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Beautiful 1850s wallpaper revealed in Strawberry Hill, Twickenham.
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Walpole purchased thousands of pieces of etched, coloured, stained & painted glass from Flanders for use in his Gothic villa. They are in use everywhere & are stunning!
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Mr. Richard Bentley's beautiful balustrade is crowned by an antelope at each turn. Each antelope is turned to face you as you ascend.
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A copy of the tin japanned Gothic lanthorn designed by Richard Bentley hangs in the well of the stair.
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The Gothic tin japanned lanthorn in the stair well at Strawberry Hill
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The beautiful stair well at Strawberry Hill
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The beautiful stair well in Strawberry Hill
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The Gothic 'paper' on the stair well in Strawberry Hill
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The beautiful Dutch stained glass at Strawberry Hill often depicts biblical scenes. Not sure what this one is. The commandment Thou Shalt Not Throttle perhaps? Any suggestions.....
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More beautiful painted glass from Strawberry Hill. I'm thinking this might be Joseph sold into slavery.
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17th C. painted glass from Strawberry Hill
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Beautifully painted quarter-pane piece of glass
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Very pretty polly...
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That staircase again. Love those antelopes.....
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Look at me, I'm wonderful....
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The Parable of the Prodigal Son in painted glass
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Coat of arms in glass at Strawberry Hill
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Over a number of years Walpole recycled hundreds of pieces of glass for use in Strawberry Hill, the original neo-Gothic pile.
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Deatil of painted glass fragment at Strawberry Hill
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A corner of the ceiling in the library of Strawberry Hill painted by Clermont
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At each end of the library ceiling is a round containing a mounted knight.
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In the middle of the ceiling is the shield of Walpole surroubded with the quarters borne by the family.
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The chimney piece in Walpole's library is imitated from the tomb of John of Eltham Earl of Cornwall, in Westminster Abbey.
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The arms of Robsart in the corner of Walpole's Library.
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The books in Walpole's library were arranged within Githis arches of pierced work.
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A painted Flemish glass roundel depicting Judith & Holofernes in the Star Chamber.
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Painted glass from the Star Chamber depicting arms and shields of Flemish families.
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Painted glass from the Star Chamber depicting Old Man Winter?
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Painted Flemish glass from Walpole's Star Chamber
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Flemish coat of arms from Walpole's Star Chamber
