Are you the mystery owner of the missing Gothic Table?

Launched on 18 October at Strawberry Hill House, the ‘Lost Treasures of Strawberry Hill’ exhibition is now open to the public to explore and immerse themselves in Walpole’s world of darkly glamorous ‘gloomth’. The opening of the exhibition marks an exciting new chapter in our series retracing the treasures from Walpole’s lost collection. In this tenth instalment, art historian and provenance researcher, Silvia Davoli, appeals to a mysterious guest who attended the opening night of the exhibition, claimed to own a missing gothic table, which once sat in the Great Parlour at Strawberry Hill and disappeared without a trace. Continue reading

Did we find the lost Van Dyck?

In this ninth instalment of our series on the Lost Treasures of Strawberry Hill, art historian and provenance researcher Silvia Davoli makes another astonishing discovery. As the opening of the ‘Lost Treasures’ exhibition approaches, Silvia draws ever closer to fulfilling her quest to restore Horace Walpole’s extraordinary collection when she uncovers an original Van Dyck just over 100 miles from where it once resided at Walpole’s gothic villa. Continue reading