William Smedley-Aston
Added additional example of his work.
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He lived at the William & Francis Radford designed [[villa]] townhouse 77 [[Holland Park]] [[W postcode area|W14]] when in London and The Yew Trees, [[Henley-in-Arden]], a 16th-century timbered house, which housed his famous collection of early [[English Furniture]], [[Old Masters]] & very early English Glass. A valuation report by The Fine Art & General Insurance Company (now part of [[Aviva]]) for the glass held by the family from 1920 shows it was insured for £2,000 which with inflation in 2011 equated to £73,345.{{cite web |url=http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/education/Pages/inflation/calculator/flash/default.aspx |title=Bank of England {{!}} Education {{!}} Inflation Calculator |website=www.bankofengland.co.uk |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120305162649/http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/education/Pages/inflation/calculator/flash/default.aspx |archive-date=2012-03-05}} The collection was auctioned off in three sales (each three days long) by the auctioneers Grimleys throughout the 1920s and early 1930s. The Yewtrees is now three houses, having been sub-divided, and the five-acre gardens built upon. |
He lived at the William & Francis Radford designed [[villa]] townhouse 77 [[Holland Park]] [[W postcode area|W14]] when in London and The Yew Trees, [[Henley-in-Arden]], a 16th-century timbered house, which housed his famous collection of early [[English Furniture]], [[Old Masters]] & very early English Glass. A valuation report by The Fine Art & General Insurance Company (now part of [[Aviva]]) for the glass held by the family from 1920 shows it was insured for £2,000 which with inflation in 2011 equated to £73,345.{{cite web |url=http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/education/Pages/inflation/calculator/flash/default.aspx |title=Bank of England {{!}} Education {{!}} Inflation Calculator |website=www.bankofengland.co.uk |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120305162649/http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/education/Pages/inflation/calculator/flash/default.aspx |archive-date=2012-03-05}} The collection was auctioned off in three sales (each three days long) by the auctioneers Grimleys throughout the 1920s and early 1930s. The Yewtrees is now three houses, having been sub-divided, and the five-acre gardens built upon. |
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[[File:The Embroidery by William Smedley-Aston.jpg|left|thumb|The Embroidery by William Smedley-Aston c.1904]] |
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Much of his collection is pictured in the book ''Early English Furniture & Woodwork''.{{cite book |url=http://chestofbooks.com/home-improvement/furniture/English-Woodwork/index.html |title=Early English Furniture and Woodwork |first1=Herbert |last1=Cescinsky |first2=Ernest. R. |last2=Gribble |year=1922 |publisher=George Routledge And Sons |accessdate=22 March 2011}} The collection was sold by the auctioneers Grimleys through a series of three sales. |
Much of his collection is pictured in the book ''Early English Furniture & Woodwork''.{{cite book |url=http://chestofbooks.com/home-improvement/furniture/English-Woodwork/index.html |title=Early English Furniture and Woodwork |first1=Herbert |last1=Cescinsky |first2=Ernest. R. |last2=Gribble |year=1922 |publisher=George Routledge And Sons |accessdate=22 March 2011}} The collection was sold by the auctioneers Grimleys through a series of three sales. |
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They had three children: |
They had three children: |
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