# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Exhibition: “Taste, Design, and the Georgian Gentleman”
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sun, 16 Aug, 2026 at 11:00 am – Sun, 16 Aug, 2026 at 03:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Thursday 25 June – Sunday 1 November, 11am-3pm

In this house-wide exhibition, discover the legacy of Georgian owner of The Vyne, John Chute. Uncover John’s influence on and vision for the house and its interiors, positioning The Vyne as a centre of cultivated taste and personal expression.

With evocative Grecian columns and ornate plasterwork, wander through an 18th-century Neo-classical staircase hall and gaze up at the intricate ceiling. See the largest surviving collection of 16 Lattimo glass plates painstakingly hand painted with Venetian scenes. The decadent Large Drawing Room showcases crimson red brocatelle wall hangings. Also in this room, feast your eyes on the unapologetically opulent Pietra Dura, an 18th-century ebony Italian casket lavishly encrusted with semi-precious stones.

Frequented by 18th-century writer and Gothic Revivalist Horace Walpole visit the Strawberry Parlour. Horace is believed to have slept in this ground-floor dark-panelled room while visiting his close friend and fellow connoisseur John Chute. Part of an Italian Old Master work, see a rare-surviving 17th-century sketch by one of the most celebrated painters in Italian art; Giovanni Francesco Barbieri or ‘Il Guercino’.

While you’re here, don’t miss the 17th-century portrait of Speaker of the House of Commons, Chaloner Chute due to undergo painstaking conservation over the next few years. Accessible for the first time ever on the ground floor of the house, the portrait’s last known journey off site was to the National Portrait Exhibition in 1866 – 160 years ago.

Free event, normal admission applies.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/basingstoke/exhibition-taste-design-and-the-georgian-gentleman/200030270059906
- **Event Categories**: exhibitions, art, fine-arts, literary-art
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 4

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Basingstoke
- **state**: EN
- **country**: United Kingdom
- **location**: Vyne Road Sherborne St John Basingstoke, Hampshire, RG24 9HL Bramley, United Kingdom
- **lat**: 51.29858
- **long**: -1.09876
- **full address**: Vyne Road Sherborne St John Basingstoke, Hampshire, RG24 9HL Bramley, United Kingdom, 28 Vyne Road, Basingstoke, RG24 9HX, United Kingdom

## Event gallery

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Exhibition:  Taste, Design, and the Georgian Gentleman  being held?
  - **A:** Exhibition:  Taste, Design, and the Georgian Gentleman  takes place on Sun, 16 Aug, 2026 at 11:00 am to Sun, 16 Aug, 2026 at 03:00 pm at Vyne Road Sherborne St John Basingstoke, Hampshire, RG24 9HL Bramley, United Kingdom, 28 Vyne Road, Basingstoke, RG24 9HX, United Kingdom.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Exhibition:  Taste, Design, and the Georgian Gentleman ?
  - **A:** Exhibition:  Taste, Design, and the Georgian Gentleman  is organized by The Vyne - National Trust.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** Exhibition:  Taste, Design, and the Georgian Gentleman  is ideal for art lovers, trade professionals, collectors, and exhibition enthusiasts exploring the latest in their field. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Basingstoke, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If Exhibition:  Taste, Design, and the Georgian Gentleman  sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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