In the early 19th century Catherine Woronzow, the Russian wife of the 11th Earl of Pembroke, refurnished Wilton House with early-18th-century furniture sold from Wanstead House, Essex. The scheme is so appropriate, writes John Martin Robinson, that until recently it was believed to have been created a century earlier.
In the 18th century the state rooms at Wilton contained very little furniture. The Cube and Double Cube Rooms were furnished only with pier tables, stools and classical busts on...
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