HAREWOOD HOUSE

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIII, Issue 20930, 8 January 1938, Page 14

HAREWOOD HOUSE

A HOME OF TREASURES

Harewood House. where Queen Mary visited the Princess Royal and the Earl of Harewood, is a great treasure house, and her Majesty never tires of inspecting the wonderful col-

lections there, states Marianne Mayfayre in the “Daily Telegraph.” These treasures were added to considerably some five years ago, when Lord Harewood disposed of Chesterfield House, and many of the paintings, etchings, and much china, silver, glass, and furniture were transferred to Harewood. The principal portion of these collections is now arranged in what is known as the Great Gallery. This extends throughout the entire length of the west front, which has long windows commanding striking views over the surrounding country. Like several other of the principal apartments at Harewood, it has a fine ceiling, the work of Angelica Kauffmann. Turner’s striking painting of "Plumpton Rocks,” the scene of which is not very far away, a couple of miles or so from Knaresborough. is hung there. It is said that this wonderful collection of old china is without a rival in any private museum in the world. It was originally assembled by a sop of the first Earl of Harewood. The Princess Royal has the history of every piece at her fingers’ ends. Both she and Lord Harewood are alw'ays on the look-out for pieces worthy of inclusion, i Lord Harewood is one of the keenest j collectors of antiques in the country, I his tastes inclining more particularly j in the direction of old furniture and i pictures. When Queen Mary has been staying at Harewood in the past there is nothing that she and her son-in-law have enjoyed better than to motor into Harrogate to visit some of the antique shops that the town contains in search of pieces for their respective collections.