buildings:
Devonshire House, London, Great Britain
/ Whitehall Palace, London, Great Britain
/ Hardwick Hall, Doe Lea, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, Great Britain
/ Chatsworth, Derbyshire, Great Britain
Attributed works:
1. Detail of Fig.18, showing the crimson velvet bed from Queen Mary of
Modena’s Great Bedchamber at Whitehall Palace, much altered in its
final guise at Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire.
Attributed works:
10. Armchair (one of a pair) made to accompany the bed shown in Fig.1,
attributed to Thomas Roberts. c.1697–1702. Walnut and beech, the loose
back and seat covered in velvet with applied metal-thread embroidery,
height 138 cm. (National Trust, Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire, NT 1127755.2).
Attributed works:
11. Stool from a set of six made en suite with the armchair shown
in Fig.10, attributed to Thomas Roberts. c.1697–1702. Walnut and
beech, the loose squab seat covered in velvet with applied metalthread
embroidery, 51 by 66 by 51 cm. (National Trust, Hardwick Hall,
Derbyshire, NT 1127754.5).
Attributed works:
12. Detail of the armchair shown in in Fig.10, showing the outside-back
with its loose upholstered frame. Note the horizontal orientation of the
velvet selvage, at right-angles to the vertical cords.
Attributed works:
13. The Long Gallery at Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire. After 1858. Pencil,
pen and brown ink, and watercolour on paper, 36.8 by 54.6 cm. (Private
collection; courtesy Lowell Libson & Jonny Yarker Ltd).
Attributed works:
14. The High Great Chamber at Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire, by Henry
Shaw. Lithograph, 25 by 35.7 cm. The bed appears as in Shaw’s earlier
engraving (Fig.15), but here with the bed feet included. The armchairs, one
of which is shown in Fig.10, are placed under the canopy at the far end of
the room, but there is no sign of the stools (Fig.11). (From P.F. Robinson:
Vitruvius Britannicus, Part III, History Of Hardwicke Hall: Illustrated By
Plans, Elevations, And Internal Views Of The Apartments, From Actual
Measurement, London 1835, facing p.12; British Library, London).
Attributed works:
15. Velvet bed, with gold & silver ornaments, at Hardwicke Hall,
Derbyshire, after Henry Shaw. 1834. Lithograph, 29 by 22.5 cm. (From
Specimens of Ancient Furniture Drawn from Existing Authorities by
Henry Shaw F.S.A. with Descriptions by Sir Samuel Rush Meyrick, K.H.
L.L.D. and F.S.A., London 1836 [folio edition], plate 40; National Art
Library, London, 57.E.9).
Attributed works:
16. The plate in Fig.15 as reproduced in the quarto edition of the book.
1834. Lithograph, 27.8 by 21.5 cm. (National Art Library, London, 57.C.7).
Attributed works:
17. Detail of Chair in the State Room [High Great Chamber] at
Hardwicke Hall, Derbyshire, by Henry Shaw. Lithograph. (From
Specimens of Ancient Furniture Drawn from Existing Authorities
by Henry Shaw F.S.A. with Descriptions by Sir Samuel Rush Meyrick,
K.H. L.L.D. and F.S.A., London 1833, plate 17; National Art Library,
London, 57.E.9).
Attributed works:
18. The High Great Chamber at Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire, attributed
to W.H.L. Price. ?1838. Watercolour, ink and gouache on paper, 46 by 61
cm. (sight size). (National Trust, Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire, NT 1130055).
Attributed works:
19. The High Great Chamber at Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire, by W.H.L.
Price. Probably c.1844–45. Watercolour over pencil heightened with
bodycolour on paper, 48.2 by 61 cm. (sight size). (Devonshire Collections,
Chatsworth House, Derbyshire, WC 82; reproduced by permission of the
Chatsworth Settlement Trustees).
Attributed works:
2. William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire, by Godfrey Kneller. c.1700.
Oil on canvas, 72 by 56.5 cm. (National Trust, Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire).
Attributed works:
20. The window bay in the High Great Bedchamber at Hardwick Hall,
Derbyshire, attributed to Lady Louisa Egerton. 1850s. Watercolour,
graphite and gum arabic on paper, 32.9 by 23.1 cm. (From an
extra-illustrated copy of the 6th Duke of Devonshire’s Handbook
of Chatsworth and Hardwick, London 1845, p.186B; Devonshire
Collections, Chatsworth House, Derbyshire, DEV/010030.6; reproduced
by permission of the Chatsworth Settlement Trustees).
Attributed works:
21. A bed foot, by Lady Louisa Egerton. Watercolour and graphite on
paper, 14.9 by 15 cm. (From an extra-illustrated copy of the 6th Duke
of Devonshire’s Handbook of Chatsworth and Hardwick, London
1845, p.188B; Devonshire Collections, Chatsworth House, Derbyshire,
DEV/010030.6; reproduced by permission of the Chatsworth
Settlement Trustees).
Attributed works:
22. The Library (now the State Drawing Room), Hardwick Hall,
Derbyshire, by William Collingwood-Smith. After 1858. Watercolour
on paper, 35 by 51 cm. (sight size). (National Trust, Hardwick Hall,
Derbyshire, NT 1130053).
Attributed works:
23. Detail of Fig.22, showing parts of the crimson velvet bed curtains
(or possibly cantoons) adapted to hang as screens over hinged rods.
Attributed works:
24. Detail of Fig.25, showing the bottom-left corner.
Attributed works:
25. Detail of a crimson velvet panel, with metal-thread embroidery
reapplied. Modern hooks are fitted along the top edge (at top left
in this view), indicating that this piece has been altered again in the
twentieth century. Height 154.5 cm.; width of full panel 171.5 cm.
(National Trust, Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire, NT 1129667.4).
Attributed works:
26. Detail of the striped silk and linen lining surviving on one large
curtain panel of the crimson velvet bed, replacing the eighteenthcentury
lining. c.1825–34. Width repeat (each pair of red and cream
stripes) approximately 4.3 cm. (National Trust, Hardwick Hall,
Derbyshire, NT 1129667.1).
Attributed works:
27 and 28. Two of three remnants of the cushion covers made from the
crimson velvet bed hangings in about 1858. 47 by 59 cm. and 54.4 by 61
cm. (National Trust, Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire, NT 1129667.7 and 8).
Attributed works:
29. One of two similar long panels of crimson velvet, each pieced
together, with the metal-thread embroidery reapplied (relined on
the back in the twentieth century). 266 by 64 cm. (National Trust,
Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire, NT 1129667.3).
Attributed works:
3. Bird’s-eye view of Whitehall Palace, London, attributed to Leonard
Knyff. c. 1695–97. Brown ink and wash on paper, 78.7 by 55.3 cm. This
view shows the state apartments used by Mary of Modena running eastwest
away from the river and overlooking the formal gardens to the
south (on the left of the image). The new apartments built for Mary
of Modena in 1688, but only completed for Mary II, ran north–south
along the river front. The new building, which overlooked the north
half of the riverside privy garden, is shown with six bays and a central
pediment. (Westminster City Library, London).
Attributed works:
30. Stool squab, with embroidery mounted on later velvet, trimmed
with a single cord on each side. Beech frame with original linen or hemp
base cloth, c.42 by c.64 by c.14.5 cm. (National Trust, Hardwick Hall,
Derbyshire, NT 1127754.1).
Attributed works:
31. Stool squab similar to the squab in Fig.30, but with embroidery
of a different pattern. Beech frame with original linen or hemp base
cloth, embroidery remounted on later velvet, c.42 by c.64 by c.14.5 cm.
(National Trust, Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire, NT 1127754.2).
Attributed works:
32. Stool squab, with embroidery matching Fig.31 mounted on older
(original?) velvet, trimmed with two cords on each side. Replaced
softwood frame with jute (?) base cloth and presumed twentiethcentury
internal upholstery, c.42 by c.64 by c.14.5 cm. (National Trust,
Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire, NT 1127754.3).
Attributed works:
33. Stool squab, with embroidery matching Fig.30, otherwise similar
to the squab in Fig.32. Replaced softwood frame with jute(?) base cloth
and presumed twentieth-century internal upholstery, covered with older
(original?) velvet, c.42 by c.64 by c.14.5 cm. (National Trust, Hardwick
Hall, Derbyshire, NT 1127754.4).
Attributed works:
34. Stool squab, with embroidery matching Figs.31 and 32; with the
original beech frame and linen or hemp base cloth as in Figs.30–31, and
older (original?) velvet and trimming as in Figs.32–33, c.42 by c.64 by
c.14.5 cm. (National Trust, Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire, NT 1127754.5).
Attributed works:
35. One of the original squabs, beech with linen or hemp base cloth,
now divorced from its stool-frame. Re-covered in modern velvet, with
embroidery possibly reclaimed from the rescued hangings after the
bed’s demolition, 42 by 64 by 14.5 cm. (National Trust, Hardwick Hall,
Derbyshire, NT 1129636).
Attributed works:
36. Detail of Fig.35, showing copper thread where the gilding has been lost.
Attributed works:
37. The underside of the squab in Fig.30, showing the later velvet nailed
to the original beech frame and linen or hemp base cloth. (National Trust,
Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire).
Attributed works:
38. The underside of the squab in Fig.33, showing the softwood frame
and jute base cloth, and the extensions to the embroidered section of
the older velvet, lined with glazed cotton(?). (National Trust, Hardwick
Hall, Derbyshire).
Attributed works:
39. Elements of the crimson velvet bed, mounted and framed in the
twentieth century, before 1956. Frame 94 by 103 cm. (National Trust,
Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire, NT 1129566).
Attributed works:
4. A state bed made for Nils Bielke, Swedish ambassador to Louis
XIV. French, c.1682. Velvet hangings with applied silk embroidery,
on a wooden frame, 375 by 205 by 155 cm. This is a lit à la duchesse
(a form without foot posts), but is shown here with the single pair
of curtains arranged around the foot corners, separated from the
cantoons at the head end. (Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, NMK 1/1914).
Attributed works:
40. Six motifs of metal-thread embroidery on a vellum backing, outlined
in a red silk twist thread; probably from the crimson velvet bed. Length
of putto (wing tip to toe) 24.5 cm. (National Trust, Hardwick Hall,
Derbyshire, NT 1129667.9–14).
Attributed works:
5. Detail of the bed in Fig.4, showing the counterpane.
Attributed works:
6. Detail of the embroidered velvet hangings of the bed in Fig.1,
showing part of a narrow and a broad border, almost certainly
repositioned. See also Figs.24 and 25. (National Trust, Hardwick
Hall, Derbyshire, NT 1129667.4)
Attributed works:
8. Detail of a map of the parish of St James’s, Westminster, by Richard
Bloome, showing Berkeley House, Piccadilly (‘Portugal Street’). c.1685–
89. (British Library, London; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
9. Three bed feet made for the bed shown in Fig.1 (the one on the right
is from the head end, the others are from the foot end), attributed to
Thomas Roberts. c.1697–1702. Walnut, height of each 19 cm. (National
Trust, Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire, NT 1129346.1-3).
Western art unattributed:
7. Devonshire House (formerly Berkeley House), Piccadilly, London,
drawn shortly before 1733, showing the Duke of Devonshire’s
improvements of 1696–97. Watercolour on paper, 17.1 by 25.1 cm.
(British Museum, London).
