Architectural Design
18th century (made)
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Full-size plan of the painted decoration of a table top by leading architect and designer Sir William Chambers (1723-1796). This plan survives as two separate pieces of paper (E.4988-1910 and E.5046-1910) with the intervening area missing. This design has been roughly trimmed along its edge to an approximately quarter-circle shape, following the edge of the table top.
Chambers was born in Sweden and died in London. He travelled widely, visiting China, and studied architecture at the Ecole des Arts, Paris, from 1749 and in Italy from 1750 to 1755. Many of his drawings from this period are contained in his important 'Franco-Italian' album, held in the V&A. 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 was born in Sweden and died in London. He travelled widely, visiting China, and studied architecture at the Ecole des Arts, Paris, from 1749 and in Italy from 1750 to 1755. Many of his drawings from this period are contained in his important 'Franco-Italian' album, held in the V&A. 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, pencil and yellow, green and grey washes. Laid on to two layers of later backing sheets. |
| Brief description | Full-size plan of the painted decoration of a table top, 18th century, Sir William Chambers (1723-1796). |
| Physical description | Full-size plan of the painted decoration of a table top. This plan survives as two separate pieces of paper (E.4988-1910 and E.5046-1910) with the intervening area missing. This design has been roughly trimmed along its edge to an approximately quarter-circle shape, following the edge of the table top. |
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| Production type | Design |
| Marks and inscriptions | '10/6' Note Inscribed in a nineteenth-century hand |
| Object history | Bought from J. Starkie Gardner, 1910. |
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| Summary | Full-size plan of the painted decoration of a table top by leading architect and designer Sir William Chambers (1723-1796). This plan survives as two separate pieces of paper (E.4988-1910 and E.5046-1910) with the intervening area missing. This design has been roughly trimmed along its edge to an approximately quarter-circle shape, following the edge of the table top. Chambers was born in Sweden and died in London. He travelled widely, visiting China, and studied architecture at the Ecole des Arts, Paris, from 1749 and in Italy from 1750 to 1755. Many of his drawings from this period are contained in his important 'Franco-Italian' album, held in the V&A. 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. |
| Associated object | E.5046-1910 (Part) |
| Bibliographic reference | Snodin, M. Sir William Chambers. London: V&A Publications, 1996.
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| Accession number | E.4988-1910 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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