Kingston Road, 'The Oriels', Drawing room at H.G. Quartermain’s home
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| Partial / Incomplete Date | 1899 |
|---|---|
| Area | Merton Park |
| Copyright 1 | John Innes Society |
| Stakeholder Image | JIS |
| Picture Reference | JIS_Q_54b |
| Original Format | |
| Photographer / Origin of Photo | via Quartermain family |
| Notes / History | Showing Grinling Gibbons overmantel, with frieze from Thomas Carlyle's house, Chelsea; Jacobean chair and stool made of old oak from Merton Church; Cromwellian clock; and (far left) screen with brocade from Marie Antionette's boudoir. House was next to level crossing and destroyed in World War II. |