Little Hall associations

In 12th century Western Europe, the towns of Arras, Douai and Lille in Flanders, together with Cambrai and Tournai and Valenciennes in Hainault were the main producers of woollen cloth. Arras also served as the main commercial centre with Montreuil as its port. A high proportion of the cloth was made from English wool. England… Read more: English Wool and European Cloth Production

A previous article described the collection of Indian miniatures and related items gifted to the National Library of Australia in Canberra by Thomas Gayer-Anderson. Sweden’s Museum of Mediterranean Studies also holds important items from the brothers’ collections. Robert sold part of his ancient Egyptian collection to the Medelshavmuseet, including many beautiful pots and bowls from… Read more: Items from the Gayer-Anderson Ancient Egyptian Collection in the Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm

Paintings, drawings maps and photographs often provide a valuable record of changes to buildings and landscapes. Reginald Brill’s picture ‘Mr Turner restoring the Barn’, in the dining room of Little Hall, records two of the Italian lead statues that were formerly on the garden terrace of the Hall. Brill’s viewpoint was on the first floor… Read more: Recording the past at Little Hall

In 1954 Thomas Gayer-Anderson gifted over two hundred items from the collection of Indian miniatures he had formed with his brother Robert, to the Commonwealth of Australia. Two years earlier he had presented part of the collection to the Victoria and Albert Museum. The brothers had both served at Gallipoli and befriended Australian soldiers and… Read more: The Gayer Anderson Gift of Indian Miniatures to Australia