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The Royal Pavilion, Brighton, is one of the most famous and opulent royal extravaganzas in existence. This book reproduces all the important surviving designs, used and unused, for the exterior and interior of the Pavilion. It reveals the great variety of brilliant exotic schemes devised for its construction and decoration.
It was first built in 1787 for the Prince of Wales as a neo-classical marine villa, and by the time the Prince became king in 1820 it had grown into the extraordinary Indian/Chinese Fantasy it is today.
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 always splendid and 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.
The 308 illustrations, of which 111 are reproduced in colour, capture all the variety, magnificence and exotic luxury of the extraordinary building.
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John Morley became Director of the Royal Pavilion and Museums at Brighton in 1968 and under hsi direction the Paviliion underwent the most systematic and thorough restoration in its history.
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- PublisherPhilip Wilson Publishers
- Publication date2003
- ISBN 10 0856675571
- ISBN 13 9780856675577
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages280
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The Making of The Royal Pavilion, Brighton: Designs and Drawings
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First Paperback Edition. Fine paperback copy with French flaps. Particularly well-preserved; tight, bright and clean. Physical description; 280 pages : illustrations (some color), plans, 1 portrait ; 34 cm. Notes; Originally published in hardback 1984. Illustration on endpapers. Includes bibliographical references (pages 10-11) and index. Subjects; Holland, Henry 1745-1806. Nash, John 1893-1977. Porden, William 1755-1822. Repton, Humphry 1752-1818. Crace, John 1754-1819. Crace, Frederick 1779-1859. Royal Pavilion, Art Gallery and Museums, Brighton History. Architecture England. Palaces England Brighton. Architectural drawing England Brighton. Architecture, Domestic England Brighton. Brighton (England) Buildings, structures, etc. East Sussex Brighton Royal residences: Royal Pavilion, Art Gallery and Museums, Brighton Architecture. Great Britain-History-George IV, 1820-1830-Homes and haunts. Brighton Architectural design. 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 419195
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