Hanging cabinet

Unknown

Beckford's Tower and Museum

circa 1828-1840

This cabinet was made for William Beckford and probably designed by Beckford and the architect Henry Edmund Goodridge. It is a superb example of the furniture Beckford commissioned during the final years of his life while living in Bath and the methods he used to display his impressive collection within Landsdown Tower, Bath.

• Medium: oak, glass
• Dimensions: 146 x 80 x 25.4cm
• Art Fund Grant: £25000 ( Total: £64,000)
• ArtFunded in: 2007
• Vendor: Private collection

Provenance

Lansdown Tower; Lansdown Crescent, late 1830s; Messrs English and Sons, 1848; Private collection.

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