Plan for Lower Hall and Gun Room with display cases at Kedleston Hall
Holland, Hannen & Cubitts Ltd
Category
Architecture / Drawings
Date
1 Jan 1922
Materials
Ink and colour wash on paper
Measurements
513 x 675 mm
Collection
Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire
NT 109560
Summary
Plan for the Lower Hall (which is now the Eastern Museum) and Gun Room (now the China Flat) at Kedleston Hall with a lay-out of the proposed display cases for Lord Curzon's Eastern Museum. Rooms are labeled; approximate price per case noted in the plan and in the accompanying legend. In pencil: "Kedleston Hall Derbyshire, plan showing position of proposed wall & table cases in Lower Hall & Gun Room - see lettering on inch scale drawings. Scale 4'' = 1 inch". Signed in pencil: "Holland & Hannen and Cubitts LTD. 258 Grays Inn Road London. W.C. 1 Jan. 1922
Provenance
Done for George Nathaniel Curzon, Marquess Curzon of Kedleston by Holland, Hannen & Cubitts. By descent to Francis Curzon, 3rd Viscount Scarsdale and the Kedleston Estate Trustees. Acquired by the National Trust through purchase in 2002.
Makers and roles
Holland, Hannen & Cubitts Ltd , contractor