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Collections > Furniture
A comprehensive collection of European furniture between 100 and 400 years old, displayed in fine panelled period rooms together with furnishings from John and Josephine Bowes' homes in France.
Secretaire
Fall-front writing desk. This writing desk is decorated with floral and geometrical marquetry designs. It is very similar in form to fall-front writing desks made by... view details
Pair of Chairs
This pair is part of a set of eighteen dining-room chairs with oak frames and with the original moquette upholstered seats and back panels, with a design of roses... view details
Chair
Dining room or side chair, polished elm in the style of Farmhouse Hepplewhite. The back splat carved with four elongated openings, broken across the middle with a... view details
Chest
The chest has single panels at either end, with four panels on each of the long sides, raised on tall legs formed by continuation of the stiles below the case. All... view details
Chair
Windsor chair in elmwood, once painted green. The legs are plain-turned, tapering, the ends showing through the plank seat with bowed back and straight front. The... view details
Rocking Cradle
Pine painted and grained. The cradle has hipped sides, rising at the top end into a canopy with shallow arched hood. The rockers run on rails, raised on flat bun feet... view details
Toilet Mirror
An easel-supported toilet mirror with a Boulle marquetry frame of red-backed turtleshell, brass and pewter. 'Tarsia a incastro' was a marquetry technique developed... view details
Netting winder
This machine was probablydesigned for making netting, although exactly how it worked remains a mystery. The edges of the piece are decorated with oyster marquetry made... view details
Table Cabinet
This table cabinet depicts hunting scenes through marquetry. The doors open to reveal eight inner drawers, similarly decorated with hunting scenes. This style of... view details
Chest
Small coffer with one narrow drawer at base, with marquetry of walnut, bone, tortoiseshell and mother-of-pearl, on a carcase of walnut, held with a shaped gilt brass... view details