Settee for Wanstead House

Tobacco jar in the form of a bear holding a tree stump (1896)
Terracotta

Inscriptions: “fumus gloria mundi / & forbear / RK / JLK / 1896.” National Trust, Bateman’s, NT 760658. © National Trust Images / John Hammond.

Settee for Wanstead House (before 1731)
William Kent (1685–1748)
United Kingdom
Carved gilt wood, upholstery

Rievaulx Terrace and Temples, National Trust

From the exhibition:

William Kent: Designing Georgian Britain

The Five Senses and the Four Elements, Canvas Worked with Silk Thread (Second quarter 17th century)
England
Canvas worked with silk thread
17 ¼ x 22 ½ in. (43.4 x 56.5 cm)

From the exhibition:

English Embroidery from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, ca. 1580–1700: ‘Twixt Art and Nature