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Blackwell's growing Arts and Crafts collection includes important pieces from throughout the Arts and Crafts era. The Arts and Crafts displays are augmented by important twentieth century and contemporary craft and applied arts.
Throughout the house, furniture, objects and fine art have been introduced to re-awaken the interiors in sympathy with the architect's original designs and his ideas about the layout and decoration of houses. |
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Baillie
Scott has incorporated nineteenth century reproduction Delft tiles,
eighteenth century firebacks and eighteenth century oak panelling
in different parts of the house. In the same way, furniture and objects,
both early and later, are displayed in the rooms at Blackwell.
These include 17th century oak furniture, pieces by the Simpsons of
Kendal and objects from the Keswick School of Industrial Art, as well
as studio pottery by makers such as Bernard Leach, Hans Coper and
Lucie Rie.
Paintings and sculpture from Abbot Hall's collections are also displayed at Blackwell to create a truly 'Artistic House' within the philosophy of the Arts and Crafts Movement.
In addition to works drawn from the collections at Abbot Hall, some pieces are borrowed from generous private collectors and public collections such as the large Cotswold School collection at Leicester City Museums. The Trust is continuing to acquire important Arts and Crafts pieces, and a purchase fund has been formed for this purpose. This has already been used to purchase and restore the Manxman piano by Baillie Scott which stands in the main hall at Blackwell. |
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Introduction |The House| Baillie Scott | History | The Trust | The Restoration |
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