Zusammenfassung der Ressource
ENGLISH REGENCY, BRITISH GREEK REVIVAL
- DESIGN CHARACTERISTICS
- GREEK REVIVAL
- Antiquity from late 18th century
- Bold, simple massing, flat, unbroken walls
- Minimal, refined, and flat ornament
- Greek orders: Doric
- Greek/Roman temple forms
- MOTIFS
- pediments, columns
- arabesques, grotesques, urns
- fretwork, foliage, pagodas
- pointed arches, rose windows
- ARCHITECTURE
- Brighton, England; Royal Pavilion. Exotic onion/bulb shaped rooftops
- Hyde Park Center London, England
- Branch Bank of England
- Athenaeum London, England
- Ickworth Suffolk, England. Has rotunda
- Yellow, gray, cream, and white brick replace red
- DESIGNERS/ARCHITECTS
- Crace and Son
- Gillow and Company
- Thomas Hope
- John Nash
- George Smith
- Sir John Soane
- INTERIORS
- Fan vaulting, moldings, orders
- fire gates, stoves
- BREAKFAST ROOM No. 13:
- canopy dome, skylight
- vistas accented
- lightweight furnishings
- fringe
- LIGHTING
- argand lamp
- torchere
- chandeliers
- more light filled rooms
- FURNISHINGS
- x-form stools, nesting tables, work tables
- chiffoniers, dwarf bookcases
- egyptian influenced chairs
- wings, animals, saber legs
- bamboo chairs
- scrolled-end sofa
- pedestal tables w/ caryatids
- commode, chinoiserie