Design for the "Ladies Flower garden" at Nostell Priory, West Yorkshire
Anonymous
Category
Architecture / Drawings
Date
circa 1729 - circa 1884
Materials
Paper, Linen, Ribbon, Pen, Ink, Wash
Measurements
648 x 811 mm
Collection
Nostell Priory, West Yorkshire
NT 960576
Summary
Design for the 'Ladies Flower garden' . at Nostell Priory, West Yorkshire The 'Ladies Flowergarden', 1884 (1) design has been colour washed to show the extent of the 'flower garden' and the path in front of the menagerie. The flower beds are sketched and annotated to ullustrate the planting schemes.The legend on the drawing reads; LADIES' flower garden MENAGERIE 1844. Pen and ink and colour wash
Provenance
Accepted in lieu of tax by HM Treasury and transferred to the National Trust in 1994
Makers and roles
Anonymous , garden designer
References
Jackson-Stops 1974: Gervase Jackson-Stops. “Pre-Adam furniture designs at Nostell Priory.” Furniture History 10 (1974): pp.24-37.