European Furniture, Woodwork and Interiors 1603-1850
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Glasgow Museums has a large collection of furniture, woodwork, and interior fixtures and fittings dating from between 1603 and 1850.This collection includes chairs, upholstered furniture, settees, court cupboards, stools, beds, daybeds, side-tables, fire-screens, small tables, dining tables, bureaus, chests of drawers, cabinets, clocks, and looking-glasses. There is also a small but significant collection of domestic woodwork, known as treen, used for eating and drinking, including standing cups and wassail bowls. The majority of these objects are English in origin, but there are examples from Continental Europe, including France, the Netherlands and Portugal. Much of the furniture and woodwork collection from this date range was acquired by Sir William Burrell (1861-1958), and his wife Constance, Lady Burrell, used to furnish their home, Hutton Castle, outside Berwick-Upon-Tweed, in the Scottish Borders. The collection was donated to Glasgow in 1944. At Pollok House, there are additional fine examples of furniture and domestic interiors from the George III period, dating from 1760s onwards. These items were part of the historic furnishings of the house and were included in Dame Anne Maxwell Macdonald's gift of the house and policies in 1966. A very few other items were acquired specifically to help re-furnish the house after this date.
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