Summary
Ohappy living things!" wrote Samuel Taylor Coleridge in his Rime of the Ancient Mariner. "No tongue their beauty might declare..."
The poet might utter something similar with a note of irony this weekend if he were able to see the great collection of artefacts his family has gathered over centuries.See the full content of this document
Extract
Coleridge Heirlooms Sale Marks End of Era
Tallboys and busts, watercolours and wigs, bookcases and clocks, cabinets and card tables, chandeliers and chaises longues, fire fenders and sofas, wardrobes and wing-back chairs... All are to go under the Sotheby hammer on Tuesday at what is being billed as one of the biggest country house s...
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