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Description: | A magnificent embroidered bed and matching furniture of c.1690 forms the nucleus of the existing collection, whilst additions by the Onslow Family left remaining after the great sale of 1781 (due to gambling debts of the 1st Earl) include fine neo-classical furniture made for the Palladio room and Green Drawing Room in the 1770s and Louis XV and XVI commodes. The Speaker's Parlour (the principal dining room from the later 18th century onwards) was fitted up to celebrate the creation of the Onslow earldom in 1801 and still includes the late 18th and early 19th century mahogany furniture. Clandon is better known for the later additions of non-indigenous furniture, acquired through Mrs David Gubbay's bequest (d.1968) to the National Trust and allocated for use at Clandon. This collection contains principally fine 18th century English furniture - some inlaid with marquetry or with fine needlepoint upholstery.
Mrs David Gubbay's bequest also included fine examples of 18th century English and continental porcelain, especially Bow, Chelsea, Derby, Meissen, Nymphenburg, Frankenthal and Ludwigsburg figures together with a remarkable collection of about fifty Chinese 17th and 18th century porcelain birds - many on 18th century giltwood wall brackets. The ceramic collections are also enhanced by the loan of the Ivo Forde collection of Sèvres porcelain figures. | Source: | Cornucopia - Discovering UK Collections | Address: | Clandon Park
Guildford
Surrey,
GU4 7RQ | Identifier: | oai:www.cornucopia.org.uk:4732 | Go to resource |
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