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    A family AFFAIR

    Jul 21, 2021 4 minutes
    FEATURE JANE CRITTENDEN
    PHOTOGRAPHS JAMES FRENCH STYLING MARISHA TAYLOR

    Melanie and Charles Cartwright’s house is a family home in the truest sense, filled with inherited furniture and art from two previous generations.

    ‘We were able to take on the contents of Charles’s parents’ dining room as the timing coincided with our move and having more space,’ says Melanie. ‘It’s almost all Irish Victorian mahogany furniture originally from Charles’s grandparents on both sides. The chairs are particularly special because his great-grandfather upholstered them – we’ve been very pleased to keep everything in the family.’

    The couple were also given some large portraits, bought from Irish country house

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