My original post about the dining room designed by Duncan Grant and Vanessa Bell for Dorothy Wellesley in 1930 appeared in an earlier blog post (April 2011 - link below).
I bought the chairs that were originally in the scheme a couple of years ago and have been searching for information and further images (up to that point I had only seen the two that originally appeared in Studio Magazine in 1930). A tip-off from a friend led me an article in Apollo Magazine of 1946 where low and behold there were many more images. It is especially interesting to see the table top (whereabouts unknown) and the curtains (which were referred to by Vanessa Bell in letters to her son).
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table |
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room showing table and Vanessa Bell's Applique and sequined curtains |
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detail of one of the light fittings |
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The chairs today |
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