| Description | 1.Accounts, some from articles of furniture bought by Sir Robet Burnett for Crathes, others for his London House, 1877-8. Including:
List of pieces from collection of Robert Napier, Shandon, sold at Christie, Manson and Woods, 4 June 1877.
Account due to John Howard and Sons, 26 Berners St., Oxford St., London, 1878, for brass beadsteads, iron bedsteads for servants, curtains, parque flooring and repairs.
Account due to James Hampton, Camberwell, for carving royal arms of Scotland for Crathes Castle, 22nd September 1877.
Account due to John Broadwood and Sons, 33 Gt. Pultney St., London for an oblique cottage piano in sycamore case, ebonised, May 1877.
Account for 77 embossed leather skins bought from Robert Christie, Portman Squ., April 1878.
Account due to Cooke and Co., 90 Gower St., London, for painted (stained) glass for Crathes, 31st August 1877.
2. As part 1 above, destination not specified, perhaps mainly for the house at 3 Charls St., Berkeley Squ., London, 1776-8. Including:
Account due to the Venice and Murano Glass and Mosaic Co. Ltd., for various items of glass, 20th January 1876.
Account due to "Rodolphe Helbronner, decorative, heraldic and ecclesiastical embroiderer, 265 Regent St., London, for 4 richly worked venetian and Cluny lace curtains, edged with venetian lace, costing £100, with other smaller items, July 1876.
Account due to Collinson and Lock, artistic furniture manufacturers and decorators, 109 Fleet St., London, for various pieces of furniture 1876. |