According to Roman historian Livy, Romulus and Remus have been seen in bronze alongside their she-wolf saviour as long ago as 295 BC when a statue of the trio was erected at the foot of the Palatine Hill. This image of the infant founders of Rome has persisted for...
The Jade Bonsai trees also known as Portulacaria Afra or Crassula ovata are succulent plants that are popular in the art of bonsai. The tree that is in the house is a replica of one of these trees, being made from bronze and jade, unlike living bonsai, crystal bonsai...
The upstairs rooms at Arundells are beginning to be ‘put to bed’ for the winter. We observe the tradition of historic housekeeping, where country houses would have been deep cleaned and rested while the family were in town for the winter. Firstly, we check the...
Written by Kate Walter for Wiltshire Life Magazine. I joined the Arundells team as their new Curator in January 2021. Carrying out essential conservation in the depths of the winter lockdown provided an unprecedented opportunity to get to know the house. Some may...
While Arundells is closed we continue to work on essential conservation tasks, so I thought I would use my first blog spot to give some insights into what we do behind-the-scenes to care for the house and collection. At Arundells, we practise Preventive...
