1) Pole screen; 2) Tilliard chairs; 3) Cane chairs; 4) George III roll top bureau; 5) George III pole screen; 6) Flitcroft drawing
Various, 1) c. 1730; 2) c. 1755–65; 3–4) c. 1785; 5) c. 1790; 6) c. 1726–1730
This collection returns 14 items from Chatsworth House to Chiswick. They were all selected for their confirmed link to either the Burlington or Devonshire collections. 1) A square mahogany frame designed by William Kent and probably commissioned by Lord Burlington for his New House at Chiswick; 2) Two pairs of French fauteuils bearing the mark of Tillard of Paris owned by the 5th Duke of Devonshire at Chiswick (main illustration); 3) Set of four neo-classical chairs attributed to James Wyatt, who worked as an architect for the 5th Duke; 4) A ladies' writing desk made in an Anglo-French style and listed as being formerly located in the Small Closet at Chiswick; 5) Pole screen possibly ordered by the 5th Duke for the new wing at Chiswick; 6) This unusually large drawing for the entrance to the Villa at Chiswick may well have been a presentation drawing by Henry Flitcroft, Lord Burlington's protégé and architectural draughtsman.
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Title of artwork, date
1) Pole screen; 2) Tilliard chairs; 3) Cane chairs; 4) George III roll top bureau; 5) George III pole screen; 6) Flitcroft drawing, 1) c. 1730; 2) c. 1755–65; 3–4) c. 1785; 5) c. 1790; 6) c. 1726–1730
Date supported
2010
Medium and material
1) parcel-gilt mahogany; 2) beechwood; 3) beechwood & cane; 4) fiddle-back mahogany; 5) parcel-gilt simulated rosewood; 6) ink on paper
Dimensions
Various
Grant
113913
Total cost
113913
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