PM, The David Roche Foundation is hosting John McPhee, inaugural curator of the Decorative Arts at the National Gallery of Australia, who will be talking about the health benefits for soldiers of taking up a craft during (as a prisoner of war) and after (in recovery) wartime. All seats for John's talk are now sold out! However, we have more events coming up over the next couple of months, which can be viewed at: rochefoundation.com.au/events/calendar #TDRF #davidrochecollection #warandpieced #militaria #napoleonic #trenchart #arttalk #artlecture #northadelaide #adelaideart

10.01.2022 Ready to visit the War and Pieced exhibition and want to know a little bit more about these exquisite quilts? Well, you’re in luck because we have now started guided tours of the exhibition on each Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 11:15am. No need to book, just come down at 11:15am, and join your knowledgeable guide as they take you on a tour of these stunning works! (And best of all, there’s no extra cost, it’s free with exhibition entry!) War and Pieced is open Tuesday S...aturday 10am 4pm. $10 adult, $8 concession, children under 12 free. Pay on the door. No booking required. Tours are every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 11:15am. #TDRF #davidrochefoundation #warandpieced #annettegero #quilting #quilts #quiltexhibition #adelaide #hiddengem

10.01.2022 Among Annette Gero’s incredible quilts currently on display in the War and Pieced exhibition is this 1892 example from Britain or Canada, which consists of 46 squares, mostly red, but also with a few white interspersed, made from military fabric; each of which are embroidered in gold thread with flowers and a series of names. Only the central square differs, with a raised crown in black fabric with beading, around which is embroidered with ‘May God’s Richest Blessing Rest upo...n this Effort 1892’ in gold thread. This piece is an example of a ‘signature quilt’, a type of quilt first made in the mid-1800s. The earliest examples of these had inked signatures, the embroidered signature being a development of the later 19th century. What is noticeable about this quilt is the variation in the embroidery, lettering and style of name used (full name, initial, or first name), all of which indicates that the quilt was not done by one person, but the squares were made by a number of different individuals, before they were sewn together at the end. One can see some squares that were bought by one family: one such square is embroidered with Mr. Evison, Mrs. Evison, Charlie, Ernest, Grace, Baby, Faith and Hope. On the other hand, an individual named J.A. Austin seems to have bought two squares for him or herself alone! Signature quilts are known to have been made for a number of purposes. In this instance, the use of military uniform fabric and the sheer number of names on this quilt suggest that it is a ‘fundraising’ quilt, though unfortunately the beneficiary of the funds is no longer known one might wonder if it was to raise money for retired or convalescing soldiers? Be sure to visit the exhibition before it closes 19 December. #TDRF #davidrochefoundation #warandpieced #quiltexhibition #quilting #quilts #annettegero #northadelaide #adelaide

09.01.2022 Part of the Martyn Cook Bequest 2020, this haunting dry point engraving depicts the young Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich in outline with shading of hair and face, as well as outline of neck and collar. In the lower left is the subject's Russian signature. It is the gaze of the subject that truly captures the attention of the viewer. Strangely, the reason for the portrait is unknown as is the artist. Grand Duke Dmitri was the only son of Grand Duke Paul, youngest legitimate son o...f Alexander II, and Princess Alexandra of Greece. Dmitri and his sister, Marie, were brought up by Paul’s brother, Sergei, and his wife Elizabeth Feodorovna. In the years leading up to World War One, Dmitri became close to the Emperor Nicholas II and his family, and there were even rumours that Dmitri would marry Nicholas’ eldest daughter, Olga. However, Dmitri Pavlovich is primarily known to history as one of the murderers of the ‘mad monk’ Rasputin. Dmitri believed that he was acting for the good of the Emperor and the state in killing Rasputin. The deed was carried out on 30 December 1916, also involved were Prince Felix Yusupov, Felix Purishkevich and Sergei Sukhotin. For his involvement, Dmitri was banished by the Emperor to the Persian front, an act that would ultimately save his life as he gained asylum in Britain after the Russian Revolution. He would go on to live in both Europe and America, have an amorous relationship with the famous Coco Chanel (who he introduced to the master Russian-French parfumeur Ernest Beaux who offered her a number of his essence creations she picked number 5, the sales of which made her a multi-millionaire), and had a son, Paul, by the American heiress, Audrey Emery. Dmitri died of tuberculosis in Switzerland aged 50 in 1942. The portrait of Dmitri Pavlovich is currently on display in the Russian room of Fermoy House. #TDRF #davidrochefoundation #davidrochecollection #martyncook #martyncookbequest #art #artgallery #dmitripavlovich #romanov #engraving #northadelaide #southaustralia #hiddengem

09.01.2022 Here’s some fantastic news for all you art lovers out there, it’s Ask a Curator Day! Do you have a question about The David Roche Foundation that you would like to know the answer to? Well, today’s the day to ask it, our Assistant Curator, Nathan, is on hand to answer any burning questions you have about the Collection itself, pieces in the collection, our temporary exhibitions in the gallery space (like War and Pieced, now open!) or anything else you can think of! Just send ...them through and finally get the answer to that question you’ve always wanted to ask! #TDRF #askacurator #davidrochefoundation #davidroche #warandpieced

08.01.2022 Book a tour, bring your friends and see a house like no other, just as art collector David Roche left for all to enjoy. For more information, please contact reception on 8267 3677, or book a tour online through our website - https://www.rochefoundation.com.au/ #TDRF #RocheFoundation #DavidRocheCollection #artgallery #gallery #housemuseum #museum #collector #worldclass #thingstodoinadelaide #hiddengem #adelaide #northadelaide #southaustralia

08.01.2022 Look at what we’ve got now! In some exciting news we have a new arrival to our TDRF shop the Portraits umbrella! Not just a thing of beauty (featuring images of 8 powerful women from the paintings of The David Roche Collection), but it is also compact, lightweight and tough, and is available for just $30 in our store or online at rochefoundation.com.au/product/umbrella-portraits/ Get yours today!... #TDRF #davidrochefoundation #davidrochecollection #art #housemuseum #artgallery #umbrella #giftideas #merchandise #northadelaide #southaustralia #hiddengem

07.01.2022 Tune in to a fascinating conversation between Assistant Curator Nathan Schroeder and quilt historian and author, Annette Gero about the quilts currently on display in our ‘War and Pieced’ exhibition. Hear why she started collecting historical military quilts, how and where she finds them, how they are made, and even which one is her favourite. You can listen to the interview here: https://www.rochefoundation.com.au/multimedia/. And if you haven’t seen ‘War and Pieced’, catch it in our exhibition space before it closes on 19 December.

07.01.2022 Although our gallery is currently closed while we get our new War and Pieced quilt exhibition ready for you (opening 10 September!), our guided tours of David Roche’s sumptuous residence, Fermoy House, are still running as usual Tuesday to Saturday 10am, 12pm and 2pm, but at the reduced price of $12 adult, $10 concession! See some of the finest 18th and 19th century fine and decorative arts in South Australia, including paintings, clocks, porcelain and so much more!! Book now at: https://www.rochefoundation.com.au/book-now/ #TDRF #davidrochefoundation #davidrochecollection #artgallery #decorativearts #finearts #antiques #paintings #porcelain #northadelaide #southaustralia #hiddengem

07.01.2022 Another fascinating piece to enter The David Roche Collection through the Martyn Cook Bequest 2020 is this late 19th century set of fire tools that once belonged to members of the Angas family of Adelaide. The set consists of a three-arm circular stand that holds a pair of tongs, a shovel and a stoker. Each aspect is made from discarded blued steel French bayonets with mahogany and brass rifle butt handles, inscribed to the blade with information on their place and date of ma...nufacture; the bayonets used for the tongs and stoker date to 1879, the shovel to 1881. These discarded bayonets would have been brought to Australia sometime after 1881, and likely repurposed by the Angas family farrier into their current state. They represent a type art form known as trench art and are a fine example of how objects of war were repurposed into functional items. They were sold from the Angas family by local antique business, Quigley Antiques and acquired by Martyn Cook in 2017. The fire tools are currently on display in the gallery as part of War and Pieced exhibition and are joined by prisoner-of-war items and of course, superb quilts made from discarded military uniforms. #TDRF #davidrochecollection #martyncookbequest #warandpieced #quiltexhibition #militaria #northadelaide #southaustralia #hiddengem

06.01.2022 Only a few tickets left for this rescheduled Feast Festival event in our beautiful space ...

05.01.2022 Come see ‘War and Pieced’, our stunning exhibition of quilts, from Tuesday, 24 November. As SA businesses reopen, we can welcome you back to our exhibition gallery, with Covid-safe protocols in place. Bookings for house tours are on hold until further government notice. #quilts #militaryuniforms #decorativearts #northadelaide #southaustralia #davidroche #gallery #housemuseum #covid_19 #covid

05.01.2022 We’re making Christmas shopping simple with our range of merchandise available onsite or on our website. We have an array of greeting cards, notebooks, some fabulous coffee table books, and even a 1000-piece jigsaw for those long, warm, holiday afternoons. And if you’re after the experiential gift, we offer a selection of gift cards for tours of the Fermoy House museum, home of the late objet d’art collector, David Roche. For the full collection and pricing, visit https://www.rochefoundation.com.au/shop/ or stop by 241 Melbourne Street, North Adelaide.

03.01.2022 It's International Coffee Day, and we hope that you've had a chance to enjoy a cup (or two) of your favourite brew today! David Roche himself was partial to a cup of instant coffee in the morning, and was not adverse to using one of his fine antique pieces for that purpose. In honour of International Coffee Day, we've got a few photos of some of David's finest coffee cups, mugs, cans and pots for you to enjoy. On display are: a 1770 Worcester Porcelain Coffee can with Quail p...attern (TDRF 323), a glorious gilded Coffee can and saucer c.1810 by the Vienna Porcelain Factory (TDRF 444), a delicate c.1770 Sevres Coffee can and saucer with rural scene and a green pointille ground (TDRF 546), and a superb c.1735 Meissen purple ground baluster coffee pot (TDRF 833). How do you like yours? #TDRF #davidrochecollection #internationalcoffeeday #internationalcoffeeday2020

02.01.2022 Giddy up! A beautiful day to visit our cool gallery and book a tour of Fermoy House. There are plenty of horse-related pieces among more than 3,500 objects in the home of the late collector, David Roche, so do join us on this Melbourne Cup day. We're open from 10am. For more information, visit our website at https://www.rochefoundation.com.au/. Among the collection: Oil on canvas, 1812, Two Jockeys up, attributed to Abraham Cooper R.A. (Britain 1787-1868).