Design
ca.1598-1603 (made)
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Plan drawn on to thin Italian paper featuring a horseshoe-shaped auditorium surrounded by radiating boxes by leading architect and designer Sir William Chambers (1723-1796). Three large and complex staircases, the centre one in an octagonal compartment, lead up to the auditorium.
Chambers moved to London in 1755 and published his influential Treatise on Civil Architecture in 1759. Chambers demonstrated the breadth of his style in buildings such as Gower (later Carrington) House and Melbourne House, London, in such country houses as Duddingston, Scotland, and in the garden architecture he designed for Wilton House, Wiltshire, and at Kew Gardens. He became head of government building in 1782, and in this capacity built Somerset House, London.
Chambers moved to London in 1755 and published his influential Treatise on Civil Architecture in 1759. Chambers demonstrated the breadth of his style in buildings such as Gower (later Carrington) House and Melbourne House, London, in such country houses as Duddingston, Scotland, and in the garden architecture he designed for Wilton House, Wiltshire, and at Kew Gardens. He became head of government building in 1782, and in this capacity built Somerset House, London.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Pen and ink with grey wash on paper |
| Brief description | Plan traced on to thin Italian paper featuring a horseshoe-shaped auditorium surrounded by radiating boxes by Sir William Chambers (1723-1796). |
| Physical description | Plan drawn on to thin Italian paper featuring a horseshoe-shaped auditorium surrounded by radiating boxes. Three large and complex staircases, the centre one in an octagonal compartment, lead up to the auditorium. |
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| Production type | Design |
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| Object history | Brought from E. Parsons, 1869 |
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| Summary | Plan drawn on to thin Italian paper featuring a horseshoe-shaped auditorium surrounded by radiating boxes by leading architect and designer Sir William Chambers (1723-1796). Three large and complex staircases, the centre one in an octagonal compartment, lead up to the auditorium. Chambers moved to London in 1755 and published his influential Treatise on Civil Architecture in 1759. Chambers demonstrated the breadth of his style in buildings such as Gower (later Carrington) House and Melbourne House, London, in such country houses as Duddingston, Scotland, and in the garden architecture he designed for Wilton House, Wiltshire, and at Kew Gardens. He became head of government building in 1782, and in this capacity built Somerset House, London. |
| Bibliographic reference | Snodin, Michael. Sir William Chambers London: V&A Publications, 1996. ISBN: 1851771824 |
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| Accession number | 7075:8 |
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| Record created | June 11, 2009 |
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