Supporting museums Art we've helped buy Piecrust Table

Piecrust Table

Unknown Artist

Art Funded
1955
Bequeathed by
Ernest Edward Cook through The Art Fund
Red walnut tea table with a richly carved columnar stand.

Possibly a Victorian copy.

Provenance

Part of the E E Cook collection, grandson of Thomas Cook of Thomas Cook Travel Agency. Died in 1955 and bequeathed the entire contents of his house at Bath to the National Art Collections Fund.

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Lydiard House

Lydiard Tregoze, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN5 3PA
01793 770401
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Opening times

Apr – Oct
Tue – Fri, 11am – 5pm

Nov – Mar
Tue – Fri, 11am – 4pm

Open on Bank Holidays
Closed 24 – 26 Dec and 1 Jan

Art we’ve helped buy at Lydiard House

Wardrobe
 Acquired 1955
Two George I chairs
 Acquired 1955
Secretaire Cabinet
 Acquired 1955
Portrait of a Gentleman traditionally identified as Robert Rich, 3rd Earl of Warwick
 Acquired 2010
Piecrust Table
 Acquired 1955
Persian Carpet
 Acquired 1955
Mechanical Desk
 Acquired 1955
Man in Ermine Cloak
 Acquired 1955
Main entrance, Lydiard Tregoze & Empty Dining Room, Lydiard Tregoze
 Acquired 2012
Card Table
 Acquired 1955
Bookcase
 Acquired 1955
Bolingbroke at Lydiard Tregoze
 Acquired 2002
A Performing Bear
 Acquired 2001

Make sure you seek out John Greenhill's Portrait of a Gentleman traditionally identified as Robert Rich, 3rd Earl of Warwick which was back for the house with help from the Art Fund in 2010. The portrait was believed to have hung in the State Bedroom at Lydiard House until the house was sold to Swindon Corporation in 1943 and some paintings were sent to auction. Bolingbroke at Lydiard Tregoze by John Piper is a depiction of the interior of St. Mary's Church which stands directly behind Lydiard House and is famous for the quality of its 17th-century monuments and stained glass. See if you can match the painting with the real view.

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