Скачать или смотреть WESTON HALL & THE SITWELLS - A REMARKABLE COLLECTION of 18th CENTURY NEEDLEWORK FURNITURE

Writer, journalist, broadcaster William Sitwell and his mother, Susanna Sitwell, describe the incredible family endeavour that lies behind this remarkable and exquisite collection of 18th century needlework furniture.  Over many a quiet evening, ancestors Susanna Jennens (1688-1760), and daughter Mary (1709-1788), would have spent hours creating these sumptuous panels of crewel-work embroidery, featuring trails and festoons of colourful flowers including roses, lilies, hollyhocks, carnations, tulips, jasmine and honeysuckle, quite likely inspired by the gardens at Weston Hall, then known as Weston House. The universal devotion to crewel-work, named after the crewel or worsted wool used, was revived in the late 17th century by Queen Mary II (d.1694), and remained fashionable in the first half of the 18th century.  A letter, undated, possibly July 1731, from Susanna’s sister shows that the design of the hangings offered in the forthcoming sale, and possibly the chairs, was the result of a collaborative effort between the three women - Susanna, her sister, and her daughter: “I have begun a pattern for the curtains of the bed and have made some alteration in your pattern of the valens, which will do very well, and may be added to her work when she sees it, as I have altered your work, if she likes it”.  In the 1930s, Georgia, Lady Sitwell reworked elements of this suite of furniture, furthering the theme of the Weston Hall women having a continuing impact on the very fabric of the house’s interiors.
 
This wonderful collection of Needlework Furniture - some of which is featured in this film - will be auctioned on 16 & 17 November 2021.
 
To find out more about the auction, please visit: https://www.dreweatts.com/auctions/we...
 
View, register and bid online: https://bit.ly/3Epj4zs
 
Day 1: 16 November 2021 (10:30am GMT)
Day 2: 17 November 2021 (10:30am GMT)
 
ARCHIVE, IMAGERY & MUSIC CREDITS
 
Images and photographs: Courtesy of The Sitwell Family Private Collection and ©The Cecil Beaton Studio Archive
Music: Báidín Fheilimí created by Patrick Ussher | Artlist