Main entry:

Morley, John, 1933-2001.

Title & Author:

The making of the Royal Pavilion Brighton : designs and drawings / John Morley.

Publication:

London : Published for Sotheby Publications by Philip Wilson, 1984.

Description:

280 pages : illustrations (some color), plans, 1 portrait ; 34 cm

Notes:
Ill on lining papers.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 10-11) and index.
The Patron -- The Exterior -- Henry Holland and the Marine Pavilion -- William Porden's Chinese Designs and the Royal Stables -- Humphry Repton's 'Designs for the Pavillon at Brighton' -- John Nash and the Rebuilding of the Pavilion -- The Interior -- The Crace Firm -- The Saloon -- The Drawing Rooms before 1815 -- The Blue/South Drawing Room -- The Yellow/North Drawing Room -- The Conservatory/Music Room and the Dining Room -- The Entrance Hall -- The Corridor -- The Banqueting Room -- The Music Room -- The Prince of Wales' Bedroom and the King's Apartments -- The Red Drawing Room -- The South Galleries -- The Portico and the Octagon Hall -- The Kitchen -- Miscellaneous Designs.

Summary:

"This book reproduces all the important surviving designs for the exterior and interior of the Pavilion. It reveals the great variety of brilliant exotic schemes devised for its construction and decoration. The projects for the exterior include the pretty but chaste designs of Henry Holland and the wilder Indian and Chinese fantasies of William Porden and Humphry Repton. The interior designs, executed mainly by the Crace firm of decorators and Robert Jones (all firmly controlled by the king) are often astonishing; they include schemes for whole rooms as well as for individual details such as windows, skylights doorways, carpets and curtains. The range includes the 'barbaric' chinoiserie of the 1802-04 period, the enchanting 'rococo' chinoiserie of 1815-17, and the opulent richness of the final scheme. The techniques used include illusionistic painting, marbling, faux graining, faux skies - often in a vein of high fantasy."--BOOK JACKET.

ISBN:

0856671738
9780856671739

Subject:

Georg IV. Großbritannien, König 1762-1830
Holland, Henry 1745-1806
Nash, John 1893-1977
Porden, William 1755-1822
Repton, Humphry 1752-1818
Royal Pavilion, Art Gallery, and Museums.
Royal Pavilion, Art Gallery and Museums, Brighton.
Pavilions England Brighton (East Sussex)
Architecture England.
Architecture Angleterre.
Architecture
Pavilions
Architektur
Bildnis
Geschichte
England
Royal Pavilion
Brighton Royal Pavilion.
East Sussex Brighton Royal residences: Royal Pavilion, Art Gallery and Museums, Brighton Architecture

Form/genre:

catalogs (documents)
Catalogs.
Catalogues.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 650
Call No.: PO12504
Status: Available