Thomas Hope Duchess Street Floor Plan

Hope published his designs as household furniture and interior decoration 1807.

Thomas hope duchess street floor plan.

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In 1799 thomas hope the famous architect traveller and collector purchased duchess house london from the dowager lady warwick and set about remodelling the original robert adam building. Download image of interior of thomas hope s picture gallery duchess street london. Thomas hope 1769 1831 bought his house in duchess street london in 1799 to house his collection of antique and modern art. After his marriage in 1807 he purchased a country manor in surrey called the deepdene which was also entirely furnished in the new regency style.

Having made substantial alterations to the house he published household furniture and interior decoration in 1807. Feb 4 2019 the find by jo beverly of the almack s voucher on flickr sent me searching out other photographic evidence of the regency period. The chairs were originally designed to be part of the furnishings for the egyptian room in thomas hope s house duchess street portland place london. From the penguin dictionary of decorative arts john fleming and hugh honour penguin books london 1977.

The settee was originally designed to be part of the furnishings for the egyptian room in thomas hope s house in duchess street portland place london. Regency designer a curatorial interpretation of the egyptian room at duchess street designer patron collector and author thomas hope 1769 1831 is one of the major figures in the history of british design and helped shape and define what became known as regency style a mode of design and decoration that continues to be influential. The duchess street house wasn t thomas hope s only foray into ground breaking interior design projects. Thomas hope s house in duchess street.

This book included illustrations of the house s interiors and details of individual pieces of furniture. William henry bartlett british london 1809 1854 at sea dated. Hope published his designs as household furniture and interior decoration 1807. There was something so visceral about the almack.

Watkin published thomas hope s house in duchess street find read and cite all the research you need on researchgate. A fuller story of their evolution can now be told following the discovery of drawings by robert adam and c.