The Lansdowne House drawing room at the Philadelphia Museum of Art
Two years ago we enjoyed a tour of Philadelphia Museum of Art, of which the centrepiece was, undoubtedly, the Lansdowne House drawing...
The Art Of The Hall Chair
As one might have already noticed, hall chair is one of our favourite types of seat furniture. Here is our insights into the history of a ha
Furniture and Interiors at Osterley Park
Osterley Park remains one of our favourite country houses in England. We have visited it a few times by now and each time there is...
Thomas Chippendale: Britain's Most Celebrated Furniture Designer
Thomas Chippendale (1718 – 1779) was a London cabinet-maker and furniture designer in the mid-Georgian, English Rocco, and Neoclassical...
Treasures of The Huntington Library
Some notable examples of English and Irish furniture from The Huntington Library
Story Of A Chair, or The Attribution Conundrum
This particularly graceful English country house hall chair from the late Georgian - early Regency era was sure to have some aristocratic co
A Table For A Scottish Nobleman
Sir John Sinclair (1754-1835), 1st Baronet of Ulbster, was a Scottish politician and agricultural reformer, born in Thurso Castle to the...
Osterley Park: Elizabethan Meets Neoclassical
On Friday we went to see – oh! the palace of palaces! and yet a palace sans crown, sans coronet – but such expense! such taste! such...
Kenwood House: London's Finest Country House
'...a fine example of the artistic home of a gentleman of the eighteenth century...’ The Iveagh Bequest Act, 1929. Kenwood House, on the...
Robert Adam: The Father of British Neoclassicism
Robert Adam (1728 – 1792) was one of the most celebrated architects of his day. As one of the most influential of the architects at the...
