Royal collections : Windsor Castle and Buckingham Palace (1900)
[England? : s.n.] · leaf 27
arrets have been ransacked and the neglectedfurniture—now recognised as works of art—resusci-tated. In the royal palaces the artistic feeling ofthe late Prince Consort insured that nothing shouldbe neglected, and many unknown treasures werediscovered ; while at the present day the sameinterest is… … GEORGE IV glory, lavished money on the decoration of hispalaces. Does anyone suppose that a clean sweepwas not made of most furniture that dated from anearlier reign ? The first general inventory of thefurniture of the French Crown was decided on in1663. Not till 1673 was thefirst list completed,…
