European Furniture and Interiors
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Glasgow Museums has a collection of around 900 items of European furniture and interiors. This collection comprises suites of furniture, fittings, domestic objects and furnishings such as lights, lamps and clocks, in addition to wooden artefacts including bowls and boxes, carpets, furnishing fabrics and wallpapers. The Burrell Collection and Provand's Lordship include early English oak furniture together with examples of carved panelling, and significant pieces with Royal associations dating from the mid-16th to early 17th century. Objects from the period between 1685 and 1800 are predominantly English, with a few pieces from continental Europe, and cover mainly non-oak items in the Burrell Collection and furnishings relating to Pollok House. Objects dating from between 1800 and 1990 include single pieces of furniture, suites and interior fittings in a range of materials – from natural wood to man-made and synthetics, such as metal alloys and plastic. Key designers represented in the collection include Gordon Russell, Ernest Race, Eero Saarinen, Charles Eames, Alvar Aalto and Robin Day.
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European Furniture and Royal Connections
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