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Description: | Fine antique furniture, paintings, textiles and other items have been acquired including an outstanding early 18th Century collector's cabinet to furnish a series of rooms in the house to show the different periods of the house's occupation. Other collections such as the contents of the Hans Feibusch Studio includes furniture or
sculptures and ceramics (Walter Hussey Bequest). The Gallery also holds the Geoffrey Freeman Collection of Bow Porcelain, a pre-eminent collection of this 18th century factory's output, including a broad selection of the models, shapes and styles associated with it. The collection was gathered together by one man during the last decade of his life, and the greater part of it is now loaned to Pallant House by his widow, who intends to bequeath the collection as a whole to Pallant House in her Will. Apart from supporting major purchases by the Trustees, the Friends of Pallant House have purchased items in their own right for the Gallery since before the opening in 1982. Their collection includes furniture, garden ornaments, domestic items (in the Victorian kitchen for instance) works of art, light fittings, soft furnishings and studio pottery. Highlights of the Friends collection, which is fully documented at Pallant House, include the George III upholstered library chair in the entrance hall, the overmantel mirror in the dining room, the "Winter Landscape" by George Smith of Chichester, and an Eric Gill drawing. The 150 or so remaining items range from postage stamps to a Kashmiri rug, from a cheesegrater to a pair of crystal chandeliers. | Source: | Cornucopia - Discovering UK Collections | Address: | 9 North Pallant
Chichester
West Sussex,
PO19 1TJ | FAX: | 01243 536038 | Telephone: | 01243 774557 | Identifier: | oai:www.cornucopia.org.uk:5588 | Go to resource |
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