Main or Master Bedroom Papers

This material is held atV&A Archive of Art and Design

  • Reference
    • GB 73 AAD/2017/9/5
  • Former Reference
    • GB 73 EMW/5
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1842 - 1998
  • Physical Description
    • 36 files in 6 sub-series

Scope and Content

This series contains a large amount of correspondence addressed to Elizabeth de Haas from 'Vaterchen'; press cuttings; plant samples; photographs including photographic albums of travels by Elizabeth de Haas and prints.

The room was Dorothy Walker's bedroom on the second floor; when she died in 1963, it was taken over by Elizabeth de Haas as her own bedroom. Some of the papers in this sub-series were contained in an early 18th-century walnut, crossbanded and herringbone strung bureau, the sloping front enclosing drawers and pigeonholes above two short and three graduated drawers, on bracket feet.