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Dwarf blinds, made by John Graves 1991.
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Dwarf blinds, made by John Graves 1991.
Wood, painted
Museum number: XF309
On display: Study
All spaces are in No. 13 Lincoln's Inn Fields unless identified as in No. 12, Soane's first house.
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Curatorial note
Dwarf venetian blinds are clearly shown in views of the Study during Soane's lifetime. Treve Rosoman, founder of the English Heritage Study Collection, acquired an example for EH and allowed Peter Thornton to have it copied in c.1991 when the Study was restored.
He had the colour - purpleish - recreated to follow that shown in
He had the colour - purpleish - recreated to follow that shown in
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