Nostell Priory. © The National Trust 2003-05
Nostell Priory is a Palladian house in Nostell, West Yorkshire, built on the site of a medieval priory. The estate was purchased by the Winn family in the 1650’s and that family has lived there ever since construction began on the present building in 1733, to a design based on Palladio’s Villa Mocenigo. The house retains extensive work by the celebrated architects and designers James Paine and Robert Adam, with decorative painting by A. Zucchi and a collection of furniture by Thomas Chippendale.
The Nostell Priory breakfront side cabinets designed by Thomas Ward. Carlton Hobbs LLC.
Read more... (268 words, 4 images, estimated 1:04 mins reading time)
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Jean François Hache represents the fourth generation in a family of famed cabinetmakers from Grenoble, France, who worked throughout the end of the 17th century and the entirety of the 18th century. The dynasty began with Noël Hache (1630-1675), the son of a master baker who chose not to enter the family business, but rather studied veneering in the workshop of a Calais master. This northern region of France was directly influenced by the marquetry of Belgium and The Netherlands. Eventually, Noël set up his own workshop in Toulouse and, upon his death, it was taken over by his son Thomas. Thomas Hache then moved the atêlier to Grenoble. His only son, Pierre, worked with him as did his grandson, Jean-François. Read more... (387 words, 3 images, estimated 1:33 mins reading time)
