Music Room

This comparatively restrained room is a modest overture to Stuart's state rooms which follow. The plaster frieze ornamented with urns is similar to that in the dining room at Lichfield House in St. James's Square, also designed by Stuart.

The unique gilt metal Spencer 'S' pattern door furniture, used in all the state rooms, is copied from the originals now at Althorp. The Bacchic head forming the handle was taken from a Roman sarcophagus, a miniature copy of which served as the money box of the Society of Dilettanti.

Door Furniture<br /><small>Photograph by Mark Fiennes</small>

EVA ROTHSCHILD'S META - Christie's Images 2012

What's New

As part of the exhibition programme of modern and contemporary sculpture in conjunction with Christie's, Spencer House is delighted to announce that the third piece to be shown is Eva Rothschild's Meta. It will be on exhibition from 2nd February to 23rd March 2012.

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