Buckingham Palace
The Interiors
Rizzoli · Print & ebook · September 25, 2018
Interior designer and artist Ashley Hicks presents his photographs and description of the interior design of Buckingham Palace, home of Britain's royal family since 1837.
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- Who it’s for
- Ashley Hicks documents Buckingham Palace’s formal rooms, furnishings, and Royal Collection artworks.
- Themes
- Palace interior design, Regency, Victorian, and Edwardian styles, Royal Collection art and furnishings
- Genres
- Landmarks & Monuments, Interior Design, Architecture Photography
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Interior designer and artist Ashley Hicks presents his photographs and description of the interior design of Buckingham Palace, home of Britain's royal family since 1837. An important representation of Regency, Victorian, and Edwardian styles, the palace is the work of such noted architects as John Nash and Sir Aston Webb. Hicks records the formal spaces with vibrancy, capturing the magnificent rooms furnished with treasures from the Royal Collection.
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Starting at the Grand Staircase, Hicks leads us through the state rooms, which include the White Drawing Room and the Blue Drawing Room that both overlook the palace gardens; the Ballroom, which is the setting for twenty investiture ceremonies each year; and the Throne Room, used by Queen Victoria for spectacular costume balls in the 1840s. The long, skylit Picture Gallery is hung with important works of art from the Royal Collection by Rembrandt van Rijn, Peter Paul Rubens, Nicolas Poussin, Anthony van Dyck, Johannes Vermeer, and Canaletto, among others. Decorative furnishings from George IV's exotic Brighton Pavilion lend a fanciful turn to many of the rooms.
Buckingham Palace Interiors
Ashley Hicks documents Buckingham Palace’s formal rooms, furnishings, and Royal Collection artworks.
Come here for
- Photographs and descriptions of Buckingham Palace’s formal rooms
- Regency, Victorian, and Edwardian interiors
Expect
- A route from the Grand Staircase through the state rooms
- The Picture Gallery’s works by Rembrandt, Vermeer, and other artists
Where it sits
| Interior Design | 61% |
|---|---|
| Architecture Photography | 48% |
| Landmarks & Monuments | 48% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Interior Design
- Landmarks & Monuments
- Decorating Your Home
- Authors
- Ashley Hicks
- Publisher
- Rizzoli
- Published
- September 25, 2018
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Palace interior design · Regency, Victorian, and Edwardian styles · Royal Collection art and furnishings
- Reading lane
- Interior Design