Inventory of furniture in Coilsfield House, 1809 Nov
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Description
- Title
- Inventory of furniture in Coilsfield House, 1809 Nov
- Abstract
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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
- Description
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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.
In English.
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. - Provenance
- Purchased from Myers, Feb. 1949.
- Extent
- 1 26 cm. v. (108 p.) ;
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- LWL Mss Vol. 25
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Early works to 1800
Booksellers' labels (Provenance) Myers & Co. - Resource Type
- unspecified
- Subject (Geographic)
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Great Britain.
Great Britain - Subject (Name)
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Coilsfield House (Ayrshire, Scotland)
Eglinton, Hugh Montgomerie, Earl of, 1739-1819.
Montgomery family. - Subject (Topic)
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Households
House furnishings
Nobility
Inventories - Subjects
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Coilsfield House (Ayrshire, Scotland)
Eglinton, Hugh Montgomerie, Earl of, 1739-1819
Montgomery family
Households > Great Britain
House furnishings > Great Britain
Nobility > Great Britain
Inventories > Early works to 1800
Inventories
Myers & Co.
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Citation
- Inventory of Furniture in Coilsfield House, 1809. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Catalog Record
- 8099039
- Object ID (OID)
- 33104085
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