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Heir & Spare

The Collection, Room by Room

The Rooms

Ten edits from the house, each arranged as one might a room. Wander as you please.

An antiquarian library with gilt-tooled bindings, a rolling ladder and a globe

I · 4 pieces

The Library

Mahogany, leather and the scent of paper. For rooms built for quiet contemplation and the occasional palace intrigue.

Marble busts and a carved urn on plinths before terracotta walls hung with Piranesi views

II · 4 pieces

Grand Tour

What the young gentleman brought home from Italy, and what his heirs have finally agreed to part with.

Glazed mahogany cabinets of coral, shells, specimen jars and birds under glass

III · 2 pieces

Cabinet of Curiosities

Specimens, shells and the inexplicable. Labels are provided; explanations cost extra.

A scholar's rock, blue and white porcelain and a lacquer cabinet beside a silk scroll

IV · 3 pieces

The Far East

Scholars' rocks, lacquer and porcelain that travelled further than most of their owners.

Anglo-Indian campaign furniture, a brass-bound chest and palms in slatted shutter light

V · 1 piece

The Raj

Campaign furniture, brass and teak, built to be packed up at a moment's notice.

A leather-topped partners desk with brass inkstand, globe and green-shaded lamp

VI · 2 pieces

The Gentleman's Study

Desks, globes and inkstands for correspondence, real or imagined.

A long mahogany dining table set with silver candelabra beneath oxblood walls

VII · 2 pieces

The Dining Room

For long tables and longer conversations.

An orangerie of marble busts, a figure on a plinth, a stone urn, a mahogany console and giltwood chairs beneath tall arched windows

VIII · 1 piece

The Orangerie

Marble busts, figures on plinths, stone urns and the furniture to sit among them, in the long light of the garden room.

Botanical engravings crowded on a green wall above a Wardian case of ferns

IX · 1 piece

The Herbarium

Engravings, plates and specimen cases, for those who prefer their plants to stay put.

A walled garden of marble figures on plinths, a stone fountain basin, a sundial and a stone bench

X · 0 pieces

The Garden

Statuary, fountains, sundials and stone benches: the furniture of the open air, weathered to exactly the right degree.

Carved oak choir stalls, brass altar candlesticks and a gilded triptych beneath a gothic window

XI · 0 pieces

The Chapel

Carved oak, altar candlesticks, triptychs and reliquary boxes, removed from churches with more faith than roof.

A panelled billiard room with a snooker table, a leather Chesterfield, antlers, marble busts, armorial chests and a tapestry

XII · 0 pieces

The Billiard Room

A snooker table, a Chesterfield, antlers, busts and armorial chests: the room a house keeps for after dinner.