Objects from our collection
From time to time as news items we have featured objects from our collection. Here are some of them.
Recording the past at Little Hall
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
Object of the Month: Praying Child
As visitors to Little Hall leave the library, they see mounted on the chimney of the inner hall fireplace a semi-circular relief of a girl
Little Hall’s Window Glass, Old and New
The Gayer-Anderson twins moved into the Great House in 1923 but had to wait until 1931 when the tenants vacated no.20 in the North wing
The Changing Face of Little Hall
Since the Gayer-Anderson brothers arrived in Lavenham, Little Hall has been through a succession of changes, and especially in the face it presents to the
Painting Links Gayer-Anderson to the Tenement Years
Richard Poulson was born in Little Hall in 1923 when his family lived in one of the tenements. They moved out and the Gayer Andersons
Indian Tiles
The cuerda seca Indian Tilesembedded in the walls of the Colonel’s Study Like many of our treasures, we continue to learn more about them. These
The Gayer Anderson Crests
On the external walls of Little Hall there are a number of pargetted crests set into the plasterwork. These depict a lion and a tree
Painting of a young man, by Glyn Philpot RA
Portrait of a Young Man by Glyn Warren Philpot (1884-1937) In the Well Room at Little Hall, Lavenham, the former home of twins Robert and
The Kite Flyer, Thomas Gayer Anderson
Thomas Gayer-Anderson was a gifted artist who worked in a range of media, including sculpture. At Little Hall he created a studio within a first
Decorative Bridal Mirror Box Panels
When the Gayer-Anderson brothers undertook the restoration of Little Hall in the 1930s they fitted out a number of its rooms with architectural features and decorative
Little Hall Garden
Little Hall is nearly 650 years old and over time has had many and varied owners. The last residents before the property finally passed out
Evacuees Chest
Now that we’ve upgraded our website we’re going to introduce an object each month that we think will interest you. As you may have seen
