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Catalog Number |
1976.1.P043.096b-110b |
Title |
Blithewold II: Wooden Album, pages 096b to 110b |
Date |
1910 ca |
Description |
This section of pages from the Blithewold Wooden Album describes the furnishings and accessories in the "Van Wickle Room." Know today as Marjorie's Bedroom. Each page is described below. The text pages are transcribed exactly as they are written. The objects which remain in the room and have been catalogued are identified by number in parentheses. The photographs are described by the cataloger. 096b:in pencil: Van Wickle Room 097a:in pencil: Photo 098a:Bed. Italian sixteenth century oak frame is formed of panels carved with masks, escutcheons and one panel bears the shield of the Medici family panels are encased in heavy mouldings of classic design. The four posts support a canopy from which depends a lambrequin embroidered in appliqué of a sixteenth century pattern. [1976.1.1785] 098b:Coverlet of sixteenth century filet brodé mounted on silk. Commode of oak. Some old panels which were formerly a part of the bed enter into the construction. Cheval glass the frame and stand are made from Blithewold oak and the details of carving are similar in design to those of 099a:of the bed. [1976.1.1771; see also pages 108a & b] Stool, carved from Blithewold oak for supporting a lamp which it was the custom in the olden time to place at the foot of the bed. [1976.1.1796] Lamp. Venetian of brass, to be placed on the stool. Dressing table, the general style of which was copied from the one at Knole House 099b:Photograph of Marjorie's room looking south. The bed is prominent at left with the carved stool at the foot. The oak arm chair is in the right foreground and there are two rush chairs along the wall. The fabric covered dressing table is in the right corner with one of the carved mirrors above. There is a patterned rug on the floor and the existing flowered drapes. 100a:Seven Oaks and which was made for James I when he visited the manor.- [Knole is a country house situated within Knole Park, a 1,000-acre park located in west Kent. The house apparently ranks in the top five of England's largest houses, occupying a total of four acres. Vita Sackville-West grew up there.] Chair oak English style and period Charles carved frame [1976.1.1821] Chair oak with arms English seventeenth century spindle back rush seat. Four chairs oak, style of the sixteenth century rushed back 100b:and seat. [1976.1.1761.1-4] Andirons, brass gondola horses Venetian mounted with iron. [1976.1.1827] Fire-irons of same style.[1976.1.1833] Bellows, carved walnut. Italian. [1976.1.1834] Two mirrors. Seventeenth century Italian frames of carved and gilded wood. [1976.1.1760; 1976.1.1772] Pair of candlesticks plaqué [gold-plated] spiral design. Period Louis XV. 101a:Blank 101b:Table oak English seventeenth century standard of carving in graduating twists. [1976.1.1806] Chair. English of the style known as Windsor. Eighteenth century. Table. Flemish seventeenth century standard of turned work. Vessel copper Flemish eight 102a:eenth century used in Flanders for peat. Rugs of Persian tapestry. Eighteenth century. Scent bottle French period of Marie Antoinette crystal with stopple of silver parcel gilt. Dowry chest of Blithewold oak. Carving copied from a fourteenth century tilting chest 102b:Blank 102c:Photograph of Marjorie's room looking towards the north window. The oak chest is on the left flanked by two wooden arm chairs. The dresser is in the back corner. There are two rush chairs: one at the window and one at the table under the coat of arms. The cheval mirror is on the right wall and a table with a geometric patterned rug at the right. The door is covered in a dark drape. 103a:in the Museé Cluny. The carving on the front depicts mounted knights in full armor, engaged in tilting. Architecture and trees are treated in the early Gothic manner. The decoration of the sides of the chest is similar to the front. Fourteenth century key. The foliated 103b:Blank 103c:Photograph of Marjorie's room looking south, showing the east wall. The bed is at the left of the window. There are two rush chairs on either side of the bed and the stool at the foot. There are four patterned rugs on the floor, one over the table in the center. The bellows sit on the floor by the fireplace to the left. There are several objects on the mantel and wall shelf above the fireplace. 104a:detail of the wrought iron hinges is adapted from the massed foliage of the trees as seen on the front and sides of the chest. [1976.1.1762] Biga. [Two wheeled chariot with two horses harnessed abreast.] Italian about 1800 orn[?] ciselé. The biga was formerly the property of Charlotte Cushman. [1976.1.1828; Cushman was a stage actress who played both male and female parts, 1816-1876.] Pair candlesticks. French plaque [gold-plated] Period Louis XVI. 104b:Blank 104c:Photograph of Marjorie's room from a similar perspective as 103c except it shows more of the fireplace and less of the window. This photo appears to be a copy, not an original. 105a:Treasure or Jewel Coffer. Of oak iron-bound and studded with brass nails. French late sixteenth or early seventeenth century. Re-lined. Came from an old chateau near Dinan. [1976.1.1758] 105b:Photograph of chest described on opposite page. 106a:Blank 106b:Photograph of the coat of arms of the de Sille family as described on page 018a. [The coat of arms now hangs in the Billiard Room] 107a:Blank 107b:Photograph of the daybed [described on 108a; 1976.1.3038. Now in Trunk Room]. The daybed has a flat pillow covered in print tufted fabric. There are round bolster pillows on both ends of the bed covered in the same fabric. 108a:Daybed: adapted from principles of medieval furniture of the English type. The turtles are symbolic of longevity. Cheval glass. The frame is Blithewold oak, the carving being copied from that of the old bed. Mask is of sixteenth century workmanship. [1976.1.1771; also mentioned page 098b] 108b:Photograph of the cheval mirror showing the carvings. 109a:Portiere [curtain hung over doorway] of green velvet with garniture in the Byzantine style. Consisting of a Vandyked band of cloth and applied paroquets affronté [parakeets facing]. The birds are done in green velvet. This form of decoration occurs on the wall of one of the lady chapels of Cologne Cathedral. [1976.1.1771; now the bed cover]. 109b-110b: Blank |
Condition |
Fair |
Caption |
Text page |
Associated with |
Bessie Pardee Van Wickle McKee Dean, Samuel Marjorie Randolph Van Wickle Lyon Two Blithewold Mansions |
Search Terms |
Photograph Album, Photograph Blithewold II Interior Furnishings Bedroom |
Number of images |
27 |
Object Name |
Album, Photograph |