© Beckford's Tower and Museum
Wall mounted cabinet
Artist: Unknown
Location: Beckford's Tower and Museum
Date: circa 1828-1840
Materials: oak, glass
Dimensions: 146 x 80 x 25.4cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £25,000 (Total: £64,000)
Vendor: Private collection
Review number: 5875 (2007)
Provenance:
Lansdown Tower; Lansdown Crescent, late 1830s; Messrs English and Sons, 1848; Private collection.
Description:
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.
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