Summer Lunch and visit to Chatsworth

After our wonderful Summer Lunch we set off for a wander around Chatsworth House. We were looking for inspiration for textile work for our exhibition to be displayed in the Carriage House restaurant early next year.  But - Chris Harris and Christine Bardsley were much more interested in adding their work to the Woven in Time weaving loom in the State Drawing Room:-

As most of you will know, Chatsworth is rich in artistic inspiration and so the photographs shown here can only hint at what is within the house.  Hopefully they may give you ideas, or prompt you to visit and record those things which you find inspirational.

This sculpture of a leaping hare is in the central courtyard and was created, I think, by Barry Flanagan.  Beneath it is a model of Chatsworth House.

Here are the Emperor fountain and the famous violin painted on a door:-

On the left is a display of wall-mounted china plates, and on the right is a tabletop with a beautiful design made from different types of stone.

Here are some of the glorious tassels used to decorate the curtains and windows:-

These are the hot-air balloons which took off from the Chatsworth estate during last weekend's country fair:-

All of this without venturing outside the House or looking around the garden.  Oh, and did I mention the farmyard, the Orangery, the waterfall or the bridge....?