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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.
Bookcase
The fashionable London cabinet maker William Hallett senior (1707-1781) produced furniture from the 1730s until the 1750s, when his son William Junior (c.1730-1767),... view details
Chair
Part of a pair of chairs in rosewood. The frame of each is in solid rosewood, decorated with bobbin and baluster turning with rectangular sectioned joints, and the... view details
Armchair
Armchair, from a larger set of dining-chairs, of mahogany with a drop-in-seat upholstered in black horsehair, the ledge under the seat stamped at front left P.... view details
Rocking Chair
Made of wrought iron with gilt-brass mounts, upholstered in dark crimson uncut moquette. The frame is composed of two side panels, each of S-scrolls of wrought iron... view details
Child's Rocking Chair
Child's rocking chair, made of pine and painted brown. The seat pierced to take a chamber pot. Its design follows a traditional pattern produced throughtout the... view details
Lady's Writing Table
Veneered in tulipwood on oak; mounted with Sevres porcelain and gilt bronze. One plaque carries the Sevres date letter and the decorator's mark of Antoine-Toussaint... view details
Chest of drawers
This chest of drawers is constructed from oak and decorated with veneers of rosewood and ebony, with ivory details. The chest on drawers developed from the medieval... view details
Footstool
Carved oak footstool, upholstered in crimson woollen damask. This forms part of a set of furniture. Size: Height: 21 cm; Length: 38.5 cm; Width: 28 cm view details
Armchair
This armchair is designed in an elaborate interlaced design in the manner of Daniel Marot (c.1663-1752), a Franco-Dutch architect, designer, engraver and garden... view details
Card Table
Semi-circular double gate-legged card table bearing the label of the maker, George Speer of London. The table is veneered in mahogany, on a carcase of pine. Card... view details