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Inventory of furniture in Coilsfield House
Title
Inventory of furniture in Coilsfield House, 1809 Nov.
Physical Description
1 v. (108 p.) ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Notes
Bookseller's label on inside front cover: Myers & Co. 80 New Bond Street, London W1.
Binding: half calf over marbled boards. On front cover: "General Inventory" printed in gilt on red morocco label.
In English.
Provenance
Purchased from Myers, Feb. 1949.
Access and use
This material is available for research.
Biographical / Historical Note
Hugh Montgomerie, twelfth earl of Eglinton (1739-1819), politician and army officer, was the son of Alexander Montgomerie (d. 1783) of Coilsfield, Ayrshire, the "Castle of Montgomerie" celebrated by Robert Burns.
Summary
Manuscript, in a single hand, of an inventory of the furniture belonging to Lord Montgomerie in November 1809. The items are arranged by floor and room-by-room, including all living areas, bedrooms, dressing rooms, servants rooms, sundries, attics, kitchen, pastry, scullery, bake house, salt beef cellar, larder, laundry, garden, and stables; and include such items as all types of furniture, grates, cupboards, feather beds and "hair" beds, often with descriptions of the style or materials used.
Format
Archives or Manuscripts
Added to Catalog
February 08, 2008
References
Inventory of Furniture in Coilsfield House, 1809. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
Cite as
Inventory of Furniture in Coilsfield House, 1809. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
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Genre/Form
Booksellers' labels (Provenance) - Myers & Co.
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