In the Detail

Saturday 25 Sep 2010 - Sunday 31 Oct 2010
12.00pm - 4.00pm

In the Watercolour Rooms

Continuing the theme of 'miniatures' at Harewood, we present this selection of some of House's diminutive delights - masterpieces of applied art that deserve a closer look.

Visitors will be able to examine small decorative items and 'objets de vertu' with a Victorian focus relating to our Presence or Absence exhibition.

The items on display belonged to five women associated with Harewood: the 3rd, 4th and 5th Countesses, as well as Queen Victoria and Lady Canning, who served as a Lady of the Bedchamber to the Queen for thirteen years and became a close friend.

These precious, often personal, objects offer a more intimate view of these women. Some of the details, such as the locks of children's hair in Lady Louisa's necklace are quite moving and offer a glimpse of personal relationships with family and friends.

Made using the finest craft materials and techniques, many of these sublime objects have never been on display to the public before.