Thomas Jeckyll Building and Garden Elements
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.
1870s English Aesthetic Movement Antique Thomas Jeckyll Building and Garden Elements
Brass, Iron
1880s English Aesthetic Movement Antique Thomas Jeckyll Building and Garden Elements
Walnut
1880s English Anglo-Japanese Antique Thomas Jeckyll Building and Garden Elements
Walnut
Late 19th Century British Aesthetic Movement Antique Thomas Jeckyll Building and Garden Elements
Iron
1870s English Anglo-Japanese Antique Thomas Jeckyll Building and Garden Elements
Brass
Late 19th Century English Anglo-Japanese Antique Thomas Jeckyll Building and Garden Elements
Brass
Early 1900s English Aesthetic Movement Antique Thomas Jeckyll Building and Garden Elements
Iron
1950s British Victorian Vintage Thomas Jeckyll Building and Garden Elements
Iron
Early 1900s Scottish Edwardian Antique Thomas Jeckyll Building and Garden Elements
Iron
Late 18th Century Antique Thomas Jeckyll Building and Garden Elements
Carrara Marble
Late 19th Century Antique Thomas Jeckyll Building and Garden Elements
Oak
Late 19th Century English Aesthetic Movement Antique Thomas Jeckyll Building and Garden Elements
Statuary Marble
19th Century European Victorian Antique Thomas Jeckyll Building and Garden Elements
Iron, Wrought Iron
1950s English Victorian Vintage Thomas Jeckyll Building and Garden Elements
Iron
Late 19th Century English Anglo-Japanese Antique Thomas Jeckyll Building and Garden Elements
Brass
2010s Turkish Minimalist Thomas Jeckyll Building and Garden Elements
Aluminum, Brass
1850s Victorian Antique Thomas Jeckyll Building and Garden Elements
Wood
1940s English Victorian Vintage Thomas Jeckyll Building and Garden Elements
Iron
2010s Vietnamese Modern Thomas Jeckyll Building and Garden Elements
Fiberglass
19th Century English Aesthetic Movement Antique Thomas Jeckyll Building and Garden Elements
Iron
1870s English Anglo-Japanese Antique Thomas Jeckyll Building and Garden Elements
Iron
Late 19th Century Great Britain (UK) Anglo-Japanese Antique Thomas Jeckyll Building and Garden Elements
Brass
Late 19th Century British Aesthetic Movement Antique Thomas Jeckyll Building and Garden Elements
Oak