Ivory furniture case study: Conclusion

Ivory furniture case study: Conclusion

Conclusion As in the case of the Englefield case study, this study has found that ivory objects were important to EIC families. Bequeathed between generations,…

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Ivory furniture case study: Recirculation

Ivory furniture case study: Recirculation

Recirculation By studying examples of ivory furniture situated in British country houses in the nineteenth, twentieth and twenty-first centuries, we can begin to understand the…

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Ivory furniture case study: Sale

Ivory furniture case study: Sale

Sale Throughout the late eighteenth century Warren Hastings (1732-1818) and his wife Marian (1744-1837) held an important place in Britons’ imaginings of empire. The press…

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Ivory Furniture Case Study: Purchase

Ivory Furniture Case Study: Purchase

Purchase Edward Harrison (1674-1732) inherited Balls Park in Hertfordshire after the death of his father Richard Harrison in 1726.[1] Prior to establishing himself at the…

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Ivory Furniture Case Study

Ivory Furniture Case Study

The Afterlife of Objects: Anglo-Indian Ivory Furniture in Britain By Kate Smith Please note that this case study was first published on blogs.ucl.ac.uk/eicah in July…

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Caned Furniture Case Study: Skills Transmission/New Skills

Caned Furniture Case Study: Skills Transmission/New Skills

Skills Transmission / New Skills In the absence of definitive evidence, early examples of caned chairs in England were likely to have arrived either as…

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Caned Furniture Case Study: Design Encounters

Caned Furniture Case Study: Design Encounters

Design Encounters The traditional technique for weaving a caned panel requires a series of holes around the perimeter of the panel.  This concept was used…

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Caned Furniture Case Study

Caned Furniture Case Study

  Caned Furniture By Dr. Brian Crossley Please note that this case study was first published on blogs.ucl.ac.uk/eicah in February 2014. The case study was…

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