A small space full of lavish things

16 March 2016

With the restoration of Fame & Victory ceiling painting in the East Corridor, it’s interesting to look at what the corridor looked like under the 3^rd Duke. The beautifully handwritten content inventory from 1871 details every room in the main mansion, including the servants rooms, and is a useful comparison with the 1848 sales catalogue – what remained after the great sale and what was subsequently acquired by the improvised 3^rd Duke!


 
Below is the inventory list for the East Corridor. It’s interesting to look at the photograph of around 1870 and try to spot any items listed – most of them are there, although I can’t see the delightful-sounding ‘crimson Sheep skin mat’!
 
And remember, this was just a corridor…..

East Corridor
 
A chased Ormolu lamp with 2 Argand Gas burners on 3 claw feet on Scagliola pillar marble capitol and base on paw feet 6 feet 6 high
2 ground shades and 2 chimnies [sic]
A 3 feet 4 Zebra wood Cabinet the front richly inlaid Marquetrie canted corners mounted ormolu with masks and scrolls the interior with shelves Rosso Antico top 4 feet 6 high
A ditto Cabinet to correspond
A 3 feet Rosewood table with carved Standards and scrolled claws turned and carved Stretcher a thick Sienna marble top 3 feet 2 x 19 inches
A 2 feet 9 richly carved side table with a carved parrot on swing the base carved as tree a moulded wood top
A richly carved Hall table with wreaths and rams heads canted corners 6 carved and gilt fluted legs with a japanned wood tip 7 feet 10
A side table with carved Eagle to correspond with the one with parrot
 
A 3 feet 4 mahogany Bureau the front flap carved in panels the ends carved in panels 2 slides and 6 drawers in front with carved panels
A 3 feet 4 mahogany 2 tier Whatnot with special turned pillars as fixed on Bureau
A 31 inch Satinwood shaped front table on open standards
A stand with 6 leaves for expanding Dining Table in Library
2 carved Oak high back chairs the backs form Coat of Arms with Lion supports and Coronet
A Marble Bust of Lord Nugent
A square grey marble pedestal for ditto 4 feet high
A Nankin China bowl 17 ½ in high 25 in diameter
4 Oriental bowls with handles 15 in diameter
2 blue and embossed white flower pots & saucers
 
2 stuffed Paroquets in glazed case
A Parian Bust of the Duke of Wellington
A stuffed Wild Duck
A stuffed Crimson Parrot
A ditto Bird
An Oil Painting in Gilt Frame Gentleman 37 in x 27 in
A ditto Lady 57 in x 48 in
A ditto Ruin by Vander Bank 27 in x 22 in
A Landscape in Gilt frame 29 in x 35 in
A large Water Colour drawing view of the Bay of Naples in black and gilt frame glazed 105 in x 38 in
 
3 lengths of 6 ½ /4 bordered Brussels Carpet two are 5 yards one is 7 yards
3 lengths of striped Canvas covering to ditto
A crimson Sheep skin mat