Drawing on new research into the Ham House collection, this talk will trace the journey of items from Chinese and Japanese workshops via the developing ‘India’ shops of Restoration London into the courtly interiors of late Stuart Ham House.
At Ham House, the Duke and Duchess of Lauderdale lived in grand style. Explore some of the recipes they might have enjoyed at a pivotal moment in English food history.
After Ham House survived a period of seclusion and retrenchment under his reclusive father, Wilbraham Tollemache, 6th Earl of Dysart (1739-1821) sought to restore Ham House’s position as a locus of hospitality and cultivation. He returned much of the house and collection to its former seventeenth century splendour, as well as making his own mark through expanding both the estate and the collection.
Ham House Garden is part restoration and part re-creation of a 17th century landscape, designed with house and garden in harmony, created to impress.
A deep dive into some of the incredible stories of love, loss and longing that can be found in the collection at Ham House.