The Drawingroom
Story Of A Chair, or The Attribution Conundrum
It is always exciting, but never an easy task to research or attribute a piece without a known history, however, the study of comparable, better documented pieces, may often be...
Story Of A Chair, or The Attribution Conundrum
It is always exciting, but never an easy task to research or attribute a piece without a known history, however, the study of comparable, better documented pieces, may often be...
A Table For A Scottish Nobleman
An unusual George II period telescopic table, in solid mahogany, which almost certainly belonged to Sir John Sinclair. Previously in stock at Peacock's Finest.
A Table For A Scottish Nobleman
An unusual George II period telescopic table, in solid mahogany, which almost certainly belonged to Sir John Sinclair. Previously in stock at Peacock's Finest.
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 profusion! ... 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 profusion! ... The...
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 edge of London’s Hampstead Heath, was probably...
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 edge of London’s Hampstead Heath, was probably...
Culzean Castle: Scotland's Hidden Gem
Culzean Castle was constructed as an L-plan castle by order of the 10th Earl of Cassilis. He instructed the architect Robert Adam to rebuild a previous, but more basic, structure...
Culzean Castle: Scotland's Hidden Gem
Culzean Castle was constructed as an L-plan castle by order of the 10th Earl of Cassilis. He instructed the architect Robert Adam to rebuild a previous, but more basic, structure...
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 time, it was he...
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 time, it was he...