Folio Stand
ca. 1852 (made)
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Folio stands were used to hold large portfolios of drawings, prints or watercolours and the sides of the stands were adjustable to allow the portfolios to be opened to different angles. This one may have been designed by the architect, S.S. Teulon for his first major house commission, Tortworth Court, Gloucestershire, built in the Gothic Revival style for the 2nd Earl of Ducie between 1849 and 1853. The stand is carved with the initials D and ST, possibly those of the owner and architect, in the centre of the Gothic quatrefoils while naturalistic squirrels and oak leaves decorate the frame. It may have been part of the furnishing of the library, one of three main reception rooms on the ground floor at Tortworth Court.
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| Brief description | oak, carved and inlaid; probably designed by S.S. Teulon for Tortworth Court, Gloucestershire |
| Physical description | Stand, formed of two rectangular pierced panels formed of Gothic quatrefoils enclosing shields with ST and D monograms, the panels supported on a pair of trestle ends on rectangular bases carved with foliage, joined by a square-section plain stretcher, with a system of plain square-section rails which fit into the notches carved into the inner face of the bases of the trestle ends. |
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| Object history | This folio stand, carved with the initials S T and D on the estcutcheons, was probably designed by S.S. Teulon as part of his first house commission, Tortworth Court, Gloucestershire, 1849-52, for Henry George Francis, second Earl of Ducie (1802-1853). There is a bookcase ensuite with the folio stand in a private collection and both may have been designed for the library, one of the three main reception rooms on the ground floor at Tortworth Court, which has a ceiling of oak beams carved with foliage decoration. The stand was part of the Handley-Read collection, formed by Charles and Lavinia Handley-Read, which was exhibited at the Royal Academy, London, in 1972. |
| Production | The attribution to Teulon is based on the initials S S T and D (for his client at Tortworth Court, Lord Ducie) on the escutcheons |
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| Summary | Folio stands were used to hold large portfolios of drawings, prints or watercolours and the sides of the stands were adjustable to allow the portfolios to be opened to different angles. This one may have been designed by the architect, S.S. Teulon for his first major house commission, Tortworth Court, Gloucestershire, built in the Gothic Revival style for the 2nd Earl of Ducie between 1849 and 1853. The stand is carved with the initials D and ST, possibly those of the owner and architect, in the centre of the Gothic quatrefoils while naturalistic squirrels and oak leaves decorate the frame. It may have been part of the furnishing of the library, one of three main reception rooms on the ground floor at Tortworth Court. |
| Bibliographic reference | Jervis, Simon, Victorian and Edwardian decorative art: the Handley-Read collection, London, Royal Academy of Arts, 1972 |
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| Accession number | W.1-1972 |
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| Record created | January 24, 2001 |
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