Hall lantern
Category
Historic Services / Lighting
Date
1725 - 1774
Materials
wood
Measurements
635 x 284 mm
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Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 514397.5
Summary
1 of 6 stripped and part gilt hall lanterns, Gothic design. spiral angle pillars supporting tomb-shaped canopies, obelisk finials, 'Strawberry Hill' tradition, mid C18. (see also NT/AA/F/30A in Living Room alcove).
Provenance
Bequeathed to the National Trust by Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966) with the house and the rest of the contents.