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In the 18th century the powerful aristocratic owners of Stately Homes
commissioned the greatest furniture in that remarkable era of creation.
Whatever those 18th century leaders of fashion and power ordained was
then dutifully copied for the general public – well or badly according to
the artistry of the craftsmen!
The very roll of names of these historic owners of Stately Homes in our
own furniture adventure echoes the greatest of English pageantry: Their Graces
The Most Noble Dukes of Hamilton Palace; Roxburghe of Floors Castle;
Devonshire of Chatsworth; Abercorne of Barons Court; The Most Honourable
Marquesses of Lasdowne, Bath, Hertford, Zetland, Meade and Hartington;
the Right Honourable Earls of Pembroke, Haddington and St. Germain;
The Right Honourable Viscount De L’Isle, holder of the Victoria Cross and
a Knight of the Garter; The Viscount Astor; The Right Honourable Lords,
Middleton and Clifford, and such names from the history of the world itself.
How on earth can we ourselves relate to this Camelot? The answer is simple
and much the same as it was in the 18th century: capture the spirit of the
treasured contents and atmosphere of these houses, using that disappearing
sir humphry wakefield
talks about furniture steeped
in history and romance.
