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Description: | Kenwood House is a fine 18th century house enlarged by Robert Adam. It was bequeathed to the nation in 1927 together with furniture, paintings, tapestries, ceramics, books and prints. In addition, English Heritage and its predecessors have collected 18th century furniture, especially pieces designed by or associated with Robert Adam, including some oriignally made for Kenwood itself.
The decorative arts collections have expanded and now include the Draper Gift of portrait miniatures, the Lady Maufe Collection of shoe buckles and part of the Hull Grundy Collection of jewellery.
- | Subjects: | Miniatures Jewellery Furniture Shoe buckles | Temporal: | 18th century - late 1776-1799 18th century - mid 1730-1775 | Source: | Cornucopia - Discovering UK Collections | Address: | Hampstead Lane
Hamstead London Great Britain (UK),
NW3 7JR | FAX: | 0207 973 3891 | Telephone: | 0208 348 1286 | Identifier: | oai:www.cornucopia.org.uk:5447 | Go to resource |
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