The Antiquary, Vol. 23
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Excerpt from The Antiquary, Vol. 23: A Magazine Devoted to the Study of the Past; January June The First Commissioner of Works has just caused to be placed in the tea-room of the House of Commons the clerk´s table, constructed of solid mahogany, which was rescued from the fire that destroyed the Palace of Westminster in 1834. It had been used in the House of Commons from 1706 until the fire of 1834. To meet the requirements of the union between England and Scotland in 1706, Sir Christopher Wren was employed to enlarge and reconstruct the internal fittings and furniture, by which St. Stephen´s Chapel was adapted for the reception of the House of Commons, and his arrangement and fittings remained without alteration until the burning of the Houses of Parliament. The table corresponds, both in ornament and workmanship, with the style which belonged to the commencement of the last century, and it can be identified with the table represented by the artist Hickel in his picture of Pitt addressing the House of Commons presented to us by the Emperor of Austria It is smaller than the table that replaced it, and which is still in use, but it is more artistic in construction. For many years it remained hidden in one of the lumber rooms attached to the Office of Works, where, however, it has always been treated with care under the traditional impression, of which the table itself supplies corroboration, that it was made from the designs of Sir Christopher Wren. It has now been cleaned and polished, and is a very handsome adjunct of the members´ tea-room. Remnants of the disused wooden throne of the Archbishops of Canterbury, mentioned in the House of Commons by Mr. Cavendish Bentinck, have been inspected by the Dean and Chapter of Canterbury, who have caused three of the pillars, and some of the adjuncts (such as the carved mitre from the apex) to be placed in the Chapter Library. Horace Walpole is probably wrong in ascribing the carving to Grinling Gibbons. The stalls of the Dean and Chapter, at the west end of the choir, which bear the arms of Archbishop Sheldon, Primate from 1663 to 1677, were probably carved by Grinling Gibbons. They are fully thirty years older than the disused wooden throne, which was given to the cathedral by Archbishop Tenison in 1706. Seventy years later, the Rev. William Gostling, a minor canon of the cathedral, described this throne and the woodwork on each side of the choir in the following words: "The old monkish stalls, in two rows on each side of the choir, remained till the year 1704, when an Act of Chapter was made for taking away them and some old pews... and placing three ranges of seats or pews instead of them..." This was executed in a very handsome manner, and Archbishop Tenison on this occasion gave the present throne. The whole is of wainscot; the canopy and its ornament raised very high on six fluted pillars of the Corinthian order, with proper imposts. In Biographia Britannica the expense is said to have been £244 8s. 2d., which seems more likely than only £70, at which the Hon. Mr. Walpole rates it, and says the carving was by Gibbons. Whether the famous Grinling Gibbons followed this business so late as 1706 may perhaps be doubted, but nothing here seems the work of so eminent an artist. The ornaments of the prebendal stalls have much greater appearance of being his performance. The three circlets of lead, which are here engraved by Mr. G. Bailey, after the exact size and pattern of the originals, were found in a garden at Little Chester, near Derby, close to the remains of the Roman wall. They were at no great depth, and with them were coins, bits of pottery, and other small relics. They each weigh forty-eight grains. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
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