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Decorative Arts
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Decorative Arts
Fulfilling his intention to recreate a piece of the eighteenth century in his Farmington house, W. S. Lewis assembled a number of significant works of art and other objects from Strawberry Hill, Walpole’s “little Gothic castle” in Twickenham. These items demonstrate Walpole’s own wide-ranging collecting interests as well as his adaptation of Gothic elements for the interior decoration of Strawberry Hill.
Foremost among these objects are:
furniture:
four of the eight
Gothic chairs
designed by Richard Bentley in 1755 for Walpole’s Great Parlour
the
Beauclerk Cabinet
, designed and built by Edward Edwards in 1784 to display drawings and designs by Walpole’s friend Lady Diana Beauclerk, an amateur artist whom he greatly admired. Several of her drawings, as well as designs for Wedgwood, are set into the cabinet’s door and sides.
two of the four
settees
that graced Strawberry Hill’s Long Gallery
a
Boulle coffer on stand
stained glass: several examples including
Walpole’s coat of arms
by William Peckitt
the
lantern
that in Walpole’s day shed “the most venerable gloom” on his staircase
ceramics:
a
Sèvres cup and saucer
a
Chinese ewer and basin
two
Castelli maiolica plates
metalwork:
the gold
snuffbox
left to Walpole by Mme du Deffand
silver
portrait medallions and counters
by Simon de Passe
Decorative arts objects that belonged to Walpole are included in
Horace Walpole’s Strawberry Hill Collection.
Information about Horace Walpole’s Strawberry Hill Collection
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Decorative Arts
Fulfilling his intention to recreate a piece of the eighteenth century in his Farmington house, W. S. Lewis assembled a number of significant works of art and other objects from Strawberry Hill, Walpole’s “little Gothic castle” in Twickenham. These items demonstrate Walpole’s own wide-ranging collecting interests as well as his adaptation of Gothic elements for the interior decoration of Strawberry Hill.
Foremost among these objects are:
furniture:
four of the eight
Gothic chairs
designed by Richard Bentley in 1755 for Walpole’s Great Parlour
the
Beauclerk Cabinet
, designed and built by Edward Edwards in 1784 to display drawings and designs by Walpole’s friend Lady Diana Beauclerk, an amateur artist whom he greatly admired. Several of her drawings, as well as designs for Wedgwood, are set into the cabinet’s door and sides.
two of the four
settees
that graced Strawberry Hill’s Long Gallery
a
Boulle coffer on stand
stained glass: several examples including
Walpole’s coat of arms
by William Peckitt
the
lantern
that in Walpole’s day shed “the most venerable gloom” on his staircase
ceramics:
a
Sèvres cup and saucer
a
Chinese ewer and basin
two
Castelli maiolica plates
metalwork:
the gold
snuffbox
left to Walpole by Mme du Deffand
silver
portrait medallions and counters
by Simon de Passe
Decorative arts objects that belonged to Walpole are included in
Horace Walpole’s Strawberry Hill Collection.
Information about Horace Walpole’s Strawberry Hill Collection
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