
4 0 c m
30cm
actual image size: 22cm x 29cm
Description
The Blue Room at Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire, with the Morocco leather covered nailed trunk c.1660-1720 at the foot of the bed. This type of trunk is particularly associated with offices of state and has royal crowns on the hasps. The bed hangings incorporate the original seventeenth century embroidery remounted on later blue damask in 1852. The tapestries are Brussels, sixteenth century and depict gods and planets.
Image Details
Property Name
Hardwick Hall
NTPL Ref. No.
166649
Region
East Midlands
©NTPL/Nick Guttridge