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