Notes on index-cards made by Clive Wainwright while researching for works on Abbotsford
- Reference:GB 237 Coll-1299
- Dates of Creation:1979-1989
- Name of Creator:
- Language of Material:English
- Physical Description:200 (approx.) index-cards
Scope and Content
This collection of around 200 index-cards with manuscript research notes written in ink (cards 20 cm x 13 cm dimension) are divided by 15-index tabs into the following sections:
- WS Visits
- Hay, Bullock, Terry, Blore, Atkinson
- WS Tradition and Folklore
- WS Friends and Visitors
- WS on Collecting and Architecture
- Abbotsford exterior
- Abbotsford interior / general
- Abbotsford hall
- Abbotsford library
- Abbotsford dining-room
- Abbotsford drawing-room
- Abbotsford armoury
- Abbotsford study
- Abbotsford armour
- Abbotsford furniture
WS is Sir Walter Scott.
Administrative / Biographical History
Furniture historian Clive Wainwright was born on 2 April 1942 in Langport, Somerset, in England. He was educated at Huish's Grammar School, Taunton, and then he joined the plastics research division of ICI (Imperial Chemical Industries) in Welwyn Garden City.
Wainwright continued his education taking evening classes in art history, and then joined the staff of the Victoria and Albert Museum, first as an assistant in the National Art Library and then on the staff of the Keeper of Woodwork. Knowledge that he built up on the Victorian scene was translated to a doctoral thesis, a small collection of his own, and a large library of Victorian books. His principal interest had been Pugin and he came to play a key role in the refurbishment of the Palace of Westminster. In 1988, he was appointed Assistant Keeper in the department of Furniture and Interior Design, adn in 1989 he published his thesis The romantic interior: the British collector at home, 1750-1850.
His other works included Furniture in the Palace of Westminster (1974), jointly with John Hardy, and High Victorian design (1974), collaborating with Simon Jervis.
Wainwright was elected to the Society of Antiquaries of London on 6 December 1973, and was a member of its Council in 1980.
Clive Wainwright, PhD. died on 2 July 1999.
Access Information
Open to bona fide researchers, but please contact repository for details in advance of visit.
Acquisition Information
Material acquired by donation. Accession no: E2011.13
Archivist's Note
Compiled by Graeme D. Eddie, Edinburgh University Library, Special Collections.
Related Material
Within Special Collections, Edinburgh University Library there is the Corson Collection about which more can be found here http://www.walterscott.lib.ed.ac.uk/corson.html Although Edinburgh University itself does not have a copy, there is the Guide to Abbotsford, revised by James Corson, and published by Swain Ltd., 1975.
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