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The Duke of Devonshire's Lost London House
Last week, when Simon Seligman gave his brilliant talk, "Custodians, Collectors, and Tastemakers: The Duchesses at Chatsworth", to the members and guests of Decorative Arts Trust (see the October 6, 2011, post), he touched on Devonshire House, the magnificent London home of the Duke of Devonshires that was once the center of the Cavendish family dynasty. The Devoted Classicist remembered an article from an issue of "Country Life" last year on the occasion of the 'attic sale' by Sotheby's at…