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and carnelian - this pendant necklace was inspired by the sumptuous Usekh collar worn by pharaohs

All vintage items are sourced for Sir John Soane's Museum by expert buyer Michelle Mason

The paintings were originally hung at Soane's country villa

and a border of guilloche

Grotesque Goblin Corbel Exhibition Books 000 titlesInspired by the collection of Grotesques filling the Monk's Parlour in the crypt area of the Sir John Soane Museum. It was with mixed feelings that Soane watched a rising public fashion for the Gothic style. He designed this playfully sombre space, the Monk's Parlour to satirise this style. Taken from the medieval carvings found upon the misericords and supporters within the choir stalls of Exeter Cathedral. This carving is of a goblin, similar in