Furniture Design
ca. 1842 (made)
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Pen and ink drawing design for a sideboard and chairs in the dining room at Snelston Hall, with the wall and ceiling mouldings indicated. Signed by the artist and inscribed with title.
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Materials and techniques | Pen and ink |
Brief description | Designs by Lewis Nockalls Cottingham for the sideboard and chairs at Snelston Hall, near Ashbourne, Derbyshire. Great Britain, ca. 1842. |
Physical description | Pen and ink drawing design for a sideboard and chairs in the dining room at Snelston Hall, with the wall and ceiling mouldings indicated. Signed by the artist and inscribed with title. |
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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. |
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Accession number | E.526-1951 |
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Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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