One example of the lavish items that George IV acquired and displayed are a series of towering pagodas made of porcelain, the tallest of which are up to 17 foot high.
But I started looking at all the pictures on the wall There were photographs of groups of English schoolboys and lots of other things that you only find in an English home.
In short, the house in Saville Row, which must have been a very temple of disorder and unrest under the illustrious but dissipated Sheridan, was cosiness, comfort, and method idealised.
It was an era that suited her, crude, garish, showy, full of over-dressed women, over-furnished houses, too many jewels, too many horses, too much food, too much whisky.
Today, there are about 2,500 works of art of this kind across the current and historic royal residences, where they've played a central role in luxurious palace furnishing.