Design for doors for rooms at Kedleston Hall
Druce and Co. Ltd.
Category
Architecture / Drawings
Date
1923
Materials
Pencil on paper
Measurements
420 x 691 mm
Collection
Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire
NT 109575
Summary
Design for three doors, one with a glass panel (a "new door" for the Housekeeper's Room). Another has a mahogany facing ("old door face mahogany" for the Business Room). Signed: Druce & Co. Ltd Baker St London W1". Verso in pencil [in the hand of Lord Curzon?]: Druce New mahogany, glass doors Hall". Probably associated with CMS inv.no. 109574.
Provenance
Design by Druce and Co., cabinet makers, for George Nathaniel Curzon, Marquess Curzon of Kedleston. By descent to Francis Curzon, 3rd Viscount Scarsdale and the Kedleston Estate Trustees. Acquired by the National Trust through purchase in 2002.
Marks and inscriptions
Verso in pencil: "Druce New mahogany, glass doors Hall"
Makers and roles
Druce and Co. Ltd., cabinetmaker