Thomas Jeckyll was a master of metalwork during the Victorian era. He achieved great success as an architect and his legacy lives on through his gorgeous metal interior design fittings like fireplaces and mantels. Jeckyll’s furniture designs, which include dining room chairs and writing desks, demonstrate his ornate touches and exquisite attention to detail.
Jeckyll’s career began in East Anglia, England, in the 1850s and 1860s. He restored historic buildings and designed schools and rectories in the Gothic Revival style. He also restored churches and built new ones, most notably the Holt Methodist Church in Norfolk.
From 1865 to 1872, Jeckyll worked on the furniture and interior of the Oak Parlour at Heath Old Hall in Wakefield, where he combined Elizabethan and Jacobean styles with Moorish and Japanese influences. Around the same time, he worked on Rance’s Folly, a five-story townhouse in Cambridge, which he restored in the graceful Queen Anne style.
His most famous commission came in 1876 when he was tasked with restoring and redecorating 49 Prince’s Gate in London, then the home of Frederick Richards Leyland, a transatlantic shipping magnate. Jeckyll incorporated Dutch leather, walnut shelving and blue-and-white Chinese porcelain into the design.
Jeckyll died in 1881. In 2003, the Bard Graduate Center in New York City held the first-ever exhibition of his works. “Thomas Jeckyll: Architect and Designer” showcased 160 pieces of furniture, metalwork, textiles, architectural fragments, photographs and other elements to provide an overview of the designer’s life and career.
Jeckyll’s work continues to resonate with today’s designers and architects. David Scott Parker, in his Associated Artists gallery, carries works by Jeckyll as examples of English Aesthetic Movement furniture.
On 1stDibs, find antique Thomas Jeckyll fireplace elements, seating, tables and more.
Thomas Jeckyll, Aesthetic Movement Fire Insert, Made by Barnard Bishop & Barnard
By Thomas Jeckyll, Barnard Bishop & Barnard
Located in London, GB
Thomas Jeckyll. An Aesthetic Movement cast iron fire insert with stylized flower details. Made by Barnard Bishop and Barnard of Norwich. This insert takes ten standard 6 inch squar...
Iron
Rare Walnut Desk in the Anglo-Japanese Style Designed by Thomas Jeckyll
By Charles Hindley & Sons, Thomas Jeckyll
Located in London, GB
A fine and rare walnut desk in the Anglo-Japanese style designed by Thomas Jeckyll and made by Charles Hindley and Sons. “Thomas Jeckyll designed some of the earliest surviving furniture inspired in decoration if not in form- by interest in Japan” (Cooper p. 138). As can be seen on the desk, the style and design details such as the ‘Key’ design, the Japanese style lacquered door panels, the cross hatching and circle design on the brass door brackets, all combine to create a unique example of Jeckyll’s Anglo-Japanese work. The ‘Key’ design on the desk appears on many of Jeckyll’s designs including the cast iron grates and fenders made by Barnard, Bishop and Barnards and on furniture designed for ‘Alecco’ Ionides for his home at no1 Holland Park, London in circa 1875. The ‘Peacock’ dining...
Walnut
Antique Thomas Jeckyll for Barnard & Bishop Cast Iron Insert
By Thomas Jeckyll
Located in Ware, GB
Thomas Jeckyll Cast Iron Fireplace Insert A genuine Thomas Jeckyll design, this cast iron fireplace insert is a fine example of late 19th-century craftsmanship from one of the leadi...
Iron
Pair of Anglo-Japanese Cast Iron Fire Inserts by T Jeckyll
By Thomas Jeckyll
Located in London, GB
An Anglo-Japanese cast iron fire insert which shows strong design similarities between Thomas Jeckyll's work for BBB and E W Godwin for S S and S...
Iron
Thomas Jeckyll for Barnard Bishop and Barnard. A rare Aesthetic Walnut coal box
By Thomas Jeckyll, Barnard Bishop & Barnard
Located in London, GB
Thomas Jeckyll for Barnard Bishop and Barnard. A rare Aesthetic Anglo-Japanese Walnut coal box with Japanese style circular devises to the front lift up flap, and treble linked circu...
Walnut
Thomas Jeckyll A rare Aesthetic Movement Walnut fire surround with butterfly's
By Thomas Jeckyll, Barnard Bishop & Barnard
Located in London, GB
Thomas Jeckyll for Barnard Bishop and Barnard. A rare Aesthetic Movement Walnut fire surround, the mantel with molded edges and four ebonized panels incised with butterfly and bamboo stems and leaf...
Walnut
$6,475
H 29.75 in W 29.5 in D 10 in
Modernist Custom-Made Fire Screen in Brushed Brass with Iron Mesh Grill
Located in New York, NY
This stunning modernist fire screen was custom made by artisans in New York State. It features an austere square body in brushed brass, with rectangular feet in the same material and...
Brass
Antique Georgian Cast Iron Hob Grate Fireplace Insert
Located in Edinburgh, GB
A large and notable antique Georgian cast iron Hob Grate, showing good quality casting, English, circa 1820.
Iron
Walnut and Leather "Risom" Desk By Design Within Reach
By Design Within Reach
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Walnut and Leather "Risom" Desk By Design Within Reach. A refined mid-century modern desk featuring a sleek black leather bound top. Clean lines, warm wood grain, and a streamlined s...
Walnut
19th Century Cast Iron Tiled Fireplace Insert
Located in London, GB
19th Century Cast Iron Tiled Fireplace Insert. Original English Made Victorian Firepalce. With Embossed Ceramic Hand Painted Blue Waterlilly Tiles. Recently Salvaged From A London To...
Iron, Wrought Iron
Mid-Century Modern Style Walnut Desk
Located in Westwood, NJ
Mid-Century Modern style walnut desk with a quarter veneered writing surface, a long drawer, brass capital, and raised on turned and tapered legs with br...
Brass
Edwardian Cast Iron Fireplace Insert
Located in Edinburgh, GB
A vibrant Edwardian cast iron insert with original attractive side tiles, complete with a polished raised border and adjustable polished hood. Scottish, 1909.
Iron
19th Century Cast Iron Arch Fireplace Insert
Located in London, GB
19th Century Cast Iron Arch Fireplace Insert Recently Salvaged From A London Town House. Blackened Finish With Back & Front Bars & Ash Cover. Dimension...
Iron, Wrought Iron
A pair of cast iron panels
Located in Southall, GB
A lovely pair of English cast iron panels. Decorated with beautiful ladies heads , with musical instruments and Griffins and foliage .
Iron
Victorian Style Arched Cast Iron Fireplace Insert
Located in Edinburgh, GB
A large Victorian style cast iron arched fireplace insert with a central high relief cartouche, a generous outer plate, complete with its original bars and ash pan...
Iron
$15,090
H 45.28 in W 64.97 in D 16.93 in
French Antique Front Shell Fireplace White Marble Cast Iron Insert
Located in Oostvoorne, NL
Experience the enchanting charm of our French antique shell fireplace, a masterpiece infused with history and style, now elevated with an added dimension of luxury. Crafted from prec...
Marble
Antique Scottish Cast Iron Fireplace Insert with Canopy
Located in Edinburgh, GB
A well cast antique Scottish cast iron fireplace insert probably by Carron of Falkirk. A framed and beaded border with panels of tied ribbon and tassel with crossed flaming torches, ...
Iron
Victorian Mahogany Coal Scuttle Box or Cabinet
Located in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
Antique quality Victorian mahogany coal scuttle box or cabinet, circa 1850. This is a lovely item, that is full of charm and character. This is a heavy q...
Wood
Antique Thomas Jeckyll Cast Iron Fireplace Insert
By Thomas Jeckyll
Located in Ware, GB
Thomas Jeckyll Cast Iron Fireplace Insert A genuine Thomas Jeckyll design, this cast iron fireplace insert is a fine example of late 19th-century craftsmanship from one of the leadi...
Iron
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H 6.5 in W 57 in D 13 in
Thomas Jeckyll made by Barnard Bishop & Barnard. An Anglo-Japanese Brass Fender
By Thomas Jeckyll
Located in London, GB
Thomas Jeckyll, made by Barnard Bishop and Barnard. A rare Anglo-Japanese brass fender with pierced Japanese style decoration and adjustable air vents to the sides. This fender relat...
Brass
Thomas Jeckyll Brass Fireplace Register
By Thomas Jeckyll
Located in London, GB
A beautiful polished brass Thomas Jeckyll register front with black-iron reeded fire bars and guillotine drafting mechanism. From the foundry of Barnard, Bishop and Barnards, this Th...
Brass, Iron
Thomas Jeckyll Register Grate
By Thomas Jeckyll
Located in London, GB
From the foundry of Barnard, Bishop and Barnards, this Thomas Jeckyll register grate represents the very highest quality in Fine casting. This asymme...
Iron
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H 39 in W 19.5 in D 21.5 in
Thomas Jeckyll by Gillows, Aesthetic Movement, Rare Set of Ten Oak Dining Chairs
By Gillows of Lancaster & London, Thomas Jeckyll
Located in London, GB
Thomas Jeckyll, made by Gillows of Lancaster. Aesthetic Movement. A rare set of ten oak dining chairs. This set are identical to the chairs Jeckyll designed for the industrialist Edward Green...
Oak
Rare Anglo-Japanese Cast Iron Fire Insert Designed by Thomas Jeckyll
By Thomas Jeckyll
Located in London, GB
A rare Anglo-Japanese cast iron fire insert designed by Thomas Jeckyll for Barnard Bishop and Barnard. Retaining the original blue sunflower tile...
Iron
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H 36 in W 36 in D 3 in
A Rare & Important Anglo-Japanese Cast Brass Fireplace Insert by Thomas Jeckyll
By Thomas Jeckyll
Located in London, GB
Thomas Jeckyll. Made by Barnard Bishop Barnard. An extremely rare and Important Anglo-Japanese brass fireplace insert still retaining it's orig...
Brass
Large 19th Century English Oak Antique Fireplace
By Thomas Jeckyll
Located in Tyrone, Northern Ireland
A large and exquisitely carved English oak fireplace in the manner of Thomas Jeckyll, an innovative architect and designer from the Aesthetic Mov...
Oak