Colza Style Lanterns

Details

Date

2009

Author / Artist

Dimensions

Height 160cm

Material

Gilt metal, Glass

Catalogue number

SHPT.21

Current location

Library

Gilt metal and glass Colza type lanterns, contemporary, the design envisioned by the architectural historian Jonathon Foyle, drew on two extant drawings of the Stowe State Library from the early 19th century. Dr Foyle made projective reconstruction patterns, which were modelled and made by the chandelier manufacturers Wilkinson Ltd.