A puzzle solved: furniture at Newby Hall, Yorkshire

• Autores: Judith Goodison
• Localización: Burlington magazine, ISSN 0007-6287, Vol. 151, Nº 1270, 2009, págs. 28-31
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The mystery of who commissioned and made the handsome suite of dining room furniture at Newby Hall in Yorkshire, England, has been solved. Whereas some features in the suite's design and workmanship are similar to the known work of the younger Thomas Chippendale, others are not. The clues to solving the mystery lie in letters of the late 18th and early 19th century, most of which come from Mary Grantham, who, along with her husband Thomas Robinson, 2nd Lord Grantham, rented Newby Park as a country home. The letters show that the dining suite was made for Newby Park almost certainly in 1791 after designs executed by the 2nd Lord Grantham, and imply the order was to be given to Chippendale. The commission can thus surely be attributed to the latter, while the use of decoration designed by the 2nd Lord Grantham explains why some details on the furniture are not characteristic of Chippendale's other known work.