The membership has traditionally been drawn from those who make, restore, discover, collect and deal in objects considered extraordinary—together with the patrons whose judgement, curiosity and accounts sustain them.
The House is not organised around what its members sell, restore, collect or curate. It is held together by what they value—and by the people persuaded to value it with them.
Destroyed during enemy action. Survived by its members.
The former House was destroyed during the Blitz, although whether by enemy action remains disputed.
The House disappeared. The Club continued—dining in borrowed rooms across London for more than eighty years.
