Model of Lord Burlington's villa at Chiswick
Architectural Model
2001 (made)
2001 (made)
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This is a model of Lord Burlington's villa at Chiswick. Lord Burlington built his villa as an extension to his house at Chiswick, near London. Only the villa is shown in this model. It was built for entertaining not for daily living. Burlington based its domed design on two Italian villas of the 1570s, the Villa Rotunda at Vicenza by Andrea Palladio and the Villa Rocca Pisani by Vincenzo Scamozzi. All the details, however, came from ancient classical sources. The interior was richly decorated with painting, gilding and elaborate furnishings.
This model was made by George Rome-Innes and produced by the Network Modelmakers, London, 2001 for the British Galleries at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
This model was made by George Rome-Innes and produced by the Network Modelmakers, London, 2001 for the British Galleries at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Object details
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| Title | Model of Lord Burlington's villa at Chiswick |
| Materials and techniques | Limewood |
| Brief description | Architectural model of Lord Burlington's villa at Chiswick by George Rome-Innes in 2001 for the British Galleries at the V&A. |
| Physical description | Model (twenty-first century) of Lord Burlington's villa at Chiswick. |
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| Production type | Model |
| Production | Attribution note: The model is built at a scale of 1:48. |
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| Summary | This is a model of Lord Burlington's villa at Chiswick. Lord Burlington built his villa as an extension to his house at Chiswick, near London. Only the villa is shown in this model. It was built for entertaining not for daily living. Burlington based its domed design on two Italian villas of the 1570s, the Villa Rotunda at Vicenza by Andrea Palladio and the Villa Rocca Pisani by Vincenzo Scamozzi. All the details, however, came from ancient classical sources. The interior was richly decorated with painting, gilding and elaborate furnishings. This model was made by George Rome-Innes and produced by the Network Modelmakers, London, 2001 for the British Galleries at the Victoria and Albert Museum. |
| Other number | NCOL.2-2001 |
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| Accession number | E.3838-2004 |
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| Record created | May 20, 2009 |
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