Furniture Design
ca. 1842 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Pen and ink and wash design for the wall seats in the form of misericord stalls at Snelston Hall. Inscribed in pencil with notes and scale.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Pen and ink and wash |
| Brief description | Design by Lewis Nockalls Cottingham for wall seats in the form of misericord stalls intended for the music gallery at Snelston Hall, near Ashbourne, Derbyshire. Great Britain, ca. 1842. |
| Physical description | Pen and ink and wash design for the wall seats in the form of misericord stalls at Snelston Hall. Inscribed in pencil with notes and scale. |
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| Credit line | Given by Lt. Col. J. P. Stanton |
| Object history | John Harrison commissioned Lewis Nockalls Cottingham (1787-1847) to design a country house for him in a Gothic manner. He also asked him to provide suitable pieces of furniture for it. The house, Snelston Hall in Derbyshire, was built in 1827-8 and demolished in 1951. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1951, London, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1962. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.527-1951 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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