Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire
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From 1766 Mrs Garnett, Kedleston’s housekeeper from 1766 to 1809, guided privileged visitors around the house. Today, everyone is able to experience this ‘temple to the arts’. Painstaking conservation work to the opulent rooms used for entertaining and display has ensured that visitors can experience the house as Lord Scarsdale and Adam originally intended. Highlights of the collection include a magnificent collection of furniture, including pieces designed by Robert Adam and John Linnell; family portraits and Old Master pictures, including works by Luca Giordano, Benedetto Lutti and Aelbert Cuyp; neoclassical metalwork by Diederich Nicholas Anderson; Lord Curzon’s collection of Middle Eastern and Asian art amassed through travel and colonial administration; Lady Curzon’s stunning peacock dress of Indian Zardozi fabric produced by the Indian Workshop of Kishan Chand and then made into a gown by the Parisian House of Worth; library books including both English and Continental printing, two incunables (one illuminated) and a superb collection of architectural books; an extensive collection of original architectural drawings for Kedleston by Robert Adam.
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