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Trade Goods
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Beforeyouenterthe
mainhouse,there'san
exhibitionoftradegoods
fromthe19th-century
Portugueseempire,
includingasilkbedspread
embroideredwithtropical
lowers,anivorycarving
ofaBuddha-likebaby
Jesus,andanaltarfron-
talfeaturingtigers.
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Chapel
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Thechapelcontains
thetombofUrbanoLom-
elino
(above)
,anearly
sugarmerchant.His
descendantsmovedit
herewhentheyacquired
theestatein1678.
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Key
GroundFloor
FirstFloor
^
Drawing Rooms
Zarco'soriginal
mansionwasabusy
workingfarmand
administrativecentre.
TheLomelinofamily
radicallyremodelledthe
houseintheearly19th
century,illingthewell-
proportioneddrawing
roomswithEnglish
Chippendalefurniture
andinepaintings.
Captain Zarco:
Lord of the Isles
JoãoGonçalves(nick-
namedZarco-“Squint-
er”-afterhelostan
eyeattheBattleof
Ceutain1415)planted
thePortugueselagon
PortoSantoin1419,and
onMadeirain1420.In
1425hereturnedwith
people,seedsandtools
toliveonMadeira.Zarco
ruledtheisland'ssouth-
westernhalf,whilehis
fellowcaptain,Tristão
Vaz,ruledthenortheast
fromMachico.Zarco's
halfprovedtohavethe
betterharbour,which
becametheisland'scap-
ital.Hediedin1467,at
theripeageof80.
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Picnic
by Tomás
*
Palanquin
da Anunciação
Picnic (above)
,bythe
founderofthePortuguese
schooloflandscapeart,
datesfrom1865.The
familyofthe2ndCount
ofCarvalhalisdepictedon
theirQuintadoPalheiro
Ferreiroestate
(see p24)
.
Apalanquin,usedin
the19thcenturytocarry
awealthyladyaround
Funchal,isdisplayedinthe
basement.Alsohereare
aseriesofEnglishsatirical
engravingspokingfunat
Funchal'swell-fedpriests
andover-dressedoficials.
(
Sugar Box
)
Silver Collection
Furniture
Braziliansugarputanend
totheMadeiran
sugartrade.The
mahoganyboxes
usedtotransport
thesugarwere
turnedintothe
robustchests
(right)
seenin
thebasement.
Arichcollectionof
historicsilverisonshow
inthebasement.
Highlightsincludea
pairofsilver-and-
ebonyMexicanslave
igures(late18th-
century)andtwo
silver-and-coralBrit-
ishbaby'srattles
(mid18th-century).
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