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The Grand Banquet, 1850. Festivities at Trentham Hall in Staffordshire, to celebrate the majority [reaching the age of 21] of the Marquis of Stafford. '...grand dinner party, in a magnificent apartment temporarily formed by roofing over what is called the West apartment was constructed under the superintendence of Charles Barry, Esq., ceiling was composed of crimson and white drapery, ornamented with wreaths and festoons of the cornice, a string of gas jets was continued all round the apartment, and these, with chandeliers of wax lights, brilliantly il
The Grand Banquet, 1850. Festivities at Trentham Hall in Staffordshire, to celebrate the majority [reaching the age of 21] of the Marquis of Stafford. '...grand dinner party, in a magnificent apartment temporarily formed by roofing over what is called the West apartment was constructed under the superintendence of Charles Barry, Esq., ceiling was composed of crimson and white drapery, ornamented with wreaths and festoons of the cornice, a string of gas jets was continued all round the apartment, and these, with chandeliers of wax lights, brilliantly illuminated the whole place, and a hoop of wax-lights was suspended, by wires, from the were laid for Duke and Duchess have dispensed their hospitality to such an assemblage of birth and rank as this county does not often witness'. From "Illustrated London News", 1850.
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