Upholstered Bench
1838 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
On loan to Newstead Abbey, Nottingham.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | incised and carved oak with silk damask upholstery |
| Brief description | Upholstered bench with arms. English, 1838, Salvin, for Mamhead House, 79/849 |
| Physical description | Oak, with incised and carved decoration and silk damask upholstery. |
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| Object history | Made for the visit of Queen Adelaide, wife of King William IV, in 1838. Purchased in 1973 from Peter Hone Antiques, Islington. |
| Historical context | Country Life magazine: article on Mamhead House, Devon. 'The bedrooms opening off the gallery are remarkable complete examples of country house taste of the epoch. The most elaborate is that prepared for Queen Adelaide (Fig.11)...The oak furniture suite, desgined by Salvin, renders Regency forms in heavy Jacobethan style but is unusual in having its surface incised with an interlacing curvilinear pattern that perhaps derives from 17th century embroidery.' Includes photograph of the bench in situ. |
| Associations | |
| Summary | On loan to Newstead Abbey, Nottingham. |
| Associated objects | |
| Bibliographic reference | Country Life, June 2nd 1955, p.1431 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | W.3-1973 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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