Hall lantern
Category
Historic Services / Lighting
Date
1701 - 1800
Materials
wood
Measurements
590 x 270 mm
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Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 514397.1
Summary
1 of 6 stripped and part gilt hall lanterns of Gothic design, spiral angle pillars supporting tomb-shaped canopies, obelisk finials - 'Strawberry Hill' tradition. Mid C18 (5 others in Long Gallery - NT/AA/F/30)
Provenance
Bequeathed to the National Trust by Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966) with the house and the rest of the contents.