© Victoria and Albert Museum
Coffer
Artist: attributed to William Beckford (1760 - 1844)
Location: Victoria and Albert Museum
Date: 1831-1841
Materials: oak & gilt bronze & silk lining
Dimensions: 71.7 x 80 x 49.5cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £60,000 (Total: £125,000)
Vendor: Through H Blairman & Sons
Review number: 5764 (2006)
Provenance:
Made for William Beckford; English & Fasana, Bath, 1841 (unsold); English & Fasana, Bath, 1845 (unsold); by descent to Susan, Duchess of Hamilton, Easton Park, 1852; ...; H Blairman & Sons Ltd, 1996; private collection.
Description:
This coffer is the only known survivor of a set of four, originally on oak stands, made for the Scarlet Drawing Room at Lansdown Tower, Bath. It was probably designed by Beckford himself collaborating with his architect HE Goodridge, and possibly manufactured by English and Son in Bath.
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