Lectern
George Frederick Bodley (1827 - 1907)
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1889
Materials
Oak, iron, copper
Measurements
142 cm (H); 49 cm (W); 49 cm (D)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Clumber Park, Nottinghamshire
NT 232376
Summary
A portable oak lectern, designed by George Frederick Bodley R.A. (1827-1907), English, circa 1889. With a gabled section on a square plinth with a linenfold carved base and a pair of gilt, black painted and copper candle sconces attached, the pedestal incorporates a cupboard, raised on a stepped plinth.
Full description
Bodley was the senior partner of the renowned late Victorian firm of architects, Bodley & Garner. The church and some of the interior fittings were built between 1886-9 by Bodley & Garner for the seventh Duke of Newcastle, the nearby Clumber House was demolished c.1938. The lectern shares a place, according to season, on the chancel step or in the central crossing adjacent to the dividing screen on the opposite side to the pulpit. Two architectural watercolours on paper of the internal areas of the chapel by Henry William Brewer (Oxford, 1836-1903) clearly shows it positioned to the right in the crossing. The style has much in similarity to his oil on canvas of the interior of the Dutch cathedral of Bois-le-Duc near Utrecht. (James Weedon, October 2019)
Provenance
Acquired with the estate by the National Trust in 1946 from the Trustees of the 9th Duke of Newcastle.
Makers and roles
George Frederick Bodley (1827 - 1907), designer
References
Dawson, George 'The church bells of Nottinghamshire: part 1' (1994) Simpson, F.M. ‘George Frederick Bodley, R.A., F.S.A., D.C.L.’, RIBA Journal 3rd Series, Vol. Xv, 1908. Jenkins, Simon 'England's thousand best churches' 1999, pp517-18