High Pavilion Bedroom

This large room is dominated by two exceptionally well preserved and vividly coloured tapestries from the Mortlake tapestry factory. They were woven around 1636, during the reign of King Charles I, who purchased the cartoons by Raphael, from which they were made. They represent
'Christ's charge to Peter'. and
'Elymas struck by Blindness'

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Tapestry is particularly vulnerable to damage caused by light, which both fades the colours and weakens the threads. For this reason shutters here and elsewhere in the House are kept permanently closed - sadly excluding the views, to the north and down the West Front avenue, which this pivotal room should enjoy.

Jean Baptiste Monnoyer (1634-1699)
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The decorative paintings that flank the chimney are by the Huguenot, Jean Baptiste Monnoyer. Brought to England by Ralph in 1678 he produced a huge number of flower pictures for both Boughton and Montagu House in Bloomsbury – an inventory of the latter in 1707 records 52 of his works. The frames are of equal interest, the upper pair being the work of another of the Pelletier family. The more simple frames, below, are in the style of William Kent.

Over the fireplace is a portrait of

Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford, after Van Dyck.

The furniture includes a Bureau de Dame by Bernard van Risenburg, a George III commode by Pierre Langolis (as seen right), and a Queen Anne centre table by James Moore. The glass candleholders, c.1690, are en suite with those in the Low Pavillion and High Pavilion ante rooms.

George III commode
by Pierre Langolis

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