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By the  1870s, Jeckyll was one of the leading architects of the Aesthetic Movement. He designed an interior for the Holland Park house of the collector, Alexander Ionides (1833-1900) (who bequeathed much of his collection of paintings to the V&A) and the dining room of a house in Princes Gate. (Due to its later painted decoration by Whistler, this room became known as the Peacock Room, and is currently on display in the Freer Art Gallery, Washington, D.C.)  Jeckyll became mentally unstable in 1877 and died in an asylum in 1881.\r\n\r\nThe Aesthetic or Art Movement was triggered by the display of Japanese decorative art at the London International Exhibition of 1862.  Strongly influenced by Japanese design, the Aesthetic Movement was a reaction to the Gothic revival of the mid-19th century.  In the new movement, the pursuit of 'art for art's sake' became a justifiable goal in itself.  The Aesthetic Movement was established when the magazine Punch paid it the tribute of making a mockery of it.","physicalDescription":"Fireplace surround, cast brass decorated with a series of circular, Japanese inspired motifs.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Jeckyll, Thomas","id":"A1300"},"association":{"text":"designer","id":"x36960"},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[{"name":{"text":"Barnard, Bishop and Barnard","id":"A1301"},"association":{"text":"maker","id":"AAT251917"},"note":""}],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"brass","id":"AAT10946"}],"techniques":[{"text":"casting","id":"AAT53104"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Cast brass","categories":[{"text":"Architectural fittings","id":"THES48994"},{"text":"Metalwork","id":"THES48920"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"MET","id":"THES48599"},"images":["2010EF9695"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"002","id":"THES340858"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Fireplace surround","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Norwich","id":"x29054"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"ca. 1873","earliest":"1868-01-01","latest":"1877-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"Formerly in the collection of Charles and Lavinia Handley-Read","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"94","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"92","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[{"content":"Three Bs superimposed for Barnard, Bishop and Barnard of Norwich.","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"","transliteration":"","type":"","note":"Cast in the back."},{"content":"A diamond shaped Design Registry mark for 1873.","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"","transliteration":"","type":"","note":"Cast in the back."}],"objectHistory":"","historicalContext":"Thomas Jekyll (1827-1881) designed a large number of similar fire surrounds in the Japanese taste for Barnard, Bishop and Barnard","briefDescription":"Cast brass, made by Barnard, Bishop and Barnard, Norwich, designed by Thomas Jeckyll, 1873.","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"Jervis, Simon, <i>Victorian and Edwardian decorative art: the Handley-Read collection</i>, London, Royal Academy of Arts, 1972","id":"AUTH351463"},"details":"p.76","free":""}],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[],"partNumbers":["M.49-1972"],"accessionNumberNum":"49","accessionNumberPrefix":"M","accessionYear":1972,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2025-04-16","recordCreationDate":"2006-11-15","availableToBook":true}}