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Furniture Design

ca. 1842 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Pen and ink and watercolour designs for hanging shelves with plan and scale in feet, and for a pole screen, with plan and section.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Pen and ink and watercolour
Brief description
Designs by Lewis Nockalls Cottingham (2 on 1 sheet) for hanging shelves with plan and scale, for Snelston Hall, near Ashbourne, Derbyshire. Great Britain, ca. 1842.
Physical description
Pen and ink and watercolour designs for hanging shelves with plan and scale in feet, and for a pole screen, with plan and section.
Dimensions
  • Height: 19.25in
  • Width: 26.25in
Dimensions taken from departmental notes
Style
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.
Subjects depicted
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.525-1951

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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